Shake hands in the new year!

A Marine squad was marching north of Fallujah when they came

upon an Iraqi terrorist who was badly injured and unconscious. On the

opposite side of the road was an American Marine in a similar but less

serious state. The Marine was conscious and alert and as first aid was

given to both men, the squad leader asked the injured Marine what had

happened. The Marine reported, "I was heavily armed and moving north

along the highway here, and coming south was a heavily armed

insurgent. We saw each other and both took cover in the ditches along

the road. I yelled to him that Saddam Hussein was a miserable, lowlife

scum bag who got what he deserved. He yelled back that Barack Obama is

a lying, good-for-nothing, left wing Commie who isn't even an

American. So I said that Osama Bin Laden dresses and acts like a

frigid, mean-spirited lesbian! He retaliated by yelling, Oh yeah?

Well, so does Nancy Pelosi!. And, there we were, in the middle of the

road, shaking hands, when a truck hit us.

Rush is Right on Obama

The Obama Phenomenon

An interesting read from a columnist with Washington Post, NY Post, SF Examiner

Subject: The Obama Phenomenon

August 18, 2011 Obama: The Affirmative Action President By Matt Patterson
(columnist - Washington Post, New York Post, San Francisco Examiner)

Years from now, historians may regard the 2008 election of Barack Obama as an inscrutable and disturbing phenomenon, a baffling breed of mass hysteria akin perhaps to the witch craze of the Middle Ages. How, they will wonder, did a man so devoid of professional accomplishment beguile so many into thinking he could manage the world's largest economy, direct the world's most powerful military, execute the world's most consequential job?

Imagine a future historian examining Obama's pre-presidential life: ushered into and through the Ivy League despite unremarkable grades and test scores along the way; a cushy non-job as a "community organizer"; a brief career as a state legislator devoid of legislative achievement (and in fact nearly devoid of his attention, so often did he vote "present"); and finally an unaccomplished single term in United States Senate, the entirety of which was devoted to his presidential ambitions. He left no academic legacy in academia, authored no signature legislation as legislator.

And then there is the matter of his troubling associations: the white-hating, America-loathing preacher who for decades served as Obama's "spiritual mentor"; a real-life, actual terrorist who served as Obama's colleague and political sponsor. It is easy to imagine a future historian looking at it all and asking: how on Earth was such a man elected president?

Not content to wait for history, the incomparable Norman Podhoretz addressed the question recently in the Wall Street Journal: To be sure, no white candidate who had close associations with an outspoken hater of America like Jeremiah Wright and an unrepentant terrorist like Bill Ayers would have lasted a single day. But because Mr. Obama was black, and therefore entitled in the eyes of liberaldom to have hung out with protesters against various American injustices, even if they were a bit extreme, he was given a pass.

Let that sink in: Obama was given a pass -- held to a lower standard -- because of the color of his skin. Podhoretz continues: And in any case, what did such ancient history matter when he was also articulate and elegant and (as he himself had said) "non-threatening," all of which gave him a fighting chance to become the first black president and thereby to lay the curse of racism to rest?

Podhoretz puts his finger, I think, on the animating pulse of the Obama phenomenon -- affirmative action. Not in the legal sense, of course. But certainly in the motivating sentiment behind all affirmative action laws and regulations, which are designed primarily to make white people, and especially white liberals, feel good about themselves.

Unfortunately, minorities often suffer so that whites can pat themselves on the back. Liberals routinely admit minorities to schools for which they are not qualified, yet take no responsibility for the inevitable poor performance and high drop-out rates which follow. Liberals don't care if these minority students fail; liberals aren't around to witness the emotional devastation and deflated self esteem resulting from the racist policy that is affirmative action. Yes, racist. Holding someone to a separate standard merely because of the color of his skin -- that's affirmative action in a nutshell, and if that isn't racism, then nothing is. And that is what America did to Obama.

True, Obama himself was never troubled by his lack of achievements, but why would he be? As many have noted, Obama was told he was good enough for Columbia despite undistinguished grades at Occidental; he was told he was good enough for the US Senate despite a mediocre record in Illinois ; he was told he was good enough to be president despite no record at all in the Senate. All his life, every step of the way, Obama was told he was good enough for the next step, in spite of ample evidence to the contrary. What could this breed if not the sort of empty narcissism on display every time Obama speaks?

