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Title: Memorial Day
Source: The old hard drive
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Published: May 25, 2025
Author: LZ Memories BBS
Post Date: 2025-05-25 21:48:49 by Luke The Spook
Keywords: None
Views: 943
Comments: 29

Memorial Day is their day, isn't it? It is supposed to be the day a grateful nation pauses to quietly thank the more than one million men and women who have died in military service to their country since the Revolutionary War.

Or is it the day the beach resorts kick into high gear for the summer season, the day the strand is covered by fish-belly white people basting themselves in coconut oil, the day the off-season rates end and the weekend you can't get in a seaside seafood restaurant with anything less than a one hour wait.

Or is is one of the biggest shopping center sales days of the year, a day when hunting for a parking space is the prime sport for the holiday stay-at-homers?

Or is it the weekend when more people will kill themselves on the highways than any other weekend and Highway Patrol troopers work overtime picking up the pieces?

I think the men and women who died for us would understand what we do with their day. I hope they would, because if they wouldn't, if they would have insisted that it be a somber, respectful day of remembrance, then we have blown it and dishonored their sacrifice.

I knew some of those who died, and the guys I knew would have understood.

They liked a sunny beach and a cold beer and a hot babe in a black bikini, too. They would have enjoyed packing the kids, the inflatable rafts, the coolers, and the suntan lotion in the car and heading for the lake. They would have enjoyed staying at home and cutting the grass and getting together with some friends and cooking some steaks on the grill, too.

But they didn't get the chance. They blew up in the Marine Barracks in Beirut and died in the oily waters of the Persian Gulf. They caught theirs at the airstrip in Grenada in the little war everyone laughed at. They bought the farm in the I Drang Valley and on Heartbreak Ridge, Phu Bai and at Hue. They froze at the Chosin Reservoir and were shot at the Pusan Perimeter. They drowned in the surf at Omaha Beach or fell in the fetid jungles of Guadalcanal. They were at the Soame and at San Juan Hill and at Gettysburg and at Cerro Gordo and at Valley Forge.

They couldn't be here with us this weekend, but I think they would understand that we don't spend the day in tears and heart-wrenching memorials. They wouldn't want that. Grief is not why they died. They died so we could go fishing. They died so another father could hold his laughing little girl over the waves. They died so another father could toss a baseball to his son in their backyard while the charcoal is getting white. They died so another buddy could drink a beer on his day off. They died so a family could get in the station wagon and go shopping and maybe get some ice cream on the way home.

They won't mind that we have chosen their day to have our first big outdoor party of the year. But they wouldn't mind, either, if we took just a second and thought about them.

Some will think of them formally, of course. Wreaths will be laid in small, sparsely attended ceremonies in military cemeteries and at monuments at state capitols and in small town's squares. Flags will fly over the graves, patriotic words will be spoken and a few people there will probably feel a little anger that no more people showed up. They'll think no one else remembers.

But we do remember. We remember Jimmy and Matthew and Mark and the guys who died. We remember the deal we made: If we buy it, we said, drink a beer for me.

I'll do it for you, guys. I'll drink that beer for you today, and I'll sit on that beach for you, and I'll check out the girls for you and, just briefly, I'll think of you. I won't let your memory spoil the trip but you'll be on that sunny beach with me today.

I will not mourn your deaths this Memorial Day, my Brothers. Rather, I'll celebrate the life you gave me.

This Bud's for you, brother!

... For he today, that sheds his blood with me, shall be my brother.

Origin: LZ Memories BBS - "Always Green Smoke!" (19:100/105)

For Boogie Man, Jimmy, Matthew, Boonie Rat, and Mark.

Luke The Spook, 53rd ASA,SOCOM, 8th RRU, PhuBai/Hue '65-'66

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#1. To: Luke The Spook (#0)

Thanks for posting, Luke.

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-26   8:44:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Luke The Spook, Dr. Kimmy, 4um (#0)

Or is it the weekend when more people will kill themselves on the highways than any other weekend and Highway Patrol troopers work overtime picking up the pieces?

Kim's at Hospital City standing by...

