Arlington
My alarm woke me up with the following country and western gem this morning.
"Arlington (Trace Adkins)
I never thought that this is where I'd settle down,
I thought I'd die an old man back in my hometown,
They gave me this plot of land, me and some other men, for a job well done,
there's a big white house sits on a hill just up the road,
the man inside he cried the day they brought me home,
they folded up a flag and told my mom and dad, we're proud of your son
Chorus:
And I'm proud to be on this peaceful piece of property,
I'm on sacred ground and I'm in the best of company,
I'm thankful for those things I've done,
I can rest in peace, I'm one of the chosen ones, I made it to Arlington
I remember daddy brought me here when I was eight,
we searched all day to find out where my granddad lay,
and when we finally found that cross,
he said, "son this is what it cost to keep us free" Now here I am,
a thousand stones away from him,
he recognised me on the first day I came in,
and it gave me a chill when he clicked his heels, and saluted me.
(Repeat Chorus)
and every time I hear twenty-one guns,
I know they brought another hero home to is
we're thankful for those thankful for the things we've done,
we can rest in peace, 'cause we are the chosen ones,
we made it to Arlington, yea dust to dust,
don't cry for us, we made it to Arlington"
If this guy died in Iraq then these have to be the most ridiculous two lines of music ever written:
"there's a big white house sits on a hill just up the road,
the man inside he cried the day they brought me home"
He didn't cry, he didn't even acknowledge that you are dead.
"Arlington (Trace Adkins)
I never thought that this is where I'd settle down,
I thought I'd die an old man back in my hometown,
They gave me this plot of land, me and some other men, for a job well done,
there's a big white house sits on a hill just up the road,
the man inside he cried the day they brought me home,
they folded up a flag and told my mom and dad, we're proud of your son
Chorus:
And I'm proud to be on this peaceful piece of property,
I'm on sacred ground and I'm in the best of company,
I'm thankful for those things I've done,
I can rest in peace, I'm one of the chosen ones, I made it to Arlington
I remember daddy brought me here when I was eight,
we searched all day to find out where my granddad lay,
and when we finally found that cross,
he said, "son this is what it cost to keep us free" Now here I am,
a thousand stones away from him,
he recognised me on the first day I came in,
and it gave me a chill when he clicked his heels, and saluted me.
(Repeat Chorus)
and every time I hear twenty-one guns,
I know they brought another hero home to is
we're thankful for those thankful for the things we've done,
we can rest in peace, 'cause we are the chosen ones,
we made it to Arlington, yea dust to dust,
don't cry for us, we made it to Arlington"
If this guy died in Iraq then these have to be the most ridiculous two lines of music ever written:
"there's a big white house sits on a hill just up the road,
the man inside he cried the day they brought me home"
He didn't cry, he didn't even acknowledge that you are dead.
posted by mochi at 7:20 AM
9 Comments:
"He didn't cry, he didn't even acknowledge that you are dead."
Yes, chances are, the guy in the White House just smirked and snickered... and cut come more benefits for the ones that didn't die.
I wonder if Trace Adkins is a veteran? Is he able-bodied? If he supports the war so much, why isn't he over there?
Ah, C'mon, Shea, that's the same mindset as people who say, "If you hate America so much, leave".
-Jack
Oh, and Mochi...serves you right for listening to country.
Ha!
-Jack
PRAISE FOR NEO-LIBS!
My comment posting privileges have been suspended from www.democraticunderground.com.
I had only made one comment, basically just a question, and my privileges were revoked (I suppose) because I questioned what was written.
Neo-Libs is a site who refuses to censor for opposing view. They listen and analyze.
Maybe Neo-Libs should be called Paleo-Libs, because these guys smack of the high ideals liberals USED to have!
Kudos to the Neo-Paleo-Libs!
-Jack
Yeah I'm not a big fan of censorship. It's surprising a liberal thinking website wouldn't welcome diversity of opinion.
Yeah seriously, I agree with Jack. I am certain that if you woke up to 50 Cent and G-Unit, you would not have been so pissed off!
In all honesty, I can see what happened to Jack there as not being so uncommon. It happens. And its stupid. A few angry replies? Ok, fine; childish, but life goes on. Revocation of posting rights for an honest post? Saddening.
I imagine this sight is bush- hater.com. Not like many of us have enjoyed his stay, but come on. I just think its funny that, as you have told us a few times, you didnt even vote for Bush! And I dont know what you psoted, but knowing you, you most likely did not storm in there with leftist-hippy pinko commie, terrorist supporting rhetoric.
I am absolutely opposed to censorship... the whole point of freedom of speech is to protect offensive people (like me!) who want to voice their opinions. I'll have to go over there and see what's going on.
Jack, your analogy is a good one, but, as you probably guessed, I have a rebuttal. My answer to the "Love it or leave it" statement was always, "No, love it and fix it." Kind of like the thing about those who don't vote shouldn't criticize. So I'm thinking, let the war supporters go fight the war (an actionpreceded by a vote taken by all the soldiers: "do you want to go invade Iraq?").
Shea, I wrote a reply, but evidently it didn't post. You and I have both invoked the same, "love it or fix it"! I guess thats the reason I was surprised at your conclusions here that only the people fighting the war should be those supporting it. I think that soldiers are told to fight in whatever way their commander tells them, if they don't they should get out of the armed services. I forgot what general it was who said something to the effect "we are the army, we blow things up and kill people". Universally thats the purpose of the army, and the ethics are generally provided by those in charge. The Army is also chain of command and orders are exactly that. I don't think that any soldier gets to vote on what they do or don't. They just have to follow orders. That's why old guys like you and me, Shea would make lousy soldiers! ha!
I guess I've told you in the past that in regards to Iraq I neither supported nor criticized. First, its too soon to do either as far as I'm concerned. One of my favorite questions that I asked my young adults group was "would you have fought in the revolutionary war?", followed by, "are you glad the revolutionary war was fought?" Always gets a lot of interesting response.
Like you, Shea, I am anti-war. I have always been anti-anything that hurts people. But sometime in order to protect oneself from those who would do us harm we have to harm others in the process. I'm not saying I can always call the shots and say when that was necessary--there are so many things going on in this world that I am unaware of, so often I can't tell if we are defending ourselves, others, or being agressors. The left thinks its always agression, the right thinks its always defence, me...I'm stuck very often in the middle realizing that no one died and made me God so I have no idea one way or the other.
Anyhow, I really do try to stay balanced, Shea--and be fair. There are often valid points made by both sides, but the problem is that the valid points are drowned out in the din of the harmful rhetoric that typifies our two factions, and both sides retreat to their side of the room with nothing ever truly resolved.
Like you said in one of your other posts, there are some things that "Jack and I agree on", but the neat thing about it, is our conversation/fellowship does not have to be based on agreement, but mutual respect and a willingness to come to the table and discuss. Like you for that, Shea--you're a good man.
Well, enough of my rambling...I'm on Lortab right now for a toothache, and it is starting to take affect.
Regards,
-Jack
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