Things ain't what they used to be on Memorial Day

Junior Bonner · May 25, 2015

(Excerpt from Blue Oyster Cult)

This ain't the garden of eden
There ain't no angels above
And things ain't like what they used to be
And this ain't the summer of love

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Junior Bonner · May 26, 2015

To the younger generation of OSA viewers who may not have a clue who this man was; he was a baby faced killer with nine lives. To read his book will leave you troubled. He wanted to die like a Samson, with his enemies. And he got the Medal of Honor for it.

trickydick · May 26, 2015

He looks 12. Is that Audie Murphy??? Its pretty late and I couldn't get the name Oliver North out of my head.

SMS · May 26, 2015

So what does that have to do with Memorial Day?

Junior Bonner · May 26, 2015

SMS said:
So what does that have to do with Memorial Day?

No mention of him. When I was little, he was a folk hero. No Memorial Day would pass without some allusion to what he had done. Now, the balance of Memorial Day is weighted with advertisements on Super Sales honoring our veterans. Or beaches contaminated with oil spills where excursionists are denied entry.

SMS · May 26, 2015

I guess I get it, but not sure why Memorial Day should be noted by references to a guy who survived the war, became a movie star, and died in an accident decades later.

He was certainly a hero, but his story is not the story of Memorial Day. Veteran's Day perhaps...

Shootin 4 Fun · May 26, 2015

Bad mofo, but Memorial Day isn't the day we honor him.

skyhunter143rd · May 26, 2015

Most people I talk to have no idea what Memorial Day is or how it was started............Completely unacceptable in my opinion

cmhbob · May 26, 2015

In some places, it's still a big deal.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...dddab4-fa79-11e4-9ef4-1bb7ce3b3fb7_story.html

SMS · May 26, 2015

It is still a big deal here too, you just have to hang out with the right folk lol...

http://m.newsok.com/hundreds-gather...day-ceremony-in-oklahoma-city/article/5422418

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