Freedom in Peril!
Please take another look at the First Amendment to the US Constitution. Read it carefully. (Especially the part about free speech.)
Good, you have read it. Now, how the heck are the courts and the government putting journalists in jail for not revealing their sources? And how the heck are the courts, the FCC, the Congress, and the Federal Elections Commission, going to legally silence Bloggers? Oh, I forgot. These days, the law is what the Courts and the various “Commissions” of the government, who have the authority to make rulings which have the force of law, say it is.
A couple of days ago, when I first read the FCC and other government agencies are sharpening their long knives to go after Bloggers, my blood boiled. Bloggers have a constitutional right to do this, to blog. It is speech and it is PROTECTED FREE SPEECH! (No, I won’t apologize for the giant letters!)
Bloggers have put the fire to the feet of the establishment and now they are striking back. Never mind that their actions are unconstitutional. They expect the Courts to uphold their actions and I believe they are correct to expect that.
Here is how the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines journalism; especially : a writer or editor for a news medium
b : a writer who aims at a mass audience
2 : a person who keeps a journal
How is it possible to define Bloggers as anything other than journalists? How?
These actions against Bloggers, and threats against Bloggers, are a manifestation of the fear of the "establishment". Bloggers are putting the truth out there, for anybody to see and read, and, become more knowledgeable. Knowledge is power, and power, in the hands of the masses, must be controlled because it threatens those who hold, tenuously, the reins of power.
We have become a threat to them so they must silence us. You can burn a flag, in America, and that is protected free speech, but you’d better damn well keep your opinions to yourself!! Brings to mind and old phrase from the 1930’s: “You have, perhaps, family in Berlin?”
What have we allowed our country to become? We did this. I mean…my generation did this. All for security! Security... my Aunt Fanny!
It is a sorry breed of people who had rather suffer slavery, and be secure, than be a free people. Freedom is just too damn much trouble!
You know the idiots in Washington couldn’t find their collective behinds with both hands and a bird dog! They don’t have a clue that they cannot regulate the Internet! It’s like a balloon. You squeeze it here and it just pops out somewhere else. That’s what will happen to the blogging community. All this does is throw fuel on the fire.
The government does not understand us, and as I said before, they fear us. And, you know what people do when they fear something… they destroy it.
The debates, on the blogs, are about as healthy a thing as could ever happen for democracy. But the more people participate in blogging, the more knowledgeable they become. Knowledge is power and that must be stamped out, at all costs, before it becomes a problem for the government. Too late! Bloggers are a problem for government! Now... we have to dodge the government’s mailed fist!
Do they not understand that Bloggers will go underground, and by going after Bloggers they will imbue them with way more power than they ever had before?
It’s just plain dumb!
I close with this quote from Voltaire:
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Your Obedient Servant,
“Longstreet”
Monday, March 7, 2005
Sunday, March 6, 2005
Congress shall make no laws.........
Bill of Rights Amendment I:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
Look closely at the above amendment. Do you see anything regarding separation of church and state? No? That’s because it isn’t there.
Now, before I dive headlong into to this post, allow me, please, to say that after years of wrestling with this, I have concluded that if the “separation clause” was, indeed, in the Constitution, I could probably support it. As it is, I haven’t that choice… because it simply isn’t there.
The Supreme Court is deciding an issue, I happen to believe, they have no authority to even consider. I refer, of course, to the case of the Ten Commandments displayed on public property, namely courthouse lawns and such. Elsewhere in the Constitution, it is plainly stated that if it is not in the Constitution, then the matter is left up to the states. Anything.
This issue should be a state matter… decided by each separate state’s legislatures and, when necessary, their state courts.
What we have here is another case of the Supreme Court assuming powers it doesn’t have…again. When will the Congress grow the cajones to rein in that runaway court?
Maybe the time has come (if not, it is surely approaching) when we have to convene a Constitutional Convention and clear up a few things. One would be to amend the Constitution to allow term limits for ALL Federal Judges including the Supreme Court Justices. The insulation of "lifetime appointments" has the effect of cutting them off from any contact with the real world, outside their tiny little world, and results in a disconnect with the American people. The same thing has happened to Congress. The answer to the Congressional disconnect? Term limits. Well, guess what, the Courts ruled Term Limits are unconstitutional. I wonder why.
We are faced again with the oligarchy thing. Our freedoms are being eroded away and we have no recourse. To continue along this course is bound to end in a very unpleasant mess. I would advise the government to review the events of
the 1850’s with even closer attention to the events of 1861 through 1865. The underlying cause of that unpleasant period was overbearing government. The Congress and the Federal Judiciary would do well to consider that period in our history because, as we all know, history has a way of repeating itself. The US government didn’t believe it could happen then, either.
