Memorial Day

[Scotty Hutto]

Just a brief reminder what Memorial Day is about.  While it is hailed by many as the “start of summer”, that is not what we are “celebrating”:

“Monday [tomorrow] will be the most expensive holiday on the calendar. Every hot dog, every burger, every spin around the lake, or drink with friends and family…is a debt…purchased by others. This is not about all who’ve served our country…that day comes in the fall. This one is in honor of those who paid in life and blood; whose moms never saw them again, whose dads wept in private, whose wives raised kids alone, and whose kids only remembered them from pictures. This isn’t simply a day off. This is a day to remember — that others paid for every free breath you ever get to take.”

- Copied from RVTravel.com Newletter, published by Chuck Woodbury.

[Donflem]

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[tmw188]

Absolutely

[Happycarz]

Scotty, nicely put.
 

Even though you did not write it, that was nice of you to share it here. That says a lot about you.

[Idoc57]

Thank you for that post, Scotty!  I wish there was a way to make it a mandatory read for every young person in this country!

[rpasetto]

Today we honor and remember those who gave all that we may live in freedom.

[VinceB]

A day late and a dollar short but here it is anyway.  These have been around before  - maybe true maybe not but I like to think they are true.

Once upon a time when our politicians did not tend to apologize for our country's prior actions, here's a refresher on how some of the former patriots handled negative comments about our great country.

JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO.

DeGaulle said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible.
Rusk responded, "Does that include those who are buried here?"

DeGaulle did not respond.

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When in England , at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury

if our plans for Iraq were just an example of 'empire building' by George Bush.
He answered by saying, "Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders.

The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return."

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There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American.
During a break, one of the French engineers came back into the room saying,
"Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intend to do, bomb them?"
A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: "Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day; they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day; and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck.

We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?"

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A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies

At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks, but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.
He then asked, "Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?"
Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied, "Maybe it's because the Brit's, Canadians, Aussie's and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German."

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AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...
Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.
At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on. "You have been to France before, monsieur?” the customs officer asked sarcastically. Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France
previously.

"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."
The American said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."
"Impossible.. Americans always have to show their passports on arrival in France !”

American senior gave The the Frenchman a long hard look.
Then, he quietly explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchman to show a passport to."

[colorodan]

Way to go Scotty! truth spocken