Thai will be leaving for his furever home a week from tomorrow!!!!!
Mom's email is
trainwife1962 at hotmail dot com
His 14th birthday is 6 August 2010 and his furevver momma told Mom that he was going to have a pool party!!!!
Friday, June 11, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
No Sheeples Here: WARNING: This Flag Is More Than A Piece Of Cloth
No Sheeples Here: WARNING: This Flag Is More Than A Piece Of Cloth
Call me a sentimental old fool. I happen to think that America’s history and the sacrifice of generations who fought for our flag and our country means more than just a piece of cloth at the end of a pole. It represents freedom and American ideals.
The American flag flies on the moon, hurtling out in space on a gravity-less lunar surface, planted there by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. It flew at Ft. McHenry in 1814 and was the inspiration for Francis Scott Key’s immortal “Star Spangled Banner”. It was raised at great peril on Mount Suribachi in 1945 on the godforsaken island of Iwo Jima. It sits atop Mount Everest, placed there by American mountaineer Jim Whittaker in May of 1963. When our Olympians stand victoriously on the podium, Old Glory is raised high above their heads. The flag is how America signs her name. The flag is the emblem of America’s collective character.
There’s a commotion going on about Wilder Productions adding a warning label on its reprints of the United States Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, Common Sense, the Articles of Confederation and the Federalist Papers.
It reads, in part: “This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today. Parents might wish to discuss with their children how views on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity and interpersonal relations have changed since this book was written before allowing them to read this classic work.”
Can someone please tell me why there must be a warning label on the only safeguard of our liberties? It was Franklin Delano Roosevelt who is credited with saying that “the United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.”
As Flag Day, which is celebrated each June 14th approaches, let us remember the poignant words of John F. Kennedy, who on October 27, 1963 said, “A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces, but also by the men it honors; the men it remembers.”
As long as older gentlemen stand ramrod straight to salute Old Glory; as long a brave young men go to fight a war on distant soil so that the enemy doesn’t fight us in our homeland and until I am no more, I will stand guard over liberty. Will you join me?
The next time you catch a glimpse of the moon, remember, there’s a flag up there.
Call me a sentimental old fool. I happen to think that America’s history and the sacrifice of generations who fought for our flag and our country means more than just a piece of cloth at the end of a pole. It represents freedom and American ideals.The American flag flies on the moon, hurtling out in space on a gravity-less lunar surface, planted there by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. It flew at Ft. McHenry in 1814 and was the inspiration for Francis Scott Key’s immortal “Star Spangled Banner”. It was raised at great peril on Mount Suribachi in 1945 on the godforsaken island of Iwo Jima. It sits atop Mount Everest, placed there by American mountaineer Jim Whittaker in May of 1963. When our Olympians stand victoriously on the podium, Old Glory is raised high above their heads. The flag is how America signs her name. The flag is the emblem of America’s collective character.
There’s a commotion going on about Wilder Productions adding a warning label on its reprints of the United States Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, Common Sense, the Articles of Confederation and the Federalist Papers.
It reads, in part: “This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today. Parents might wish to discuss with their children how views on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity and interpersonal relations have changed since this book was written before allowing them to read this classic work.”
Can someone please tell me why there must be a warning label on the only safeguard of our liberties? It was Franklin Delano Roosevelt who is credited with saying that “the United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.”
As Flag Day, which is celebrated each June 14th approaches, let us remember the poignant words of John F. Kennedy, who on October 27, 1963 said, “A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces, but also by the men it honors; the men it remembers.”
As long as older gentlemen stand ramrod straight to salute Old Glory; as long a brave young men go to fight a war on distant soil so that the enemy doesn’t fight us in our homeland and until I am no more, I will stand guard over liberty. Will you join me?
The next time you catch a glimpse of the moon, remember, there’s a flag up there.
Photos of Thai's new brother Peanut, and sisters, Snickers and Sissy
Sissy is on the back of the couch and Peanut is on the front of the couch in the first picture. Peanut is in the second and Snickers pictures are three and four.
"Thai Day" Countdown Commences
Just heard from Thai's forever Momma- They will be arriving here either the night of 18 June or early on the 19th- That's next Friday/Saturday!!!!!
The Daily Thai, Thursday Edition; also Frankie, Ruby and Penny's Wolf Pack ceremony- FRANKIE DON'T READ THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST!!!!!
Well, the application for Thai's new adventures in the great state of Georgia has been APPROVED!!!!! His forever Momma and Papa should be here the end of next week to pick up the not-so-little guy, for his trip south. He will be living near the University of Georgia, home of the Bulldogs, so I guess our next move is to petition that wonderful school to change its mascot to Dachshunds!!!
No news yet on the new foster so we will let you know.
About the birthday cards for Thai- what if we also get some together for Thai's new parents? Email Mom at trainwife1962 at hotmail dot com for our snail mail address.
Last- we need to hunker down and start planning the bridal shower and gift registry for Ruby, Penny and Frankie. Any ideas where they should register? Also, one of the males needs to start thinking about Frankie's Wolf Pack party (better than a bachelor party) We need IDEAS for them, pronto!!!!! We are thinking that a lifetime supply of Greenies would ge great gift idea for the happy dachshund pack> Anyone else have ideas? Mom know we don't have a wedding date yet, but we need to be prepared for anything and everything (Mom was in the Army for four years and LOVES to plan stuff)
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