Tuesday, 01/01/2008 was the first day of the new year. Besides my previous entry about an afternoon rant, I’ve enjoyed watching the New Year’s parade briefly in the morning on televised cable programming. The marching bands were by far the most entertaining with the United States Marine Band being the best — perfect formation and always in tune.
They were playing their official hymn: ‘Marine’s Hymn’. Below are the lyrics:
From the halls of Montezuma
To the shores of Tripoli,
We fight our country’s battles
In the air, on land, and sea.
First to fight for right and freedom,
And to keep our honor clean,
We are proud to claim the title
Of United States Marines.Our flag’s unfurl’d to every breeze
From the dawn to setting sun;
We have fought in every clime and place
Where we could take a gun.
In the snow of far-off northern lands
And in sunny tropic scenes,
You will find us always on the job
The United States Marines.Here’s health to you and to our Corps
Which we are proud to serve;
In many a strife we’ve fought for life
And have never lost our nerve.
If the Army and the Navy
Ever look on Heaven’s scenes,
They will find the streets are guarded
By United States Marines.
For a very brief history behind Tripoli, the pirates and mercenary were defeated by the US warships. And this was all for not traded well with the might of a powerful nation like the US by the Beys who finally stopped attacking US ships. As for the Montezuma arena and the power of sails alone, US also won a sea battle against steam powered vessels in the Yucatan area.
In the worldwide news, there appears to be more nuclear power in the hands of other countries in the Middle East — a threat to the mighty war machine of the United States. But I believe based on previous history, the United States (for whatever reason unknown to me personally) is holding out its ability to control the whole world with its technological knowledge of nuclear arms.
Copyright © 2008 by Fluffy von der Flynn. All rights reserved.
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