As the attacks on our very existence by the American left continue as they attempt to defeat America in the war on terrorism, I am reminded that 63 years ago,

- those who gave aid and comfort to the enemy were called traitors.

- those who tried to compromise and make peace at any cost with evil were called appeasers.

- those who refused to fight were called cowards.

- those who disregarded the threat to civilization were called fools.

Today, they are called Democrats. unknown



"You know what the difference between me and you really is? You look out there and see a horde of evil, left-wing Liberals. I look out there and see a target rich environment."

Here is a good quote I found on a website talking about one of the adventure races in New Zealand.

- If the fastest team member can't handle the added stress of sleep deprivation, or physical exertion, then that member will become the slowest.

Ryan Cloutier

"The time to live and the place to die. That's all any man gets. No more,no less."-
-Parson (Hank Worden) in 'The Alamo".

" well you gonna do somethin, or just stand there and bleed..." -Tombstone

I found this in one of my books for classes. I think this probably goes through a lot of operators' heads during deployment and missions:

O Western Wind, when wilt thou blow
That the small rain down can rain?
Christ, that my love were in my arms
And I in my bed again!

-Anonymous

These are good too:

Raoul Wallenberg (1912-1947): “When there is suffering without limits, there can be no limits to the methods one should use to alleviate it.”

Sir Stephan Spender (1909-1995): “I think continually of those who were truly great--/The names of those who in their lives fought for life,/ Who wore at their hearts the fire’s center.”

Edmund Burke (1729-1797): “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

Anonymous: God and the Soldier

God and the soldier
All men adore
In time of trouble,
And no more;
For when war is over
And all things righted,
God is neglected--
The old soldier slighted.

Two of my favorites:

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
~Theodore Roosevelt

"Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it. Virtue is doing it."
~Thomas Jefferson

Enjoy.
NH

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
--John Stewart Mill--

these things we do that others may live

Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.
Harold Wilson (1916 - 1995)

"Courage is not absence of fear, it is absence of Self"

If at first you don't succeed, f%$# it, do it another way.

Me

One that holds true:

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature, and has no chance of being free unless made or kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stuart Mill

The pioneers of a warless world are the youth that refuse military service. Albert Einstein

Instead of building newer and larger WMD, I think mankind should try to get more use out of the ones we have. Jack Handey

You know the real meaning of PEACE only if you have been through war. Kosovar

only the dead have truely seen the end of war

"You're best better get a whole lot better..."
-High School wrestling coach

"You can't be warmed up yet, you haven't puked!"
-Same coach

Leadership is action, not a position.

"A secret is something you tell one person at a time."

"Trust in God but lock your car."

"Don't blame the mirror for what you see."

"And God Asked 'Who Will Go For Us?', and I Said 'I Am Here Lord, Send Me'". Isiah 6:8

"You're kind of a control freak and it's starting to piss me off; chill out!" My wife to me the week after I returned from a 120 day rotation to the AOR. Snapped me right back into the real world.

The only thing guaranteed in life is death... So live your life with no regrets, as if every day may be your last.

"Cut me, Mick..."
Rocky
An enduring testament to the human spirit and wanting to overcome adversity.

"Napoleon Bonaparte said an army moves on its stomach. That's b---s---. It slides along on a trail of paperwork."
-A character in a WEB Griffen novel

OUT of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

-William Earnest Henley

"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned" - W. B. Yeats

Yea, though I walk through the valley of death, I shall fear no evil. Because I am the baddest mother-f--ker inthe valley!
-Sam Kennison

"Ain't got time to bleed..."
If you don't know this one, something is horribly wrong.

"The day hilary clinton becomes president is the day I become an anarchist"...a young kid I sometimes provide transportation for.

"You can't make chicken salad out of chicken [censored]."
My High School Cross Country Coach explaining that some of us, no matter how hard we try, are not destined to be All Americans.

"Anyone messes with me and the whole camp goes."
Kirt Russell-The Thing

"Back off man......I'm a scientist."
Bill Murry-Ghostbusters

"The chastisements we have had from time to time have been for our good, and are essential to learn wisdom, and carry us through a school of experience we never could have passed through without."-Wilford Woodruff

"Always accept the task that makes you go beyond yourself."

