One mother's son...


	One mother's son...

Thorne

7-4-2007 1:43 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/836a2ab6-c5a2-4d91-ab12-c34c65b342aa/B36D7D80-77A5-4DE5-B31A-09839D3F5369/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://ramblingsfromtheoutsideofnowhere.blogspot.com/" href="http://ramblingsfromtheoutsideofnowhere.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: 11px;">ramblingsfromtheoutsideofnowhere.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ramblingsfromtheoutsideofnowhere.blogspot.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/ramblingsfromtheoutsideofnowhere.blogspot.com/img/E819BE8C-0A0E-4936-8D30-6035A82FD6B1" alt="Travis L. 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Youngblood</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ramblingsfromtheoutsideofnowhere.blogspot.com/"><SPAN class="caption">June 5, 1979 to July 21, 2005</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ramblingsfromtheoutsideofnowhere.blogspot.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/ramblingsfromtheoutsideofnowhere.blogspot.com/img/040F8AB1-2902-4DE5-94F6-BB2859E5C2E4" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://ramblingsfromtheoutsideofnowhere.blogspot.com/2007/06/well-i-did-ask.html" href="http://ramblingsfromtheoutsideofnowhere.blogspot.com/2007/06/well-i-did-ask.html" style="font-size: 11px;">ramblingsfromtheoutsideofnowhere.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ramblingsfromtheoutsideofnowhere.blogspot.com/2007/06/well-i-did-ask.html"><P>I've sent flowers to the families of local fallen soldiers, to the funeral homes, after reading their obituaries in the newspapers, and then sat back and wondered what the family thought when they saw those flowers?  Someone surely said, "Who's that?"  "I don't know!"  "Might be someone Uncle Robert works with."   </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ramblingsfromtheoutsideofnowhere.blogspot.com/2007/06/well-i-did-ask.html"><P>And I thank every one  I see in the military for his service to the country.  Its the least I can do.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ramblingsfromtheoutsideofnowhere.blogspot.com/2007/06/well-i-did-ask.html"><P>If I had 30 minutes to speak with George Bush face-to-face, what would I say? The press could be there, I don't care, I really don't give a shit.  I'm not sure I know 30 minutes worth of curse words, but I would start out by saying "What the fuck is your fucking problem?  Are you insane or are you just stupid?  Do you know there is such a thing as<EM> foreign policy</EM>, and <EM>diplomatic relations</EM>?  That sometimes, that is the best way to go?  That you don't always start with the big guns first and then decide to sit down and have a chat? </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B36D7D80-77A5-4DE5-B31A-09839D3F5369/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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