On Independence Day

Happy 4th of July, everybody! As you go about the day eating those greasy American food staples, watching fireworks, and celebrating the Greatest Country in the world, I thought I'd offer you a little extra...motivation. From the beginning of the 1970 classic Patton:



Okay, so maybe it's not the most appropriate clip for today, but it's still Patton, right?

On a more serious note, please take the time today to stop and say a quick prayer of thanks for our Founding Fathers; remembering that, back in 1776, they selflessly pledged their "lives, [their] fortunes, and [their] sacred honor" for the cause of our Freedom.

God Bless America.

For Memorial Day

As has become somewhat of a tradition around here, in honor of Memorial Day I'll offer up one of my favorites, John McCrae's In Flanders Field:

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.

Thank you, Vets. And may God Bless those serving today.