Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
The event less than one one-hundredth of one percent of the world has been waiting for is finally here. The 94th Academy Awards is underway at 8 p.m. Eastern live from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California. Host-less no more, the three-hour ABC broadcast will be emcee’ed by not one but three left-wing celebrities: Actress-comedians Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes and Nine Perfect Strangers star Regina
Hall.
Sean Penn called for a boycott of the Oscars and promised to publicly melt his statuette if Zelenskyy was not allowed to speak at the ceremony. pic.twitter.com/Jfpdx9idIE
Like seemingly every Oscars over the last decade, this one is
steeped in controversy. Cutting eight awards and acceptance speeches —
like hairstyling and makeup — from the live broadcast kicked off
backlash with more than 70 Oscar winners, including James Cameron,
Kathleen Kennedy, and Guillermo del Toro, warning that the change would
turn some nominees into “second-class citizens.”
Those presentations started at 7:00 p.m. and will be edited into a
broadcast that producer Will Packer has promised will be a tight three
hours.
There were reports that host Amy Schumer lobbied to land a speaking
segment to feature Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. It’s unclear
if that will happen but actor Sean Penn called for a broadcast boycott
if Zelenskyy doesn’t make an appearance. Show producer Will Packer has
said the war in Ukraine will be respectfully acknowledged during the
broadcast.One things that’s different: Hollywood stars are going maskless on
Sunday. But local preschoolers enrolled in the Los Angeles Unified
School District are still being forced to wear masks while indoors.
