Comments for Angelo J Rossi blog http://blog.angelojrossi.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:46:19 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Side By Side by angelo http://blog.angelojrossi.com/?p=33&cpage=1#comment-141 angelo Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:46:19 +0000 http://blog.angelojrossi.com/?p=33#comment-141 Thank you for visiting! Thank you for visiting!

]]> Comment on Side By Side by Jumping Shoes http://blog.angelojrossi.com/?p=33&cpage=1#comment-136 Jumping Shoes Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:55:45 +0000 http://blog.angelojrossi.com/?p=33#comment-136 <strong>Hi...</strong> Looking for another site, but cool site. Thanks.... Hi…

Looking for another site, but cool site. Thanks….

]]> Comment on Side By Side by Trikke http://blog.angelojrossi.com/?p=33&cpage=1#comment-135 Trikke Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:02:56 +0000 http://blog.angelojrossi.com/?p=33#comment-135 <strong>just stopped by....</strong> Very nice site. All the best.... just stopped by….

Very nice site. All the best….

]]> Comment on Patriotism, The Stars and Stripes, Made in America by angelo http://blog.angelojrossi.com/?p=13&cpage=1#comment-127 angelo Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:36:31 +0000 http://blog.angelojrossi.com/?p=13#comment-127 Yesterday, when I was adjusting the high speed motor, I imposed upon our neighbor down at the studio, Frank Rodriguez for some tools. Frank is retired Marine Corp. Upon seeing the Leslie with it's American flag draped lower speaker, he began to go patriotic on me. He explained that he had fought for that flag in Viet Nam and that he considered this an act of desecration. Now you have to spend time with Frank, who is a welder, machinist and a family man to understand this stance. You have to love the guy because he has soul and he is the real deal. Upon further discussion, I explained that these devices were used exclusively by the US Army throughout WW II as the instrument of choice for services, i.e., fallen comrades, funeral and pre-general blah, blah, etc.. He chuckled and explained that the Army was nutz. As it turns out, Frank, in his service to our country, was the guy whom his superiors called upon to do many a dirty job. At one point in his career after particularly, "dirty job", Frank refused to go down another rat hole to kill Viet Cong soldiers. So what did his superiors do? They court-martial'ed him, gave him a dishonorable discharge and to this day he has been fighting a system that totally neglected and dishonored his name. This is the type of story that is heart breaking and makes you want to cry. Frank is a sweet guy, with a beautiful son and family. To look at him you would never know that he was anything more than a hard working, Mexican American whom served his county and was not afraid to do the right thing. A true blue collar American hero in my book. In the end, Frank and I laughed about the flag, as flags are meaningless. He was satisfied that the waving of this flag was in honor of the American spirit and Americana in general. A celebration of all that was once good in America. We owe Frank and all of the fallen, including my dad, who made all three WWII invasions, Tunisia, Sicily and Normandy, a debt of gratitude and at the very least, an open ear to their stories, the stories of our independence, no mater how discouraging they may be in reality. Yesterday, when I was adjusting the high speed motor, I imposed upon our neighbor down at the studio, Frank Rodriguez for some tools. Frank is retired Marine Corp. Upon seeing the Leslie with it’s American flag draped lower speaker, he began to go patriotic on me. He explained that he had fought for that flag in Viet Nam and that he considered this an act of desecration. Now you have to spend time with Frank, who is a welder, machinist and a family man to understand this stance. You have to love the guy because he has soul and he is the real deal. Upon further discussion, I explained that these devices were used exclusively by the US Army throughout WW II as the instrument of choice for services, i.e., fallen comrades, funeral and pre-general blah, blah, etc.. He chuckled and explained that the Army was nutz. As it turns out, Frank, in his service to our country, was the guy whom his superiors called upon to do many a dirty job. At one point in his career after particularly, “dirty job”, Frank refused to go down another rat hole to kill Viet Cong soldiers. So what did his superiors do? They court-martial’ed him, gave him a dishonorable discharge and to this day he has been fighting a system that totally neglected and dishonored his name. This is the type of story that is heart breaking and makes you want to cry. Frank is a sweet guy, with a beautiful son and family. To look at him you would never know that he was anything more than a hard working, Mexican American whom served his county and was not afraid to do the right thing. A true blue collar American hero in my book. In the end, Frank and I laughed about the flag, as flags are meaningless. He was satisfied that the waving of this flag was in honor of the American spirit and Americana in general. A celebration of all that was once good in America. We owe Frank and all of the fallen, including my dad, who made all three WWII invasions, Tunisia, Sicily and Normandy, a debt of gratitude and at the very least, an open ear to their stories, the stories of our independence, no mater how discouraging they may be in reality.

]]> Comment on The Grammy’s by Amy Winehouse » Blog Archive » The Grammy’s http://blog.angelojrossi.com/?p=22&cpage=1#comment-26 Amy Winehouse » Blog Archive » The Grammy’s Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:47:57 +0000 http://blog.angelojrossi.com/?p=22#comment-26 [...] angelo blog wrote an interesting post today on The Grammy’sHere’s a quick excerpt Such as Amy Winehouse flipping the preverbal bird to the stoggy, aristocracy of big music business, the academy and the establishment in general…. [...] [...] angelo blog wrote an interesting post today on The Grammy’sHere’s a quick excerpt Such as Amy Winehouse flipping the preverbal bird to the stoggy, aristocracy of big music business, the academy and the establishment in general…. [...]

]]> Comment on The Grammy’s by Grammy » Blog Archive » The Grammy’s http://blog.angelojrossi.com/?p=22&cpage=1#comment-25 Grammy » Blog Archive » The Grammy’s Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:58:09 +0000 http://blog.angelojrossi.com/?p=22#comment-25 [...] angelo blog wrote an interesting post today on The Grammy’sHere’s a quick excerpt But then, every year, here comes the Grammy, brining us all together and making us feel good about our musical souls. I dig that…. Yeah, and don’t forget it’s just a TV show, o/k? Thank you Grammy for 50 years of great shows!& #160; …This year the Grammy celebrated 50 years of service to the musical and entertainment community….Tutti Fruiti, Little Richard and you know for the price of admission, how can you find fault in Grammy?… [...] [...] angelo blog wrote an interesting post today on The Grammy’sHere’s a quick excerpt But then, every year, here comes the Grammy, brining us all together and making us feel good about our musical souls. I dig that…. Yeah, and don’t forget it’s just a TV show, o/k? Thank you Grammy for 50 years of great shows!& #160; …This year the Grammy celebrated 50 years of service to the musical and entertainment community….Tutti Fruiti, Little Richard and you know for the price of admission, how can you find fault in Grammy?… [...]

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