Pictoral Comparison

Here's the Mall in D.C. after Barack Hussein Obama's followers cheered him on after a speech about the new era of personal responsibility:


Here's D.C. after the 2009 presidential Inauguration attended by (mostly) Dummycrats:


Here's the Mall in D.C. after the September 12, 2009, March on Washington by (mostly) Republicans:

WW II Marine Honored

On September 9, 2009, First Sergeant Casey T. Bazewick, USMC (retired), 91, was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds he received as a prisoner of war in World War II. He enlisted before WWII in 1938, after two years in the Marine Corps Reserve. 

He served with the 4th Marines in Shanghai and on Corregidor in its defense until it fell on May 6, 1942. 

He became a prisoner of Japan for 39 months: 92 Garage (Corregidor), Bilibid Prison (Manila), Cabanatuan (Luzon, where 42% died in the first year), Hell Ship Tottori Maru (on deck he watched it nearly sunk by two American torpedoes), and Mukden, Manchuria at a large Mitsubishi factory (three winters, 40–50 below zero). 

  Read the story at Sgt Grit's Scuttlebutt

Congratulations, First Sergeant! OoohRah! 

 

Goober Carter, Still the Nuttiest Nut in the Nuthouse

Ex-President Jimmy 'Goober' Carter is still spouting off even though he is apparently dead from the neck up.

Commenting on S.C. Rep. Joe Wilson's shouted comment during Barack Hussein Obama's speech to Congress last week, Goober said:

"The president is not only the head of government, he is the head of state. And no matter who he is or how much we disagree with his policies, the president should be treated with respect."

Oh, Goober, Goober. You must have forgotten all of the snide things You said about a sitting POTUS, including:

"I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration (Bush) has been the worst in history."

No, Goober, you hold that title. So far. Barack Hussein Obama just might usurp you.

No-Show BHO

Barack Hussein Obama has been revving up Air Force One to do some traveling lately: 

 To New York City last Wednesday (9/09) for a tribute to media moron Walter Cronkite; 

To New York City today (9/14) for a speech on the economy; 

But NOT to New York City on 9/11 for any of the 9/11 Memorial events held at Ground Zero. 

Go Figure.

Grandparents' Day

Mine and Hubby's grandparents are long gone, but most of our fondest memories involve our grandmothers - his maternal, my paternal.

My grandmother, Gram, was a feisty little lady of Irish descent whose favorite things included golf, gin (not the card game), wrestling on tv, sparkly fake jewelry, and yours truly. She bought an organ so that she could play the one song she knew - "Toora Loora Loora"

Dad would take us over to her house every Saturday morning and Gram would make pancakes from scratch for us kids and the dog.

She had the largest collection of jewelry I've ever seen. Most of it was fake but some real, and expensive, pieces were in the mix. She would let us kids play dress-up with every single piece of it... and her fur coats.

Hubby's grandmother, Miss Hattie, was a feisty little southern lady and farmer's wife. She could cook up the best fried chicken and butter beans I've ever had. And neither was store-bought. The beans were grown in the garden and the chicken had been walking around the yard yesterday.

My favorite Miss Hattie story:

She had been in the garden, hand-pulling weeds. I should mention here that Miss Hattie was about 83 or so at the time. A snake bit her. She left the garden, went to the tool shed, got a hoe, returned to the garden to do battle. The snake, which BTW was a copperhead, lost. Miss Hattie called her son, who called the paramedics. Another battle ensued. She refused to get in the ambulance because the crew would not allow her to take her purse. The situation was finally resolved when her son agreed to follow directly behind the ambulance with Miss Hattie's purse right beside him on the front seat of his truck.

They don't make 'em like that anymore.

Fallen Hero: Cpl. John Harrison

Cpl. John Harrison, 29, of the Parachute Regiment but serving with a Special Forces Unit, died in a pre-dawn raid on Sept. 9th to free Stephen Farrell, the British-born New York Times reporter. 

 It has since become known that Farrell had ignored security advice from Afghan police who told him not to travel in the area where he was captured, a known Taliban stronghold.  

Mr. Farrell's Afghan interpreter, Sultan Munadi, was also killed.

Requiescat in Pace, Soldier

Fallen Hero: LCpl Joshua Bernard

USMC Lance Cpl. Joshua "Bernie" Bernard was 21 years old when he was KIA on August 14th, while fighting the Taliban in the village of Dahaneh, Helmland Province, Afghanistan.

Three weeks before, his father, a retired Marine, had written to his congressman expressing frustration at what he said was a change in the rules of engagement to spare civilians, calling the move "disgraceful, immoral and fatal" to American forces in combat.

Asked to sum up his son, John Bernard suggested the words "service and personal honor".

Requiescat in Pace, Marine

This Nation Will Remain The Land Of The Free
Only So Long As It Is The Home Of The Brave
- Elmer Davis