The people must have recourse. We are well past being tired of the legislation coming out of the Federal Courts, including the Supreme Court.
The great unwashed, out here in the hinterlands, have begun the inevitable rumbling and the momentum will only build. Congress would do well to be attentive to these dissatisfied constituents and put the brakes on the Federal Courts. Congress has the power. The question is, are they men, and women, enough to do it?
Your Obedient Servant,
“Longstreet”
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
Look closely at the above amendment. Do you see anything regarding separation of church and state? No? That’s because it isn’t there.
Now, before I dive headlong into to this post, allow me, please, to say that after years of wrestling with this, I have concluded that if the “separation clause” was, indeed, in the Constitution, I could probably support it. As it is, I haven’t that choice… because it simply isn’t there.
The Supreme Court is deciding an issue, I happen to believe, they have no authority to even consider. I refer, of course, to the case of the Ten Commandments displayed on public property, namely courthouse lawns and such. Elsewhere in the Constitution, it is plainly stated that if it is not in the Constitution, then the matter is left up to the states. Anything.
This issue should be a state matter… decided by each separate state’s legislatures and, when necessary, their state courts.
What we have here is another case of the Supreme Court assuming powers it doesn’t have…again. When will the Congress grow the cajones to rein in that runaway court?
Maybe the time has come (if not, it is surely approaching) when we have to convene a Constitutional Convention and clear up a few things. One would be to amend the Constitution to allow term limits for ALL Federal Judges including the Supreme Court Justices. The insulation of "lifetime appointments" has the effect of cutting them off from any contact with the real world, outside their tiny little world, and results in a disconnect with the American people. The same thing has happened to Congress. The answer to the Congressional disconnect? Term limits. Well, guess what, the Courts ruled Term Limits are unconstitutional. I wonder why.
We are faced again with the oligarchy thing. Our freedoms are being eroded away and we have no recourse. To continue along this course is bound to end in a very unpleasant mess. I would advise the government to review the events of
the 1850’s with even closer attention to the events of 1861 through 1865. The underlying cause of that unpleasant period was overbearing government. The Congress and the Federal Judiciary would do well to consider that period in our history because, as we all know, history has a way of repeating itself. The US government didn’t believe it could happen then, either.
The people must have recourse. We are well past being tired of the legislation coming out of the Federal Courts, including the Supreme Court.
The great unwashed, out here in the hinterlands, have begun the inevitable rumbling and the momentum will only build. Congress would do well to be attentive to these dissatisfied constituents and put the brakes on the Federal Courts. Congress has the power. The question is, are they men, and women, enough to do it?
Your Obedient Servant,
“Longstreet”
Saturday, March 5, 2005
The Court Must Be Reined In!
I’m revisiting the topic of the US Supreme Court.
The Court is out of control. You may counter by saying they were meant to be out of control. I will agree... to the extent that they remain within their constitutional bounds. They are no longer doing that and haven’t done that for a very long time. Therefore we call upon the Congress to rein them in.
How can Congress do that? Some suggestions: term limits on the Justices of the Court. No lifetime appointments to the Court. Candidates for the Court should have to stand for election by the national electorate. Congress should immediately introduce, and pass, legislation curtailing the Court’s power to legislate from the bench and limit them to deciding cases based on whether the constitution covers the grounds of the case… or not. If it does not, then the lower courts will have jurisdiction.
Congress should introduce and pass legislation, including a constitutional amendment if necessary, to give Congress the power to over turn decisions, made by the Supreme Court, by a super majority vote of both houses. Congress should instruct the court, through law if necessary, that their decisions must be based on US law, and the US Constitution, with no consideration of other codes of law, or interpretations of law from any other source, period.
The Court has brought the wrath of the people down on its head because they have assumed powers they do not legally have, such as interpreting the Constitution. It is a power they assumed. The Congress should pass legislation, and a constitutional amendment if necessary, to ensure the Court cannot interpret the Constitution, but make decisions based upon it… as written. In other words, a strict “Constructionist” approach to the Constitution by the Court.
The Court has, by abusing their power, created an oligarchy in the US. (The rule of the few over the many.) This must be brought to an end.