Very creepy but funny
“Jesus Juice”

April 8th 2003 I was helping serve dinner in a Dining Facility over in the AOR. A CCT came through the serving line and I asked him how is day had been. Sgt Sather replied, “My day is just beginning.”

"You will never get more out of life than you expect"
-Bruce Lee

"The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of the non-essentials"
-Chinese Proverb

"Here am I. Send me!" Isiah 6:8

"The person you are today is shaped by yesterday's thoughts"
-Bruce Lee (again)

If you're in too deep...stop digging.

There is nothing more dangerous than and idea when it's the only one you have.

"And Shepherds we shall be
For thee, my Lord, for thee.
Power hath descended forth from Thy hand,
That our feet may swiftly carry out Thy commands.
So we shall flow a river forth to Thee
And teeming with souls shall it ever be.

In Nomeni, Patri Et Fili,
Spiritus Sancti"

-Boone Dock Saints

not so much a quote, but I thought it belonged here

HALFWAY DOWN THE ROAD TO HELL
IN A SHADY MEADOW GREEN
ARE THE SOULS OF ALL DEAD TROOPERS CAMPED
NEAR A GOOD OLD-TIME CANTEEN.
AND THIS ETERNAL RESTING PLACE
IS KNOWN AS FIDDLERS GREEN.

MARCHING PAST, STRAIGHT THROUGH TO HELL,
THE INFANTRY ARE SEEN
ACCOMPANIED BY THE ENGINEERS, ARTILLERY AND MARINE.
FOR NONE BUT THE SHADES OF CAVALRYMEN
DISMOUNT AT FIDDLER'S GREEN

THOUGH SOME G0 CURVING DOWN THE TRAIL
TO SEEK A WARMER SCENE,
NO TROOPER EVER GETS TO HELL
ERE HE'S EMPTIED HIS CANTEEN,
AND SO RIDE BACK TO DRINK AGAIN
WITH FRIENDS AT FIDDLER'S GREEN.

AND SO WHEN MAN AND HORSE GO DOWN
BENEATH A SABER KEEN,
OR IN A ROARING CHARGE OR FIERCE MELEE
YOU STOP A BULLET CLEAN,
AND THE HOSTILES COME TO GET YOUR SCALP,
JUST EMPTY YOUR CANTEEN,
AND PUT YOUR PISTOL TO YOUR HEAD
AND G0 TO FIDDLERS GREEN.

Chin

The Minstrel Boy to the war has gone
In the ranks of death you will find him;
His father's sword he has girded on,
And his wild harp slung behind him;
"Land of Song!" said the warrior bard,
"Tho' all the world betrays thee,
One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard,
One faithful harp shall praise thee!"

The Minstrel fell, but the foeman's chain
Could not bring that proud soul under;
The harp he loved never spoke again,
For he tore its chords asunder;
And said "No chains shall sully thee,
Thou soul of love and brav'ry!
Thy songs were made for the pure and free,
They shall never sound in slavery!"

~'The Minstrel Boy,' by Thomas Moore

Alright...before someone posts "The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner", this is not the favorite poetry category...

I love the smell of napalm in the morning...(pause) It smells like victory. - Apocolypse Now

Friends may come,
and friends may go,
friends may peter out you know,
but we'll be friends,
through thick or thin,
peter out or peter in!

"You may be bigger than me, and you may be able to kick my @$$, but I'm going to whip your @$$."

-Chin (famous last drunken words after hitting on some big guys girl)

"To the girl I kissed last, she didn't kiss hard, she didn't kiss fast. But she kissed so long and she kissed so sweet, she made something stand up that don't have feet."

You either surf or you fight.
Charlie don't surf.
-Kilgore from Apoc. Now

"That is something, up of which, I shall not put!"
-Sir Winston Churchill, after a diplomat told him he shouldn't end a sentance with a preposition.

'I broke your F***ing mold, and threw away the caste!'
'You ain't got the balls, son!'
-Pantera

"My car doubles in value when I fill it up w/ gas!!!!!"
-Me...today. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

"You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towell."
-Homer Simpson

"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like."
-Will Smith

"You know, like nunchuck skills, bowhunting skills, computer hacking skills... Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills."

Napoleon Dynamite