To those who served:
Thank you. "A man must know his destiny… if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder… if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it." - General George S. Patton, Jr. Veterans' Day will come and go Quicker than the blink of an eye But memories of heroes present and past Will never, ever die. The youth of today, do you understand

Forty-five years ago
The more things change, the more they remain the same.

Valour IT ~ The Few - The Loud - The Marines!
Today is the first day of this year's fundraiser and I'm raising my voice with the Marine Corps Fundraising Team, for Project Valour-IT. What is Project Valour IT? Well, first you get the background... the story behind Valour-IT: Project Valour-IT began when Captain Charles "Chuck" Ziegenfuss was wounded by an IED while serving as commander of a tank company in Iraq in June 2005. During his deployment he kept a blog. Captivating writing, insightful stories of his experiences, and his self-deprecating humor won him many loyal readers. After he was wounded, his wife continued his blog,

I've got friends in low places
This week, two South Carolina Republican Senators put their heads together and wrote a little op-ed in defense of Senator Jim DeMint for his practice of avoiding earmarks, a practice you would think needs no defense. But unfortunately, they didn't exactly express themselves well, and it backfired, with TMP Livewire running the story like this: Two SC GOP-ers: DeMint 'Is Watching Our Nation's Pennies' -- Just Like A Wealth

Happy Columbus Day
Bet ya didn't realize that Christopher Columbus was the world's very first democrat. Yup. Really, consider this: Christopher Columbus had no idea where he was going, when he got there, he had no idea where he was, so he went home not knowing where he had been. And he did it all on government money! Later, he was credited for doing what he did not do for Columbus was not the first to discover America, nor was he the first European to land at America. In fact, Columbus never even saw North America. However, Columbus was the first to exploit, en