Last year I wrote about our Fallen Veterans, the things they have done and given up for our freedoms in this Great Nation of ours.
People, I think anyway, take these gifts for granted.
When we say we have freedom, we do not have absolute freedom, having some things that we can’t do.
We also have Big Brother always looking over our shoulder in ways I think are violations of the Constitution …
People complain that we don’t have about freedom and that in fact we have very little.
No, we have just gotten greedy and think that we deserve more … Ok I agree in more then a few ways … but I think it is because so many haven’t traveled the world and scene first hand how much we have, and how little the others do.
People forget that our allotment of freedom includes things like me being able to write this Blog and others to read it.
There are places in the world still were they are not allowed to speak in public, read anything … even learn how to read for that matter, and so many other things that we TRULY take for granted
We have all heard about book burnings in other countries.
What about all of the Slave trading still going on all around the world.
Then also we have all the religion being taken away from the people, and then people killed because they are of a different faction of the same religion.
Can you imagine if that was to happen here?
Baptists against Southern Baptists … hum … isn’t that one of the ways that Jesus got so popular after his death and got his faith so popular … gotta love Catholics …
Back to a point … so many people remember the Fallen Veterans, as they should today, because they did so much, but …
Today is all about the memory of the people who died in the military fighting all around the world and even state side for our protection and freedoms.
This day was originally called Decoration Day, and was to pay respect to the Union soldiers after the Civil War… I guess the Yanks might have gotten something right?
Then after World War I they decided to include all military from any conflict.
I am thinking about going into another direction though … yea, trying to be respectful today so keep you mind in check will ya …
How about the people in America who have died in the effects to keep America safe, from both others and ourselves?
We, in my opinion, need to pay respect to people like Fire Fighters, the Law Enforcement and of course, one of the most under rated and best/worst professions in America … Correctional Enforcement work.
We have our soldiers and I will never take anything away from them.
What about our Fire Fighters, referred to as Professional Hero’s.
They daily offer their lives up for people they don’t know and only hope to help others.
The Police Officers who at a moments notice can find themselves in a gun fight from something as small as pulling someone over for a traffic violation going bad.
Of course the Department of Corrections, ALL employee’s not just Security personal, who are forced to work with the people that we have declared the scum of society and don’t want to be around anymore known for murder, battery on other things even worse the rap.
We should also throw in Paramedics into this.
They don’t go running into fires as often as Fire Fighters but they do find them selves in some crazy situations that can be just as bad.
Then again we also have he people state side who most of us dislike most of the time and bad mouth on more then one occasion … Politicians.
I mean we all remember the original Politicians who decided to not only break away from England because they thought it was the right thing to do, but also thought enough to come up with an ideal and dreams of what they wanted and what we needed.
Now and days though, they have to be the people who make laws that need to be made knowing that they will be disliked for there decisions.
How would you like to be forced to decided what is good for the mass when the minority sometimes gets looked over … yea … that’s got to suck!
Now that is of course the minority of Politicians as we all know, but they do have some who are not completely corrupted … I think …
I wanted to make some big long Blog about that was moving and heart lifting … I did that last year and don’t think I can do it again to myself let alone everyone else.
You should know how I feel and if not reread last years Memorial Day and Veterans Day Blog’s.
We need to pay tribute to our military personal for sure.
We should pay respect to our fallen brothers and sister who have kept us safe.
We also need to remember that the people who stay state side, and live dangerous lives so that we can live the life we live, need to be respected also.
These people, and so many others who will stand up next to them also, are one of the reasons why America will stay standing as the Last and Most Powerful Super Power in the world.
They say that China has never truly been concurred.
They have changed leadership more then a few times, but they have not been forced to change their faith, language or general way of life.
I am proud to say though, that if anyone was to try and take over America they would not just fail, but the repercussions a pone them would be a show to make it known never to even think about doing something so stupid ever again … to them and any other …
I know that I, and everyone I know, would stand up and fight along side each other.