In 2008, many who agreed that he lacked executive qualifications nonetheless raved about Obama's oratory skills, intellect, and cool character. Those people -- conservatives included -- ought now to be deeply embarrassed. The man thinks and speaks in the hoariest of clichés, and that's when he has his teleprompter in front of him; when the              prompter is absent he can barely think or speak at all. Not one original idea has ever issued from his mouth -- it's all warmed-over Marxism of the kind that has failed over and over again for 100 years.

And what about his character? Obama is constantly blaming anything and everything else for his troubles. Bush did it; it was bad luck; I inherited this mess. It is embarrassing to see a president so willing to advertise his own powerlessness, so comfortable with his own incompetence.  But really, what were we to expect? The man has never been responsible for anything, so how do we expect him to act responsibly?

In short: our president is a small and small-minded man, with neither the temperament nor the intellect to handle his job. When you understand that, and only when you understand that, will the current erosion of liberty and prosperity make sense. It could not have gone otherwise with such a man in the Oval Office.

But hey, at least we got to feel good about ourselves for a little while.  And really, isn't that all that matters these days?

Defense of Marriage Act

The letter below from Senator Merkley is in reply to my  letter of opposition to him. Although he is incorrect and foolish on his stance, I respect that he had the fortitude to reply to me, even understanding that it was a form letter.

Dear Bruce,

 

Thank you for contacting me to share your views about the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). While we may disagree on this issue, please know that I respect your opinion and appreciate the opportunity to share my perspective.

Equal rights for every American is one of our most cherished constitutional principles, one that our nation is continually striving to meet  For this reason, I believe that committed same-sex couples should have the same basic rights that heterosexual couples do. This is where the Senator goes astray. What he believes is not what the law and the constitution says. If same sex couple wish to live together that is there decision. But, marriage and the benefits of such a relationship should not be granted to them. Marriage is between a man and a woman. This is Gods design and has been excepted all of history. Should liberals promote such a watering down of the institution of marriage? Why should the definition be changed to benefit couples that are engaged in an immoral act? They are not in an equal relationship as, heterosexual couples, that is simply impossible, as defined in all of nature. It’s the male/female thing. Male animals and female animals may gather together and even segregate at times, but not for sex.     DOMA prohibits the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages and permits states to refuse recognition of such marriages performed in other states. NO state should be legalizing same sex marriage. Gays can be treated as a person with an illness and extended compassion but no one has the right to legitimize their behavior. Where would this line of thought stop? What would be wrong with child sex? Rape? Murder? Stealing? Are we not denying people from doing what they wish, even what they believe they have the freedom to do? What about unmarried couples (straight or gay) living together, why are they discriminated against? Is all that’s standing in the way…a piece of paper? Why have marriage at all? Doesn’t that just discriminate against all unmarried couples? WHAT IS MARRIGE? I think that is the one question and one that needs to stay unchanged. Marriage is a legal union between and man and woman. Gays want something like that? Then let them call their union a…coupling.     In other words, the act strips couples legally married in five states of their marital rights, such as Social Security, health care, and even the right to visit each other in the hospital.  This form of discrimination undermines our constitutional values.  Every American, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, is entitled to full equality under the law. Two men living together do not have the same responsibilities as a man/woman and never will. Do not compare apples to oranges. Do not patronize or insult me! Gay men have the same rights as unmarried straight men. Gay men do not have a female reproductive organ. They (gay men or gay women) can have sex all day long with each other but they will make no babies, no new human life. Their relationship is not the same as heterosexuals couples and should not have the same rights or share the definition!

 

Thank you, again, for sharing your thoughts with me.  Even when we reach opposite conclusions, I appreciate that we can communicate our views. I hope you will continue to keep me informed about the issues that matter most to you.   Yep, count on it

 

Sincerely,

Jeffrey A. Merkley
United States Senator

What do wise men say about Tim Tebow?

