Sparks from the Anvil

  "ONLY THE DEAD HAVE SEEN THE END OF WAR."  -Plato   This is not a political post.  This is an American post.  About an American soldier.  An outstanding milblogger who some ...

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Sorry about the dust and cobwebs, here.  Yes, I still blog on occasion. > "Wednesday night, sitting in a pizza joint in the Bronx, watching > the world go by, I was upset an...

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Source Remembering David, Ron, Daniel....   Video description : > Uploaded on Sep 5, 2008 These tiles were put up on the fence across > the street from St. Vincen...

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There’s an old story about a fellow who went to a small town in Missouri with the thought of possibly moving his family there. “What kind of people live around here?” he asked the atte...

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Dianne Feinstein's so-called 6,300 page "torture report" (executive summary is 500 pages "only")- after 5 years and $40 million in taxpayer money- is slated to be released very soon. Perhaps this...

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It has been said, "time heals all wounds." I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, (protecting its sanity), covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But, it is never go...

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Charles Koch responds to critics like Harry Reid in today's WSJ : > A truly free society is based on a vision of respect for people and > what they value. In a truly free s...

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....Never forget .

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I will give any of you who can identify the story behind this photo a patriotic hi five without Googling and before clicking below for the information.  (A video clip of the incident appears...

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 For the most part, I cringe whenever someone takes something like the National Anthem and in an attempt to inject some new life and interpretation into it, takes such liberties with the work t...

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"IT WAS NOT THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE THAT GAVE US FREEDOM BUT THE CONTINENTAL ARMY" -Leif Babin , former Navy SEAL officer > Let's remember on Memorial Day—and every other ...

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The date of the terrorist attack is frozen on a calendar covered in ash at a bank on Broadway, about a block from the World Trade Center. The bank has not reopened. (By David Karp, AP)

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Two of my posts are up at Flopping Aces: Videos Mark Daily revisited

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ARLINGTON, VA - DECEMBER 15: (L-R) US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, US President George W. Bush and US Vice President Dick Cheney attend the Armed Forces Farewell Tribute to Rumsfeld ...

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To those past and present who serve in our military, THANK YOU! Our nation owes its peace and prosperity to your service and sacrifice. An extended thank you to the military families who suppo...

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"I'VE ABANDONED FREE-MARKET PRINCIPLES TO SAVE THE FREE-MARKET SYSTEM," - President George W. Bush , December 16, 2008 on CNN Most conservatives just slapped their heads and groaned in conste...

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Johnny Spann stood in gently falling snow and wistfully recalled the day his son, CIA officer Johnny Micheal "Mike" Spann, lingered among the tombstones at Arlington National Cemetery, studyin...

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A teenage Iraqi interpreter, code name "Roy," served with a reconnaisance platoon in Iraq in 2007. (Blake Hall) Iraq war critic, Thomas Ricks, links to a WaPo story by retired Army captain B...

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Sorry about the Google alert warning of possible malware infection....don't know yet how to resolve it. In the meantime, if you're here, thank you for your continued visitation. I love this blog...

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How did I miss this?! Oh, yeah....'cause it probably wasn't covered by CNN, MSNBC, CBS.... From an NRA annual meeting in 2009, speech given by Lt. Col. Oliver North: Hat tip: C.J.

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More Sunday Funnies at Flopping Aces

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Who really knows? No one speaks on behalf of the dead. But I think this article by Alfonso Aguilar offers some good food for thought and cautionary advice (read it from the beginning, regardi...

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More Sunday Funnies at Flopping Aces

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...COMEDY CENTRAL CAVES TO THE DEMANDS OF TERRORIST WANNABES. Baltimore Sun : > It's not even that the terrorists have won, IT'S THAT WANNABE > TERRORISTS HAVE WON. >  > A gr...

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More at Flopping Aces

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