E Pluribus Unum

This entry is a rerun from Memorial Day, 2006.  Happy Memorial Day to you all.  Fresh smack coming up tomorrow.

Memorial Day was officially proclaimed in 1868 as a day of rememberance for those who have died in our nation's service.  The day reminds us that freedom isn't free.  While all will be called upon to give some, some will be called upon to give all in defense of liberty, freedom, democracy and the glorious ideals that Americans inherit as a birthright.

The web is tatoo'ed with articles about Memorial Day, many of them unfortunately bemoaning the fact that the day has come to represent a three-day weekend, a holiday, and the official start of the summer travel season instead of a solemn, reverant day of honor for our nation's war dead.  The VFW called it "the public's nonchalant observance."

Between the burgers, the beach and the Budweiser take a moment today to exercise your Google.  Refresh your memory on proper flag etiquette.  Resolve to take extra flowers to the cemetary next time you go, and place them with honor on the grave of a vet.  Google "Iwo Jima." Google "USS Forrestal."  Google "Normandy Invasion."  If you know someone who's served, thank them.  If you know someone who's lost a friend or loved one, thank them, too, and offer them what comfort you can spare.

I served with pride for four years in the Navy and I feel unworthy of the extra day off.  I am deeply grateful for those who laced them up on my behalf, and who took up arms so I could live free.  And to those who lost their lives, or those who lost a loved one, I owe a debt I can never repay in a thousand lifetimes. 

Out of many, one.  One nation, under God.  Indivisible.  With liberty, and justice, for all.

This entry is a rerun from Memorial Day, 2006.  Happy Memorial Day to you all.  Fresh smack coming up tomorrow.

Memorial Day was officially proclaimed in 1868 as a day of rememberance for those who have died in our nation's service.  The day reminds us that freedom isn't free.  While all will be called upon to give some, some will be called upon to give all in defense of liberty, freedom, democracy and the glorious ideals that Americans inherit as a birthright.

The web is tatoo'ed with articles about Memorial Day, many of them unfortunately bemoaning the fact that the day has come to represent a three-day weekend, a holiday, and the official start of the summer travel season instead of a solemn, reverant day of honor for our nation's war dead.  The VFW called it "the public's nonchalant observance."

Between the burgers, the beach and the Budweiser take a moment today to exercise your Google.  Refresh your memory on proper flag etiquette.  Resolve to take extra flowers to the cemetary next time you go, and place them with honor on the grave of a vet.  Google "Iwo Jima." Google "USS Forrestal."  Google "Normandy Invasion."  If you know someone who's served, thank them.  If you know someone who's lost a friend or loved one, thank them, too, and offer them what comfort you can spare.

I served with pride for four years in the Navy and I feel unworthy of the extra day off.  I am deeply grateful for those who laced them up on my behalf, and who took up arms so I could live free.  And to those who lost their lives, or those who lost a loved one, I owe a debt I can never repay in a thousand lifetimes. 

Out of many, one.  One nation, under God.  Indivisible.  With liberty, and justice, for all.

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[John J. Tormey III, Esq.]

For apropos photos, please see also:
"Bobby" Sturgell, FAA Thug, Liar - and COWARD.
http://ejectsturgell.blogspot.com

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/05/21/faa_faces_retaliation_allegations/

FAA faces retaliation allegations
Bloomberg News
WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration is being investigated for A DOZEN (12) cases of possible retaliation against whistle-blowers who disclosed agency safety lapses.

The Office of Special Counsel informed FAA [A]cting [A]dministrator Robert Sturgell of the investigation in a May 1, [2008] letter.

Some of the cases of alleged retaliation include whistle-blowers who reported oversight flaws at Southwest Airlines Co. and the under-reporting of errors at a Dallas-Fort Worth (TX) air-traffic control facility, a Special Counsel spokesman said. The inquiry adds to the pressure on the FAA, which has been criticized by lawmakers and investigated by other agencies for lapses such as a supervisor letting Southwest fly 46 jets without inspections in 2007.

“The FAA takes this matter seriously”, a spokeswoman said. “We have no tolerance for any retaliatory behavior on anyone’s part toward a whistle-blower”.
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Quiet Rockland's editorial:

"Bobby" Sturgell being so cowardly as to send a "spokeswoman" flack to the media to pretend the FAA has "no tolerance" for retaliation against whistle-blowers, is like a double-murderer having his golf caddy tell the press from the 16th hole that he's still out searching the course for the "real killer".

Bobby Sturgell, you're not just a liar and a thug - you're also a coward.