Monday, May 29: Freedom is not free.
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To the families of our war dead — men and women who fought and served in the armed forces to defend this country and to preserve freedom, the most treasured of all ideas — this weekend I reflect with you.
I thank them and you for the sacrifices. May the Lord watch over those in harm’s way as I write this, and may he richly bless all who are serving and have served this bountiful nation with honor and dignity.
While I don’t want to taint this observance with rants about illegal aliens, I have to say this: I’ve called America a suicide nation before, and that’s not true. What’s suicidal is politicians’ disregard for what’s best for this country and its citizens. America is a literal beacon of hope for the world, and many legal immigrants are filled with gratitude for its existence. I’ve heard from such people, who’ve gone through the proper channels and endured the investment of time and money to become citizens.
What’s so attractive to many would-be Americans are such notions as the “rule of law” and fairness. Law and order and a sense of justice are what enable men to desire and protect life, to be free, and to pursue happiness, whatever it means to them. With the passage of the Senate immigration bill, all of these are in danger of eroding.
I can say without reservation or shame that I am in love with the very idea of America and grateful to be here, despite how my ancestors landed on these shores. God’s hand was in it, and I trust that he placed me here at this moment for something great. As I struggle to understand my life’s purpose in the scheme of things, I will continue to trust my Lord and Savior and willingly follow him.
As enraged as I am with the rewarding of law breakers for the economic gain of the elites, I believe God will reveal his purpose behind this, too.
I salute this nation’s war dead. May God see fit to continue blessing America by calling men and women to honorable service in the name of freedom.
Bloggers:
- Gerard Van der Leun salutes his uncle and namesake, killed in WWII.
- Lorie Byrd is collecting Memorial Day links. Michelle Malkin, too.
- Blackfive’s Matt will appear on Pundit Review radio on Sunday.
Saturday, May 27: Debbie Schlussel:
As we honor our fallen troops on Memorial Day, we must ask ourselves something: While freedom of speech is precious, is freedom FROM “America” even more so? Apparently, that’s the case at the Michigan Department of Education…
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La Shawn
Well said. As a vet, I thank you and all those who support the US Military. Our Warriors deserve our support and prayers. They are fighting for our way of life. Like you I don’t want to demean the message by ranting about illegals, but I do want to say one thing. The US Government has lost its mind and We the People need to stand up and let them, our elected representatives, know that they are going against the principals and laws of this great country. They seem to have forgotten their role. They are civil servants paid by our tax dollars, just like our Warriors. Therefore, they are accountable to us. We need to get our voices heard loud and clear on how we feel about this betrayal by the Senate so the House doesn’t make the same mistake. God Bless America, and God Bless our Warriors.
Beautifully said, LaShawn. Even though I’m struggling through the typing of an Opinion Letter (on a real estate contract no less), or maybe because of it, a tear came to my eye!
Once again I am noticing how many WORDS attorneys use to say absolutely nothing - and on the other hand, with very few words, you say EVERYTHING.
Thank you.
La Shawn
Thanks for comments.
We have struggles, with hard work and tears, to get where we are.
Our ancestors landed on these shores by different means. But not a day goes by that I don’t thank God that my ancestors left wherever they were.
To maintain this precious life, many continue with hard work and tears, especially our soldiers who have paid the price of our rule of law and freedom.
As an American, I have some difficulty understanding why all people don’t want rule of law and freedom. But I have eyes and ears and know there are those who would take these gifts away if we would let them.
La Shawn, Thanks for your support:
My tribute to a passing generation is at the link.
“…Word to the Nation: Guard zealously your right to serve in the Armed Forces, for without them, there will be no other rights to guard. - President John F. Kennedy, 1962
I have a brother set for deployment to Qatar with the Air Force. He decided to enlist to get an education, to serve his country, and to honor our brother, Ryan.
