MOMMAS AND POPPAS DEDICATE THIS TO THE ONES YOU LOVE

[Jeffersons Ghost]

When your grandchild asks how all the pain they're living through began, what will you say?

DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE
the MOMMAS and POPPAS

While I’m far away from you my baby

I know it’s hard for you my baby

Because it’s hard for me my baby

And the darkest hour is just before dawn


Each night before you go to bed my baby

Whisper a little prayer for me my baby

And tell all the stars above

This is dedicated to the one I love


(life can never be exactly like we want it to be)

I could be satisfied knowing you love me

(but there’s one thing I want you to do especially for me)

And it’s something that everybody needs


While I’m far away from you my baby

Whisper a little prayer for me my baby

Because it’s hard for me my baby

And the darkest hour is just before dawn


If there’s one thing I want you to do

Especially for me
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And it’s something that everybody needs


Each night before you go to bed my baby

Whisper a little prayer for me my baby

And tell all the stars above

This is dedicated to the one I love


This is dedicated to the one I love

This is dedicated to the one I love

This is dedicated to the one I love

I NO LONGER CARE HOW THIS WAR BEGAN!
HERE'S A WAY TO END IT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE
http://www.afsc.org/iraq/movie.htm
"ASK NOT FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS,
IT TOLLS FOR THEE."

[Jeffersons Ghost]

1. kick

kick it up DU!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

13. kick

thanks for all the votes but we need kicks too!

[jwirr]

2. Wonderful Easter post. I agree that why it started is an issue

for the courts - stopping this insanity now is an issue for all of us NOW.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. thanks for the vote

For Whom the Bell Tolls
by John Donne

No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manner of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.

[ShortnFiery]

3. Profound. Nominated. n/t

[Jeffersons Ghost]

6. thanks... If I am allowed to save only one poem at a future book burning

it will be, FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS. read back for that short poem...

[ShortnFiery]

23. An excellent choice ...

My ONE NOVEL that I would hide away before the book burning would be, "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque:

Review by Jeffrey Leach -

The cover of this edition trumpets this as "the greatest war novel of all time." And so it is, but not in the way some people might think. This is the greatest war novel ever because Remarque's book is anti-war.

Those that read "All Quiet on the Western Front" will see warfare stripped of its flag waving, parades, and John Wayne glory.

War is death, with the glory going to the few who survive. :nuke:

[babylonsister]

5. Wow. Rec'd. nt

[Jeffersons Ghost]

7. thanks babylonsister

blessed are the Peace-makers

[OzarkDem]

8. Peace Now! n/t

[Jeffersons Ghost]

9. thanks for keeping this on top for easter OzarkDem

Easter is a time for families and our family lives all over the world because we're all brothers and sisters.

[1monster]

10. WOW!

Check your PMs.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

11. okay thanks

[Sydnie]

12. Beautiful tribute Jeffersons Ghost

thank you so much for doing this.


:hug: to you and yours.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

14. thank you for kicking it back to the top

Everyone who kicks this thread does a little today to end the war before the horrors shown in the OP begin. My deepest heart-felt thanks to you all.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

15. are you removed from humanity or a part of the whole?

For Whom the Bell Tolls
by John Donne

No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manner of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.

[dogday]

16. K&R

Thank you for this!!!!!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

17. thanks for the kick dogday

keep up the good anti-war work! we're fighting the good fight for peace! whoever still supports the atrocities in Iraq can explain to their grand-children why they voted Republican again, right before we nuked Iran and started the LAST WORLD WAR, if any of us are still around.

[stellanoir]

18. wows

Thanks again for these compilations.

So many are unaware of what this war looks like that we must not waver in our mindfulness of it.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

21. i know why Vietnam ended and the current atrocities have not!

not yet anyway... thanks for the kick... will we start another more devastating war, even before we end the current one? if we do it could easily escalate into the LAST WORLD WAR.

[Zorra]

19. Well done. Again. Thanks - nt

[Jeffersons Ghost]

22. thanks zora... i'm just doing what little I can to end the horrors of war

i wish they'd hurry up an put the war criminals on trial.

[Homer Wells]

20. KICK

[Jeffersons Ghost]

24. hi stephen

thanks for the kick and welcome to DU! I only put great works of others together but it's guys like you that make them fly

[Klukie]

25. Kick!

Thanks for the reminders!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

26. thanks klukie

kicks for peace on Easter please DU

[NoPasaran]

27. Kick!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

28. thanks for the kick NoPasaran

let's keep our freeper brothers and sisters busy doing the work of their Father.

[ljm2002]

29. That was very moving...

...and the "Wage Peace" movie at the link was also very moving. I signed the petition.

We need to bring our troops home, and work with the international community to help Iraq rebuild and keep the peace. We should also foot most of the bill -- cheaper than what we're doing now and The Right Thing To Do.

:kick:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

30. you can believe we'll get the bill for damages, whether we want it or not

we're already spending $500 BILLION a year but that's just to destroy... it costs more to repair.

i'm glad you signed the petition at the end of the OP, thanks

[Jeffersons Ghost]

31. one more reminder

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
by John Donne

No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manner of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.

[IndyOp]

32. Sweet scenes with military families make me angry. QUIT NOW SOLDIERS

and WE WILL HAVE PEACE.

:(

[Jeffersons Ghost]

33. thanks IndyOp... not scenesbut how they're presented can make a difference

all we are saying, is give peace a chance,

NOW!

[Kenergy]

34. Good post n/t

[Jeffersons Ghost]

37. thanks kenergy

[KAZ]

35. Thanks JG.

My sister in FL did something positive on this Easter holiday, and emailed your thread to me, and others in our family, as her message peace and hope(Thanks Bev). I grew up with the Ma's and Pa's, and heard every note in my head as I viewed your sequence. Thank you.

[NanceGreggs]

36. K'd & R'd!!!!!!!

A powerful message, so artfully crafted. I'd say more, but I can't see the keyboard through my tears.

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[NNadir]

38. Well done.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

41. thanks for the kicks

[alphafemale]

39. Thank you.

[BrklynLiberal]

40. Kicked and recommended and bookmarked..

[Jeffersons Ghost]

42. I'm glad you liked it BrklynLiberal

I spent a weeks leave in Brooklyn with a pal from my squadron back in '73. do you live there?

[BrklynLiberal]

44. Absolutely!.

I can walk to Nathan's and what is left of the parachute jump, and the Cyclone Roller coaster, and the NY Aquariam.! I can see the Verrazano Bridge from my porch!
Sadly, I was able to see the smoke of the Twin Towers on the day they were hit, and smell the burning for a couple of weeks as it floated over my neighborhood..

[bonito]

43. My day, Kick !!! n/t