Bye bye Sarah Palin.Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way down and out. I don’t know what that thing is in the bottom right corner.Maybe it is the boot that was used to kick her butt out of office.hehehehhe

I suppose you have all seen it by now.But here is the link to the St Paul couple’s wedding entrance.

The local TV interviewed them and they said they just wanted to have fun and include dance in their wedding.

Darrell “Shifty” Powers.

Shifty volunteered for the airborne in WWII and served with Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Infantry. If you’ve seen Band of Brothers on HBO or the History Channel, you know Shifty. His character appears in all 10 episodes, and Shifty himself is interviewed in several of them.

I met Shifty in the Philadelphia airport several years ago. I didn’t know who he was at the time. I just saw an elderly gentleman having trouble reading his ticket. I offered to help, assured him that he was at the right gate, and noticed the “Screaming Eagle”, the symbol of the 101st Airborne, on his hat.

Making conversation, I asked him if he’d been in the 101st Airborne or if his son was serving. He said quietly that he had been in the 101st. I thanked him for his service, then asked him when he served, and how many jumps he made.

Quietly and humbly, he said “Well, I guess I signed up in 1941 or so, and was in until sometime in 1945 . . . ” at which point my heart skipped.

At that point, again, very humbly, he said “I made the 5 training jumps at Toccoa, and then jumped into Normandy . . . . do you know where Normandy is?” At this point my heart stopped.

I told him yes, I know exactly where Normandy was, and I know what D-Day was. At that point he said “I also made a second jump into Holland, into Arnhem.” I was standing with a genuine war hero . . . . and then I realized that it was June, just after the anniversary of D-Day.

I asked Shifty if he was on his way back from France, and he said “Yes. And it’s real sad because these days so few of the guys are left, and those that are, lots of them can’t make the trip.” My heart was in my throat and I didn’t know what to say.

I helped Shifty get onto the plane and then realized he was back in Coach, while I was in First Class. I sent the flight attendant back to get him and said that I wanted to switch seats. When Shifty came forward, I got up out of the seat and told him I wanted him to have it, that I’d take his in coach.

He said “No, son, you enjoy that seat. Just knowing that there are still some who remember what we did and still care is enough to make an old man very happy.” His eyes were filling up as he said it. And mine are brimming up now as I write this.

Shifty died on June 17 after fighting cancer.

There was no parade.

No big event in Staples Center.

No wall to wall back to back 24×7 news coverage.

No weeping fans on television.

Let’s give Shifty his own Memorial Service, online, in our own quiet way. Please share this memorial with everyone you know, especially veterans.

Rest in peace, Shifty.

“A nation without heroes is nothing.”Roberto Clemente

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This is a friend’s daughter.Please click on the red box(scroll down) that has the vote count.My vote was 331. Remember you can do it from many computers not just one.

And say a prayer for their family.They are most grateful for every blessing that comes their way.

Thanks

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The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, did a 10 year study of 13,000 men and women.They found that having a husband creates seven more hours of housework for wives each week.Having a wife reduces men’s household chores by one hour per week.Marriage means more housework for women and less for men!  What kind of a deal is that???

That means that Blips needs to do an extra 8 hours of housework per week just to make it even with me.That is not a bad idea.