For the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion this Memorial Day

Here's to America's First Combat Paratroopers, the heroic 509th and all the selfless, brave, and honorable gentlemen who gave their lives and limbs and life-long inner peace to help defeat the Third Reich in North Africa and Italy. Here's all my love for my dad who lost an eye in North Africa. There was never a better man. Dad, I remember and I always will. I love you and I'm so proud of you.

A Truly Great Rant

America Used To Be Really Goddamn Awesome
Posted September 28, 2007 | 04:57 PM (EST) Bob Cesca, The Huffington Post

I've been captivated by Ken Burns' The War this week and it struck me how awesome America used to be.

The prevailing attitude of the ladies and gentlemen featured in Burns' film, and by proxy all Americans of that era, was that if we had to fight a war, we had better do it right. Clearly and with little dissent, we had to fight that war, and without fail, Americans rallied together to do it really damn well.

People from every corner of the nation selflessly pooled their resources for the great cause of World War II, and I'm not sure about this one, but I don't think President Roosevelt ever once asked the country to sacrifice by going to the mall. And I'm pretty sure he didn't outsource the construction of tanks, Flying Fortresses, Hellcats and Thunderbolts to Mexico and China. That's a hell of a thing by today's standards, isn't it? More here