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Happy Memorial Day

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 25 2008 10:09 PM

I love this song, how weird and ragged it is and very funky too for a country song. History judges this as one of NY's worst records, but its the first one that came out once I knew who he was, so it's always been meaningful to me. Dance another free day! USA! USA!

metirish May 26 2008 08:06 AM

Great song , love the guitar , some great images of Young. Not doing much today , will probably work the grill later , went to Rye Playland yesterday which was fun.

Rockin' Doc May 26 2008 08:13 AM

A special thank you to all those military personnel, past and present, that have served, fought, and sacrificed so that we may live free. You have my eternal thanks and prayers.

Kong76 May 26 2008 12:52 PM

Amazing that (the figures vary by source) over a million Americans have lost their lives in service of their country. Funny you don't hear praise of Neil's guitar too often. I like him, he's a nut, and he never claimed to be Jeff Beck out there. He told Bryant Gumble on The Today Show one morning something along, "thank god for bands like the Ramones or I don't know where we'd be." Struck me odd at the time, and not.

DocTee May 26 2008 01:31 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 26 2008 01:43 PM

600,000 of those came in the Civil War. More Americans died in some single days of action (like Shiloh) than in all previous wars (Independence, 1812, Mexican) combined. By and large, one million deaths in small in comparison to: A. the numbers lost by other nations B. the lives saved/improved by that sacrifice Happy Memorial Day and thanks to all veterans and those who serve(d)

Kong76 May 26 2008 01:38 PM

Yeah, I should of (and did consider) saying that over half of that were in a war amongst ourselves but figure it's a well known fact.

AG/DC May 26 2008 01:55 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 26 2008 05:11 PM

KC wrote: Amazing that (the figures vary by source) over a million Americans have lost their lives in service of their country. Things I don't think about too often: The Republic of China lost approximately 20,000,000 persons in World War II --- 3,800,000 military and 16,200,000 civilian. (source: wikipedia) Nations that lost over 10% of their population: Poland 16.07% Soviet Union 13.71% Lithuania 13.71% Latvia 11.38% Portuguese Timor 11.00% Nazi Germany 10.47% We lost 0.32% of our population.

Benjamin Grimm May 26 2008 02:01 PM

There's great benefit in not fighting your wars on your home turf.

themetfairy May 26 2008 02:35 PM

Happy Memorial Day and special thanks to those who gave their lives in defense of our country.