Ralphs Back Porch for Nov

Welcome to the Back Porch! Nov. 10th 2007
Johnny comes marching home agian......
Tucked away in a grove of old cedars near Keatchie Louisiana is one of the most peaceful places on Earth to my way of thinking. The sunshine seems a little softer there, the morning fog shimmers in the light of dawn and the sun sets turn the sky a rosy color as day after day comes and goes for this patch of ground.
It's hallowed ground there with almost two hundred soldiers buried among the cedars, white marble grave markers worn away by wind and rain but still standing giving us the information about regiment, company, name of the soul buried and dates, of course, all old dates from a time long, long ago.
Those soldiers wore gray uniforms and came from all across the country to give up the last thing they could, and that was life itself for a cause lost to eternity and circumstance and isn't that the way of soldiers? To give so much for causes and governments?
We have been honoring these boys for a long time because of a date some group or club a long time ago decided was the right date for us to do so and we honor them still by tending graves and mowing and making eternity in that grove of cedar trees peaceful and calm but we also honor others who have fallen, and some who haven't fallen and some who never did but still limped home and began new lives after our Civil War, The Spanish American War, World Wars 1 & 2, Korea, Viet Nam, the Gulf War and now the war in Iraq.
We honor them because we owe them, plain and simple. We owe them what freedoms we enjoy, we owe them the best of years because they sacrificed the best of their youth to make us able to enjoy the home front.
NOVEMBER 11 Veteran's Day
While you wave the Stars & Stripes this coming Veteran's Day think of this. 1 out of every 4 homeless people on our streets today are Vets.
Yearly charities collect millions of dollars to make veteran's lives easier and yearly some of the charities, not all of 'em mind you, rip off Vets and pocket the money they so desperately need.
Today somebody somewhere is standing at an airport gate waiting to shake a Vet's hand or hug a Vet's neck welcoming them home.
Vets buy high-priced gasoline and like us, most of them pay outrageous sums of money for bread and milk and they tend to families and care for children, just like us, but unlike most of us, they have stood in the horrible gap and watched as the thunder of war rolled over them.
My son, Jess is a Vet. He spent 18 months as a Stryker Vehicle driver in Baghdad and other nameless patches of God-forsaken sand in a land that absolutely hates us for the most part.
Jess was rotated home to Ft. Wainwright in Alaska last year and is right now facing the prospect of going back to Iraq for another tour of duty and you know what? Amidst the flag-waving and the speechifying of politicians across our land, the only thing Jess has asked for in years is help getting him and his daughter home for a visit around Christmas and to even make reservations with a surly airline we had to make several phone calls and speak to people barely able to converse in English about his tickets.
Just to let you know, I'm not just griping for the sake of griping. I STILL and always will believe we live in the best country in the world and that if it is worth having, it is worth fighting for.
So, we send our best youth to fight in lands thousands of miles from home. We trust in men and women in Washington who sometimes don't deserve this trust and we BELIEVE in the values we hold dear, liberty, the justice of our system of government, unalienable rights ordained by God Himself and we send our young men and women away to protect and to defend....us.
And Johnny comes limping home agian......
Say a prayer Monday for all the boys and girls who never make it home other than to spend eternity in a small patch of ground in a cemetery. Never forget why those kids are in Iraq and a hundred other places in harm's way.
Be sure to shake a Vet's hand and say the one thing they all want to hear more than anything, "Welcome HOME, soldier"
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When doing your Christmas cards this year, take one card and send it to this address. If we pass this on and everyone sends one card, think of how many cards these wonderful special people who have sacrificed so much would get.
A Great Idea!!!
When you are making out your Christmas card list this year, please include the following:A Recovering American soldierc/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center6900 Georgia Avenue,NW
Sent in by Shirley from San augustine, Texas.
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www.pva.org Paralyzed Veterans of America. Please contact to donate or to send an E-Card to a vet who desperately need to know you care.
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Ralph's Back Porch
As all of you must know by now, Ralph's Back Porch is on the radio in the form of a national SWAP SHOP and Boy! Are we having some fun out of this!
We air on Monday 2 PM Central Standard Time and also on Friday evening 7-9 CST and the way to CALL is
347 215 884
Why Call? Well, cause we LOVE hearing from you and we also read a LOT of Nutrader ads as well as ads from people who don't even KNOW about NuTrader but who do know about the radio show, so we get in there and mix it up, talk a bit, ask questions, play some music, mostly have a good time.
347 216 8849
All you got to do is pick up your princess phone and dial that number to talk to me and Tamara and we do need your help with this!
If you want to go and HEAR an archived version of the Back Porch just click into www.blogtalkradio.com/ralphsbaclporch and give us a listen.
Either way, we thank you, Good Neighbors and hope we hear from all of yall soon!
This coming Monday we will feature Don & Sue Lummus. a local duet who sings some fine old-time country music with a twist. Lot's of fun and lots of laughs so be sure and drop by and hear Don & Sue Lummus with us on Ralph’s Back Porch!
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RED HOT Business!
Tamara was down in Woodville, Texas the other day talking to Tommy Bell at T-Bell Services and Tommy was telling her that he has had a nice response to his ad in www.NuTrader.com
Tommy is a dang nice man and easy to do some business with so why don't yall go on down to Woodville and see what Tommy can do for all your flat-bed, utility trailer and welding needs?
Here's his Business Directory ad and be sure and CALL him or Drop by and when you do, make sure you let him know NuTrader sent ya, ok?
Trailers
TRAILERS NEW AND USED TRAILER REPAIR WELDING
Address: Location: woodville, Texas

Tommy Bell
Phone: 409 283 8414
Additional Phone:
Cell:
Fax: 409 283 2570
Website: www.tylercountytractor.com
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Clinton Gore & Bush
Now.. I have to admit.. "THIS IS FUNNY!!"
Joe
Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and George W. Bush went to a fitness spa for some fun. After a stimulating, healthy lunch, all three decided to visit the men's room and they found a strange-looking gent sitting at the entrance. He said, "Welcome to the gentlemen's room. Be sure to check out our newest feature, a mirror that, if you look into it and say something truthful, you will be rewarded with your wish. But, be warned: if you say something FALSE, you will be sucked into the mirror to live in a void of nothingness for all eternity!" The three men quickly entered and upon finding the mirror, Bill Clinton stepped up and said, "I think I'm the most intelligent of us three," and he suddenly found the keys to a brand new Bentley in his hands. Al Gore stepped up and said, "I think I'm the most aware of the environmental problems of us three," and in an instant, he was surrounded by a pile of money to fund his next Presidential Campaign. Excited over the possibility of finally having a wish come true, George W. Bush looked into the mirror and said, "I think...," and was promptly sucked into the mirror.
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Well, that's about it for this week's Back Porch. I have to admit in my old age I'm getting a little lazy but it IS so much more fun to do the radio version of the Back Porch!
We hope you all will stop by and tell us WHAT VETERANS DAY means to you and your family.
Remember, all you have to do is CALL 347 215 8849 on Monday, 2pm CST.
We jabber away there from 2 until 4 so please call us and say "Howdy!"
Until next week, may God bless & keep each and every one of yall.
Ralph
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