When fascism came to America it came clutching a bible and waving the flag. On January 20, 2025. A ll worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death. Knowing this, one should, from the very first, renounce acquisitions and storing-up, and building, and meeting; and, faithful to the commands of an eminent Guru, set about realizing the Truth. That alone is the best of religious observances. Milarepa Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there. Rumi Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom. Rumi Because of lack of moral principle, human life becomes worthless. Moral principle, truthfulness, is a key factor. If we lose that, then there is no future . ...
I remember those of the Great Generation I called friend: Ken, who froze his feet at
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Guard job landed him in New Guinea and the hell from Buna to Moratai: Donny's dad, who
still lies on Iwo Jima; Duke, the gentle quiet guy who traversed Guadalcanal with
Carlson's Raiders; Bill, who hauled a BAR from Bouganville to the Phillipines; Stu,
paratrooper and point man 11th Airborne, Philipines; and tall thin Phil, who was never
quite at ease after liberating Dachau. I miss them. The country misses them.
Great tribute BB... thanks for posting.
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