Ryan would have been a marine serving in Iraq if he hadn’t been killed by a drunk driver 10 minutes out on liberty after finishing Infantry training. He was an expert marksman and had been picked for Secret Service training. He had a bright future ahead of him. We were prepared to lose him in battle, not stopped at a red light like a sitting duck.
When celebrating this weekend, folks, please don’t drink and drive. It is not only your life you are taking into your hands…
The Splintered Mind - Ryan would have been a marine serving in Iraq if he hadn’t been killed by a drunk driver 10 minutes out on liberty after finishing Infantry training. He was an expert marksman and had been picked for Secret Service training.
Sorry, I seem to remember the Secret Service is a civilian agency under Treasury, not Defense. The Washington DC Barracks provides certain NBC, EOD, black box defensive measures, and communications specialists to the White House, but still under military command and selecting very experienced soldiers, not someone straight out of Infantry Training.
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Observation:
Sorry, but as a Vet of the Gulf War I have to say this. We currently Over Honor our “Hero” cops and soldiers. 35-40 jobs - like farmers, ironworkers, and miners - equally indispensible to society, have a much greater chance of dying “in allowing us to live” - than cops. As for soldiers, well, many are heroes, many aren’t. Since Memorial Day honors every deceased soldier and Veterans day honors all veterans living or not, much of the “extra stuff” done these days is over the top. Our Governor cancelled a critical budget session so he could attend the funeral of a “hero” that stepped in front of a Bradley going 35 MPH at Ft. Benning. Our state’s flag has been at half staff dozens of times for “heroes” since 9/11, once for 12 days for a soldier who it turned out died rolling his Humvee in Kuwait racing a buddy in the dunes..
“Hero-hood” should be by deed, not by virtue of job title. And we should acknowledge that a good percentage of the American population outside the cop, firefighter, and soldier job classifications are perfectly capable of rising to heroic feats in challenging times. And some acts of heroism are quiet ones - staying dedicated to care for a parent with Alzheimers for several years…And the lack of that “defining moment” in others, doesn’t imply all housewifes or workers are “Zeros” to the uniformed government employees blanket hailing as “Heroes”.
I further believe Bush has been an ineffective leader in part because he has also bought into the cult of victimhood and “Therapeutic messages”, spending hundreds of hours every year playing personal Consoler-in-Chief —to 9/11 victims, AIDs victims, cop “heroes”, weekly visits to wounded soldiers, and trying to meet for 15 minutes with each family of a fallen soldier hero.
If FDR had tried doing that last, with 420,000 dead soldiers, 5100 dead civilians, and 790,000 serious woundings in WWII, seen 4 “Victim Families” every hour or met with 15 wounded every hour, he’d have 158,000 hours of obligated Consoler-in-Chief duty ahead. Or, more simply put, 1,975 days of 8 hours of hand-holding. 5 days a week, that would be 7.9 straight years of neglecting his Constitutional and Leadership duties to “Support the Hero Troops” with personal meetings.
Obviously, FDR placed higher import on critical programs and winning the war than partially abandoning his higher priority duties to be serving the Cults of Victimhood and Hero Worship.
Something Presidente` Jorge Arbusto should have though long and hard about when he decided he was too busy giving speeches lauding the “Heroes” to bother getting a postwar Iraq strategy ready, or to ignore the Borders and the Immigration mess, our Trade crisis with cheaper competitors, our massive federal debt ( which doubled from 4.5 to 9 million trillion on Bush’s watch)
Bringing this Post back to Memorial Day, which honors not just KIA, but all those who died serving, or Vets who died later on from normal causes long after a war - with an intact body or a shattered one. Unlike other “half-staff” occasions including the grossly excessive 30 days a President gets or a 10-day honor somehow given to Chief of SCOTUS and dead “most senior Senator”, Memorial Day adds a nice touch. Flag is at half staff only in the morning. At noon the flag is raised to full staff to symbolize the knowledge that but for the sacrifice of our military and those at home who support and sacrifice for it, our flag wouldn’t fly high, or possibly not fly at all.
