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It is time for the weekly round up of favorite posts from my blogroll. These are not ranked, but in alphabetical order by blog title.

American Perspective--In Memory of Our Soldiers
Amusing Bunni's Musings--Update on the Leopard Cubs
Blazing Cat Fur--The Globe Goes Hamas
Camp of the Saints--Rule 5: Nell mcAndrew
Classic Liberal--The Rule 5 Insider
Daley Gator--More on Weinergate
Fishersville Mike--sarah Palin, the blogger's friend
Gorge's Grouse--Police State
In a Mad Mad Mad Mad World--Friday Pin Up
Jaded Haven--Country Behind a Mask
Left Coast Rebel--Will the Real Obama Please Stand Up?
Other McCain--Pacifism and Historical Ignorance
Paco Enterprises--Talking Nazi Dogs
Pirate's Cove--Sarah Palin Goes Behind Lines
Proof Positive--DidAanythony Weiner tweet His weiner/
Randy's Roundtable--Friday nite funnies
Sentry Journal--You're either a Tool or a Target...Which is It?
Sniper--Fatwa on Disney
Teresamerica--Talking Cat Funnies
Three Beers Later--Some People Are Hard to Keep Down
Troglopundit--Is This Danica's last Indy 500/
Washington Rebel--Are You Too Proud to Be An American?
Yankee Phil--That Funny Little First Amendment

This week’s song is “More Than a Name on a Wall” from the Statler Brothers in honor of Memorial Day. I remember hearing the song as background music my parents would play long before I got into country music myself. At the time, I knew very little about the Vietnam War period, much less there had been a lingering cultural divide or not only the war, but how its veterans were perceived. I remember feeling a profound sadness over the song if before I learned how complicated how complicated people made the issues surrounding it. Over twenty years later, it still gets to me, if for no other reason I miss the time when being a part of the god, mother, and country South made the idea of the good guys fighting the bad guys much easier to discern.