Monday, May 30, 2016

5/30 Best Of Neal Bascomb, Marshall Frank






Talkback Monday 30 May 2016  
Chuck Wilder Noon - 2 PM PDST
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                                                                MEMORIAL  DAY
Since the opening salvos of the American Revolution, nearly 1.2 million American Patriots have died in defense of Liberty. Additionally, 1.4 million have been wounded in combat, and tens of millions more have served honorably, surviving without physical wounds. These numbers, of course, offer no reckoning of the inestimable value of their service or the sacrifices borne by their families, but we do know that the value of Liberty extended to their posterity — to us — is priceless.  It is for that reason that we set aside the last Monday in May to honor all those fallen Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coastguardsmen who have refreshed the Tree of Liberty with their blood, indeed with their lives, so that we may live free.     Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial

                                              Today's Program is a Best Of Talkback

Hour 1    Neal Bascomb  is a national award-winning and New York Times best selling author of a number of books, all non-fiction narratives, all focused on inspiring stories of adventure or achievement .Born in Colorado and raised in St. Louis, he is the product of public school and lots of time playing hockey. He earned a double degree in Economics and English Literature at Miami University (Ohio), lived in Europe for several years as a journalist (London, Dublin, and Paris), and worked as an editor at St. Martin’s Press (New York). In 2000, he started writing books full time. Discussing his latest: THE WINTER FORTRESS: THE EPIC MISSION TO SABOTAGE HITLER’S ATOMIC BOMB.
  (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-winter-fortress-neal-bascomb)   (HTTP://NEALBASCOMB.COM/)

Hour 2   Marshall Frank , is a retired captain from the Metro-Dade Police  department in Miami, Florida, where he spent the majority of his  thirty years investigating murders or commanding those who did. Frank is a regular editorial columnist for Florida Today newspaper. His latest book is "The Way Things Oughta Be, The Untold Crimes Against American People"    Marshall maintains a blog site Frankly Speaking   where he posts stimulating articles about a myriad of  subjects, from politics, crime, social issues, radical Islam and even  motion pictures."A look at his latest including:  ANTI-POLICE PROPAGANDA THRIVES" 
  (http://www.marshallfrank.com/) (www,EverlyBooks.com) (http://www.amazon.com/)


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     A poem for you


He was getting old and paunchy
And his hair was falling fast,
And he sat around the Legion,
Telling stories of the past.

Of a war that he once fought in
And the deeds that he had done,
In his exploits with his buddies;
They were heroes, every one.

And 'tho sometimes to his neighbors
His tales became a joke=C
All his buddies listened quietly
For they knew where of he spoke.

But we'll hear his tales no longer,
For ol' Joe has passed away,
And the world's a little poorer
For a Soldier died today.

He won't be mourned by many,
Just his children and his wife.
For he lived an ordinary,
                          =B        Very quiet sort of life.
                                     

He held a job and raised a family,
Going quietly on his way;
And the world won't note his passing,
'Tho a Soldier died today.

When politicians leave this earth,
Their bodies lie in state,
While thousands note their passing,
And proclaim that they were great.
=A

Papers tell of their life stories
From the time that they were young
But the passing of a Soldier
Goes unnoticed, and unsung.

Is the greatest contribution
To the welfare of our land,
Some jerk who breaks his promise
And cons his fellow man?

Or the ordinary fellow
Who in times of war and strife,
Goes off to serve his country
And offers up his life?

The politician's stipend
And the style in which he lives,
Are often disproportionate,
To the service that he gives.

While the ordinary Soldier,
Who offered up his all,
Is paid off with a medal
And perhaps a pension, small.

It is not the politicians
With their compromise and ploys,
Who won for us the freedom
That our country now enjoys.

Should you find yourself in danger,
With your enemies at hand,
Would you really want some cop-out,
With his ever waffling stand?

Or would you want a Soldier
His home, his country, his kin,
Just a common Soldier,
Who would fight until the end.

He was just a common Soldier,
And his ranks are growing thin,
But his presence should remind us
We may need his likes again.

For when countries are in conflict,
We find the Soldier's part
Is to clean up all the troubles
That the politicians start.

If we cannot do him honor
While he's here to hear the praise,
Then at least let's give him homage
At the ending of his days.

Perhaps just a simple headline
In the paper that might say:
"OUR COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING,
A SOLDIER DIED TODAY."




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