I know I’ve used this photo before but looking in my inbox and reading Daniel Bernath’s emails made me think of it again. Life must be real tough when your name becomes an internet punchline.
Irony: Bernath says that we’re afraid of him, that all of our commenters have abandoned us and the next post about him gets 150+ comments in a few hours.
How does my ass taste, Dan?
I’m thinking that Danny thinks Ancestry.com is a dating website.
OIF ’06-’07-’08 reminds us that tomorrow is the 71st anniversary of the invasion of Hitler’s Fortress Europe. Some notable historical figures have things that they want to add to the discussion this weekend;
George Patton on June 5th; “We want to get the hell over there. The quicker we clean up this Goddamned mess, the quicker we can take a little jaunt against the purple pissing Japs and clean out their nest, too.
Dwight Eisenhower said; You will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world.
Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped, and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely….The free men of the world are marching together to victory. I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty, and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory. Good luck, and let us all beseech the blessings of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.”
From Stephen Ambrose’ Band of Brothers; Lieutenant Welsh remembered walking around among the sleeping men, and thinking to himself that ‘they had looked at and smelled death all around them all day but never even dreamed of applying the term to themselves. They hadn’t come here to fear. They hadn’t come to die. They had come to win.
In 1984, Ronald Reagan said; These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc. These are the men who took the cliffs. These are the champions who helped free a continent. These are the heroes who helped end a war.
In 1994, Bill Clinton said; We are the children of your sacrifice. We are the sons and daughters you saved from tyranny’s reach. We grew up behind the shield of the strong alliances you forged in blood upon these beaches, on the shores of the Pacific, and in the skies above.
In 2004, George W Bush said; Generations to come will know what happened here, but these men heard the guns. Visitors will always pay respects at this cemetery, but these veterans come looking for a name and remembering faces and voices from a lifetime ago. Today we honor all the veterans of Normandy and all their comrades who never left.
In 2009, Barack Obama said; It is a story that has never come easy, but one that always gives us hope, For as we face down the hardships and struggles of our time, and arrive at that hour for which we were born, we cannot help but draw strength from those moments in history when the best among us were somehow able to swallow their fears and secure a beachhead on an unforgiving shore.
And, MCPO sends his own graphic for the weekend;
I got nuthin’. Have fun.
I’m already gone for the weekend. I’ve been gone a couple of hours now – on my to Fort Bragg. I haven’t been there since 1990, the last year I was a TAC NCO for the 1st ROTC Region Advanced Camp. I got home to Vermont from Advanced Camp to a set of orders for Garlstedt, Germany and then a few months later to Desert Storm. In fact, Hussein invaded Kuwait while I was driving up I-95 from Fort Bragg.
It seemed like a good inaugural trip for the TAH Blogger Assault Vehicle.
That picture? Well, it was seen in Murphy’s in Old Town Alexandria, VA the other night. Since it’s Friday night, I know some fellow takes time out from chasing trannies around DuPont Circle to troll the pages of TAH and I thought I’d let him know that we’re still looking for poor Elaine Ricci and we know what he did.
However, Paul Wickre has finally succumbed to pressure to replace his mailbox, according to Hack Stone who sent us these pictures;
By the way, an administrative note; Apparently, Facebook is working on some changes to their thing and we’re having trouble interfacing with their new thing, so we’re working on fixing that. Serves us right for depending on Facebook for our traffic.
So, I goofed off today – I had to go get my Special Driving Forces license, so I can drive the truck that I bought four months ago with the high speed equipment. Yes, I took the (Ranger) training required to operate it. The VA wanted me to drive to DC for eight weeks (that’s a one hour class and five hours of driving to get there and back) instead I found somewhere closer and paid for it out of my pocket – so you’re welcome, tax payers. I completed the (Ranger) Driving program in four weeks. Anyway, I’m mobile again.
So, that completes another round of distractions. But, that’s not your problem, is it? So I also spent the day answering my email – that should surprise those of you who email me and never hear anything back, huh? But, yeah. Chicks are getting scammed on that Al Gore invention, relatives are embellishing their military records, it never ends.
But, BB King died today. MSN says that he spent three months in the Army during World War II without discussing why his enlistment was so short. I’d guess it’s because he joined towards the end of the war, since he was born in 1925 and he was about 19 on VJ Day. At least he answered the call, but I don’t think three months would make him a veteran in the eyes of the VA. Anyway, he brought me a lot of joy with his music, so, thanks, Riley B. King. You can’t picture BB King in your head without that mile-wide smile, can you?
To borrow from the Righteous Brother; If you believe in forever, Then life is just a one-night stand, If there’s a rock n’ roll heaven, Well, you know they’ve got a hell of a band.
I’ve been involved in a couple of distractions all day, most of them blog related, so sorry, I haven’t been paying much attention to you. But, here’s a picture from Pinto Nag that she took on her trip to Yellowstone a few months ago.
I need a beer or twelve.
This weekend’s open thread is brought to you by Instinct’s newest addition to his family – cute little Samantha Marie [Instinct]. He wanted me to share the picture with you – he’s pretty pumped about her arrival.
It’s been an exciting week behind the scenes at TAH, I’m hoping that I can tell you about it all later, but trust me, it’s all good news. You should just act excited now. But, I’m beat, so enjoy yourself. I’ll be back in a little while after I take a nap. That’s probably what Samantha is doing right now, too.
Someone sent us this really old meme for the weekend open thread. So there you go.