God Bless America

 

"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they

protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they

perform for us in our time of need.  Amen."

Please stop for a moment and say a prayer for our troops around the world.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!

If God brings me to it, he will bring me through it!

They wanted to fly, to soar into the heavens, To see Earth from afar, Those immortal Seven... They each happily saw their hopes come true... While nervous and eager, into that starry night they flew... For sixteen days they lived their dream.  They were awed and delighted, The Columbia team...   Rick Husband, Kalpana Chawla,  William McCool, David Brown,

Laurel Clark, Michael Anderson, Ilan Ramon.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!

An Air Force training squadron flying in a never-done-before "USA" formation over the control tower "Taj Mahal" (HQ building) of Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.

Pray for all our young men and women serving our country and going into danger that we might preserve our Freedom.

And pray for wisdom for our leaders.

The 2002 Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions as described in Executive Order #10834. This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; Each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants with 4-5 flower stems each for a total of more than 2 million flowers. You can drive by this flag on V Street south of Ocean Ave. in Lompoc, CA.

Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson

NOT ALL HEROES ARE PEOPLE

          James Crane worked on the 101st floor of of Tower 1 of the World Trade Center. He is blind so he has a golden retriever named Daisy. After the plane hit 20 stories below, James knew that he was doomed, so he let Daisy go, out of an act of love. She darted away into the darkened hallway. Choking on the fumes of the jet fuel and the smoke James was just waiting to die. About 30 minutes later, Daisy comes back along with James' boss, who Daisy just happened to pick up on floor 112.  On her first run of the building, she leads James, James' boss, and about 300 more people out of the doomed building. But she wasn't through yet, she knew there were others who were trapped. So, highly against James' wishes she ran back in the building.  On her second run, she saved 392 lives. Again she went back in. During this run, the building collapses. James hears about this and falls on his knees into tears. Against all known odds, Daisy makes it out alive, but this time she is carried by a firefighter. "She led us right to the people, before she got injured" the fireman explained.  Her final run saved another 273 lives. She suffered acute smoke inhalation, severe burns on all four paws, and a broken leg, but she saved 967 lives.  The next week, Mayor Guilaini rewards Daisy with the Canine medal of Honor of New York. Daisy is the first civilian Canine to win such an honor.

The attached photo was forwarded from one of the last U.S. Marine companies in Iraq. They would like to have it passed to as many people as possible, to let the folks back home know that they remember why they're there and that they remember those who've been lost.

 

May today there be peace within you.

May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.

"I believe that friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."

 

If God brings me to it, he will bring me through it!

Enjoy Your Freedom & God Bless Our Troops

I watched the flag pass by one day,

It fluttered in the breeze.

I watched the flag pass by one day,

It fluttered in the breeze.

A young Marine saluted it,

And then he stood at ease..

I looked at him in uniform

So young, so tall, so proud,

With hair cut square and eyes alert

He'd stand out in any crowd.

I thought how many men like him

Had fallen through the years.

How many died on foreign soil

How many mothers' tears?

How many pilots' planes shot down?

How many died at sea

How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?

No, freedom isn't free.

I heard the sound of Taps one night,

When everything was still,

I listened to the bugler play

And felt a sudden chill.

I wondered just how many times

That Taps had meant "Amen,"

When a flag had draped a coffin.

Of a brother or a friend.

I thought of all the children,

Of the mothers and the wives,

Of fathers, sons and husbands

With interrupted lives.

I thought about a graveyard

At the bottom of the sea

Of unmarked graves in Arlington.

No, freedom isn't free.

Enjoy Your Freedom & God Bless Our Troops

Go USA!!!

Photos of an Air Force C-130 releasing flares to repel heat seeking

missiles. The pattern formed by these decoys are how they got their

name... Angel Decoy

It's truly awesome!

Because maneuvers are usually in remote areas and over water, the general

public does not get to see these exercises.

 

   

READ THE BLACK PATCH UNDER THE US FLAG

 (The flags are France, Germany, and Russia)

I am The Flag!

 

 I am the flag of the United States of America.

My name is Old Glory.

 I fly atop the world's tallest buildings.

 I stand watch in America's halls of justice.

 I fly majestically over institutions of learning.

 I stand guard with power in the  world.

 Look up and see me.