I know that prisoners would come out of the prisons and fight because of the love they have for this land and the people they care about who might loose their freedom.
Wouldn’t that be a scary sight … they would, I am sure, do wonders for the cause but the clean up afterward and getting them back might be difficult.
Think about how this country stood together after the Twin towers … God have mercy on the fools who wish to have that bonded combination of fear and anger turned against them as we as a Nation stand up and fight back.
Terrorists know that they only way they can hurt us is by doing cowardly single attacks because they can not, I will repeat this again, CAN NOT take us on our own land!
We will stand together even tighter, putting Race and Religion aside, even putting Gang colors and dislikes aside.
I have faith that we will not only stand up together so much more then just to defeat the invaders, but to also destroy anyone attempting to hurt our home.
Now if we can just figure out a way to get this bond during the rest of the time …
Back to the point though … thank you my brothers and sisters.
Those who have, do and will do what needs to be done when it needs to be done.
This country is by far one of the best in the world, if for no other reason then it’s people.
So let us think about EVERYONE who HAS, DOES and WILL stand up to protect this Country and the people in it!God Bless this Country, it’s people and the ideals that it is based on!
People, I think anyway, take these gifts for granted.
When we say we have freedom, we do not have absolute freedom, having some things that we can’t do.
We also have Big Brother always looking over our shoulder in ways I think are violations of the Constitution …
People complain that we don’t have about freedom and that in fact we have very little.
No, we have just gotten greedy and think that we deserve more … Ok I agree in more then a few ways … but I think it is because so many haven’t traveled the world and scene first hand how much we have, and how little the others do.
People forget that our allotment of freedom includes things like me being able to write this Blog and others to read it.
There are places in the world still were they are not allowed to speak in public, read anything … even learn how to read for that matter, and so many other things that we TRULY take for granted
We have all heard about book burnings in other countries.
What about all of the Slave trading still going on all around the world.
Then also we have all the religion being taken away from the people, and then people killed because they are of a different faction of the same religion.
Can you imagine if that was to happen here?
Baptists against Southern Baptists … hum … isn’t that one of the ways that Jesus got so popular after his death and got his faith so popular … gotta love Catholics …
Back to a point … so many people remember the Fallen Veterans, as they should today, because they did so much, but …
Today is all about the memory of the people who died in the military fighting all around the world and even state side for our protection and freedoms.
This day was originally called Decoration Day, and was to pay respect to the Union soldiers after the Civil War… I guess the Yanks might have gotten something right?
Then after World War I they decided to include all military from any conflict.
I am thinking about going into another direction though … yea, trying to be respectful today so keep you mind in check will ya …
How about the people in America who have died in the effects to keep America safe, from both others and ourselves?
We, in my opinion, need to pay respect to people like Fire Fighters, the Law Enforcement and of course, one of the most under rated and best/worst professions in America … Correctional Enforcement work.
We have our soldiers and I will never take anything away from them.
What about our Fire Fighters, referred to as Professional Hero’s.
They daily offer their lives up for people they don’t know and only hope to help others.
The Police Officers who at a moments notice can find themselves in a gun fight from something as small as pulling someone over for a traffic violation going bad.
Of course the Department of Corrections, ALL employee’s not just Security personal, who are forced to work with the people that we have declared the scum of society and don’t want to be around anymore known for murder, battery on other things even worse the rap.
We should also throw in Paramedics into this.
They don’t go running into fires as often as Fire Fighters but they do find them selves in some crazy situations that can be just as bad.
Then again we also have he people state side who most of us dislike most of the time and bad mouth on more then one occasion … Politicians.
I mean we all remember the original Politicians who decided to not only break away from England because they thought it was the right thing to do, but also thought enough to come up with an ideal and dreams of what they wanted and what we needed.
Now and days though, they have to be the people who make laws that need to be made knowing that they will be disliked for there decisions.
How would you like to be forced to decided what is good for the mass when the minority sometimes gets looked over … yea … that’s got to suck!