Memorial Day Message
by: Tom Zawistowski 2020-05-24 Source: We the People Convention

Each Memorial Day I am amazed at how many people confuse it with Veterans Day or simply have no idea what Memorial Day is about. I used to say to people “Happy Memorial Day” but it is not a happy day, it is a solemn day. Memorial Day is the day that we remember, and morn, and appreciate those members of the American Military who have been killed in combat defending our nation and our freeedom over our history.

A few years back I started putting together this chart showing the numbers of American soldiers killed in action defending our freedom from the Revolutionary War until present day. By my count, one million, three hundred and twenty thousand, two hundred and fourty one soldiers, sailors, and airmen, have been killed in action since the Revolutionary war. That doesn't include thousands, if not tens of thousands, of members of the military who died training for battle or in accidents not directly related to battle.

People really react strongly when I give out that large number which I update each year. I find that updating the list each Memorial Day focuses my attention on the fact that the fight for freedom never ends and has very serious consequences. Freedom is not free. It must be defended EVERY DAY by EVERY ONE OF US. Too often American’s forget that. Memorial Day is the day to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice to defend Freedom.

Talk about those relatives and friends you know who gave the ultimate sacrice for our nation. Say their names! Talk about their lives and how much of their lives they did not get to live so that we could live our lives in freedom and prosperity. Be sure to tell the children in your circle. Show them a picture. Take them to the cemetary today. Make the effort this Memorial Day to honor these true heros and patriots as we should.

For Liberty,

Tom Zawistowski
President
We the People Convention

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-26   9:08:34 ET  (2 images) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: All (#2)

For all you people who Sympathizes with the Palestinians in the the WEST BANK...

This is what they want to do to you....You are just Useless idiots to them I'm sure the colleges don't tell ya that Part.....RIP WARRIORS YOU are NOT FORGOTTEN

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-26   10:46:58 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Esso (#3)

For all you people who Sympathizes with the Palestinians in the the WEST BANK...

This is what they want to do to you....You are just Useless idiots to them

Who was invading WHOM? Did you ever consider that? Ever put yourself in their place? What would you have done if America were invaded?

Having sympathy for innocent civilians does not mean we do not have sympathy or respect for those who THOUGHT they were fighting for "freedom". Fortunately I did not have to fight in any damn war. My father had men blowing up on each side of him in the Battle of the Bulge, so I am not insensitive to the incredible pain, blood, and tears our soldiers have shed. The fact of the matter is, this country has never fought a war for "freedom". Every war has been a contrived war to advance the New World Order, including the Revolutionary War.

www.sweetliberty.org/perspective/jewishpersecution18.htm

archive.org/stream/legion...of-Satan-Banning_djvu.txt

www.jewworldorder.org/jews-caused-civil-war/

ww2.jordanmaxwell.com/images/documents/us-congressional-record-1940-british-israel-world-$1.pdf

==================

"By Deception Thou Shalt Do War"

www.sweetliberty.org/issues/israel/blackops.html

web.archive.org/web/20050...biz/Beirut_false_flag.htm

"February 26, 1984 the US Marines leave Lebanon to ships offshore.

Israel withdraws on June 1985.

Pentagon analyst Dr. Beter's

November 3, 1982 ...I reported that the Marines had been sent there to become the focus of a major incident. The Mossad is to arrange for a number of our Marines to be killed in an incident that will be blamed on the Arabs! This will be used to inflame American public opinion to help lead us into war, including ultimately nuclear war.

Extract from 'By Way of Deception', Ostrovsky, Victor and Hoy, Claire, St.Martin's Press, 1990

Victor Ostrovsky,"

==============

ALL WARS ARE BANKERS' WARS

dn790007.ca.archive.org/0...%27%20Wars%20-%202014.pdf

War is a Racket - GENERAL Smedley Butler

"The transcript of a speech given in 1933 by former Major General Smedley Butler. Butler served in the US military for 34 years, and at the time of his death he was the most decorated soldier is US history...... WAR is a racket. It always has been It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people..."

libcom.org/article/war-racket-smedley-butler

I'm sure the colleges don't tell ya that Part.....

THIS is what they should teach in HIGH SCHOOL, IF NOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

===================

RIP WARRIORS YOU are NOT FORGOTTEN

RIP, and my condolences.