It is also worth saying that throughout our history on battlefields or aboard our ships, the Flag is never lowered to half staff or half mast to honor comrade’s death in war, except for actual internment or remembrance ceremony. The National Ensign waves at full hoist in the face of the enemy..
La Shawn,
I, too, am enraged at our Senators but your post made me stop and think. You are right about God’s purpose and, while we don’t yet know what it is, we know there is one. Thank you for reminding me.
Wonderful post as usual Lashawn,I know my dad is thinking of his pals that he lost in Nam and of course his brothers in arms that even in the fight in Iraq and Afganistan today!My thoughts and prayers are with these fine people and their families now.Chris,nobody is negating what our cops and firefighters do,in fact many of these guys and gals were ex military folks,so of course what they do isn’t forgotten,all of these people have a thankless job,that deserves more appreciation than they do,but,it is up to as a nation and as individuals to make a note of this and not take it for granted.
Ditto!!!
Are human beings instinctively warriors? Will there ever be peace one Earth? Can human beings create peace on Earth by themselves, without some miracle of Biblical proportions? How much does Peace cost?
And so say we all, La Shawn, so say we all.
I too salute the men and women who have sacrificed their lives for the freedoms that I enjoy as an American. God willing, those in positions of authority who have the power to send these men and women into harm’s way will exercise that power with wisdom and humility. Have a blessed Memorial Day.
Just the other night President Bush apologized for his “Bring it on” statement made at the beginning of the Iraq War. He admitted it was a “mistake.”
Of course the mistake he can’t admit to is the War itself. With the possible exception of Ralph Nader, no person is more responsible for the 100,000 deaths (or more!) this war has claimed.
And now we see the nightmarish mistake he’s made on illegal immigration.
But let’s cut to the chase: On one thing the terrorists are correct — Americans are responsible. We put this idiot in office. We knew he was a screw-up, but we made him president anyway — twice!
We knew how he pulled strings to get out of the Vietnam War. We knew how once he received his stateside Air Guard gig he ducked out of that too.
We knew this.
We also knew about his Big Oil background, his “off with their heads” policy while Governor of Texas.
We knew all this and yet we voted him president — twice!
ricland
It’s just too bad our leaders could care less about our national sovereignty.
richland did you get those outrages numbers that don’t add up from the Daily Kos sites,because these boobs don’t know how to count,there hasn’t been those kinds of numbers murdered in the middle east since Sadaam’s last gassing of his people something you leftists willfully and always overlook because you love murderers and facists.You constanstly give the same talking points with nothing to back them up,congress has forced and demanded and wasted the American people’s tax money and time postering for the TV grilling the oil execs about how they run their business.Don’t you think after thirty years they would’ve come up with something by now?get real for once,I don’t by that garbage that the liberals constantly gives us.It they that are the problem(Congress)by constantly blocking the companies from helping us,with the Sierra Club,GreenPeace,and all these other environmental crazies in control of the Dems and even some in the GOP’s purse strings they are the problem not the oil companies,then nobody can beat you crybabies about no blood for oil,you sound silly even uttering such nonsense knowing that your belief systems have caused a lot of this stuff,and you really don’t want us to combine both efforts of finding not alternative fuels,but,using our own oil fields,But,it is okay for Castro to drill in our Backyard and De-facto presdidente Fox can too.So until you all resolve that I don’t want to here anymore talking points from the loony left.This post was about remembering and not forgetting those who went before us and sacrificed their lives for something bigger than themselves now only to have a bunch of rotten,corrupt,arrogant,useless,stupid,and shiftless,Hate America Firsters who have now committed high treason and have sold us out,that right there I am angry with Bush about this, But,your side isn’t gonna come out sqeaky clean either on this,they are gonna pay at the ballot box too.And if you wanna talk about not serving your country and not being grateful to those who do so,let me name names Dckie Durban,Arlen Specter,Howard Dean,Ted Kennedy(couldn’t pass the exam to get in the army for crying outloud,I passed it myself,I got sick,that is what kept me out of service)Nancy Pelosi,Barbara boxer,and many others,and the ones that did like Murtha are full of it!he is sickening;waste the tax payers money a useless marine airbase because his son was a helo pilot!If he ever was a hawk which I doubt,his voting record shows otherwise as a whole!
