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 Greetings! You are reading an article from The Mudville Gazette. To reach the front page, with all the latest news and views, click the logo above or "main" below. Thanks for stopping by! July 2, 2006 Indypendence DayBy Greyhawk(This entry, originally from July 2004, is reposted for Mudville's Independence Day 2006. The tradition we stared then will continue this year also.) Take some pictures of your town's fireworks and send them to a soldier you know over here from your town. Let them know that back home, people still ooh and ahh when something blows up in the sky, and the kids wait happily in anticipation of the next one. So this entry is under construction. If you've got Independence Day entries on your blog, please leave a comment below. If you'd like to add a picture to the collection, email it to greyhawk-at-mudvillegazette-dot-com and admin-at-mudvillegazette-dot-com. Please identify the location of the shot.) Crowds gather   Night falls 
     Celebrations begin     Worldwide... Sigonella Naval Air Station, Sicily Iraq (several entries, scroll, scroll scroll) Heh - it's the dog days of summer at Fred's. (Add your links here - leave comments or e-mail) 
Thank those who made it possibleMore to come... (2004-07-05 07:04:41) Posted by Greyhawk / July 2, 2006 12:17 PM | Permalink 2 TrackBacksLast week, Grayhawk invited participation in a "blogospheric Independence Day celebration" as a way to share our pride in this land of liberty, share a glimpse of home with troops in faraway places with a different type of fireworks, and... Read More "Dude, Fred -- This bow tie is lame. I'm so ashamed that you're projecting your lame-assed, decadent patriotism on me." "I am hanging my head in shame now. Wait, I smell poo. Mmmm." "Next time, learn to tie a... Read More 5 Comments |
March 19, 2010Dawn Patrol 03/19/2003 [Greyhawk]
"Welcome to the Dawn Patrol, our daily roundup of information on the War on Terror and other topics - from the MilBlogs and various sources around the world." Mudville was founded in March, 2003. Our efforts to bring the thoughts, words, and deeds of milbloggers to a wider world evolved to become The Dawn Patrol in March, 2005. With today's entry we're going to reset the clock - but not re-write the history - and recreate the world as it was - on a day the world changed...
Updating... more to follow.... MILBOGSAndrew Olmsted, 19 Mar 2003, Stateside: It would appear that the liberation of Iraq has begun. Greyhawk, 18 Mar 2003, Germany: A united world could have, just maybe, brought down Saddam without firing a shot. We will never know. 19 Mar: We'll never know what a united world could have achieved... the UN could not agree on anything, the situation degenerated, and here we are. Status quo was not working. The French were too desperate for oil and trade at any cost. Well-intentioned Americans were led into the streets by Communists (and others) with an agenda. The media distorted the split. Many in America and abroad thought they could manipulate the situation to their personal gain. They miscalculated. The fire is lit. Pontifx ex Machina, 18 Mar, undisclosed location: Rolling out the gate, the guard gets a quick "hook-em, horns" sign as we weave through the barricades. Then we're off, cruising through the desert in a battered-up SUV. On the eve of war, only one thing passes through our minds: is there going to be any appropriate music on the radio? Lt Smash, 19 Mar, undisclosed location: Read the President's speech today. The clock is ticking. Chief Wiggles, 22 Mar, Kuwait: The war started Wednesday morning for us right after the president gave a speech to the American people that lasted about 4 minutes. We were all very anxious for this whole thing to be either over or get it on its way. Will, 22 Mar, en route: I am going to Baghdad to personally shoot that paper hanging son of a bitch! Lt Smash 20 Mar, undisclosed location: Sgt Stryker, 20 Mar, Stateside: Iraq to File U.N. Complaint About Attack Primary Main Objective, 30 Mar, undisclosed location I Dare Kofi to Come Get Me.
BruceR, Flit, 19 Mar, Canada: AND SO IT BEGINS. Godspeed, Yanks. Come home safe and soon. Andrew Olmsted, 20 Mar 2003, Stateside: The most important thing to remember over the next few days is this: the first reports are almost always inaccurate. First reports are generally submitted in the heat of battle before any real analysis can take place. Therefore, they're highly subjective, based on limited information, and rarely hit the mark. So as the first reports of 'surgical strikes' on Iraqi forces come in, it's best to take those reports with a grain of salt... Iraqi BlogsSalam Pax, Baghdad: The bombing aould come and go in waves, nothing too heavy and not yet comparable to what was going on in 91. all radio and TV stations are still on and while the air raid began the Iraqi TV was showing patriotic songs and didn't even bother to inform viewers that we are under attack. at the moment they are re-airing yesterday's interview with the minister of interior affairs. THe sounds of the anti-aircarft artillery is still louder than the booms and bangs which means that they are still far from where we live, but the images we saw on Al Arabia news channel showed a building burning near one of my aunts house... Other BlogsAndrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish: How much more morally indefensible is appeasement when we also have complete international authority to do what must be done? I think we will look back in the future and not ask, as so many now are, how it was that diplomacy didn't get unanimity on this matter. We will look back and see the moral obtuseness of Chirac and Putin and Schroder and Carter and feel nothing but contempt for them, and their preference for state terror over the responsibilities of the free world. That's why I felt enormous pride tonight in the stand being taken by Blair and Bush. The president's speech was measured, firm, just. Blair's political risks - in order to do what he believes is plainly right - will confirm him in history as a great prime minister, the conscience of his party, and the leader of his country. I say that before this war begins, because the cause is just whatever vicissitudes of conflict await us... Glenn Reynolds has a ton of links. Newpapers
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Here's what the day was like down in Tampa Bay!!!
http://www.roadwarriorsurvival.com/archives/000015.php
Thanks for pulling this together! The Marine Corps Moms had a very enjoyable 4th of July. Here's the link:
http://marinecorpsmoms.com/archives/000165.html
Thanks for doing this.
http://www.fredschoeneman.com/archives/000258.html
Dusk on the 4th, Cheyenne, Wyoming, Frontier Park.
http://weckuptothees.blogspot.com/2004_07_04_weckuptothees_archive.html#108912905625627879
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Our Boy Scout Troop's week at Camp Rainey Mountain in Northeast Georgia began on the Fourth this year, and we were treated to the most Patriotic celebration I've ever witnessed-made even more so because it was planned by young people who "get it"! The "dueling fireworks" across the lake (timed to a selection of perfect music), reflected in the upturned faces of the youth who are our hopeful future, and those of the adults who volunteer countless hours to lead and teach them. The beginning was the kicker, though...a silent flag ceremony, which ended with a tableau of the flag-raising at Iwo Jima! They held there for several minutes, and there was not a sound, even from excited 11-year-old boys beginning their first week ever at camp. Such is the power and meaning of a single moment, captured on film so long ago- and now acted out by teenage boys in front of a bonfire. So many people don't understand the sacrifices made, or even what they were made for...but there are those of us who strive to teach the next generation. If you had been able to see our celebration, you would know that we have suceeded.
Thank you to all who have served, and especially those who serve now.