My little give away

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I will leave the give-away to someone who needs it more than I. Land of the free, because of the brave: thank you for your service to our country.
 
A protest raged on a courthouse lawn,
Round a makeshift stage they charged on,
Fifteen hundred or more they say,
Had come to burn a Flag that day.

A boy held up the folded Flag,
Cursed it, and called it a dirty rag.
An OLD MAN pushed through the angry crowd,
With a rusty shotgun shouldered proud.

His uniform jacket was old and tight,
He had polished each button, shiny and bright.
He crossed that stage with a soldier's grace,
Until he and the boy stood face to face.

"FREEDOM OF SPEECH," the OLD MAN said,
"Is worth dying for, good men are dead,
So you can stand on this courthouse lawn,
And talk us down from dusk to dawn,
But before any Flag gets burned today,
This OLD MAN IS GOING TO HAVE HIS SAY!

My father died on a foreign shore,
In a war they said would end all war.
But Tommy and I wasn't even full grown,
Before we fought in a war of our own.
And Tommy died on Iwo Jima's beach,
In the shadow of a hill he couldn't quite reach,
Where five good men raised this Flag so high,
That the WHOLE DAMN WORLD COULD SEE IT FLY.

I got this bum leg that I still drag,
Fighting for this same old Flag.
Now there's but one shot in this old gun,
So now it's time to decide which one,
Which one of you will follow our lead,
To stand and die for what you believe?
For as sure as there is a rising sun,
You'll burn in Hell 'fore this Flag burns, son"

Now this riot never came to pass
The crowd got quiet and that can of gas,
Got set aside as they walked away
To talk about what they had heard this day.
And the boy who had called it a "dirty rag,"
Handed the OLD SOLDIER the folded Flag.

So the battle of the Flag this day was won
By a tired OLD SOLDIER with a rusty gun,
Who for one last time, had to show to some,
THIS FLAG MAY FADE, BUT THESE COLORS DON'T RUN.
 
40 total? Staples are pretty efficient..

check out Bill Shields first book, Human Shrapnel.. kinda dark, but a nice way to pass the time
 
I WILL GO WITH 44, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE APRIL 11 IS A SPECIAL DAY FOR ME TO MY B-DAY BUT DON'T TELL NOBODY :foot:
 
resinguy said:
517. You should put your X-ray pic up again.
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That is the remaining piece in my groin.....note how it is right in the femoral artery and Syatic Nerve area...that is why they are afraid to try to remove it.....they think they will cause more damage?

I had a piece go through my hip and another had to be removed from my lower abdomen and about 4 pieces in my left hand.
 
Jason,
All of us here should be the ones giving you a blade...... So with that being said, I'm not even going to guess. Just having you safe at home and here as a contributor with us is enough for me.


Because of your sacrifice, hopefully my 7 yeard old son will not have to be in that same God forsaken place you were in one day in the years to come.

For that I say thank you.

-Tdog
 
Good to see you still around Rat...I miss the smart ass remarks you sling everywhere!!!!
 
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