Quietly...he sips aged Brandy and begins to clip a cigar tip. I watch as he inhaled the past once again and exhaled memories, with a puff characters came alive like phantoms unfurling. Ebony eyes pondering passersby with a distant gaze. Follow him down memory lane, if you're brave. Sips Brandy akin to skin, deep mahogany, strong spirit, and aged of life's fermentation. Seen days without air when America inhaled war and exhaled gun-smoke...a story told again and again and ever sobering. "To God be the glory, I'm still here", he simply says. Today, I sat still listening to my father reflect upon his days in "Nam" amid the countless prayers said in Saigon six ways from Sunday. These moments and the lessons therein never ceases to amaze. My eyes have never witnessed fallen friends join the ranks among fields of poppy, nor the pain of coming home to an ungrateful nation. No job Joes. War heroes drifting train stations by day and sleeping in shadow by night. It wasn't right. No amount of words can amend. Only a soldier can comprehend. Yet, with sincere thanks America gives tribute. I salute to the end our veterans and troops, as we uphold stories of strong spirit, aged of life's fermentation to be told this day again and again...ever sobering.
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Anti-Camo Movement Takes Fashion Police To Next Level!
Camo is fine if you're in the military. Or if you're hunting. But shopping? Going to class? Any camo outside of the military and the woods should be outlawed.
Well, at least amongst my peers in The Sanctuary for Intelligent Radical Discussion. Don't bother looking for us -- we're like the Illuminati -- you'll never find us lest you're invited. LOL. Seriously though, it may seem trivial but this is how ideals are born. I dare say applying aesthetically based restrictions to military uniforms and camouflage prints on civilians is pedantic and unconstitutional.
For example, look up Schacht v. United States. All things should be considered in context of its situation. On the contrary, I understand the sentiment behind the Anti-Camo ideal. As a military veteran I know some view it as tacky & irrelevant (especially by old stripes and military conservatives) for civilians to dress militantly without just cause (as in the exception of using camouflage for hunting purposes). The overall sentiment is the likes of which makes a mockery of impersonating an officer cause for arrest. Yet, who hasn't seen a scantly-clad stripper in a police-ish outfit before? Better yet, who's complaining? In fact, enlisted soldiers aren't allowed to wear their uniforms in whole or in part to make a fashion statement (e.g. sporting your BDU and boots with the undershirt tied into a halter top complete with hoop earrings and a kangol to the club). It may be cute but also means for an Article 15 as it is in direct violation of the U.S. Military Uniform Code of Justice. Battle Dress Uniforms (BDU) and related attire can ONLY be worn in respect to and intended by the government. Yet, it's all somewhat beside the point because civilians are not held to nor expected to freely uphold this responsibility. It doesn't particularly bother me to see any uniform being used for "civilian purposes" and as a civilian would totally where that skirt (please direct your attention to the picture in the upper-left hand corner of your screen). The "clothes don't make the man -- the man makes the clothes but I sympathize with those who find it annoying if not an outright disrespect. Even so, the Fashion Police has joint-jurisdiction here.
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