All Things in Moderation

The Gettysburg Address

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Filed under: Memorial Day | 6 Comments »

U.S citizen is killed for inspiring a terror plot, but the troops killed in that terror plot aren’t eligible for medals because it wasn’t a terror plot

The White House  posted this about 2 weeks ago, but looks like media is picking up on in right before the Memorial Day weekend.

Trivia — What flower is associated with memorial day?  This came up at a bar trivia contest Wednesday night.  The event was advertised as exclusively Simpsons trivia.  The first question was about Catharine of Aragon.   D’oh!  One round was exclusively on Memorial Day.   We did surprisingly well.

My team came in 4th after missing the final jeopardy style last question.  Category:  Mr. Burns.  Excellent!  We bet the max — 20 points.  Name one of the two middle names, other than Montgomery, that Mr. Burns has.   Hint:  It’s referenced once in the Flaming Moe’s episode.  Four Simpsons dorks had no idea.  Not even a clue.

Filed under: Memorial Day | 4 Comments »