I was so angry yesterday afternoon when I saw a Hollyweird news T.V. show that gleefully shared the anti-war drivel of the Dixie (a.k.a. Ditsy) Chicks.
Then, later that evening I read Pat Boone’s excellent article which was aptly titled, “Ditsy Chicks Foul the Nest.” I decided to link and comment about it.
This morning, I felt so much better when I read and linked to Remarkably Good News From Iraq.
When you read the entire article over at The Conservative Voice forum, you will be so encouraged! What an awesome and powerful story! This is the best news yet that, of course, most of the mainstream media does not want to report. They totally miss the importance and significance of the spiritual transformation of people from the Muslim religion towards the One Truth which can only be found in Jesus Christ.
God’s Word tells us that we do not only fight against flesh and blood, but also powers and principalities in the spiritual realm.
Ephesians 6:12 - For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].
The conclusion of Sada’s Good News message is awesome:
“Sada concluded the evening with a heart-felt message of thanks to the American people for liberating his country and said all peace-loving people should “kneel down and thank the [American] mothers and fathers who have sacrificed their sons and daughters for the sake of freedom in Iraq.” He asked for patience as Iraq’s fledgling democracy builds a foundation and finds its way. But he also said there is far more good news in Iraq today than is being reported by the national news media.
Why is he taking such risks to share the good news? I asked him. “There is an Arab proverb which says, ‘Don’t be a mute Satan,’” he told me. “If you know the truth, you have an obligation to tell everyone.”
We call it “The Iraq War” but in truth it should be called “George Bush’s War” or maybe Bush-Wolfawitz’s War.”
No one wanted this war than Bush and the reason he wanted it was to blot from the history books and everyone’s mind his disgraceful behavior during the Vietnam War.
The fantastical rationale that followed about Democracy, bringing Jesus Christ to the heathens, etc, is some of the most self-serving spin to come out of Washington since Nixon.
Oh, and this is also why Wolfie jumped ship last year — he wanted to distance himself from the nightmare of unending death he and Bush created.
And there you have the truth of it all in a nutshell …
ricland
RICLAND — on this weekend, of all weekends, you choose to demoralize the troops even more by your put-down of this administration with idiotic lies. The Iraq war came about with Sadam’s posturing of wanting to use WMDs; this was agreed by the U.S. with all of its allies (the UK supplied the key intelligence to this). What’s more, evidence has since come out, supplied by one of Sadam’s generals, that the WMDs were dismantled and moved to Syria.
But I guess the real thing that bothers me and most Americans is how people like you don’t give a damn about the 400,000 + mass graves found. Because lives like that are like ants to people like you; they are of no account in your leftist rantings. You only have one thing on your little mind; to destroy the administration at any cost, and to support terrorists in their war against our soldiers. It is people like you who are like Tokyo Rose, constantly needling and complaining to weaken our country. Why don’t you just move out of the country until conditions are to your liking, so that we don’t have to hear them anymore? I feel sorry for the people around you, you must drive them crazy. Not to mention your condoning murderers like Sadaam.
over 1 million American soldiers have made the ultimate sacrafice for their country since the Revolutionary War…Memorial day is to honor their sacrafices towards the freedom of this great nation.
It is not a day for Ricland to get on his soapbox about his opinions concerning George Bush 2 or the current war’s in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Lets all remember the purpose of the day and leave our personal issues aside.
God Bless all who served/serve and all who died.
