I've been out of the loop for a bit but now have a little time to do my job as a mod again on here. So here we go again....................dejavue again with new members magically appearing and with that mass uplaoding again. Which in turn makes the mods and staff's job pretty frustrating due to the fact we have to sort through what to get rid of and what should stay.So let me give some guidelines on how to get featured and or more veiws.
-Let me start by uploading etiquette . Look for new or fresh media that HAS NOT been uploaded to the site 20 times over by using the search tool. You'll be amazied as how easy this procces is and wont worry about ," is my media gonna get deleted again or suspended". It is sometimes hard to tell if it's been uploaded when searching because it wont show............ and I'm getting to that next.
Also keep watermarks from other sites off the media. Keep your uploads original.
When uploading try to give the descriptions in the titl ... Read more ...
As many of Americans celebrate this day of Independence, many will drink, watch fireworks, laugh and celebrate the wars we won and the freedoms we have.
Many will mourn this year for the loss of the children, their husband, their brothers and friends though.
The true definition of this day is to celebrate our constitution, our freedom and the spirit of our country.
Many Americans though this ten plus years of this long war have forgotten why we do what we do and forget how good they really have it. Some will speculate and play the blame game and some will just ignore the fact of the matter and go about their everyday lives. But this day is about remembrance of those who went before us and now against our nations enemies and against odds stacked up and fought for the very rights we have today.< ... Read more ...
It's nighttime and I try to sleep through the thuds booming from UXO in the distance. I lay on my cot staring at a wooden sectioned off area staring at a picture I hung up of my son and I holding each other. Another sleepless night...
I sit and imagine what it will be like when I finally get back to the states, but my mind races with so many thoughts I can't focus on the picture. I turn to my other side and stare at another sectioned off wall of wood. The tent flaps in the wind from the sand storm and almost in harmony another two bombs going off like a beat to a song. I close my eyes and it's like a photo book of images all at once flashes, each one different. "Mother fucker" I get up and go outside and into the bunker to avoid the dust and sand and light a cigarette.
My night should have been over and I should be lost in dreams, but far from it.
There's way too much going on in my mind again.
I smoke my c ... Read more ...
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