Wise men weigh in on Denver's quarter back and Tebowing. 

"It is the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great Creator and Preserver of the universe. And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship." --John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776



"I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you, and the state over which you preside, in his holy protection, that he would incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to government, to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another, for their fellow citizens of the United States at large, and particularly for their brethren who have served in the field, and finally, that he would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all, to do justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility and pacific temper of mind, which were the characteristicks of the Divine Author of our blessed religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy nation." --
George Washington, circular letter of farewell to the Army, 1783



"The belief in a God All Powerful wise and good, is so essential to the moral order of the world and to the happiness of man, that arguments which enforce it cannot be drawn from too many sources nor adapted with too much solicitude to the different characters and capacities impressed with it." --James Madison, letter to Frederick Beasley, 1825



Religion in a Family is at once its brightest Ornament & its best Security." --Samuel Adams, letter to Thomas Wells, 1780

Always do right. This will surprise some people and astonish the rest.
  ~ Mark Twain 

I could not say this any better.

The current Occupy Wall Street movement is the best illustration to date of what President Barack Obama's America looks like. It is an America where the lawless, unaccomplished, ignorant and incompetent rule. It is an America where those who have sacrificed nothing pillage and destroy the lives of those who have sacrificed greatly. It is an America where history is rewritten to honor dictators, murderers and thieves. It is an America where violence, racism, hatred, class warfare and murder are all promoted as acceptable means of overturning the American civil society.

It is an America where humans have been degraded to the level of animals: defecating in public, having sex in public, devoid of basic hygiene. It is an America where the basic tenets of a civil society, including faith, family, a free press and individual rights, have been rejected. It is an America where our founding documents have been shredded and, with them, every person's guaranteed liberties.

It is an America where, ultimately, great suffering will come to the American people, but the rulers like Obama, Michelle Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Joe Biden, Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan, liberal college professors, union bosses and other loyal liberal/Communist Party members will live in opulent splendor. It is the America that Obama and the Democratic Party have created with the willing assistance of the American media, Hollywood, unions, universities, the Communist Party of America, the Black Panthers and numerous anti-American foreign entities.

Obama has brought more destruction upon this country in four years than any other event in the history of our nation, but it is just the beginning of what he and his comrades are capable of. The Occupy Wall Street movement is just another step in their plan for the annihilation of America.  

Jack A. Furnari, Knoxville

E Mail worth posting about the 2012 election

  Very bad news, be sure to read  the obituary at the end very  interesting

  

  DR. WILLIAMS predicts that Obama can not  lose the 2012 election.
 
 IN  ADDITION TO THE VOTING BLOCKS HE MENTIONS, THERE IS ANOTHER HUGE  GROUP:  THE NEARLY ONE-HALF OF ALL ADULTS DO NOT PAY ANY TAXES  AND, IN FACT, MOST OF THEM RECEIVE MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT. THESE  PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO "SHAKE THE BOAT" TO DO ANYTHING TO STOP  THE FLOW OF TAXPAYER MONEY TO THEMSELVES.
  

 Dr. Williams  prediction:  Maybe you have read some newspaper articles  written by Dr. Williams a conservative economist who happens to be  Black. He has taught at several Universities and is currently  teaching at George Mason University .

 

  
    

    No Matter  What

 By Dr. Walter  Williams
 
   Can  President Obama be defeated in 2012?  No.  He can't. I am going on record as saying that  President Barak Obama will win a second term.
 
 The media won't tell  you this because a good election campaign means hundreds of  millions (or in Obama's case billions) of dollars to them in  advertising.
 
 But the truth is,  there simply are no conditions under which Barak Obama can be  defeated in 2012.
  The  quality of the Republican candidate doesn't matter.  Obama gets reelected.  Nine percent unemployment?   No problem.  Obama will win.  Gas  prices moving toward five  dollars a gallon?  He still wins.  The economy soars  or goes into the gutter.  Obama wins.  War in the Middle East ?  He wins a second term.
 
