All those people whose sacrifices we celebrate on Memorial Day are watching us, not to mention the extraordinary Mr. Franklin, who famously challenged us after the Constitutional Convention with the words “A republic — if you can keep it.”Courtesy of Roger L. Simon.
It’s Memorial Day. Let’s have a few burgers and beers, in the cold or the sunshine, and then get a move on. With the Benghazi lies, the blatant misuse of our Internal Revenue Service for political goals, and the chilling suppression of freedom of the press, we can do no less. In fact, we have no choice, if we want to keep it.
Monday, May 27, 2013
A FINAL MEMORIAL DAY THOUGHT:
OOPS! Anthony Weiner’s campaign website accidentally features the Pittsburgh skyline.
Competence. It's what Democrat campaigns are made of....
Competence. It's what Democrat campaigns are made of....
ROLLING THUNDER 2013:
Yesterday's ride seemed ... well, subdued compared to the last time we attended in 2010. While the ride certainly lasted several hours, it seemed to us that there were fewer motorcycles, and fewer riders. In 2010 it seemed that nearly every motorcycle capable of carrying two riders did carry two riders; this year, it appeared the majority of riders were solo. Pity.
It's also striking that President Obama was not here. While he was in Oklahoma witnessing the tornado disaster (a good thing), I think he had his priorities reversed.
Yesterday's ride seemed ... well, subdued compared to the last time we attended in 2010. While the ride certainly lasted several hours, it seemed to us that there were fewer motorcycles, and fewer riders. In 2010 it seemed that nearly every motorcycle capable of carrying two riders did carry two riders; this year, it appeared the majority of riders were solo. Pity.
It's also striking that President Obama was not here. While he was in Oklahoma witnessing the tornado disaster (a good thing), I think he had his priorities reversed.
MEMORIAL DAY 2013: At Arlington National Cemetary.
Every grave in the cemetery has a U.S. flag placed on it. This photo is from section 33. The graves appear to be mostly from World War I.
Naval Construction Brigade ("Sea Bees") Memorial: "The difficult we do at once. The impossible takes a bit longer."
Civil War Memorial
And finally, a view from Arlington House looking down to the Memorial Bridge crossing the Potomac with the Lincoln Memorial at its end. Rolling Thunder motorcycles are still crossing the bridge to the Viet Nam memorial 2-1/2 hours after it began.
Every grave in the cemetery has a U.S. flag placed on it. This photo is from section 33. The graves appear to be mostly from World War I.
Naval Construction Brigade ("Sea Bees") Memorial: "The difficult we do at once. The impossible takes a bit longer."
Civil War Memorial
"Beneath this stone repose the bones of two thousand one hundred and eleven unknown gathered after the war from the fields of Bull Run and the route to the Rappahannock. Their remains could not be identified, but their names and deaths are recorded in the archives of their country; and its grateful citizens honor them as of their noble army of martyrs. May they rest in peace. September, A.D. 1866."
And finally, a view from Arlington House looking down to the Memorial Bridge crossing the Potomac with the Lincoln Memorial at its end. Rolling Thunder motorcycles are still crossing the bridge to the Viet Nam memorial 2-1/2 hours after it began.
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