Lisa, I couldn;t have said it better myself. Some people will never get it and do not understand why they have the right to bitch…
This discussion is about the horrible mistake George Bush made. The Iraqi war IS a mistake and anyone not honest enough to say so is, like Bush, a very dangerous person.
And dangerous people don’t always appear to be so. Often they are dangerous because of their gullibility and ignorance.
The correct response to 9-11 was not the invasion of Iraqi. The architect of 9-11 is now laughing at how though our stupidity we doubled the American death toll 9-11 caused. And every day another America dies in Iraq this man scores another point.
Democracy in Iraq has absolutely nothing to do with the reason we invaded it. And even if there were wmds in Iraq invading Iraq was not the correct response. George Bush had other ways of getting rid of those wmds, ways similar to the ways currently being used against Iran.
But George Bush wanted a war. Not oil, not Democracy for the Iraqis, but a winning war that would blot out his disgraceful behavior during the Vietnam conflict.
Now, assuming all of the above is true, what in the world does Memorial Day — which has now come and gone — have to do with any of it?
ricland
Today is Memorial Day, a national Holiday in the U.S. This morning 10 Mexicans arrived on the job to do brickwork on a house across the street from me. I know they are illegal. I know they are not getting double time for holiday pay. I know they were hired by a contractor who is sipping his cocktail down at the lake. I know the companies that hire legal citizens lost out on this bid. I can’t prove my allegations of course, just have a gut instinct. This is Kansas. I’ve lived here for over 30 years and never have I seen homes being built on a holiday, any holiday. I wish there was something I could do about this. This is supposed to be a day of honor for our war dead. Thanks a lot Bush for ruining our country.
La Shawn, great post, and the reminder that God’s hand is on all these events is very timely. Thanks.
On this solemn day we remember the fallen, and we reflect on all they have given us. Their selfless acts of sacrifice have given freedom another day to live. It is our duty to preserve and promote freedom and liberty, to bring light to the darkest corners of the world, where others hunger for the rights we now hold.
I am a second-generation Filipino-American; My family has served proudly in the U.S. military. This country has given my family an opportunity to better itself, and we are truly grateful. We love this country, and each day we know is a blessing from the Almighty.
Please take a moment this afternoon (3 p.m.) to remember and thank our members of the military who stand and who have fallen, for the gift they have given us.
Reading comprehension issues, eh? Read the “About” page, genius. - Admin
Four Americans were killed in Baghdad this morning, two of them civilian News persons. And in the past week more than 50 Iraqi civilians have been murdered, yet still we chant that insane mantra about how we’ve brung democracy and freedom to Iraq.
What kind of freedom is it where just riding the bus to work puts you in mortal danger?
Baghdad has become a city of death and horribly maimed cripples. Thousands of school children have been killed and maimed, and still we go on about how they love us for getting rid of Saddam.
And here in the blogosphere on Memorial Day we have the gall to make all those fine speeches about “fallen heroes” … “Young men who gave their lives so that others could be free” and “the gift they gave to us.”
Too bad the “gift” they gave to the Iraqis won’t be appreciated as much as the “gift” they gave us.
Bottom line, this nightmare could have been avoided had Bush never been voted into office — twice!
And this means if you voted for Bush, you better believe your hands are dripping with gore too. Most certainly if you’re one of those jolly fellows who voted for him TWICE!
This nightmare is worse than Vietnam — I know, I served in Vietnam. The Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon “domino theory” had some validity. This GW Bush face-saving lunancy about “bringing democracy to Iraq” has none at all.
Not an iota …
ricland
The government school system is worse than I thought… :?- Admin
LaShawn,
Some of these comments are so good I had to grab one for today’s gringoman.com foto post: “Mekong Delta 1973″—going face to face, finally, with the Vietcong, down in that Delta below My Tho. (black and white original.) Atributed, of course.
A good memorial day project:
Read the published writings of all Ph.D’s who dispute the official 911 NIST report.
