Rudyard Kipling"
āWhen you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldierā
General Douglas MacArthur"
āWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā
āIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā āOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
āThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā
āMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā āThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
āNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
āIt is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
Floods in the north and east coast are the result of decades of neglect By Murray Hunter
Friday, November 29, 2024
Murray Hunter : The building of flood mitigation and drainage infrastructure is
neglected, or prized pet drainage projects without no science and
thought behind them are created, where well connected local
crony-contractors benefit.
Floods are the result of greed and stupidity
Most
of the floods are the result of environmental vandalism. Logging
concessions are given to cronies who strip the land of jungle and trees
which assist the soil take up moisture. These bare hills with the soil
in direct contact with rain and flowing water take away good top soils
with them and make the flooding problem worse.
Facebook: Abdul Barr Kelantan today.
Contractors
build roads without proper drainage, where the roads act as a block to
retreating water. The water has no where to go and floods out local
towns. Streets within towns are just built with inadequate drainage
systems. Thatās why towns flood first.
The biggest neglect comes
from the federal government which allocates development funds to crony
projects, rather than spending time, effort and money on necessary
drainage projects.
Einstein said something like when you do the
same thing, the same way over and over again, but expect a different
result is insanity. Thatās bureaucracy, insanity connected to greed.
Floods are a good scam for politicians
The
best thing for those politically connected is the assistance and refuge
given to those in need during flood season. The catering is done by
political cronies, and the cost of supplies such as boats and tents are
supplied at inflated prices to government.
Whoopie, there are some
very happy politicians tonight making money out of peoplesā misery. How
many people will needlessly lose their lives this time from neglect?