This problem with the Court has reached “critical mass”. But don’t expect changes anytime soon. The Congress will not act until there is a hue, and cry, from the electorate, and so far, the electorate is not making much noise…except for those of us on the right of the political spectrum. Wait until they hand down a ruling, which goes against the Left’s core principles, like… overturning Roe v Wade! Then you will hear “weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth”! Then… maybe… maybe… we can get a coalition of the electorate together long enough to change some things about the Supreme Court. That will be a tenuous coalition to say the least. Frankly, I’m not sure even that will work.
The Court has assumed “god like” powers unto itself. That, alone, is enough to frighten a free man, or woman, half to death. This court must be reined in!
Your Obedient Servant,
“Longstreet”
The Court is out of control. You may counter by saying they were meant to be out of control. I will agree... to the extent that they remain within their constitutional bounds. They are no longer doing that and haven’t done that for a very long time. Therefore we call upon the Congress to rein them in.
How can Congress do that? Some suggestions: term limits on the Justices of the Court. No lifetime appointments to the Court. Candidates for the Court should have to stand for election by the national electorate. Congress should immediately introduce, and pass, legislation curtailing the Court’s power to legislate from the bench and limit them to deciding cases based on whether the constitution covers the grounds of the case… or not. If it does not, then the lower courts will have jurisdiction.
Congress should introduce and pass legislation, including a constitutional amendment if necessary, to give Congress the power to over turn decisions, made by the Supreme Court, by a super majority vote of both houses. Congress should instruct the court, through law if necessary, that their decisions must be based on US law, and the US Constitution, with no consideration of other codes of law, or interpretations of law from any other source, period.
The Court has brought the wrath of the people down on its head because they have assumed powers they do not legally have, such as interpreting the Constitution. It is a power they assumed. The Congress should pass legislation, and a constitutional amendment if necessary, to ensure the Court cannot interpret the Constitution, but make decisions based upon it… as written. In other words, a strict “Constructionist” approach to the Constitution by the Court.
The Court has, by abusing their power, created an oligarchy in the US. (The rule of the few over the many.) This must be brought to an end.
This problem with the Court has reached “critical mass”. But don’t expect changes anytime soon. The Congress will not act until there is a hue, and cry, from the electorate, and so far, the electorate is not making much noise…except for those of us on the right of the political spectrum. Wait until they hand down a ruling, which goes against the Left’s core principles, like… overturning Roe v Wade! Then you will hear “weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth”! Then… maybe… maybe… we can get a coalition of the electorate together long enough to change some things about the Supreme Court. That will be a tenuous coalition to say the least. Frankly, I’m not sure even that will work.
The Court has assumed “god like” powers unto itself. That, alone, is enough to frighten a free man, or woman, half to death. This court must be reined in!
Your Obedient Servant,
“Longstreet”
Friday, March 4, 2005
Sons of Confederate Veterans, a thought.
My great Grand daddy carried a rifle and trudged all over the south with the South Carolina Confederate Forces during the war of Northern Aggression. I know of five or six others, of my family, who did the same. The conditions they lived in were appalling. Yet, the security of their family, their farms and their country was at stake. Men will fight when everything they love and cherish is on the line as it was during the period of April 1861 thru April of 1865.
My great Grand daddy had no slaves. None of my relatives who donned the gray uniform of the Confederate soldier had slaves. I doubt they knew anyone, except in passing, who did.
The men of my family were yeoman farmers. Oft times the slaves’s welfare was better than that of their own families. They had hardscrabble farms. They made ends meet as best they could with what they had. They did what they had to do to provide for their families. Family lore has it that, on occasion, they would make, and sell, some of the famous Southern corn liquor, later to be known as “white lightening”. They were a hard, no compromising, steadfast, people who loved their families and their home.
Then the blue-coated Yankees came.
My ancestors did not fight, nor would they have fought, to keep other men in bondage. They did, however, fight to protect their families and their farms.
I became a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans for a number of reasons…. to pay honor to my Confederate ancestors…to see that what they did was not forgotten… to see that the real story of those days is preserved against the innumerable attempts to bury it and to change it to suit the “politically correct” history our children are being taught in school today.
I am not interested in compromise, at all. What those men did is legendary. It is the stuff of classic stories. It is unbelievably true. It is worthy of being told, as it happened, time and time again. It is a part of who we as Southerners are. It is our heritage. It is in our blood, in our DNA. It is our family!
The true history of the War Between the States deserves to be told and told exactly. If you find a part of it troubling, hey, that’s life.
