Today some people will get as drunk as possible. To them, that's what the Fourth of July represents -- a day to party down and get bombed. Hmmm... Thousands upon thousands of our young American men went to war and were blown apart to fight for the Freedoms we, as Americans, enjoy today. Punks can sag their jeans so their underwear show. People who hate America can openly say so in America (go live somewhere else!). People "expect" handouts from the government. The abuse of our Freedoms is endless. (One of my dancers made the Heart-Flag pin for me. I wore it pinned to my blouse today.)
I wonder if any of the people who enjoy their Freedom to get really drunk tonight (woooohoooo!) will give even one second of thought to all the men who died for them. And all the mothers over the last 200 years who cried themselves to sleep when they found out their son was killed fighting for Freedom.
I do not like war, but I do Honor those young men. Today I went to the July 4th parade that we have every year in town. It goes right down Main Street. Some of the floats were great, others were semi-great. But we did have a parade and we did honor our Veterans and we did sing "You're A Grand Old Flag".
My little vent here today is heartfelt. I don't like the direction America is going. I don't like to hear people badmouth America. I can barely listen to the president's speeches on TV. But in the midst of all that's wrong, there is something Right -- and that is God and His never ending surprises, gifts and Love -- even in the wake of global insanity. God is fine. It's the humans that are naughty.
(Our feelings are clear by the message we put on our theatre marquees every Fouth of July.)
God bless you. God bless this country. I am grateful to live in America and am sending a "Thank You!" across time to all those young men who died to give me the Right to fly the American flag in my front yard today.
"You will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it." -President John Adams
Hi Amy,
AMEN!!! You hit the nail on the head with everything you said! Thank you! We are extremely BLESSED in this country and take so much for granted. I, too, am VERY MUCH concerned about the direction in which we are headed. Have a good rest of the holiday weekend.
Allen
P.S. Your pictures of your critters are cute!
Posted by: Allen Chandler | July 04, 2009 at 09:12 PM