Veterans Day

Today I put out our American flag in rememberance and thankfulness for all who served and gave their lives in order to obtain and preserve the freedoms we have had as a nation.

Throughout the day the Gospel Music Channel showed a clip thanking all who served and then
one particular program showed the many sides of the effects of war...on those who served, on their families. The show ended with a song and the lines that remain in my head...
"All gave some, some gave all..." And the phrase that we all know so very well..."freedom is not free."

I remembered my grandmother telling me of her brother who was in WWI. He's buried in Arlington Cemetary. My grandfather ran away to join the army in WWI only to be discharged
rather quickly when they had discovered that he had lied about his age. I think he was 16.
Mike lost an uncle in WWII.

I think of all those who fought in the wars before...the war that was hard-fought to establish this country...the war between the states where the deaths outnumbered the deaths of every war we have ever been in...people fighting for what they believe in...
fighting for our freedoms...fighting so our nation would be free from tyranny...fighting for the freedom of other countries...

What would those people think about the times we are living in...where it seems that "tyranny"
is on the rise...where leaders can tell some CEOs how much money they can make...possibly even telling everyone they must have health insurance and will fine them heavily if they do not...where huge taxes will be placed on the American people, on small businesses to make this happen...billions of dollars being added to our federal budget deficit...

"No taxation without representation!" That was the cry of our founding Fathers!

What has happened to our leaders? Who do they represent? Certainly not the majority of the American people! There is no one party that seems to really care about the American people...
very few in Congress do. What matters now is greed, power and control. Only our leaders could give themselves a raise when huge numbers of Americans were facing lay-offs! What does that say????

We are quickly losing many of the freedoms that cost so many lives so many years ago...even those today.

How sad.....