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AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY Friday, July 11, 2008

My mom bought me a whole packet of Gobstoppers yesterday...all for myself. Woohoo! Finally I've got a big packet of sweets that I don't have to share with Jason. Unfortunately Jason has his own as well.
Why is that unfortunate? I've no idea. Let's just say I support favouritism...as long as its inclined to me.
JUST JOKING! Gobstoppers have a lot of sugar in them...I've got Sugar Rush. And I've only eaten what, 8 Gobstoppers over the course of today and yesterday.
My brother, being my brother, already finished his before I even put the eighth one in my mouth.
He's a fanatic for sugar rushes. Everytime he gets jellybeans he'll down half the packet in one day. And the next half the day after that. All before I even finish one fifth of mine.
I'm feelin' very, and when I say very I mean very, angry at my computer now. Make it the internet, actually. Half the sites I try can't be accessed. miniclip.com, arcadepod.com, fanfiction.net, fictionpress.com...the list goes on. I wonder what's wrong.
I hope I don't do anything stupid like kicking the CPU.
Whoops. Too late. Just did.

Anyway. Before I go I'd like you guys to tell me what you think about this poem I came up with quite a while back. So its got the "B" word in it. So what? That's what they called 'em anyway. As LT likes [or rather liked] to say, To hell with it!

The Battered Bastards of Bastogne

The Battle of the Bulge has begun,
Encircled in Bastogne is the 101,
They didn’t complain, they didn’t moan,
The Battered Bastards of Bastogne.

For days and days they were stuck, trapped,
While the thin Allied line of defense snapped.
They didn’t have supplies nor ammo nor a phone,
The Battered Bastards of Bastogne.

They didn’t give up, held steadfastly,
Threw back the Germans for the world to see
“NUTS!” said McAulliffe in a proud tone,
The Battered Bastards of Bastogne.

The Allied resistance proved useless,
As the Ardennes fell, Germans were ruthless,
But they stopped them cold, though chilled to the bone,
The Battered Bastards of Bastogne.

Lieutenant Colonel Jochen Peiper,
Led the Malmedy Massacre,
They may’ve been appalled but they didn’t groan,
The Battered Bastards of Bastogne.

As George Patton and his tanks fought on,
They held on to their stronghold, stiff and strong.
They weren’t shaken nor surrender prone,
The Battered Bastards of Bastogne.

Low on ammo, clothes and food,
They didn’t just sit there and brood.
They fought back, the boys, most half grown,
The Battered Bastards of Bastogne.

To help them sustain a bit longer,
A plan was made in case they should falter.
To them bits of supplies were flown,
The Battered Bastards of Bastogne.

26th December, a day no one’d forget,
A day the 101 and Patton met.
They didn’t wanna be rescued, rather be blown,
The Battered Bastards of Bastogne.

The Allies rampaged ‘cross the Rhine,
And won the war, now wasn’t that fine.
But don’t forget those that stood bravely alone,
Thank the Battered Bastards of Bastogne.

SO I know it isn't the greatest and all. But please, please tell me about it. I mean what you think about it.
Gaak. My internet's jamming up on me again. How Blogger still works when everything else doesn't I will never figure out. I hate the internet. When it's working it's dead useful. But when it's not...let's just say it's lucky it was never alive. 'Cause I'd have killed it.

~Quote of the Day~
Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. Very many American lives have been lost....
As commander in chief of the Army and Navy I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense.
Always we will remember the character of the onslaught against us. No matter how long it my take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people, in their righteous might, will win through to absolute victory. I believe I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again....
With confidence in our armed forces — with the unbounded determination of our people — we will gain the inevitable triumph — so help us God.
I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.

-This one is obvious. It's obvious that the person who declared it was the President of the United States when Pearl Harbor was attacked. It's FDR. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Duh.

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