Star Swain – The National Anthem
An evening pause: Sung live at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. June 16, 2016.
For Memorial Day. And I think the big guy in the chair behind her would approve, whole-heartedly.
Tag: Memorial Day
A Memorial Day remembrance
The B-1 Lancer Bomber
An evening pause: One reason we have a Memorial Day is to honor those who have died to keep us free. We also remember them to remind us that the sacrifice was necessary.
I think it is long past time to repeat the same effort, no matter the cost, and use this plane’s payload a lot more than we are. There are people in the Middle East who are gleefully killing people for the sake of power. We should no longer tolerate them.
Hat tip Rocco.
Berlin July 1945 in color
An evening pause: For Memorial Day, on which we not only honor the war dead but we are supposed to refresh our memories about why we fought in the first place. This color footage of occupied Berlin shortly after surrender shows the devastation after World War II. Though it is tragic to see, I will be honest and admit that I feel little sorrow. The Germans brought this upon themselves by plunging the world into two world wars, and in the second used it as an excuse to commit unspeakable genocide. In order to make sure they would never do it again, and would instead become a part of the civilized world, it was necessary to hit them as hard as these images show. Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin all understood this. So did the entire populations of all three allies.
If only we had the courage today to do the same to the petty dictators and Islamic fanatics in the Middle East. They are as brutal, as violent, and as bigoted as the Nazis were, and will soon have atomic weapons at their disposal to use as they wish. To really bring them to heel they need to be given the same harsh lessons we gave the Germans.
I fear however we will not have the courage to do so until after they drop some nuclear bombs on a few cities.
In order to do a fifteen minute campaign photo-op on Memorial Day, Obama shut down the Vietnam Memorial down to everyone, including veterans, for seven hours.
Tone deaf: In order to do a fifteen minute campaign photo-op on Memorial Day, Obama shut down the Vietnam Memorial to everyone, including veterans, for seven hours.