Fourth of July (Courtesy of the Commentary side of Political Satire/Commentary at www.PoliSat.Com)

To webmasters: To display (at no charge, of course) one or more versions/sizes of any of these Fourth of July videos on your site, go here for instructions. For links to other websites' tributes to our troops, go here. To view YouTube configurations of this video, scroll-down further on this page.

Fourth of July Thanks.

When Freedom's at Peace on a Fourth of July

then pure Celebration should blanket our skies.
But now while our soldiers are risking their lives,

and many so bravely for freedom have died,
we owe it to them on this Fourth of July
to show them our thanks for their noblest of lives.

So little they ask for so much that they give
so we may in freedom continue to live,

that more than just "thank you" to them we must give.

The "more" they would want is not "something" to give:

It's what's given best by our lives when we live

in ways to be worthy of all they did give.

The "everyman" Private named "Ryan" perceived

this insight returning to Normandy's beach

by posing a question whose asking does teach

the answer to what do we owe the deceased--

Asked Ryan, "Please tell me the life I did weave

has honored the gift that from them I received."

--Jim Wrenn, Editor at PoliSat.Com.

The above version of "Fourth of July Thanks" for highest-speed connections is followed immediately by "Thanks In Our Name For Deeds In Our Name" (shorthand "TION4DION"). (For versions for high-speed, medium-speed and dialup-speed connections, scroll further down on this page.) Thus, the name of this combined version is "Fourth of July TION4DION" For more about TION4DION, go to http://PoliSat.Com/Thanks.htm.

For YouTube version, click here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=A2FdOYPgasA.

(Note: If your browser doesn't display the Windows Media Player video boxes above and below, you probably have your browser set to block "active x" controls. If you want to view the videos, you'll need to set your browser to not block "active x" controls.)

Fourth of July Thanks.

When Freedom's at Peace on a Fourth of July

then pure Celebration should blanket our skies.
But now while our soldiers are risking their lives,

and many so bravely for freedom have died,
we owe it to them on this Fourth of July
to show them our thanks for their noblest of lives.

So little they ask for so much that they give
so we may in freedom continue to live,

that more than just "thank you" to them we must give.

The "more" they would want is not "something" to give:

It's what's given best by our lives when we live

in ways to be worthy of all they did give.

The "everyman" Private named "Ryan" perceived

this insight returning to Normandy's beach

by posing a question whose asking does teach

the answer to what do we owe the deceased--

Asked Ryan, "Please tell me the life I did weave

has honored the gift that from them I received."

--Jim Wrenn, Editor at PoliSat.Com.

The above version of "Fourth of July Thanks and Tribute to Our Troops" is "Fourth of July Thanks" followed immediately by "Thanks In Our Name For Deeds In Our Name" (shorthand "TION4DION"). For more about TION4DION, go to http://PoliSat.Com/Thanks.htm. For other sizes/configurations of this video in a variety of configurations (including a full-size version at 640x480), go to http://PoliSat.Com/Fourth_Of_July.htm. Also, for a video of the first segment only ("Fourth of July Thanks") including YouTube configurations, go to http://PoliSat.Com/Fourth_Of_July.htm. For a YouTube configuration of the above video (Fourth of July Thanks and Tribute to Our Troops"), scroll down and use the YouTube image/link for in-page viewing of the video.

(Note: If your browser doesn't display the Windows Media Player video boxes above and below, you probably have your browser set to block "active x" controls. If you want to view the videos in Windows Movie Player format (the original format), you'll need to set your browser to not block "active x" controls.)

Fourth of July Thanks.

When Freedom's at Peace on a Fourth of July

then pure Celebration should blanket our skies.
But now while our soldiers are risking their lives,

and many so bravely for freedom have died,
we owe it to them on this Fourth of July
to show them our thanks for their noblest of lives.

So little they ask for so much that they give
so we may in freedom continue to live,

that more than just "thank you" to them we must give.

The "more" they would want is not "something" to give:

It's what's given best by our lives when we live

in ways to be worthy of all they did give.

The "everyman" Private named "Ryan" perceived

this insight returning to Normandy's beach

by posing a question whose asking does teach

the answer to what do we owe the deceased--

Asked Ryan, "Please tell me the life I did weave

has honored the gift that from them I received."

--Jim Wrenn, Editor at PoliSat.Com.

The above version of "Fourth of July Thanks and Tribute to Our Troops" is on YouTube. It's "Fourth of July Thanks" followed immediately by "Thanks In Our Name For Deeds In Our Name" (shorthand "TION4DION"). For more about TION4DION, go to http://PoliSat.Com/Thanks.htm. For other sizes/configurations of this video in a variety of configurations (including YouTube configurations), go to http://PoliSat.Com/Fourth_Of_July.htm. Also, for a video of the first segment only ("Fourth of July Thanks") including YouTube configurations, go to http://PoliSat.Com/Fourth_Of_July.htm.

