Seriously, though, even with all the activities going on around me, I’m always reminded that it was a man (or woman) in uniform that allows me to participate in life.

– Pamela

CJ is in the Army, has been to Iraq, so I ask, who are you to argue? Did you warm the frozen hearts of the Iraqis to the concept of freedom? No? WELL SHUT UP THEN.

Really CJ, just leave him be, he is funny.

Personally, I think he’s sexually attracted to me and I’m both disgusted and flattered that now BOTH sexes find me utterly irresistible. I’d send him an autographed copy of my 1SG photo, but those are so rare that I don’t want to cheapen their worth!

Yesterday as members of each branch of the military along with the Old Guard were placing American flags at the graves of every fallen hero buried at Arlington National Cemetary Marine Sgt David Gray was quoted as saying, “It’s a privilege to be alive and able to support those Marines who made the ultimate sacrifice for the country,” he said. “We can’t bring them back. The only thing we can do is honor them and pay tribute to them.”

This is OUR nation. These are OUR Heroes. OUR defenders of freedom. When a whiney a$$ like you makes a comment like you did it angers me to no end. Perhaps that was your goal. Regardless, NOTHING we do, say or build in honor of our Heroes will ever be enough to show our respect and appreciation to them and their families. NOTHING.

Morton ~ it is YOU that I spit on for every single one of those Fallen Heroes and every single Soldier, Marine, Airman or Sailor past or present who has served or currently serves this great nation.

“Remember…It is the Soldier, Sailor, Airman and Marine, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the Soldier, Sailor, Airman and Marine not the poet, Who has given us freedom of speech. It is the Soldier, Sailor, Airman and Marine, not the campus organizer, Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the Soldier, Sailor, Airman and Marine, Who salutes the flag, Who serves beneath the flag, Whose coffin is draped by the flag, Who allows the protester to burn the flag.”

Veterans Day recognizes the contributions of all Military personnel, but Memorial Day, begun on May 5th, 1866, when veterans and residents of Waterloo, New York, placed flowers on the graves at each of the town’s cemeteries to honor the local Soldiers and Sailors who had fallen during the Civil War, is a recognition of those who paid the ultimate price, so that the rest of us, to include Morton and those like him could continue to live in freedom.

I’m sure, none of those who perished wanted to die, and those who served along side of them have long maintained that there but for the grace of God go I, but nothing could or should ever diminish their ultimate sacrifice on behalf of our freedom and country.