Historians used to be bound by honor to tell it as it happened, not to add to it, nor take away from it, but to present the facts, as they happened. Sadly, those days are far behind us. The vast majority of Americans have no idea of the truth behind the cause of that war. If you are relying on your public school education for the facts on that period in our history, you are sorely lacking.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans is sworn to uphold the good name of the Confederate soldier and to safeguard his history and the Southern Heritage. But today the Sons of Confederate Veterans is in peril. Factions in the organization are tearing it apart. The “in-fighting” has drawn our attention away from the very things we are supposed to be doing. It must stop. We have an immeasurably important job to do and we must be about it.
I close with this thought from Gen. Robert Edward Lee, late of the Confederate Army:
"Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret." .... Robert E. Lee
I remain,
Your Obedient Servant,
“Longstreet”
My great Grand daddy had no slaves. None of my relatives who donned the gray uniform of the Confederate soldier had slaves. I doubt they knew anyone, except in passing, who did.
The men of my family were yeoman farmers. Oft times the slaves’s welfare was better than that of their own families. They had hardscrabble farms. They made ends meet as best they could with what they had. They did what they had to do to provide for their families. Family lore has it that, on occasion, they would make, and sell, some of the famous Southern corn liquor, later to be known as “white lightening”. They were a hard, no compromising, steadfast, people who loved their families and their home.
Then the blue-coated Yankees came.
My ancestors did not fight, nor would they have fought, to keep other men in bondage. They did, however, fight to protect their families and their farms.
I became a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans for a number of reasons…. to pay honor to my Confederate ancestors…to see that what they did was not forgotten… to see that the real story of those days is preserved against the innumerable attempts to bury it and to change it to suit the “politically correct” history our children are being taught in school today.
I am not interested in compromise, at all. What those men did is legendary. It is the stuff of classic stories. It is unbelievably true. It is worthy of being told, as it happened, time and time again. It is a part of who we as Southerners are. It is our heritage. It is in our blood, in our DNA. It is our family!
The true history of the War Between the States deserves to be told and told exactly. If you find a part of it troubling, hey, that’s life.
Historians used to be bound by honor to tell it as it happened, not to add to it, nor take away from it, but to present the facts, as they happened. Sadly, those days are far behind us. The vast majority of Americans have no idea of the truth behind the cause of that war. If you are relying on your public school education for the facts on that period in our history, you are sorely lacking.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans is sworn to uphold the good name of the Confederate soldier and to safeguard his history and the Southern Heritage. But today the Sons of Confederate Veterans is in peril. Factions in the organization are tearing it apart. The “in-fighting” has drawn our attention away from the very things we are supposed to be doing. It must stop. We have an immeasurably important job to do and we must be about it.
I close with this thought from Gen. Robert Edward Lee, late of the Confederate Army:
"Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret." .... Robert E. Lee
I remain,
Your Obedient Servant,
“Longstreet”
Thursday, March 3, 2005
What to do about North Korea?
What to do about North Korea? The bottom line is we may be forced to invade and remove that nitwit from his office and free those people. While we’re there, we’ll destroy his nukes…if, indeed, they have any. I’m not sure they exist… except in his mind.
Korea has a long history of taking advantage when the US is directing its attention to some other trouble spot in the world. We can count on North Korea kicking up its heels and throwing a tantrum every time. They act very much like the spoiled brat ruling them.
In the meantime, a naval blockade should be imposed on North Korea and every ship leaving a North Korean port should be stopped, boarded, and inspected for contraband…namely nuclear materials. If we find any, it should be immediately confiscated and destroyed. At least we could keep their nuclear genie in its bottle.
All the talking with North Korea is allowing them a stage, a platform, from which to spew their hate and threats. They have a history of this sort of behavior. They have not changed, nor will they, until forced to.
So, forget the empty talks. They are going nowhere…fast, because North Korea does not want them to go anywhere. North Korea needs the spotlight, the world’s attention, just as a child throwing a tantrum to be heard. Their insecurity is monumental. Their inferiority complex is staggering. They are a pathetic shell of a country lost in the Stalinist world of a long past yesterday.
We can forget about an internal coup to rid that country of their dictator. They are a beaten down people. Starved, demoralized, and afraid. They haven’t the will to overthrow their despotic government. So, it must be done from outside.
It s undeniable that North Korea must change or, be changed. All the bluster and threats coming from their capitol only hastens the day when the world will have it’s fill and remove the offending government.
That day comes closer every single day.
Your Obedient Servant,
“Longstreet”
Korea has a long history of taking advantage when the US is directing its attention to some other trouble spot in the world. We can count on North Korea kicking up its heels and throwing a tantrum every time. They act very much like the spoiled brat ruling them.
In the meantime, a naval blockade should be imposed on North Korea and every ship leaving a North Korean port should be stopped, boarded, and inspected for contraband…namely nuclear materials. If we find any, it should be immediately confiscated and destroyed. At least we could keep their nuclear genie in its bottle.
