She called.....

I was going to post this on D-Day but forgot. Still it is between D-Day and Flag day so still a good time to post.

She called...

Blacks, Whites...wait
African Americans and Caucasians, Asians, excuse me.
Vietnamese, Philipenes, Koreans and Jamaicans or
Haitans, waitin' Hispanics y'all.

Please be paitent
Mexican, Puerto Ricans, Venezualean, Cuban, Dominican, Panamanian Democrats
I beg your pardon, you partied with the late, great Reagan?
Republican, Independent, Christian, Catholic,
Methodist, Baptist, 7th Day Adventist, 5 Percenters,
Hindu, Sunii Muslim, Brothers and Sisters who never seen the New York city
skyline when the twin towers still existed.
But still She called.

From the bowels of Ground Zero she sent this 911 distress signal.
Because She was in desperate need of a hero,
and didn't have time to decipher what to call 'em,
so she called 'em all Her children.
The children of the stars and bars who needed to know nothing more than the fact that she called.
The fact that someone attempted to harm us
this daughter who covered us all with her loving arms.
And now these arms are sprawled across New York City streets.
A smoke filled lung, a silt covered faced,
and a solitary tear poured out of her cheek.
Her singed garments carpets Pennsylvania Avenue and the Pentagon was under her feet.
As she began to talk, she began to cough up small particles of debris
and said, "I am America, and I'm calling on the land of the free."
So they answered.

All personal differences set to the side
because right now there was no time to decide which state building the Confederate flag should fly over,
and which trimester the embryo is considered alive,
or on our monetary units, and which God we should confide.
You see, someone attempted to choke the voice
of the one who gave us the right for choice,
and now she was callin.
And somebody had to answer.
Who was going to answer?

So they did.
Stern faces and chisled chins.
Devoted women and disciplined men,
who rose from the ashes like a pheonix
and said "don't worry, we'll stand in your defense."
They tightened up their bootlaces
and said goodbye to loved ones, family and friends.
They tried to bombard them with the "hold on", "wait-a-minute's", and "what-if's".
And "Daddy, where you goin?".
And, "Mommy, why you leavin?".
And they merely kissed them on their foreheads and said "Don't worry, I have my reasons.
You see, to this country I pledged my allegience
to defend it against all enemies foreign and domestic.
So as long as I'm breathin, I'll run though hell-fire,
meet the enemy on the front lines,
look him directly in his face,
stare directly in his eyes and scream,
"I AM AMERICA! WE WILL NOT BE TERRORIZED!
WE WILL NOT BE TERRORIZED!
I REFUSE TO BE AFRAID!
I'LL FIGHT YOU ANY COUNTRY, ANY CONTINENT, ANY TERRAIN.
I'LL FIGHT TO MY LAST BREATH!"

And if by chance death is my fate,
pin my medals upon my chest,
and throw Old Glory on my grave.
But, don't y'all cry for me.
You see, my Father's prepared a place.
I'll be a part of his Holy army standing a watch at the Pearly Gates.
Because freedom was never free.
POW's, and fallen soldiers
all paid the ultimate sacrafice
along side veterans who put themselves in harms way.
Risking their lives and limbs just to hold up democracy's weight,
but still standing on them broken appendages anytime the National Anthem was played.
You see, these were the brave warriors that gave me the right
to say that I'm Black. Or white.

Or

African American or Caucasian,
I'm Asian, excuse me.
I'm Vietnamese, Philipene, Korean, or Jamaican.
I'm Haitan, Hispanic

Y'all, Please be paitent.
I'm Mexican, Puerto Rican, Venezualean, Cuban,
Dominican, Panamanian, Democrat
I beg your pardon, you see I partied with the late, great Reagan.
I'm Republican, Independent, Christian, Catholic,
Methodist, Baptist, 7th Day Adventist, 5 Percenters,
Hindu, Sunii Muslim,

Brothers and Sisters We're just Americans.
So with that I say
"Thank You" to the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines,
for preserving my rights
to live and die for this life
and paying the ultimate price for me to be...FREE!

by Staff Sgt. Lawrence E. Dean II,

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My brother was in Albuquerque for a gun show over the weekend, so I got to visit with him for a while. After breakfast the next morning, I did a little running around with my friend Cora Brittain, running around = bead shop and taking Eddie to Albuquerque Little theatre for the last rehersal for Hair Spray. Went to Tammy's house to drop off a couple of things and to pick up a box of lace, I love having new lace to work with, and trading or giving the odds and ends benefits both parties.

However, I had to go to walmart, hate that place when parents or lets just say adults for the most part do not control thier children. There was one particular little girl maybe 3 that had to let out and earplitting scream every few seconds. I do not think this child was special just an anoyying lettle brat whose parents have not taught better. No excuse for behavior like that.

So today I woke up not being able to stand up straight, all my joints hurt, and swollen ankles, all of this just because I had to do a few errands after seeing my brother to make the trip worth the fuel used. I need to be nearer civilazation, but having to pay in pain for doing anything is just not right.

They - anyone that is not me is they - the God does not give you more than you can handle, so why is it everytime I hurt this bad does not being here cross my mind? for a nano second I can clearly see how I can do it, it is lucky that I am a survivor, and refuse to give up no matter how bad things get. I tell myself each time this happens there is not anything on this earth worh my doing myself in. No matter how much I pray and beg for the pain to stop, it does not, medicines created by man does not help either. So yet again when I plan on doing something in my house the pain is to great to do more than try to sleep and cry. I am a good person so why must I endure this? What really makes this life so good that I struggle to live it.

Been a long time:

It has been a long time since I have posed anything, sorry about that.

Just skip the past there because, well it was not very interesting, even to me and I lived it.

This year the fire season is at a 30 year high, makes me wonder what I might come home to every time I leave. We did get a fire stopped in time, all of the little mountain towns sent out fire trucks, took forever for the forest service to respond. Because of our quick action and heaven only knows how many phone calls I made this fire was only 2.5 acres. Breathe a sigh of relief.

We went from winter straight into summer, no getting used to the heat this year. It is so dry even the honey bees are carrying water back to the hive instead of pollen. Luckily all of the outdoor animals have shared the water with no problem, this includes rattlesnakes. I did not know they actually drank water.

Someone needs to tell me why rattlesnakes insisted on having sex outside my kitchen window? not something I want to see in the morning, or even, well ever.

I went to Grand Outlandish Tournaments this year, we were lucky to be able to have it at all, seeing as all the parks are closed. Because the society for Creative Anachronism are such good stewards of the land the county allowed us to use the park again. We had to close site early due to expected very high winds, and people had already lost tents, and the blowing dirt, well lets just say it got everywhere. I lost siege cooking, but the bright side is, I can compete next year. All around a good time was had by most.