"...as long as there..remain active enemies of the Christian church, we may hope to become Master of the World...the future Jewish King will never reign in the world before Christianity is overthrown - B'nai B'rith speech http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/luther.htm / http://bible.cc/psalms/83-4.htm

AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt  posted on  2025-05-26   14:30:08 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Esso (#3)

p.s. You might reserve your ire for those who put you in that position.

"...as long as there..remain active enemies of the Christian church, we may hope to become Master of the World...the future Jewish King will never reign in the world before Christianity is overthrown - B'nai B'rith speech http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/luther.htm / http://bible.cc/psalms/83-4.htm

AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt  posted on  2025-05-26   14:33:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt, 4um (#4)

Having sympathy for innocent civilians does not mean we do not have sympathy or respect for those who THOUGHT they were fighting for "freedom".

There are no 'innocents' in that part of the world. Period. They are all savages with no value for human life.

November 3, 1982 ...I reported that the Marines had been sent there to become the focus of a major incident. The Mossad is to arrange for a number of our Marines to be killed in an incident that will be blamed on the Arabs! This will be used to inflame American public opinion to help lead us into war, including ultimately nuclear war.

I know that now. The joos built the bomb, and the Muzzies slammed it into the BLT on the back of a Mercedes Benz stakebed truck at about 0600 local time 23Oct1983, a Sunday.

I don't like anybody over there. Nothing against you, don't take it personally.

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-26   14:52:21 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: All (#4)

The fact of the matter is, this country has never fought a war for "freedom". Every war has been a contrived war to advance the New World Order, including the Revolutionary War.

and for good measure...

the american revolutionary war was never truly won, because it hasn't truly ended...

by brandon dean

"...The Second Bank of the United States and the War of 1812. The charter for the First Bank of the United States, a private corporation, ended in 1811 when congress refused to reinstate it. International bankers like Nathan Rothschild were infuriated by the American peons trying to actually control their own property, and they fought back in the only way they knew how: money recession and war. Rothschild wanted Britain to reconquer the united States, bringing back control of the colonies and their money supplies to British bankers such as himself. He is quoted as saying "Either the application for renewal of the Charter [of the first bank] is granted, or the United States will find itself in a most disastrous war."

The charter was not renewed, and Rothschild was quoted as telling the English parliament: "teach these impudent Americans a lesson. Bring them back to Colonial status." The English army then invaded the US, and even sacked Washington DC, destroying many of our original legal documents. In 1814, the Second Bank of the United States was created, which lasted its twenty year charter until President Andrew Jackson destroyed it too...

It sure seems like whether Rothschild actually said those things or not, the war of 1812 was highly profitable for private bankers.

The Civil War, Czar Alexander, and the 14th Amendment

"The division of the United States into federations of equal force was decided long before the Civil War by the high financial powers of Europe. These bankers were afraid that the United States, if they remained as one block, and as one nation, would attain economic and financial independence, which would upset their financial domination of the world.” –Otto Von Bismark, Chancellor of Germany at the time of the US Civil War

Discussion about the Civil War tends to revolve around slavery in the mainstream history, and Abraham Lincoln's faults in the alternative press. It is absolutely true that Abraham Lincoln cared not at all about slavery in terms of the Civil War. His primary drive was to preserve the union. In fact, at one point Lincoln proclaimed "My paramount objective is to save the Union, and it is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it."

An early collaboration between English cotton merchants and cotton growers of the southern states had developed since the Revolution, and the international bankers saw this as the weak point in America's defenses. They used this financially important relationship to start the Civil War.

Industrialists in the north had passed protective tariffs which blocked European goods from reaching the south, forcing the south to buy Northern goods. European interests were angry, and cut off cotton imports from the south. The south was screwed. These were the outward reasons, but in reality the protective tariffs served international bankers, who were not happy about how Andrew Jackson had destroyed their private central bank 25 years before. They used these tensions to cause more tension than there already was between north and south.

Lincoln knew the bankers were behind the whole thing, or at least he eventually realized this. When he realized England and France had troops stationed along the northern and southern borders of the US and were poised to invade at the right moment, when the north was at its weakest, Lincoln sent a letter begging help from Czar Alexander of Russia.

