Happy Memorial Day to all. Again, as you go about your Memorial Day activities, spare a thought for those who gave everything for our freedom, and those who continue to do so at home and abroad.
Showing posts with label Memorial Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Memorial Day. Show all posts
Monday, May 30, 2011
Memorial Day
Happy Memorial Day to all. Again, as you go about your Memorial Day activities, spare a thought for those who gave everything for our freedom, and those who continue to do so at home and abroad.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
American Patrot/Hero of the Week
Being that this is Memorial Day week, I am not going to pick an individual to honor this week. Memorial Day is a time to honor all of those who gave their lives for this great nation. Above and beyond the the brave men and women of our armed forces, this includes public safety officers such as police, firemen, EMT's etc. While all of these people are both brave and noble, the group I want honor typically receives a very bad rap. This week I want to honor our brave, and much maligned, Vietnam War Veterans.
Often we heap kudos and honor upon our glorious World War II and Korea vets, yet we as a nation have barely even made a down payment on the tremendous debt we owe these brave men and women. When they returned from the war zone, they were spat upon, cursed and called horrible names such as murderer and baby-killer, yet was their sacrifices any less than the veterans of other wars? The answer is no, it was not. They fought just as hard, and bled just a red for freedom.
To this day the perception of this group of vets, is of slightly unbalanced individuals who are incapable of having a normal relationship of any kind, holding down a job or maintaining a home. Statistics say this perception is true, but a the great Mark Twain said, "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." The truth is, that when the experts attempted to verify what the statistics told them, they found them to be total and complete bollocks.
The blunt truth is we have not done right by these men and women, both in taking care of the survivors, nor in honoring their fallen. It is for all of these reasons that I honor these mostly unsung heroes. I hope that honoring these brave veterans will help repay the great debt we owe these men and women, though I know my efforts to be insignificant.
Often we heap kudos and honor upon our glorious World War II and Korea vets, yet we as a nation have barely even made a down payment on the tremendous debt we owe these brave men and women. When they returned from the war zone, they were spat upon, cursed and called horrible names such as murderer and baby-killer, yet was their sacrifices any less than the veterans of other wars? The answer is no, it was not. They fought just as hard, and bled just a red for freedom.
To this day the perception of this group of vets, is of slightly unbalanced individuals who are incapable of having a normal relationship of any kind, holding down a job or maintaining a home. Statistics say this perception is true, but a the great Mark Twain said, "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." The truth is, that when the experts attempted to verify what the statistics told them, they found them to be total and complete bollocks.
The blunt truth is we have not done right by these men and women, both in taking care of the survivors, nor in honoring their fallen. It is for all of these reasons that I honor these mostly unsung heroes. I hope that honoring these brave veterans will help repay the great debt we owe these men and women, though I know my efforts to be insignificant.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Government Visit
Today I received the above hit from a member of the Army. This soldier was checking out Friday's "The Meaning of Memorial Day" post. To his reader I have the following message; all of us here at the RWE household thank you for your service. We know that your sacrifices ensure our freedom, and we are eternally grateful.Memorial Day
Happy Memorial Day to all. Again, as you go about your Memorial Day activities, spare a thought for those who gave everything for our freedom, and those who continue to do so at home and abroad.
P.S. There will be a slight change in the posting schedule this week. Since Tuesday will be the start of the work week for most of us, the Joke of the Week will move to Tuesday, Patriots and Heroes will move to Thursday and Global Warming Wednesday will remain the same.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
The Meaning of Memorial Day
With the start of another Memorial Day weekend, I want to remind everyone what this long weekend is really about. I probably should have written this post sooner, apparently some have already forgotten.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Memorial Day: The Chosen One Style (I Mean The Chosen One Has No Style)
Tip O' the Hat to Ray Schneider over at Political Brambles for this. I could not have said it better myself.
SEE HERE "... The truth is that no president has missed the Arlington ceremony on Memorial Day since 1992. ..." Obama is a relatively young president. He's never served in the military. In fact he's never really worked for a living in anything most of us would recognize as a real job. He has about the same sense of the military as Bill Clinton I'd expect. It's a symptom of the liberal leftist, collectivist mindset. They all view the military as sort of a lower form of life. So is it really any surprise? I don't think so, but coming from a military family virtually every member of which has served the country, it pisses me off! This guy leaves no opportunity to denigrate America, no rock unturned. No enemy is so wrong as not to be worth listening to and no friend so good as not to be criticized. In truth this president is a great disappointment. I didn't expect anything different since I thought he was an empty suit from the get go. Everything he has done since has pretty much confirmed it. This is just the latest travesty in a long list. November Is Coming!
SEE HERE "... The truth is that no president has missed the Arlington ceremony on Memorial Day since 1992. ..." Obama is a relatively young president. He's never served in the military. In fact he's never really worked for a living in anything most of us would recognize as a real job. He has about the same sense of the military as Bill Clinton I'd expect. It's a symptom of the liberal leftist, collectivist mindset. They all view the military as sort of a lower form of life. So is it really any surprise? I don't think so, but coming from a military family virtually every member of which has served the country, it pisses me off! This guy leaves no opportunity to denigrate America, no rock unturned. No enemy is so wrong as not to be worth listening to and no friend so good as not to be criticized. In truth this president is a great disappointment. I didn't expect anything different since I thought he was an empty suit from the get go. Everything he has done since has pretty much confirmed it. This is just the latest travesty in a long list. November Is Coming!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
