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  1. Whatever you are doing this Memorial Day take a few moments to give thanks for those who gave the last full measure of devotion to our country. The line of men and women who have given their lives for freedom is long and continues to grow because freedom isn’t free. Freedom is not the natural state of humans. Tyranny and power over the lives of people by despots has been the norm for most of human history. The American Revolution changed that course. What a precious and important legacy. The right to own a home, to work at whatever career you choose, to move anywhere you choose, to start a business, to go to the church (or no church) of your choice, to save for your old age, and much, much more are the blessings of freedom secured by the blood of patriots – common citizens who stood up and gave their all for freedom.

    On Memorial Day my thoughts always dwell on squadron mates and friends who died in the line of duty. I wrote this for them.

    NORTH!
    The USS Midway glides smoothly through the Tonkin Gulf.
    On the flight deck sailors stand at attention in ranks of dress whites.
    The four empty, symbolic coffins slide suddenly down the ramps and into the sea.
    A bugler plays taps. The Navy Hymn is played over the ship’s PA system.
    The ceremony over, the ship begins preparations to launch the next attacks.
    Tonight, and tomorrow, and on into the future airplanes will launch and fly North.
    North is where the enemy lives.
    North is where your squadron mates, who were honored today, died.
    North is where shipmates and friends are POWs in the Hanoi Hilton.
    No time to remember or grieve because it’s time to fly North.
    North, always North.
    We remember all those who flew North and didn’t return.

  2. You must have no Liberal/Progressive friends at all, to write the sentiments expressed above, or you hide them in a dark corner of your life.

    I know of no leftist/progressive that I’ve met, who loves America as it is, and appreciates her blessings…… they all want to change America for the better (like Obama) by replacing her foundations and rearranging her structures into something unrecognizable.

    When the “deplorables” say the country that stands today isn’t the one they grew-up in, they are stating a fact. England is further down that road than America, but it’s the same road, and they’ve decided they want to take a different route also.

  3. (Neo-Newcon ——-i meant you, when I submitted my comment……… I was not referring to J.J……..

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