Memorial Day
Again, Deanie Mills has inspired a blog. I commented on hers and words began to spill onto the screen.
Memorial Day has a special meaning to me. Deanie has more of a right to speak than many on this site because she is so intimately involved in the daily fear this administration has inflicted on so many families in America.
I have seen "Georgie" and his cohorts for what they were since the beginning. I have no doubt, as I have said many times, that HE/THEY will go down in history as the worst in American history.
Yesterday I was having a heated discussion with two co-workers who are in the 29% who somehow still support "Georgie." I told one of them I'll never understand how someone who is as smart as he is can still say the things he says in support of these monsters. I've said that to the Lt. before and others. My co-worker said I was being condescending. Maybe I am. But it boggles my mind that ANYONE smart enough to function can still find ANY reason to support these guys.
Then, he gave me hope for the future. During the argument, he said, "You probably were a Lyndon Johnson fan! Lyndon Johnson KILLED a lot of my friends," he went on.
A LYNDON JOHNSON FAN! NO! But that statement gives me hope that this generation who are now losing THEIR friends, THEIR kids, THEIR Dads and Moms, will come to know how arrogant, corrupt, incompetent and completely evil this administration is/was.
Even though I was young and naive back then, I wasn't very political. Like many of these young warriors today, I thought my country would not allow politicians to do what we now know they did. There was more trust in those days of our elected officials. We The People still had faith that something like Watergate could never happen. We The People still thought the office of the President was a place to be respected and admired. We The People, though naive, thought we could trust our government.
I've spent many years studying history. Believe it or not, I don't consider myself a "Far Left" idealog. I think, like most Americans, I'm close to the center politically. Left of center, granted, but I'm still open to learn and grow when presented with FACTS which prove me wrong.
The problem with the monsters in power is: They have created an abyss between Left and Right which is difficult to bridge. The policies of Karl Rove have turned Americans against each other in a way I never thought possible.
Until we can communicate again, the abyss will widen and grow deeper.
Here is the comment I made on Deanie's blog this morning:
I always try to thank people I see in uniform. It is still a little thorn to me the way we were treated and I don't want those who currently serve to think they aren't appreciated.
I still haven't been able to go to the "Wall" yet. I'm a history buff and have been to many civil war memorials and WWII and other war places of remembrance. They are always moving and spiritual experiences for me but the "Wall" still affects me in ways I don't discuss with anyone.
I know some of those names well. I remember their smiles and the look in their eyes before they became statistics. I have blogged before trying to humanize the "numbers."
One of the reasons I am so passionate against "Georgie" and the rest of the COWARDS in his administration is because they pretend to be patriotic and to care about "The Troops." But they are insincere and have no souls. "The Troops" are beginning to KNOW what you and I have known all along, that these people aren't PRO-America, they are PRO-big business, PRO-defense contractors, PRO Haliburton! I'd love to see the off shore account balances for "Georgie", Dick "The Monster" Cheney, "Rummy" and the rest. I'd love to see how they have multiplied since they lied us into this quagmire in Iraq.
As I've said before, Hell is too good for them!
Remember this Memorial Day stands for something. Deanie is absolutely right! These are young Americans, not numbers. They are more than statistics. All the thousands who died in all America's wars were human beings with smiles and hopeful looks in their eyes before they became statistics.
Remember them. Thank them. Appreciate them. Honor them.