Upon receiving this letter, the czar proclaimed "Before we open this paper or know its contents, we grant any request it may contain." That's how highly Alexander thought of Lincoln...

Without even taking the time to reply to the letter, the Russian Navy showed up in both New York Harbor and San Francisco Bay and the czar announced that any attack against the United States should be considered an attack on Russia herself! This saved the united States, like Lafayette of France had during the Revolutionary War.

The 14th Amendment to our Constitution is fondly remembered by history as the act that "freed the slaves," yet what the act truly accomplished was to have blacks sign over their lives to become "United States Citizens," a legal term created to give privileges, not rights, to freed slaves. If a freed slave wanted to own a gun, he had to go get a permit, or he had to get a license to marry a white woman, etc. It took a while, but eventually most Americans were fooled into signing their lives away in similar fashion. This is why you need a license or permit to do anything it seems nowadays.

The first sentence of the 14th Amendment says it all, if you know what you're reading legally:

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

Thus, if you are "subject" (a slave) to the jurisdiction of the United States, then you are a citizen. A slave had to agree to being SUBJECT to the United States to become a citizen!! and guess what? SO DO YOU!

To read the text of the 14th amendment, go here

An Act To Provide A Government for the District of Columbia. "An Act To Provide A Government for the District of Columbia.", or the Act of 1871, was created under the auspices of bringing down the KKK, but its purpose in reality was to establish a corporate feudal tyranny in Washington DC and all federally owned lands within the territory of the United States, by creating its own corporate government. It created a corporation called the United States of America, which has legal jurisdiction over federal territories. This was the most treasonous piece of legislation passed in US history up to that point. It opened up the floodgates for corporations to contract sovereign Americans into self-imposed slavery.

It also opened the floodgates for the US Code, which codifies the tyranny legalized by the 14th Amendment and the Act 1871.

To read the Act of 1871, also referred to as the "Ku Klux Klan Act,"go here

You don't want to read the US Code (it's pure crap) so I won't link to it, but it's easy enough to find with a google search.

And in Conclusion...

The war for independence was caused by the policies of money-changing international bankers, who hailed from England, but felt no allegiance to it. From the time the British parliament and King George outlawed colonial scrip, the revolution was inevitable. And since that moment, there has been a perpetual war between one faction: the bankers (with their dupes and accomplices) and the other faction: the rest of us, most of whom don't even know who it is we're fighting! People are so busy focusing on one cause or the other that they cannot see the forest for the trees. The bigger picture takes a different lens to see, requires a different microphone to hear...

This war against our free spirit is coming to a head in modern times, as our burgeoning awareness clashes with their methodical oppression. The same old battle ever fought, there are no higher stakes for mankind. We must overcome and maintain our freedoms.

In the same way that the free spirit is part of nature, and cannot be destroyed, it's time for us to face up to the fact that the same is true of the spirit of malice. It will not disappear in any foreseeable future, so we might as well just buck up and face it, and keep facing it.

A cowardly brute will take from you what you will give freely, but the moment you decide to stop giving and face the brute head on is the moment the cowardly brute questions himself, to your advantage...

copyright Brandon Dean, 2008

contributor: splitbabyniblet at Wednesday, January 30, 2008 "

splitbabyniblet.blogspot....ionary-war-has-never.html

"...as long as there..remain active enemies of the Christian church, we may hope to become Master of the World...the future Jewish King will never reign in the world before Christianity is overthrown - B'nai B'rith speech http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/luther.htm / http://bible.cc/psalms/83-4.htm

AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt  posted on  2025-05-26   14:58:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: Esso (#6)

There are no 'innocents' in that part of the world. Period. They are all savages with no value for human life.

sorry, I'm not buying it. Some, maybe many, could be savages as you call them, but there are Christians over there as well, and some who have met them declare them to be the sweetest, gentlest, kindest people they have ever met. And children are not savages, and they are precious to God.

I don't like anybody over there.

that's your right.