Check out the picture and circumstance of Rumsfeld’s visit to to Iraq in December of 1983.
If this is ‘leftist ranting’ then sue me.
For extra credit, read Edwin Black’s IBM and the Holocaust. Especially the part about CEO Thomas Watson and his relationship with Roosavelt. It only has hundreds of footnotes. Please paste ‘tin foil hat’ over all rational comments…
..sorry for the spelling of Roosevelt
Freedom is not free, it was paid by the blood of our young men and women in uniform. In every war we have had people willing to answer the challenge, from the Revolutionary War to the GWOT. Thank God for people like these.
BTW, don’t wait until it is too late to thank our soldiers for their service to this country. They will appreciate it, that I can promise you.
And LaShawn, I truly believe you have found your calling and your purpose in life. Its called the truth. Great job!
RICLAND — again, no-one cares about your raving lunatic posts. You served in Vietnam?? Right. My dad and uncle served in WWII. My great-uncle served in WWI, my ancestors served in the Revolution and the War of 1812. You say “Memorial Day has come and gone, so what’s the problem?” Like, why can’t you rant all you want??
I say you DISHONOR the service and the men you served with; you DISHONOR all the men who served in wars and who continue to serve (it’s not a draft, remember, it’s VOLUNTEERING) — you make your life a nothing with every dishonorable word you write. You care nothing about Memorial Day, it seems; it is just a way for you to spout lies about your beliefs. Well, go somewhere else and do it; this is not the time and place; you should show some respect, if not for yourself and your service, then at least for others.
Thanks La Shawn for honoring the troops.
I’m from a military family with a strong tradition of serving the country. My father, step-mother, brother, uncles…all vets. My father is buried in the national cemetary here in St. Louis… served in the Army for nearly 30 years and was a Vietnam Vet (at least 2 tours).
But here’s my take on this day….
The hypocrisy is killing me.
http://mirroronamerica.blogspot.com/2006/05/bush-says-we-must-honor-war-dead.html
http://mirroronamerica.blogspot.com
ricland– OK. You served in Vietnam. I served in Iraq. We are winning the hearts and minds of the people there. If you still have problems with your service, come in to one of the 207 VET Centers.
http://www.va.gov/rcs
You nor I know what anyone is thinking or why they do things including our President. He campaigned honestly, and was elected.
Period.
It is more dangerous in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Illinois and other places. In fact, in a place called ‘cabbage hill’ in Cleveland, Ohio, it is not even safe to walk the streets in broad daylight.
Now. If you have a problem with our brave volunteers who have been serving since 1975, say it. Otherwise, honor them, as I do you for your service then.
Lisa, I feel your pain; I really do. You no doubt are related to someone who’s either in Iraq or was there, and this is nothing to take lightly.
But honoring the Fallen and condemning the war are not mutually exclusive.
Moreover, some wars are honorable and some not. Using your logic we would condone any war our leaders got us into because our soldiers are honorable even if the war isn’t.
Using your logic we play the role of the “Quiet Germans” who honored their brave soldiers while the smoke stacks in the nearby concentration camps where thick with the stench of burning flesh.
The day after we leave Iraq the “democracy” we created there collapses, democratic heads will roll — literally! If we remain in Iraq as long as we remained in Vietnam (20+) years, the result is the same. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz — the architect of the invasion! — soon came to understand this, which is why he abandoned Bush and the war for the World Bank.
Worse still, almost every head of state in Europe told Bush not to invade Iraq, that if he did he would get caught up in the kind of endless carnage we’ve seen happen again, and again, and again.
Bush ignored them. He ignored Hans Blitz when Blitz told him he could find no WMDs. He ignored his generals he told him to wait; and finally, he ignored the reports we now know he got indicating that Iraq in fact had no WMDs.
He ignored all this, invaded Iraq, killed Saddam’s sons then dared the Muslim world to “Bring it on!”