 America's role as the  leading Superpower disappears?  Hurrah for Barak  Obama!  The US government rushes toward bankruptcy, the  dollar continues to sink on world markets and  the price of daily goods and services soars due to inflation  fueled by Obama's extraordinary deficit spending?  Obama wins handily.
 
   You are  crazy Williams..  Don't you understand how volatile politics can be when overall economic, government, and world conditions are declining?  Sure I do.
 
 And that's why I know  Obama will win.  The American people are notoriously  ignorant of economics..  And economics is the key to why Obama should be defeated.
 
 Even when Obama's  policies lead the nation to final ruin, the majority of the  American people are going to believe the bait-and-switch  tactics Obama and his supporters in the media will use to explain why it isn't his fault.  After all, things were much worse than understood when he took office.
 
 Obama's reelection is really a very, very simple math problem.

Consider the  following:
 
 1) Blacks will vote  for Obama blindly.  Period.  Doesn't matter what he  does.  It's a race thing.  He's one of  us.
      
  2)  College educated women will vote for Obama.  Though they  will be offended by this, they swoon at his oratory.   It's really not more complex than  that,

 3)  Liberals will vote for Obama.  He is their great  hope,
 
  4)  Democrats will vote for Obama..  He is the leader of their  party and his coattails will carry them to victory nationwide,
 
  5)  Hispanics will vote for Obama.  He is the path to  citizenship for those who are illegal and Hispanic leaders  recognize the political clout they carry in the Democratic  Party,
 
  6) Union  members will vote overwhelmingly for Obama.  He is their  key to money and power in business, state and local  politics,
 
  7) Big  Business will support Obama.  They already have.  He  has almost $1 Billion dollars in his reelection purse gained  largely from his connections with Big Business and  is gaining more everyday.  Big Business loves Obama  because he gives them access to taxpayer money so long as they  support his social and political  agenda,
 
  8) The  media love him.  They may attack the people ! who work for  him, but they love him.  After all, to not love him would  be racist,
 
  9) Most  other minorities and special interest groups will vote for  him.  Oddly, the overwhelming majority of Jews and  Muslims will support him because they won't vote  Republican.  American Indians will  support him.  Obviously homosexuals tend to vote  Democratic.  And lastly,
 
 10) Approximately half  of independents will vote for Obama.  And he doesn't need  anywhere near that number because he has all of the groups  previously mentioned.  The President will win an  overwhelming victory in 2012. 
 
  --  Dr.  Walter  Williams
              

Obituary-Very  Interesting!

 

 Born  1776, Died 2008 
 
 It  doesn't hurt to read this several times.
 

Professor  Joseph Olson of Hamline   University School of Law in St.. Paul , Minnesota , points out  some interesting facts concerning the last  Presidential  election: 
 

Number of  States won by: Obama:19 McCain:  29  

• 
  Square miles  of land won by: Obama:580,000 McCain:  2,427,000  
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• Population  of counties won by: Obama:127 million McCain: 143  million  
•  
• Murder rate  per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Obama: 13.2  McCain: 2.1

Professor  Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory McCain won  was mostly the land owned  by the taxpaying citizens of the  country.

Obama  territory mostly encompassed  those citizens living in low  income tenements and  living off various forms of government  welfare..."

Olson believes the United States is  now somewhere between the "complacency and apathy" phase of  Professor Tyler's definition of democracy, with some forty  percent of the nation's population already having reached the  "governmental dependency" phase. 

If Congress  grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal  invaders called illegal's - and they vote - then we can say  goodbye to the USA in fewer  than five years. 

If you are in favor of this, then by all means,  delete this message.

If you are not,  then pass this along to help everyone realize just how much  is at stake,

knowing that apathy is the greatest  danger to our freedom.   

So God made a Farmer

How much different are farmers from those who occupy wall street?



This is how America was built, with men, women and families like these!

Judge Judy on students

I love Judge Judy!

Listen to this video and you will understand who is protesting down at wall street. These poor students that get tax payer money for food, for rent, for tuition and books…

Their minds are corrupted with the Liberal idea that they are owed ... for just being alive!

The guy in the court room is fine with being a man whore...

Incredible…

Newt is right, get a bar of soap and then get a job!

