{"id":11249,"date":"2013-05-27T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/?p=11249"},"modified":"2013-05-27T08:31:13","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T13:31:13","slug":"memorial-day-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/27\/memorial-day-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Memorial Day\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5tdAX04YI3I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Remember the fallen not just on Memorial Day because freedom is not free.<\/p>\n<p>The Sheepdogs by Russ Vaughn<\/p>\n<p>Most humans truly are like sheep<br \/>\nWanting nothing more than peace to keep<br \/>\nTo graze, grow fat and raise their young,<br \/>\nSweet taste of clover on the tongue.<br \/>\nTheir lives serene upon Life\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s farm,<br \/>\nThey sense no threat nor fear no harm.<br \/>\nOn verdant meadows, they forage free<br \/>\nWith naught to fear, with naught to flee.<br \/>\nThey pay their sheepdogs little heed<br \/>\nFor there is no threat; there is no need.<br \/>\nTo the flock, sheepdog\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s are mysteries,<br \/>\nRoaming watchful round the peripheries.<br \/>\nThese fang-toothed creatures bark, they roar<br \/>\nWith the fetid reek of the carnivore,<br \/>\nToo like the wolf of legends told,<br \/>\nTo be amongst our docile fold.<br \/>\nWho needs sheepdogs? What good are they?<br \/>\nThey have no use, not in this day.<br \/>\nLock them away, out of our sight<br \/>\nWe have no need of their fierce might.<br \/>\nBut sudden in their midst a beast<br \/>\nHas come to kill, has come to feast<br \/>\nThe wolves attack; they give no warning<br \/>\nUpon that calm September morning<br \/>\nThey slash and kill with frenzied glee<br \/>\nTheir passive helpless enemy<br \/>\nWho had no clue the wolves were there<br \/>\nFar roaming from their Eastern lair.<br \/>\nThen from the carnage, from the rout,<br \/>\nComes the cry, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Turn the sheepdogs out!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\nThus is our nature but too our plight<br \/>\nTo keep our dogs on leashes tight<br \/>\nAnd live a life of illusive bliss<br \/>\nHearing not the beast, his growl, his hiss.<br \/>\nUntil he has us by the throat,<br \/>\nWe pay no heed; we take no note.<br \/>\nNot until he strikes us at our core<br \/>\nWill we unleash the Dogs of War<br \/>\nOnly having felt the wolf pack\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wrath<br \/>\nDo we loose the sheepdogs on its path.<br \/>\nAnd the wolves will learn what we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve shown before;<br \/>\nWe love our sheep, we Dogs of War.<\/p>\n<p>Russ Vaughn<br \/>\n2d Bn, 327th Parachute Infantry Regiment<br \/>\n101st Airborne Division<br \/>\nVietnam 65-66<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the fallen not just on Memorial Day because freedom is not free. The Sheepdogs by Russ Vaughn Most humans truly are like sheep Wanting nothing more than peace to keep To graze, grow fat and raise their young, Sweet taste of clover on the tongue. 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