Day is done,
gone the sun,
From the hills,
from the lake,
From the skies.
All is well,
safely rest,
God is nigh.
Go to sleep,
peaceful sleep,
May the soldier
or sailor,
God keep.
On the land
or the deep,
Safe in sleep.
Love, good night,
Must thou go,
When the day,
And the night
Need thee so?
All is well.
Speedeth all
To their rest.
Fades the light;
And afar
Goeth day,
And the stars
Shineth bright,
Fare thee well;
Day has gone,
Night is on.
Thanks and praise,
For our days,
‘Neath the sun,
Neath the stars,
‘Neath the sky,
As we go,
This we know,
God is nigh.
My pal Norma just sent this editorial from the Star Tribune … i’ll quote just a small portion:
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As this bloody month of car bombs and American deaths — the most since January — comes to a close, as we gather in groups small and large to honor our war dead, let us all sing of their bravery and sacrifice. But let us also ask their forgiveness for sending them to a war that should never have happened. In the 1960s it was Vietnam. Today it is Iraq. Let us resolve to never, ever make this mistake again. Our young people are simply too precious.
I was going to post this also after I had read it this morning. Glad you did.
Do Iraqis Have The Right To Resist The Occupation?
It’s sinking fast, and it shouldn’t. It has the potential to make a lot of people think.
(No, it is not mine 😉 )
Done. Invite them to cross-post here. Highly worthwhile topic.
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Cross-posted @ dKOS
IRAQ – DIA On Torture Documents ¶ US Failed World Leadership ¶ UPDATED
by new creve coeur Mon May 30th, 2005
Addition …
Arming Iraq: A Chronology of United States Involvement 1980 thru 1988 — the Reagan Years.
Set ’em up, knock ’em down. No wonder Galloway was so pissed.
Go Fish
Oui – Liberté – Egalité – Fraternité
On this important and grave holiday, in which we pay tribute to America’s fallen, I think we owe a debt of gratitude to Bush. Without him, Memorial Day would still be fading slowly into obscurity, as we remembered people who died in wars 30, 50, 60 years ago.
But Bush has brought a new poignancy to Memorial Day–he has given us new fallen heroes to salute, and a renewed appreciation for sacrifice on this day. 1,600 dead seems a small price to pay in exchange for the renewal of Memorial Day. An ingenious plan done well, Mr. President.
Johnny, did you catch Bush’s speech this morning? I missed it. I saw him salute at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and thought to myself, “Damn straight — all the soldiers are unknown to him.”
Then I switched to CSPAN2 and got caught up in listening to the story of the Underground Railroad which saved an estimated 100,000 people. I forgot all about catching Bush’s speech.
um…the only time I listen to anything Bush says is if it’s on the Daily Show.
TV thief freed – after 35 years
Julian Borger in Washington
Monday May 30, 2005
The Guardian
A man was released from a North Carolina jail over the weekend after serving 35 years for stealing a black and white television set.
Junior Allen, a black migrant worker from neighbouring Georgia, will remain on probation for another five years, so he will not be entirely free until he is 70.
“I’m glad to be out,” Mr Allen said on his release.
“I’ve done too much time for what I did. I won’t be truly happy until I see a sign that says I’m outside of North Carolina.”
Thom Hartmann’s interview of George Galloway. Windows media format.
Just as I was reading the comments here, the woman doing the music program on my local radio station read Mary Oliver’s “The Eskimos Have No Word for War.” (From New & Selected Poems of Mary Oliver, Beacon Press, 1992) A powerful poem.
And I made this observation over at dKos:
Yesterday, in a town near me, I saw a house whose owner has placed on the front lawn a sign urging passers-by to remember the 1627 [my recollection of the number may not be accurate] soldiers killed in Iraq. Given its location, the sign will be seen by thousands this weekend.
On the lawn, in neat rows, small white flags, masses of them, so that the green lawn disappears under a sea of white.
Heartbreaking.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/5/30/12558/3596
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/05/30/to_the_end_colonel_a_man_of_the_troops/
A great article on Col. Hackworth. I thought he’d already had his funeral but apparently it is today. However the headline also read that no top brass are expected to attend. How shameful is that? Here’s a guy who was a veteran of WW11, Korea and Vietnam-most decorated soldier in the country- and was absolutely tireless in his support for the ‘boots on the ground’, yet no top brass will be honoring this man. Of course he did tell Rumsfield to go to hell…
I see we are already above 950 users, so I thought we could quickly get up to 1000 if all of us invite one blogger they find in their internet travels to come and join this site.
I did last night and I will try to find more.
Also remind people to post a connection to this blog. I have noticed many comment sections on newpapers, etc. pages, so we could poste link on there, what do you all think?
http://www.workingforchange.com/activism/petition.cfm?itemid=19123
This is a petition from Act for Change, to shut down Gitmo.