As a tax payer, how much money did you spend on these punks education?
If you spent 1$,  you wasted 99 cents!

Obamas Civil War

What a way to start the week…

Idiots, we have idiots in the media, in the government at all levels and within our own families!

How does this happen? How can a healthy mind be so corrupted with insane, failed and morally bankrupted ideas? The answer escapes me but the result is Liberalism. Not the standard/traditional liberalism but the modern version. This modern view is one that is more in line with the other (ism) and that is socialism. The definition of socialism is any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or Governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods. Is this not what the Occupy Wall Street protestors want? The same think that Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reed, Barack Obama and the total leadership of the Democrat party profess? They want the government to have ownership of everything of value in America and then distribute it back to the citizens based on need and not on deed! They call this fair and it is the center piece of Obamas War on America as seen with his (and the democrat leaders) full support of the OWS mob. Make no mistake about it, Obama started this insane violence with his class warfare (rich don’t pay their fair share) rhetoric. Obama, Pelosi, Reed and the other crones, are leading this Nation to the brink of a new civil war. One that pits the doers against the do not’s, the tax payers against the tax takers. A system where the Liberals are promoting riots and wide spread lawlessness against those who work hard to support their family and elevate their life style through responsible living and family discipline…by those who believe an equal lifestyle is owned them through no efforts of their own other than to claim the currant system is unequal and unfair. What is unfair is that to many parents and schools are now promoting this prevision of America. They are punishing achievers by not recognizing their efforts because doing so may offend some underachiever. I DON’T CARE! This country was not founded on, or built on the backs of the weak, undisciplined or lazy! To have empathy for your fellow mans condition is admiral but to promote that condition by condoning and rewarding laziness is despicable!

Look at the news today, the video and the Mad Americans comments.

SANTA CRUZ - County officials this week released a list of 93 complaints of disruptive and illegal behavior near the county's main offices and courthouse, adjacent to the Occupy Santa Cruz camp.
Officials  have documented drug and alcohol use, public urination and defecation, littering, bathing in county restrooms, fights and more. Two pieces of artwork on display at the county building were vandalized. The Sheriff’s office discovered of an estimated 200 pounds of human feces near the county Veterans Memorial Building. Who defends this type of protest? Is this how you identify with the 1^st amendment? The protests should have all be stopped at the point they broke any law and that goes for the permits for such a protest. The Tea Party had to get the same required permits, they had to have porta pottys, trash cans and leave the area in the same or better condition than they found it. They did so! but not the low life scum that Liberalism/Obama has produced.

The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left ".
                                             Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV)

The video below is a great exhibition of the difference between Liberals and Conservatives.

The news lady is in tears because Newt wants the protestors to get cleaned up and get a job. Her male counterparts support her position and rail against the mean conservative. Listen to their comments that support the protestors and never denounce or criticize anyone of this mobs law breaking actions. Instead, they are portrayed as the persecuted, protectors of civility, defenders of the poor and  deserving of some, some, some what?

I still find it amazing that people with such views exist and terrified when I confront myself with the fact that they breed!

Great explanation of the differences below;

With the Tea Party, the issues were clear. Government was too big, taxed too much and needed to rein in its out-of-control spending. Its message was a clarion call for limited government coupled with fiscal responsibility. At rallies that had the flavor of church picnics, people gathered to address their concerns, bagged their trash and returned to their jobs and homes to continue to lobby their government through constitutional channels. No such clarity can be found in the encampments that mark the Occupy Wall Street rallies, which occupy little of Wall Street but litter cities across America, creating dangerous environments and showcases of human degradation.

The protesters rail against the structures of government and business while demanding that those same institutions guarantee cradle-to-grave services, funded by people other than themselves. The same flavor of these demands can be found in Greece and Italy, where people rally for the continuation of benefits that no one can afford, to be paid for by others. It is the same demand for financial "fairness" that was propagated by Karl Marx.

Few protesters seem to be aware that as citizens of the United States, they've already experienced an unfair financial advantage. According to World Bank figures, the poorest 10 percent of Americans have more income than nearly 4 billion other inhabitants of the planet. Put another way, Americans are relatively rich compared to most of their global counterparts.

