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Wednesday’s Hero
34 years old from Arlington, Texas
111th Engineer Battalion, 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard
September 28, 2005
From the time he finished high school, Sgt. Steve Morin Jr. made serving in the military his career.“He always stood up for what he thought was right,” Gwendolyn Michelle Morin, his wife, said. “He was a fighter. He would never give up.” “He had called me to let me know what he was going to do that day,” she said. He expected to be able to call her more often because of the missions he was being assigned. Sometimes they would go 11 or 12 days between calls.
Morin enlisted in the Navy after graduating high school in his hometown of Brownfield, Texas at 17. By 34, Morin had devoted 14 years to the Navy, served in the National Guard for two and planned to attend Officers Candidate School. Morin was still in the Navy when he met his wife. At the time, the two were working for a photo company; he was Santa Claus and she was an elf, she said. Both were attending Texas Tech University. “It was funny because we always kept running into each other. He would hang outside my classes and wait for me with a Diet Coke,” recalled Gwendolyn. “He knew how to make me really happy.”
Sgt. Morin died when an IED went off, overturning the vehicle he was riding in near Umm Qasr, Iraq.
“He’s very strong willed, very determined. Humorous, a clown, but he was also very disciplined and very passionate about what he believed in,” Gwendolyn Morin said. “He always wanted to serve his country.”
These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived
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White House Countdown
You all know how I feel about President Bush. If you do not, well let’s just say I did not vote for the man. Either time. That being said, I found a site called White House Countdown. They poke fun at all in the political spectrum. This isn’t a site against just Republicans or just Democrats. It picks on them both (quite well, might I add). I personally like the Candidate Maker. If you don’t like your choices right now for President, make your own! They also have videos that people have made. Make sure you have some free time before you delve into there. You can lose hours while you watch these and laugh. There are several games you can play like PAC Attack (Political Action Committee), Paintball Politics, and Fat Cat Ball. These games are so easy to do that my 3 year old was having a blast with me this morning! You can also find trivia games, caption contests, and opinion forums. There is a little something for everyone.
This is the first gaming site dedicated to the 2008 elections and they have done a fine job at it too. If you can’t take a joke, don’t bother checking this out. If you can, have fun! Sign up is free, so what are you waiting for?
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