document.write("<script language=\"javascript1.2\" type=\"text/javascript\">function emo_pop() {window.open('http://www.haloscan.com/commenthelp.php','Help','width=200,height=360,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes');}</script><table width=\"97%\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"MainTable\">  <tr>    <td>    <div align=\"center\"><p>Read the commenting rules carefully because they will be enforced!</p>    </div>    </td>  </tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"160033\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=958888e11924adee583d8aaffefd4dc9&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />There is something so unbelievably awe inspiring about being in the immediate presence of military equipment such as pictured.. I spent five of the last six years it ran since 9-11 on the Salute 2 America Fourth of July parade down in Atlanta.. The best part always was the hundreds of troops and their machinery.. A guaranteed show stopper for those of us who were supposed to otherwise be directing the throng of participant traffic at the end of each year's parade (oops..!), the thought in my pausing Mind was wondering where they had been, what they had seen, and what the permanent effect was on their Lives as they sought to keep our liberties.....<br><br>Hope everyone is safe, sound, and warm this first day of our latest New Year.. <img src=\"http://www.haloscan.com/images/smileys/content.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" /><br /><span class=\"byline\">           Cindy Sue Causey | <a href=\"http://claimid.com/Butterfly\" title=\"http://claimid.com/Butterfly\">Homepage</a> | 01.01.09 - 3:04 pm | <a href=\"#160033\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"160037\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=8930130b15d98ad08b7e09fad8fc93bc&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />That's great news, and it only took 7 years, 4400+ American soldiers lives, and untold Billions of US dollars, but we get to \"keep our liberties\".<br><br>  Wake up....... indeed.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Robert Van Wagoner | 01.01.09 - 5:01 pm | <a href=\"#160037\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"160049\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Yes, ONLY 4400+ soldiers lives against the lives of how many civilians saved over that same period of time because we haven't had another strike like 9/11 that took out 3000 in one day? Some of you people just really do NOT UNDERSTAND that soldiers know that they are signing what my friend Roger calls a \"blank check\" on their bodies in order to go into harms way to keep YOU people safe. By GOD any one of them is worth ten of some of you whining pansies.<br><br>Generation of vipers that would strain at a gnat and swallow a camel, I swear.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Michael Garibaldi | 01.01.09 - 7:54 pm | <a href=\"#160049\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"160177\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=3813dbc05f4ea51e246e20070f991089&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Michael, you chicken hawk pussy.  You have no idea how things work in this world.  Perhaps you need to get out of the house every so often?<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Cob | 01.02.09 - 6:05 pm | <a href=\"#160177\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr>    <td class=\"InputCell\">                  <div id=\"newcomment\"></div><form method=\"post\" name=\"addComment\" action=\"http://www.haloscan.com/comments/spreeeziee/6463736600706449687/\" target=\"_self\">        <p>    Name: <br />          <input name=\"name\" type=\"text\" size=\"38\" value=\"\" /><br />          Email:<br />          <input name=\"email\" type=\"text\" size=\"38\" value=\"\" /><br />          URL: <br />          <input name=\"url\" type=\"text\" size=\"38\" value=\"\" /><br />          Comment:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"javascript:emo_pop()\" title=\"Smiley and tag help\" target=\"_self\">?</a>&nbsp;<br />          <textarea name=\"addMessage\" rows=\"12\" cols=\"38\"></textarea><br /><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"subscribe\" id=\"subscribe\" value=\"1\" /><label for=\"subscribe\">Notify me of followup comments via email</label>        </p>        <p class=\"PSubmit\"><input name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Publish\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"SubmitButton\" />&nbsp;<input name=\"previewMessage\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Preview\" class=\"SubmitButton\" />        </p>      <input type='hidden' name='user' value='spreeeziee' /><input type='hidden' name='comment' value='6463736600706449687' /></form>    </td></tr>  <tr>    <td><p align=\"center\">        Commenting by <a href=\"http://www.haloscan.com/\" target=\"_blank\">HaloScan</a></p>      </td>  </tr></table><img src=\"http://c5.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=561713&amp;java=0&amp;security=01eeff58\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" /></body>");