Nothing against you, don't take it personally.

it's okay...at least 30 years looking into this horrible bullcrap, i have a pretty tough skin.

i have things to do.

enjoy the day. if i could make a heart emoji, i would.

"...as long as there..remain active enemies of the Christian church, we may hope to become Master of the World...the future Jewish King will never reign in the world before Christianity is overthrown - B'nai B'rith speech http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/luther.htm / http://bible.cc/psalms/83-4.htm

AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt  posted on  2025-05-26   15:07:48 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt, 4um (#5)

p.s. You might reserve your ire for those who put you in that position.

I put myself in that position voluntarily. They were warned that attack was going to happen shortly beforehand, but a certain Colonel refused to prepare for it.

I was told he pounded his desk screaming, "I'M NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO SOME TWENTY-SOMETHING YEAR OLD PUNK ABOUT MY JOB!"

That punk was me and my team. Me, Pam, Danny and a few other guys.

As far as my ire goes, don't worry, I've got plenty left. If/when Kimmy dies from being forced to take clot-shots, I wouldn't want to be a certain doctor/tyrant's shoes. I won't have anything left to live for.

The quote "From hell's heart I stab at thee" is a famous line from Herman Melville's novel, Moby-Dick. It is spoken by Captain Ahab as he confronts the white whale Moby Dick, expressing his unwavering determination to destroy the whale even in the face of death. The phrase is often interpreted as Ahab's descent into obsession and his willingness to embrace his own destruction in order to avenge his loss.

"Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee."

The literary lecture is over. There will be a quiz Wednesday.

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-26   15:26:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt (#8)

enjoy the day. if i could make a heart emoji, i would.

Thanks. Doc knows how to do that but I keep for getting to ask her.

I did find that I can cut and paste them from my X account recently.

For you:❤️

For the 241 Marines, sailors and soldiers of Beirut: [Insert broken heart emoji here] The system still has some bugs in it.

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-26   15:38:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: All (#10)

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-26   15:52:21 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: Danny, 4um (#11)

Danny hated this song.

It must've been in the early 80s. He was a tech guy. It drove him nuts for some reason.

My favorite song about that time:

Loddy was enamored with her overbite. I'm a leg man.

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-26   16:01:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: All (#12)

My dad taught me how to do this when I was a kid...

If you do this right, three stars should be aligned on the fat side.

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-26   17:29:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#14. To: All (#13)

Kimmy kind of looks like a 3/4 scale Melania, but not so worldly.

I love those Slav gals

Toby Keith - Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue (The Angry American) (Official Music Video)

Ships That Don’t Come In (feat. Joe Diffie, Toby Keith, Luke Combs) (Official Studio Video)

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-26   19:27:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#15. To: ghostrider (#14)

Brother

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-26   19:50:40 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#16. To: Pam (#15)

d. 2008

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-26   19:58:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#17. To: Pam (#16)

Our last ride at Gio's...

I miss you, Punk.

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-26   20:09:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#18. To: Esso (#15)

While crossing the Atlantic in '97 the Main Propulsion Assistant (MPA) came to my rack right after I got off watch and asked if I could help dewater the bow thruster room, had to use a wet vac because the educdor would not align. Two things one doesn't do; 1. let your ride home burn, 2. let your ride home flood. We got done just in time for me to eat and go back to another four-hour watch. We had 14 feet of water in the chain locker that stayed there until we got back to Ingleside.

ghostrider  posted on  2025-05-26   21:07:57 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#19. To: AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt (#5) (Edited)

You might reserve your ire for those who put you in that position.

I'm sorry if I was too brusk with you.

Memorial Day is for the dead guys. I'm carrying a lot of survivor guilt.

Toby Keith was near death when he did that song.

Toby Keith - Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue

Same guy. Pre cancer/at the end.

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-27   3:07:34 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#20. To: All (#13)

My dad taught me how to do this when I was a kid... There was supposed be a lot of line breaks in the below. If you don't know flag rules, get the fuck out.

I'm sure I was on the cheesdick end of that op with Dad with the flag..

I know I could fold the flag as well or better than dad when he died in 1976.

Probably not the worst thing I've ever learned.

