AS WILL MANY MILLIONS OF OTHER AMERICANS I WILL HAVE A BARBEQUE THIS AFTERNOON AND AS "RUSH" WOULD SAY, ENJOY A FEW "ADULT BEVERAGES". HOWEVER,I BEGAN THE DAY WITH A SMALL PRAYER TO THE ALMIGHTY THANKING HIM FOR THE BRAVE AND COURAGEOUS MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING THE WARS AND "POLICE ACTIONS" THAT REQUIRED THEIR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. THEIR ULTIMATE SACRIFICE ALLOWS ME TO ENJOY THIS HOLIDAY AND THE FREEDOMS THAT ARE PART OF MY DAILY LIFE.JOHN MILL, AN ENGLISH ECONOMIST AND PHILOSOPHER (1806-1873), WROTE, "WAR IS AN UGLY THING, BUT NOT THE ULGLIEST OF THINGS. THE DECAYED AND DEGRADED STATE OF MORAL AND PATRIOTIC FEELINGS WHICH THINKS THAT NOTHING IS WORTH WAR IS MUCH WORSE. THE PERSON WHO HAS NOTHING WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HIS OWN PERSONAL SAFTEY, IS A MISERABLE CREATURE AND HAS NO CHANCE OF BEING FREE UNLESS MADE AND KEPT SO BY THE EXERTIONS OF BETTER MEN THAN HIMSELF". IF ONLY THE "PEACE ACTIVISTS" AND THEIR "FELLOW TRAVELERS" COULD UNDERSTAND THIS BASIC PHILOSOPHY.
WHILE WE HONOR THOSE THAT PAID WITH THEIR LIVES FOR US TO ENJOY THIS DAY. WE SHOULD CELEBRATE THEIR COMMITMENT AND CHARACTER THAT MOTIVATED THEM TO JUST FOLLOW THEIR ORDERS DOING THEIR DUTY AT THE TIME OF THEIR DEATH. WITHOUT THAT DEDICATION OUR CAUSE WOULD HAVE FAILED!
APPARENTLT THE 63 U.S. SENATORS THAT VOTED FOR SENATE BILL 2611 ARE NOT AS LOYAL TO THE VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICANS THEY REPRESENT! THE THRUST OF THIS BILL DESPITE ALL THE PROTESTATIONS AND PLATITUDES ABOUT ITS INTENT. THIS IS AN "AMNESTY" BILL FOR LAWBREAKERS. IF ALLOWED TO BECOME LAW BECAUSE OF A "SURRENDER" OF PRINCIPLE BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THEIR COMBINED ACTIONS WILL BE A GIANT STEP TOWARD THE ABYSS OF SOCIALISM AND LOSS OFTHE WAY OF LIFE THAT WE PRESENTLY ENJOY. THE WAY OF LIFE THAT SO MANY HONORABLE AMERICANS HAVE DIED FOR! AS DIANE WEST STATED IN HER COLUMN IN TOWNHALLS MEMORIAL DAY POSTING. "IS AMERICA SOMETHING WE CAN JUST FORGET?
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