(Note: If your browser doesn't display the Windows Media Player video boxes above and below, you probably have your browser set to block "active x" controls. If you want to view the videos in Windows Movie Player format (the original format), you'll need to set your browser to not block "active x" controls.)

Fourth of July Thanks.

When Freedom's at Peace on a Fourth of July

then pure Celebration should blanket our skies.
But now while our soldiers are risking their lives,

and many so bravely for freedom have died,
we owe it to them on this Fourth of July
to show them our thanks for their noblest of lives.

So little they ask for so much that they give
so we may in freedom continue to live,

that more than just "thank you" to them we must give.

The "more" they would want is not "something" to give:

It's what's given best by our lives when we live

in ways to be worthy of all they did give.

The "everyman" Private named "Ryan" perceived

this insight returning to Normandy's beach

by posing a question whose asking does teach

the answer to what do we owe the deceased--

Asked Ryan, "Please tell me the life I did weave

has honored the gift that from them I received."

--Jim Wrenn, Editor at PoliSat.Com.

The above version of "Fourth of July Thanks" (for medium-speed connections) is followed immediately by "Thanks In Our Name For Deeds In Our Name" (shorthand "TION4DION"). Thus, the name of this combined version is "Fourth of July TION4DION" For more about TION4DION, go to http://PoliSat.Com/Thanks.htm.

Below are windows for high-speed connections to play a higher-image/audio-quality of each of the videos alone-- i.e., "Fourth Of July Thanks" alone (below, left) and "Thanks In Our Name For Deeds In Our Name" ("TION4DION") alone (below, right).

Below are windows for medium-speed connections to play a lesser-image/audio-quality of each of these videos alone-- i.e., "Fourth Of July Thanks" alone (below, left) and "Thanks In Our Name For Deeds In Our Name" alone (below, right)

Below are windows for dialup-speed connections to play the lowest-quality image/audio versions. Below left plays the combined version; below center plays Fourth of July Thanks alone; and below right plays "Thanks in Our Name for Deeds in Our Name" alone.

(Note-- Several tributes below were created by GCS Distributing but links to other sites displaying them are provided to avoid over-using GCS Distributing's bandwidth.)

If you want to submit a link to a suitable video tribute, send an email to Editor@PoliSat.Com. If you want to send an attachment, you must first send an email identifying yourself and your return email-address for me to send a reply with instructions for sending an attachment, but if you send an attachment without following this procedure, your email will likely be sent into a black hole by anti-attachment software.

Copy/Paste Codes for other websites to display (at no charge, of course) one or more versions of "Fourth of July Thanks/TION4DION," "Fourth of July Thanks" alone, and/or "TION4DION":

For "Fourth of July Thanks-Extended Version" (medium-size/medium-speed)(BackToDisplay)

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For "Thanks In Our Name For Deeds In Our Name" (TION4DION) (medium-size/medium-speed)(BackToDisplay)

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Fourth

of July

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Video--

4th of July Thanks--Extended

Press

"play" button above

For

other size/speed versions <a href="http://PoliSat.Com/Fourth_Of_July.htm">go

here</a>.</td>

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For MiniVideo version of "Fourth of July Thanks-- Short Version" (for dialup speed)(BackToDisplay)

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Video--

4th of July Thanks--Extended

Press

"play" button above

For

other size/speed versions <a href="http://PoliSat.Com/Fourth_Of_July.htm">go

here</a>.</td>

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</table>

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For MiniVideo version of "Thanks in Our Name for Deeds in Our Name" (TION4DION) (for dialup speed)(BackToDisplay)

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Video--

4th of July Thanks--Extended

Press

"play" button above

For

other size/speed versions <a href="http://PoliSat.Com/Thanks.htm">go

here</a>.</td>

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For more information about the "Thanks In Our Name For Deeds In Our Name" (TION4DION) project, go to http://PoliSat.Com/Thanks.htm.


Video above is "Fourth of July Thanks" *alone* for high-speed connections.	Video above is "TION4DION" *alone* for high-speed connections. More versions at http://PoliSat.Com/Thanks.htm.


Video above is "Fourth of July Thanks/TION4DION" for dialup-speed connections.	Video above is "Fourth of July Thanks" *alone* for dialup-speed connections.	Video above is "Thanks in Our Name for Deeds in Our Name" *alone* for dialup-speed connections.