Comments | shadowcoyote: ~*~*~*~ HAPPY VETERANS' DAY! ~*~*~*~

shadowcoyote

~~~~ HAPPY VETERANS' DAY! ~~~~

Nov 11, 2005 00:15

Today is Veterans' Day ((in the USA)) and Rememberance Day ((in Canada ( Read more... )

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databank November 11 2005, 08:47:34 UTC

The blood of patriots is the manure of the tree of freedom - Thomas Jefferson

shadowcoyote November 11 2005, 09:06:09 UTC

=nodnodnods=

I used to have copy of the entire thing - I think it's from a letter Jefferson wrote. My copy got lost on one of many moves, so am now trying to locate another copy ...

=sighs and shakes head at self=

*Someday* I learn how to use search engines right ....

Late but still... corruo November 15 2005, 07:13:19 UTC

freedom
My two dogs
tied to a tree
by a ten-foot leash
kept whining and howling for an hour
till I let them off.

Now they are lying quietly on the grass
a few feet further from the tree
and they haven't moved since I let them go.

Freedom may be
only an idea
but it's a matter of principle
even to a dog.

-- Louis Dudek

How can one say it better than that? Say thanks you to your brother for me. Hes not a vet. but he serves for that idea, with his life.

Re: Late but still... shadowcoyote November 18 2005, 08:40:31 UTC

=applaudes=

we *like* that, hon. Many thanks for sharing it - had not before heard of Dudek ...

=hugs=

and have passed thank yous on to brother Jim. And actually, Jim *is* a vet - unless defining "veteran" as person who has served in *specific* war, such as World War II.

=smiles=

am proud of Kid Brother. He's down on himself a lot, thinks he's not done anything worth being proud of, so I do best to let him know that *am* proud of him ... and why ... and that always *have* been proud of him.

~ Gypsie ~

Re: Late but still... corruo November 18 2005, 14:22:28 UTC

+Gently hugs back ( ... )