I stand for peace, honor, truth and  justice.

 I stand for freedom.

I am confident.

I am arrogant.

I am  proud.

When I am flown with my fellow banners,

My head is a little  higher,

My colors a little truer.

I bow to no one!

I am recognized all over the world.

I am worshipped - I am saluted.

I am loved - I am  revered.

I am respected - and I am feared.

I have fought in every battle of every war for more then 200 years.I was flown at Valley Forge, Gettysburg, Shiloh and Appomattox.

I was there at San Juan Hill, the trenches oF France,

in the Argonne Forest, Anzio, Rome and the beaches of  Normandy.

Guam, Okinawa, Korea and KheSan, Saigon, Vietnam know me.

I'm presently in the mountains of Afghanistan and the hot and dusty deserts of Iraq and wherever freedom is needed.

I led my troops, I was dirty, battleworn and tired,

But my soldiers  cheered me and I was proud.

I have been burned, torn, and trampled on the  streets of countries I have helped set free.

It does not hurt for I am  invincible.

I have been soiled upon, burned, torn and trampled in the streets of my country.

And when it's done by those Whom I've served in battle - it  hurts.

But I shall overcome - for I am strong.

I have slipped the  bonds of Earth and stood watch over the uncharted frontiers of space from my vantage point on the moon.

I have borne silent witness to all of America's finest hours.

 But my finest hours are yet to come.

When I am torn  into strips and used as bandages for my wounded comrades on the  battlefield,

When I am flown at half-mast to honor my soldier,

Or when I  lie in the trembling arms of a grieving parent

at the grave of their fallen son or daughter,

I am proud.

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.  1954-2004   The new banner hangs across the street from the US Supreme Court, and was unfurled the very day the Supreme Court dismissed the suit against the Pledge.   Ironically, it was also the date of the 50th anniversary of the insertion of "Under God."

 

    

 

 

Soldiers' Prayer

          When you see this, please stop for a moment and say a prayer for our servicemen.  This can be very powerful.  Of all the gifts you could give a US Soldier, Prayer is the very best one.

 

 

 

           

 

SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- The first major airlift of dogs from the hurricane-battered Gulf Coast left Louisiana on Sunday, carrying about 80 pets to new temporary homes in California.

The Continental Airlines flight from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was chartered for about $50,000 by Texas oil tycoon Boone Pickens and his wife, Madeleine, in a movement dubbed "Operation Pet Lift."

Some dogs were placed in cages in the cargo section while others rode in the passenger cabin, where they barked and wag

This picture is from the Baltimore Sun. The plane is carrying nothing but animals that were rescued from the Gulf region after hurricane Katrina struck  September 2005

 

This is a prayer request for

a man in need of prayer.

Please, take a moment and pray for this man. He is in a situation that few people find themselves. He is criticized at every turn, and few people have thanked him for the good things he has done. Few people know the extent of his situation. We need to pray that God gives him the guidance he needs to do his job effectively. I have attached a photo of this man. Look at it. Most of you will recognize him. Please pray for him. Feel free to pass this on to anyone else who will pray for this man. He hasn't asked me to send this request, but I am sure that he will appreciate all your prayers. If you were facing what he is facing, you'd want people praying for you! Thanks! No matter what party you support, this man is our President right now and needs our help in prayers. This country belongs to all of us.

IN GOD WE TRUST

Really have to love this guy. God rest his soul.

Reaganisms:

Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose."

"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so."

"Of the four wars in my lifetime none came about because the U.S. was too strong."

"I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandment's would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress."

"The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination."

"Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other."

"If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."

"The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program."

"I've laid down the law, though, to everyone from now on about anything that happens: no matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting."

"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first."

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."

"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book."

"No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.

 

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There is a huge rock near a gravel pit on Hwy.25 in rural Iowa. For generations, kids have painted slogans, names, and obscenities on this rock, changing its character many times. A few months back, the rock received its latest paint job, and since then it has been left completely undisturbed. It's quite an impressive sight. Be sure to scroll down and check out the multiple photos (all angles) of the rock. I thought the flag was draped over the rock, but it's not. It's actually painted on the rock too.

 

Here's the artist Ray "Bubba" Sorensen.

AWESOME Work, RAY...Thank you! "God Bless America" & "Our Soldiers & Vets"