================================================ Subject: Re: Pray Obvious (again!) From: "Lisa G King" To: Date: Mon 28 May 2001 19:59:12 -0700 ================================================ Amen to that Jackson! both daughters are in the Sea Cadets. Eldest is also in the NJROTC program at her high school. Lisa King On Sun, 27 May 2001 23:00:58 -0500 Jackson Crawford writes: > Well, as some of you may have figured out by now, it has > become a custom > for me to send out one, big, "happy " message to all > of you, > my various email contacts around the world. They are titled "Pray > Obvious," > merely with due to the pray obvious nature of their subject. > This, as a matter of course, is the Memorial Day edition of > my "Pray > Obvious" messages. > > Some of you receiving this message have been members of > various divisions > of the armed forces, whether in time of war or peace. You are to be > saluted - without the pain, sacrifice, sorrow, anger, and sheer > confusion > through which you suffered, all of us would have that same pain, > sacrifice, > sorrow, anger, and sheer confusion to deal with in our every-day > lives. > Veterans, I salute you for liberating me. You the dead, who > did not even > know me, died so that I could waste my life how ever I saw fit. That > is an > enormous debt on my part, and on the part of every free individual > on the > face of this planet. You could have avoided the suffering, could > have in > many cases dodged the draft and retreated to happier lives, but you > chose to > take up arms so that I and my family and my friends could wake in > the > morning, not to the sounds of bullets but to the sounds of music. > Here's a little something that I dug up for the occasion - > > ODE TO A DEAD BROTHER > > Brother, > You endured the hell of war, > that I might feel safe 'hind an unlocked door. > You felt the bullets rip your skin, > in the off-chance that our nation might win. > Your last image was a tattered still of your sweetheart, > that mine might never have to depart. > > Anyway, Happy Memorial Day everyone! Salute a dead man, hug a > veteran, and > hit anyone who complains! > > Jackson Wade Crawford - the Raven of Texas/ Corvvs Texanis/ Kruk > Teksasu/ > der Rabe von Texas > International Director, Corvist Association for the Preservation and > Perpetuation of Free Will > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss > list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp