I thought this was a very interesting article that was sent to me via email by a friend.
One of the emails points was that how the media rarely if ever reports stories like this, and if they do it’s usually buried on page 17 where no one sees it. They tend to focus on the negative…I guess negativity sells papers.
The sad part is, I’m sure there are dozens of other stories just like this one that we’ll never know about.
PO2 (EOD2) Mike Monsoor, a Navy EOD Technician, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for jumping on a grenade in Iraq , giving his life to save his fellow SEALs.
During Mike Monsoor’s funeral in San Diego , as his coffin was being moved from the hearse to the grave site at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery , SEALs were lined up on both sides of the pallbearers route forming a column of twos, with the coffin moving up the center. As Mike’s coffin passed, each SEAL, having removed his gold Trident from his uniform, slapped it down embedding the Trident in the wooden coffin. The slaps were audible from across the cemetery; by the time the coffin arrived grave side, it looked as though it had a gold inlay from all the Tridents pinned to it. This was a fitting send-off for a warrior hero.
This should be front-page news instead of the crap we see every day.
Since the media won’t make this news, I choose to make it news by forwarding it onto you guys. I am proud of our military and the men and women who serve in it. They represent the highest and finest values of this country.
The liberal media never reports this type thing please forward it to a few of your friends…
Ok, they are not exactly on my door step but they are pretty close
History: I bought some bird seed and a really cheap feeder from Wal-Mart a few years ago. Instead of actually hanging the feeder I just put it in my backyard and well, you can guess the results. NO BIRDS in sight! I didn’t want to hang it in a tree , I figured I wouldn’t bee able to see the feeder well enough then!
So the feeder got smashed or thrown out or whatever but I retained the seed. I came across the seed again this year and said what the heck, I’ll just throw some out on our back porch and see if we get any takers. Low and behold, we had some customers!
||| The turtle doves were the first to arrive and usually the last to leave. ||| At first I was happy to see them but quickly they became the gluttons of our seed!
||| I wound up chasing them away from time to time just so they wouldn’t eat everything in sight! But then came more interesting birds, namely cardinals and finches ||| The cardinal kind of surprised me because I’ve tried to photograph them before and they are VERY AWARE of you in proximity to them. They will fly away usually before you could get your camera set and ready.
||| Most of the time it was one or the other with the different kinds of birds. Rarely would you see them together this close. Both of them must have been hungry! Well, we know the turtle dove is hungry all the time.
The amazing part is that I was able to see and shoot all of these from inside. I knew the flash would interfere with the windows and create huge reflections (which I solved later). So all of the ones early on were taken without flash. That’s why some of them look like they could use some more PS work!
I was very pleased to learn that I was recently selected to be the Featured Photographer on Photrade.
Now, was that due to the fact that I have been with the site for so long or that a large portion of the initial invitees are bloggers? Just kidding, I am honored for the selection and it was fun to be able to answer the questions. I just hope I didn’t sound too much like a dork!
Anyway, it was nice to be recognized for my work. I know that once Photrade comes out of beta the site will really take off and many new and talented photographers will join.
Here are a couple of questions from the full article:
What do you shoot?
Everything!Which wasn’t always the case. I made the mistake early on, shooting nothing but nature & landscape stuff. So now I’m trying to do portraiture, and people are a lot harder to work with than say flowers or trees. It’s an adjustment but part of the learning process, both challenging and fun. My passion though is macro, I just love the world of close-up photography.
Why do you like using Photrade?
I like Photrade because they are trying to help photographers, regardless of experience level, showcase, monetize, and protect their work. I see it as being far from “just another” photo sharing site. I think it has potential to be THE site for photographers.
But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you. For you bless the righteous, O LORD; you cover him with favor as with a shield. (Psalm 5:11-12, ESV)
, I figured I wouldn’t bee able to see the feeder well enough then!
||| The cardinal kind of surprised me because I’ve tried to photograph them before and they are VERY AWARE of you in proximity to them. They will fly away usually before you could get your camera set and ready.
I was very pleased to learn that I was recently selected to be the Featured Photographer on 
