Posted by
Boomer911 on Thursday, July 03, 2008 3:01:54 PM
I want to wish you all a very safe and Happy 4th of July. I hope we all can remember what this nation and its people have endured so we can be free. Just because we are the greatest and most free nation, it doesn't mean that we can relax. We must guard our liberties and always be prepared to fight, and perhaps die, for what we believe.
It is the Soldier
It is the Soldier, not the reporter
Who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the Soldier, not the poet,
Who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer,
Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the Soldier, not the lawyer,
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the Soldier, who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protestor to burn the flag.
By: Father Dennis Edward O’Brien, United States Marine Corps
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse. A man who has nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety is a miserable creature who has no chance at being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." - John Stuart Mill