In other words, the bloodshed in Iraq — that will surely continue for decades — can be blamed on one man’s unhonorable stupidity — George Bush’s.
That’s what those “honorable” men you talk about are dying for and this makes them no different from the honorable men who fought and died for Hitler — honorable men charged with a dishonorable mission.
ricland
RICLAND — again, with the fascist comments about comparing our soldiers to Hitler?? Right. You are a total and complete joke. You say “I feel your pain” — you feel no-one’s pain, you just use this blog as a platform for your looney-tune comments. You don’t even make sense. You don’t even know what a Nazi is. You have absolutely no idea. And yet you compare our soldiers to Nazis, saying that old adage, “I support the soldiers, not the war.” Well, Ricland, ol’ pal, we should’ve gotten into WWII FASTER — if we had, there would’ve been a lot less life lost on all sides. We hung back, let concentration camps continue with the railroads and look what happened.
Your knowledge of history, both old and recently past, is worse than a five-year-old’s — you twist the reason we have gone into war, just to support your platform. I’m sorry, but I don’t believe you served in Vietnam, or any war, for that matter.
You’re just a complete and total idiot.
RICLAND — by the way, I looked up the definition of “Nazi” — and your face was next to it! See, that’s what Nazis used to do — use propraganda and turn sense around to make everything they said sound plausible; but more intelligent people knew better.
I really do feel your pain, Lisa.
ricland
Those have protected our freedom for years then have their named smeared by the rotten to the core liberals who run these wretched collages and univsersities its time to honor the heros and scorn these collage educated scum
Memorial Day launched its whisper to the sky
And another lies in wait on the mountaintop
Beneath the bleached mass of atonement.
O! I am determined by our failing
To nurture the patriot tree
Until we can climb near to God!
Near enough to ask,
“Is this your desire?â€
Near enough so that the question
Needn’t even be uttered,
Just near enough
To see the river’s flow.
O! I am determined by our failing
To nurture this; our flag-waving heap
Beyond the gaze of God!
Beyond the flow of the deity’s torrent!
Beyond this; our notion of existence!
Higher! O! Onward! Higher still!
Carry them aloft! Reverently lay these;
Our strident armed forces of war and peace!
We can have it both ways you know;
Write our storm’s name across the sky
And climb beyond the stare of God!
O! I am determined by our failing!
Indomitable of our worshipful peak!
Joy filled by our divine reaching
To build, amass, pile, mound, and stack
We’ll have surpassed the mournful eyes
And soon be able to look down
Upon the brazen head of God
And declare ourselves the victor!
O! I am determined by our failing
To nurture the patriot tree
Until we can climb beyond God!
Higher! O! Onward! Higher still!
oK, Memorial Day over, so no more Fourth of July speeches, ok?
And, please, don’t tell me what Memorial Day means until you can stack up your combat duty against mine. I did my tour in Vietnam. I earned my right to give my opinion on the Iraq War … have you?
In fact, had Bush served the way I and John Kerry did we wouldn’t be in this insane war today. He’d have seen death first hand. He’d have learned what happens when the enemy “brings it on.” He’d have avoided war like the plague instead of ignoring everybody to dive into war.
Daddy Bush was wrong. He shouldn’t have pulled strings to keep junior out of Vietnam, but he pulled those strings and because he did around the world tens of thousands of people have been murdered.
Bush has been a foul-up all of his life, the evidence of this was plain enough, but you people who chant about “honor our dead” ignored this. You let this foul-up soft soap you. You let him start this insane war. You let him call John Kerry a phony and coward. And more recently, you let him craft a proposal that will open our borders to virtually all of South American.
You let him do this and did nothing except stumble around like zombies chanting your self-medicating mantra — “Support our brave troops!…Support our troops! … Support our troops…”
Sure, support our troops — but you don’t support our troops, by making a draft dodger their commander and chief.
ricland
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