A Salute For U.S. Expat Veterans - Happy Veterans Day

Tran Hung Dao ViP

Member since 06 August 2013

Tran Hung DaoViP13 November 2013 14:56:20

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Wild_1 wrote:
I took that phrase as, in even the worst of time, no Big Brother will tell me what to do or how to lead my own life. It is why I abhor the Obama administration with their micromanagement tactics.

Regardless, they are still far better than what you have in Vietnam.

When I heard it the first time, I thought the guy wrote it FOR 9/11 not realizing it was written before 9/11. So the meaning "at least I know I'm free" meant that when all our material possessions were taken away/destroyed, we would have nothing left except our freedom (at the least). On top of our freedom, we would have camaraderie, solidarity, and spirit of rebuilding.

Wild_1 ViP

Member since 21 July 2011

Wild_1ViP13 November 2013 15:01:17

#42

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No, man! The phrase means that, in the good old US of A, at the very least, you are guaranteed the freedom to live your life the way you see fit.

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lirelou Serial expat

Member since 16 September 2013

lirelouSerial expat13 November 2013 15:11:42

#43

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THD, Don't take it so seriously. In my day, we used to make fun of the "Ballad of the Green Berets", and add our own stanzas: One of my favorites was:

"Hustling Sweeties on the street, girls who sell you things to eat, they'll break your legs if you don't pay, Girl Scouts too, wear the green beret."

Or the Ballad of the Green Beret cooks: "One hundred men, we fed today, but only three, could walk away..."

Now it's played at every association convention and ceremony, and those of us not in wheel chairs are obliged to stand for it. The Younger guys take it very seriously, so us old fogies have to respectfully sing along. In the MIKE Forces, our 'official' song was: Mary Ann Barnes, the Queen of all the Acrobats, with a slightly different ending than the rugby version.

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