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<blockquote data-quote="TedG954" data-source="post: 89448" data-attributes="member: 9701"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">THE FINAL INSPECTION</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The Soldier stood and faced God,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">which must always come to pass.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">He hoped his shoes were shining,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">just as brightly as his brass.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">'Step forward now, Soldier,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">how shall I deal with you?</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Have you always turned the other cheek?</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">To My Church have you been true?'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The soldier squared his shoulders and said,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">'no, Lord, I guess I ain't.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Because those of us who carry guns,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">can't always be a saint.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I've had to work most Sundays,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">and at times my talk was tough.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">And sometimes I've been violent,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">because the world is awfully rough.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">But, I never took a penny,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">that wasn't mine to keep.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Though I worked a lot of overtime,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">when the bills got just too steep.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">And I never passed a cry for help,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">though at times I shook with fear.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">And sometimes, God, forgive me,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I've wept unmanly tears.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I know I don't deserve a place,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">among the people here.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">They never wanted me around,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">except to calm their fears.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">If you've a place for me here, Lord,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">it needn't be so grand.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I never expected or had too much,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">but if you don't, I'll understand.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">There was a silence all around the throne,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">where the saints had often trod.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">As the Soldier waited quietly,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">for the judgment of his God.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">'Step forward now, you Soldier, </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">you've borne your burdens well.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">you've done your time in Hell.'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">~Author Unknown~</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">It's the Soldier, not the reporter </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">who has given us the freedom of the press.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">It's the Soldier, not the poet, </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">who has given us the freedom of speech.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">It's the Soldier, not the politicians that ensures </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">our right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">It's the Soldier who salutes the flag, </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">who serves beneath the flag, </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">and whose coffin is draped by the flag.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span><img src="https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/c0.0.403.403/p403x403/538264_393604374024176_913118931_n.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TedG954, post: 89448, member: 9701"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]THE FINAL INSPECTION[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]The Soldier stood and faced God,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]which must always come to pass.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]He hoped his shoes were shining,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]just as brightly as his brass.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] 'Step forward now, Soldier,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]how shall I deal with you?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Have you always turned the other cheek?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]To My Church have you been true?'[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] The soldier squared his shoulders and said,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]'no, Lord, I guess I ain't.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Because those of us who carry guns,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]can't always be a saint.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] I've had to work most Sundays,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]and at times my talk was tough.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]And sometimes I've been violent,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]because the world is awfully rough.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] But, I never took a penny,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]that wasn't mine to keep.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Though I worked a lot of overtime,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]when the bills got just too steep.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] And I never passed a cry for help,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]though at times I shook with fear.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]And sometimes, God, forgive me,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]I've wept unmanly tears.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]I know I don't deserve a place,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]among the people here.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]They never wanted me around,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]except to calm their fears.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] If you've a place for me here, Lord,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]it needn't be so grand.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]I never expected or had too much,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]but if you don't, I'll understand.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] There was a silence all around the throne,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]where the saints had often trod.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] As the Soldier waited quietly,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]for the judgment of his God.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]'Step forward now, you Soldier, [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]you've borne your burdens well.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]you've done your time in Hell.'[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]~Author Unknown~[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]It's the Soldier, not the reporter [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]who has given us the freedom of the press.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]It's the Soldier, not the poet, [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]who has given us the freedom of speech.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]It's the Soldier, not the politicians that ensures [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]our right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]It's the Soldier who salutes the flag, [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]who serves beneath the flag, [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]and whose coffin is draped by the flag. [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][IMG]https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/c0.0.403.403/p403x403/538264_393604374024176_913118931_n.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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