Barack Obama's crusade against REAL Americans;

Several weeks after he announced his bid for the presidency in 2007, Obama ordered a mostly black crowd in Selma, Ala., to "get off the couch" because "we have too many children in poverty in this country and everybody should be ashamed." Obama, you and your kind put those people on the couch. They are now very comfortable on that couch and will fight anyone who trys to make them leave the government couch.

"Take off your bedroom slippers," Obama shouted. "Put on your marching shoes. Go do some politics. Change this country!" I see now! Do not take off your slippers and go to work…O-no! Take them off and support Obamas re-election! I am very sorry because as an American I want to and feel a duty to support my president but there is no way I can support this man Obama. He is the most divisive and destructive man to ever hold that office. Should he and others like him be re elected…I fear for our future!

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Obama Cracks Down on Hunters

Gun owners who have historically been able to use public lands for target practice would be barred from potentially millions of acres under new rules drafted by the Interior Department, the first major move by the Obama administration to impose limits on firearms. No, this is not the 1^st move. He has tried to get an international treaty that would take any Americans right to own guns!

Officials say the administration is concerned about the potential clash between gun owners and encroaching urban populations who like to use same land for hiking and dog walking. Proof positive that Obama and his Liberal supporters do not recognize the 2^nd amendment. They HOPE to CHANGE government by making sure that law abiding citizens are stripped of their constitutional rights. A question for you…where in the constitution is it spelled out that you have the right to walk or hike on public lands? I didn’t see it. I do see that the “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” I say that hikers and dog walkers should not walk into or in front of people that are target practicing. If they do…well…perhaps we need more (process of natural elimination) in the world.

"It's not so much a safety issue. It's a social conflict issue," said Frank Jenks, a natural resource specialist with Interior's Bureau of Land Management, which oversees 245 million acres. He adds that urbanites "freak out" when they hear shooting on public lands. AND, and that is their problem! What about me??? I freak out when I see hikers on public lands, and people walking dogs… give me nightmares for weeks!

If the draft policy is finally approved, some public access to Bureau lands to hunters would also be limited, potentially reducing areas deer, elk, and bear hunters can use in the West. SO, not just target practice is it! It is just a foot hold for them, a stepping stone for bigger and better things… YOU better get or stay involved because they will not stop until all your rights are taken away!

Veterans day

PLEASE SEND THIS ON. THE FINAL  INSPECTION The Soldier stood and faced God, Which must always come to pass. He hoped his shoes were shining,

Just as brightly as his brass..

'Step forward now,Soldier ,

How shall I deal with you?

Have you always turned the other cheek?

To My Church have you been true?'

The soldier squared his shoulders and said,

'No, Lord, I guess I ain't.

Because those of us who carry guns,

Can't always be a saint.

I've had to work most Sundays,

And at times my talk was tough.

And sometimes I've been violent,

Because the world is awfully rough.

But, I never took a penny,

That wasn't mine to keep...

Though I worked a lot of overtime,

When the bills got just too steep.

And I never passed a cry for help,

Though at times I shook with fear..

And sometimes, God, forgive me,

I've wept unmanly tears.

I know I don't deserve a place,

Among the people here.

They never wanted me around,

Except to calm their fears

If you've a place for me here, Lord,

It needn't be so grand.

I never expected or had too much,

But if you don't, I'll understand.

There was a silence all around the throne,

Where the saints had often trod.

As the Soldier waited quietly,

For the judgment of his God.

'Step forward now, you Soldier,

You've borne your burdens well.

Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,

You've done your time in Hell.'

Author Unknown~

It's the Soldier, not the reporter 
Who has given us the freedom of the press.

It's the Soldier, not the poet, 
Who has given us the freedom of speech.

It's the Soldier, not the politicians 
That ensures our right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness..

It's the Soldier who salutes the flag, 
Who serves beneath the flag, 
And whose coffin is draped by the flag.

If you care to offer the smallest token of recognition and appreciation for the Military, 
Please pass this on and pray for our men and women 
Who have served and are currently serving our country 
And pray for those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for freedom....