This Guy Again

49ers. Braves. Iowa Hawks. AWL. OEF Veteran x 2. SA Alum. Retired Army Infantry Officer. My opinions are my own but should be yours.

[This Guy Again @Shea_Butta_]

The @ComedyCentral Roast of @willsmith is gonna be a blood bath!!!

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

Stateside, my street. I counted the flags one morning and stopped at eleven, because eleven was every house with a porch.

No one ordered this. I have checked. There is no edict, no inspection, no lord collecting banner tax. Eleven households simply decided, at different points in their lives, that their own home should fly the flag of their country. Then they maintained it. Forever.

In my land, a banner meant a lord was present, and you adjusted your behavior accordingly. Here, the lord is the idea itself, and the idea apparently lives at every third house.

"Who requires this?" I asked Walt, who was replacing his flag with a newer one.

"Requires?" He laughed. "Nobody. Old one got faded."

"And the faded one? You discard it?"

His face changed. It was the face of a man handling armor that has seen battle. "You don't just throw it away. There's a way to retire it. The VFW does it proper."

A retirement ceremony. For cloth. I stood corrected and deeply moved at the same time, which in America is a common combination.

Walt's flag has a small light aimed at it for nighttime. He installed it himself. "If it's up after dark, it's supposed to be lit," he said. Supposed by whom, I wanted to ask, and then understood: supposed by Walt. The entire system is Walts, all the way down, each one keeping a code no one imposed on him.

I confess I went home and stood before my own bare porch for a long time. I am a guest in this country. It is not my banner to raise.

But the pole bracket was eight dollars at the hardware store, and the man there said, "Flags? Aisle nine."

A banner raised on command says the lord is watching. A banner raised freely says the man is.

I bought the bracket. For now, it holds a windsock shaped like a koi.

Walt says the koi looks sharp. From Walt, this is a knighting.

[This Guy Again @Shea_Butta_]

@russellcrowe is definitely in the role of Mauricio in the movie after we win!!

[USMNT Only @usmntonly]

President Donald Trump called the USMNT ahead of their World Cup opener.

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

That’s what I get for believing in Nebraska. This guy is everything @_willcompton wants to be. Iowa owns Nebraska. I’m an idiot. #GBR

[This Guy Again @Shea_Butta_]

@sofia3973 Done

[This Guy Again @Shea_Butta_]

@austin_jordan12 4.6

[Shooter McGavin @ShooterMcGavin]

BREAKING: Scottie Scheffler hits a fan with a golf ball after losing his cool at the Arnold Palmer Invitational

[StAlbertSportsFan @Stalbertsprtfan]

The Saintes are now 5-2 at the State Tourney the last 3 years. Semi’s for the 3rd straight season as well. What a run (and it’s not over by a long shot)…

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

USA DEFEATS CANADA TO WIN THEIR FIRST MEN'S HOCKEY GOLD MEDAL SINCE 1980 🚨🇺🇸

[Lobs @Lobs_All_Day]

Nick Wright tomorrow : I want to see Purdy win without Jake Tonges and Austin Pleasants

[Joe Narmi @JoeNarmi]

The St. Albert Falcons improved to 4-1 (4-0 District) with a 54-26 victory over the Westwood Sloan Rebels.
Your KMA POGs (L-R): Cohen Hamilton (4 tackles, 1 assist, 2 sacks); Kyle Irwin (5 receptions-68 rec. yards, 224 yds rushing, 4 tds); King Sawyer Sheffield (1 tackle, 4 assists, 1 fumble recovery for td). Cohen and King Sawyer are part of offensive line that accounted for 282 yds rushing , 114yds passing, and 7 offensive tds. #kmasports

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

Coast Guard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan saved 165 lives in the Texas flash floods.

The 26-year-old, a former KPMG accountant, directed Army Blackhawk 60s and MH-65s to survivors and helped get them to safety, according to the New York Post.

“Ruskan spearheaded a high-risk rescue mission under the worst possible environmental conditions, which in the end saw 165 brought to safety,” the NYP reported.

“I’m just doing a job,” he told the NYP.

“This is what I signed up for, and I think that any single Coast Guard rescue swimmer or any single Coast Guard pilot, flight mechanic, whoever it may be, would have done the exact same thing in our situation.”

“That’s what we were asked to do and we’re gonna do it. Any one of us, if anyone else was on duty that day, they would have done the same thing as us.”

“We just happened to be the crew that got the case.”

[Special Envoy Kristi Noem @EnvoyNoem]

United States Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer and Petty Officer Scott Ruskin, directly saved an astonishing 165 victims in the devastating flooding in central Texas.

This was the first rescue mission of his career and he was the only triage coordinator at the scene.

Scott Ruskin is an American hero.

His selfless courage embodies the spirit and mission of the @USCG.

[CWS Jello Shot Challenge @CWSShotBoard]

YOUR FINAL JELLO SHOT CHALLENGE UPDATE!!! @LSUbaseball you own the top two spots all time and you are the first repeat champion. Every shot matters, every fan matters, every new friend we've made matters. Y'all are built for glory, for greatness, for Jelleaux and we love you!

[StAlbertSportsFan @Stalbertsprtfan]

Join Brady Smith now for varsity 🥎 as the Saintes host East Mills:

https://t.co/gpMcxp9yPL

[This Guy Again @Shea_Butta_]

@StephenOneill_5 @YipStrickler @BarstoolClassic If anything 3.5 is vanity. I take your money every time we play.

[CWS Jello Shot Challenge @CWSShotBoard]

We've been absolutely smacked all day! Next post will highlight the giveaway from our friends @CircaLasVegas! Check it out!

[Eric Patterson @EPatGolf]

I think I've seen enough of the hack-it-out rough at Oakmont.

They should bring out the mowers overnight and let those who survived the first two rounds a chance to make some birdies.

We get it - Oakmont is hard. Now let the boys play

[Rick Golfs @Top100Rick]

On this Memorial Day, let me share the best tradition a golf club has:

At The Patriot Golf Club in Oklahoma, it is called 1300.

At 1PM daily, Taps is played. (Sound up!) Wherever you are on the course, you stop and pay tribute to fallen soldiers.

Then 13 bell tolls, one for each fold of the flag given to the families of fallen soldiers.

It’s a truly powerful reminder of the cost of our daily freedoms. 🇺🇸

[Dave Rubin @RubinReport]

America Guy 1, Hamas Guy 0.

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

Ryan Clark name dropped me in his wild RGIII/Caitlin Clark rant. For the billionth time the reason Caitlin Clark fans like me don’t like Angel Reese is cause Angel Reese has acted like a jackass towards Clark for years