Now that is of course the minority of Politicians as we all know, but they do have some who are not completely corrupted … I think …
I wanted to make some big long Blog about that was moving and heart lifting … I did that last year and don’t think I can do it again to myself let alone everyone else.
You should know how I feel and if not reread last years Memorial Day and Veterans Day Blog’s.
We need to pay tribute to our military personal for sure.
We should pay respect to our fallen brothers and sister who have kept us safe.
We also need to remember that the people who stay state side, and live dangerous lives so that we can live the life we live, need to be respected also.
These people, and so many others who will stand up next to them also, are one of the reasons why America will stay standing as the Last and Most Powerful Super Power in the world.
They say that China has never truly been concurred.
They have changed leadership more then a few times, but they have not been forced to change their faith, language or general way of life.
I am proud to say though, that if anyone was to try and take over America they would not just fail, but the repercussions a pone them would be a show to make it known never to even think about doing something so stupid ever again … to them and any other …
I know that I, and everyone I know, would stand up and fight along side each other.
I know that prisoners would come out of the prisons and fight because of the love they have for this land and the people they care about who might loose their freedom.
Wouldn’t that be a scary sight … they would, I am sure, do wonders for the cause but the clean up afterward and getting them back might be difficult.
Think about how this country stood together after the Twin towers … God have mercy on the fools who wish to have that bonded combination of fear and anger turned against them as we as a Nation stand up and fight back.
Terrorists know that they only way they can hurt us is by doing cowardly single attacks because they can not, I will repeat this again, CAN NOT take us on our own land!
We will stand together even tighter, putting Race and Religion aside, even putting Gang colors and dislikes aside.
I have faith that we will not only stand up together so much more then just to defeat the invaders, but to also destroy anyone attempting to hurt our home.
Now if we can just figure out a way to get this bond during the rest of the time …
Back to the point though … thank you my brothers and sisters.
Those who have, do and will do what needs to be done when it needs to be done.
This country is by far one of the best in the world, if for no other reason then it’s people.
So let us think about EVERYONE who HAS, DOES and WILL stand up to protect this Country and the people in it!God Bless this Country, it’s people and the ideals that it is based on!
1 comment:
I didn't look up when "Decoration Day" changed to "Memorial Day" but I do know my grandparents always called it Decoration Day and that was what we did: we went out and decorated graves at Fort Barrancas National Cemetery, on Pensacola Naval Air Station. Fittingly enough, that's where two grandparents and an uncle are buried - along with a lot of people we knew from either the DAV or the VFW. At Barrancas, on Memorial Day, they did a roll call of all the service personnel who'd been buried there, since the last roll call; the year my Grandfather Wilkinson died, his was the last name read, as he'd only died a few days before Memorial Day. Then the 21 gun salute and then the fly-over by the Blue Angels, in the Missing Man formation. There are things you never forget and there are things that make you know what types of sacrifices have been made in your behalf.
Our families were very involved with the DAV and the VFW and we were all involved in the annual "Buddy Poppy" sale - women and girls all in white dresses asking for donations for artificial poppies to be worn in lapels on Memorial Day - all made by disabled veterans and all the donations being returned to them. That was even done in Europe - quite a unified effort.
Growing up when, where and how I did had a tremendous impact on me and my feelings of deep and abiding gratitude for all service men and women. The quickest way to undo this old hard-hearted woman is to have a man in a military uniform march past her with an American flag; you'll lose me, every time.
I was married to a police officer whose father and uncles were all police officers and fire fighters. You, my sweet old kid, have served in the military and as a prison guard. I have been surrounded, all my life, by people who were willing to put themselves in harm's way, just to make the world better, in some way, for the rest of us. I am grateful for my association with people of your calibre and the calibre of all of those, living and dead, who've been a part of my life, no matter in how small a measure. I am free and I am safe not because of my my own actions but because of hundreds of thousands of people who, over the course of my life time, have said, "Not today - not on my watch." May I ever be grateful and never forget.
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