superstu 0 #1 March 11, 2003 This is not just for the US, this can be applied to all countries. remember those who have given you what you have now, no matter what it is. "Picture this I want you to close your eyes and picture in your mind the soldier at Valley Forge, as he holds his musket in his bloody hands. He stands barefoot in the snow, starved from lack of food, wounded from months of battle and emotionally scarred from the eternity away from his family surrounded by nothing but death and carnage of war. He stands tough, with fire in his eyes and victory on his breath. He looks at us now in anger and disgust and tells us this... I gave you a birthright of freedom born in the Constitution and now your children graduate too illiterate to read it. I fought in the snow barefoot to give you the freedom to vote and you stay at home because it rains. I left my family destitute to give you the freedom of speech and you remain silent on critical issues, because it might be bad for business. I orphaned my children to give you a government to serve you and it has stolen democracy from the people. It's the soldier not the reporter who gives you the freedom of the press. It's the soldier not the poet who gives you the freedom of speech. It's the soldier not the campus organizer who allows you to demonstrate. It's the soldier who salutes the flag, serves the flag, whose coffin is draped with the flag that allows the protester to burn the flag!!! "Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen." Prayer Wheel: When you receive this, please stop for a moment and say a prayer for our U.S. ground troops in Afghanistan, and the ones facing deployment to Iraq at this very moment - AND all over this world. There is nothing attached.... This can be very powerful.... Just send this to all the people you know. Do not stop the wheel, please.... OF ALL THE GIFTS YOU COULD GIVE A SOLDIER PRAYER IS THE VERY BEST ONE!! GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!"Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jraf 0 #2 March 11, 2003 YOU ARE A DISTURBED INDIVIDUAL. I HOPE THIS TRAIL GETS EREASED!jraf Me Jungleman! Me have large Babalui. Muff #3275 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coconutmonkey 0 #3 March 11, 2003 Quote YOU ARE A DISTURBED INDIVIDUAL. I HOPE THIS TRAIL GETS EREASED! jraf Shouting sarcasm?Hearts & Minds 2 to the Heart- 1 to the Mind- Home of the Coconut Lounge, Spa, & Artillery Range Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhino 0 #4 March 11, 2003 I saw nothing wrong with his post. Rhino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #5 March 11, 2003 Pray for the soldiers, but curse the diplomats.-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
