I’ve seen a ton on the facebooks about “thanking veterans for their service.” As a veteran let me just be very straightforward and honest with you. We didn’t “serve our country”; we don’t actually serve our brothers/sisters or our neighbors. We serve the interests of Capital. We never risked our lives or spent months on deployment away from our family and friends so they can have this abstract concept called “freedom”. We served big oil; big coal; Coca-Cola; Kellogg, Brown, and Root and all the other big Capital interests who don’t know a fucking thing about sacrifice. These people will never have to deal with the loss of a loved one or the physical and/or psychological scars that those who “serve”, and their families, have to deal with for the rest of their lives. The most patriotic thing someone can do is to tell truth to power and dedicate yourself to building power to overthrow these sociopathic assholes. I served with some of the most real and genuine people I’ve ever met. You’ll never see solidarity like the kind of solidarity you experience when your life depends on the person next to you. But most of us didn’t join for that; we joined because we were fucking poor and didn’t have many other options.

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Well heres a take on it not often uttered or shared

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this explains the side-eye I get when I say this to soldiers

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The last line is why I’m considering the Reserves.

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Tell me who your best friends are,
and I will tell you who you are

If you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl.

But, if you associate with eagles
you will learn how to soar to great heights.

A mirror reflects a man’s face,
but what he is really like is shown by the kinds of friends he chooses.

The simple but true fact of life is that you become like those with whom
you closely associate - for the good and the bad.

The less you associate with some people,
the more your life will improve.

Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others,
it increases your mediocrity.

An important attribute in successful people is
their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people.

As you grow, your associates will change.

Some of your friends will not want you to go on.

They will want you to stay where they are.

Friends that don’t help you climb will help you to crawl.

Your friends will choke your vision or stretch your dreams.

Those that don’t increase you will eventually decrease you.

Consider this:
Never receive counsel from unproductive people.

Never discuss your problems with someone incapable
of contributing to the solution, because those who never succeed themselves
are always first to tell you how.

Not everyone has a right to speak into your life.

You are certain to get the worst of the bargain when
you exchange ideas with the wrong person.

Don’t follow anyone who’s not going anywhere.

With some people you spend an evening:
With others you invest it.

Be careful where you stop to inquire for directions
along the road of life.

Wise is the person who fortifies his life with the right friendships.

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BALLY Grosgrain Hiking Boots

theaffluentacademy:

A Great Color Combo!!! 

did-you-kno:

Source: 2004. Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love. New York, NY

did-you-kno:

Source: 2004. Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love. New York, NY

I want this right now!

I want this right now!

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blackfashion:

#Sola Cash #Jo Black Craze #Mens Fashion

blackfashion:

#Sola Cash #Jo Black Craze #Mens Fashion

eclecticobserver:

Early in the first season of Mad Men there’s a moment when we realize that even Don Draper’s most reckless, questionable actions will be undertaken with an unusually high degree of precision and style. Don arrives at the office in yesterday’s crumpled clothes, having spent the night with a woman…

fuckyeahyoga:

Don’t bathe in misery! Keep moving :D

fuckyeahyoga:

Don’t bathe in misery! Keep moving :D

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Homework on the weekends,

sodamnrelatable:

Friday Afternoon: No worries, I have two more days to do it.

Saturday Morning: Hm, maybe I should at least start on it. NAH! I have time.

Sunday Morning: I should seriously start on my homework.

Sunday Afternoon: /procrastinates more

Sunday Night: OH MY DAMN, IT’S DUE TOMORROW.

And then there’s the sad conclusion if you didn’t finish:

Monday Morning: ”Class, please pass up your homework.”

your expression:

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