Lest We Forget
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IronNoggin
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Lest We Forget
At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month – we will remember them.
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."
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IronNoggin
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Re: Lest We Forget
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
- John McCrae
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
- John McCrae
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."
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IronNoggin
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Re: Lest We Forget
The grey November sky
The small tear in our eye
Lost chances for goodbye
For those who had to die
We give thanks and remember
Each and every military member
Their memory a glowing ember
Which we light every November
A fire burns inside us all
Sad for those who had to fall
For dutifully answering the call
Now just names listed on a wall
The faces of the young and the old
The courage and strength to be bold
In the heat, the rain, and the cold
Suffering horrors, some left untold
We stand today without making a sound
Thanking those now below the ground
As well as those who were never found
Wishing that they might still be around
The small tear in our eye
Lost chances for goodbye
For those who had to die
We give thanks and remember
Each and every military member
Their memory a glowing ember
Which we light every November
A fire burns inside us all
Sad for those who had to fall
For dutifully answering the call
Now just names listed on a wall
The faces of the young and the old
The courage and strength to be bold
In the heat, the rain, and the cold
Suffering horrors, some left untold
We stand today without making a sound
Thanking those now below the ground
As well as those who were never found
Wishing that they might still be around
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."
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AJ01
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Re: Lest We Forget
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming "Wow, What a Ride!