The US Flag Code outlines guidelines for displaying and respecting the American flag. It's universally understood that the flag should be displayed from sunrise to sunset, but it can be displayed at night with proper illumination. The flag should never touch the ground or be displayed upside down, except as a distress signal. When displayed with other flags, the US flag should be in a position of prominence, generally to the right (the flag's own right). Key guidelines for displaying the US flag:
Timing:The US Flag Code outlines guidelines for displaying and respecting the American flag. It's universally understood that the flag should be displayed from sunrise to sunset, but it can be displayed at night with proper illumination. The flag should never touch the ground or be displayed upside down, except as a distress signal. When displayed with other flags, the US flag should be in a position of prominence, generally to the right (the flag's own right). Key guidelines for displaying the US flag: Timing: It's customary to display the flag from sunrise to sunset, but it can be displayed at night with proper illumination. Position: When flown alongside other flags, the US flag should be in a position of prominence (generally to the right or at the center and highest position). Wall display: When hung against a wall, the union (blue field with the stars) should be at the top and to the observer's left. Avoidance: Do not let the flag touch the ground, water, or merchandise. Do not use it for wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. Respect: The flag should never be displayed upside down except as a signal of distress. It should be displayed in a way that prevents it from being torn, soiled, or damaged. Half-staff: The flag may be flown at half-staff to honor the deceased, as per the president or governor's order, or on Memorial Day until noon. Additional points to consider: There are no federal laws requiring specific flag displays, but the US Flag Code provides guidelines. Flags of states, cities, corporations, or organizations can be flown on the same flagpole as the US flag, but below it and never larger than the US flag. The flag should not be used for advertising purposes or printed on temporary items like napkins. The flag should always be folded in a triangle shape, but this is a suggestion, not a requirement.

It's customary to display the flag from sunrise to sunset, but it can be displayed at night with proper illumination. Position: When flown alongside other flags, the US flag should be in a position of prominence (generally to the right or at the center and highest position). Wall display: When hung against a wall, the union (blue field with the stars) should be at the top and to the observer's left. Avoidance: Do not let the flag touch the ground, water, or merchandise. Do not use it for wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. Respect: The flag should never be displayed upside down except as a signal of distress. It should be displayed in a way that prevents it from being torn, soiled, or damaged. Half-staff: The flag may be flown at half-staff to honor the deceased, as per the president or governor's order, or on Memorial Day until noon. Additional points to consider: There are no federal laws requiring specific flag displays, but the US Flag Code provides guidelines. Flags of states, cities, corporations, or organizations can be flown on the same flagpole as the US flag, but below it and never larger than the US flag. The flag should not be used for advertising purposes or printed on temporary items like napkins. The flag should always be folded in a triangle shape, but this is a suggestion, not a requirement.

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-27   4:19:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#21. To: All (#20)

If you do it right, there should three stars across the wide side of the triangle or you're gonna get the belt.

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-27   4:23:57 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#22. To: All (#21)

My dad used to listen to the Indy 500 on his newfangled transistor radio and wax his cars. Dear ol' dad lived a life of quiet desperation with a hot secretary and a Down's Syndrome daughter.

5th century towehleads, pre internet, didn't blow up the Marine BLT in Beirut without the joos and CIA in 1983. I was there.

Nothing happens by mistake. I'm an old fart, I just wanted to help folks after 1995.

I finished my dad's job and separated in 1995.

Fuck everybody. you got Fauchi.

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-27   4:54:21 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#23. To: AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt (#22)

PING!

Yeah, I was a bad guy.

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-27   5:00:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#24. To: Dakmar (#23)

I know I'm gonna lose Kimmy to the shots.

See you on the other side.

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-27   5:08:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#25. To: Pam, Dakmar (#24)

Trust I seek and I find in you...

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-27   5:18:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#26. To: Dakmar (#25)

I'm in so much MFing pain I can't explain.

I can't do anything anymore. I'm in so much fucking pain.

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-27   5:31:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#27. To: All (#26)

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-27   5:44:53 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#28. To: Lod (#27) (Edited)

Here's to gals with overbites and thin legs.

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-27   6:02:08 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#29. To: All (#28)

Guns and cars

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2025-05-27   6:09:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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