All the talking with North Korea is allowing them a stage, a platform, from which to spew their hate and threats. They have a history of this sort of behavior. They have not changed, nor will they, until forced to.
So, forget the empty talks. They are going nowhere…fast, because North Korea does not want them to go anywhere. North Korea needs the spotlight, the world’s attention, just as a child throwing a tantrum to be heard. Their insecurity is monumental. Their inferiority complex is staggering. They are a pathetic shell of a country lost in the Stalinist world of a long past yesterday.
We can forget about an internal coup to rid that country of their dictator. They are a beaten down people. Starved, demoralized, and afraid. They haven’t the will to overthrow their despotic government. So, it must be done from outside.
It s undeniable that North Korea must change or, be changed. All the bluster and threats coming from their capitol only hastens the day when the world will have it’s fill and remove the offending government.
That day comes closer every single day.
Your Obedient Servant,
“Longstreet”
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
"Shining City on a Hill"
Now let’s see: Afghanistan, Iraq, The Palestinians, Libya, Egypt, and Lebanon. All these nations have become democracies or, are on the way to becoming democratic. It has all happened in just a few short months.
So “war solves nothing”, huh? Care to rethink you position on that? I thought not. When one entrenches oneself into self doubt as deeply as the peaceniks have, it is nigh impossible to extract them. So, we will simply overlook them, as we have always done. They line the fringes of our society, anyway.
No one likes war. But, contrary to what the peaceniks tell us, war does bring change for the better. Ask the Brits, the French, the Germans the Belgium’s, the Jews…. and the list goes on. (The French may still be too arrogant to admit it, but, regardless of what they tell themselves, the remainder of the world knows they exist as a nation only because of the efforts of US servicemen in two world wars.)
War changes things. The Middle East, for better or for worse, is changed forever. The US has a beachhead in the Middle East and we will be there forever. We are not going to leave. As the democracies begin to shape up, and form up, and freedom begins to spread, those who hold the dictator’s reins now will find themselves out of a job. Those who would hold the Middle East back in the 14th century will find they alone are left in the past. The people are going to move on to liberty and freedom. Once a people have tasted freedom. It is not possible to strip them of it again.
If liberty blossoms, and blooms, in the Middle East, one man will be responsible. George W. Bush. He took a stand when the rest of the world would not. He alone had a vision of a free people who would seek after democracy . Old Europe, now irrelevant, stood on the sidelines as history passed them by. There they will remain. What they do, or say is of no consequence to anyone but themselves. It is sad to see a continent commit suicide.
In the meantime, America marches on. Ronald Reagan’s dream of America as a great “shining city on a hill” still perseveres, the last hope of a world, which lost its way.
Your Obedient Servant.
“Longstreet”
So “war solves nothing”, huh? Care to rethink you position on that? I thought not. When one entrenches oneself into self doubt as deeply as the peaceniks have, it is nigh impossible to extract them. So, we will simply overlook them, as we have always done. They line the fringes of our society, anyway.
No one likes war. But, contrary to what the peaceniks tell us, war does bring change for the better. Ask the Brits, the French, the Germans the Belgium’s, the Jews…. and the list goes on. (The French may still be too arrogant to admit it, but, regardless of what they tell themselves, the remainder of the world knows they exist as a nation only because of the efforts of US servicemen in two world wars.)
War changes things. The Middle East, for better or for worse, is changed forever. The US has a beachhead in the Middle East and we will be there forever. We are not going to leave. As the democracies begin to shape up, and form up, and freedom begins to spread, those who hold the dictator’s reins now will find themselves out of a job. Those who would hold the Middle East back in the 14th century will find they alone are left in the past. The people are going to move on to liberty and freedom. Once a people have tasted freedom. It is not possible to strip them of it again.
If liberty blossoms, and blooms, in the Middle East, one man will be responsible. George W. Bush. He took a stand when the rest of the world would not. He alone had a vision of a free people who would seek after democracy . Old Europe, now irrelevant, stood on the sidelines as history passed them by. There they will remain. What they do, or say is of no consequence to anyone but themselves. It is sad to see a continent commit suicide.
In the meantime, America marches on. Ronald Reagan’s dream of America as a great “shining city on a hill” still perseveres, the last hope of a world, which lost its way.
Your Obedient Servant.
“Longstreet”
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Support the Troops!
“I support the troops, but I don’t support the war.” Have you heard that statement? Surely you have. I wonder just how stupid those who utter that statement think we are, anyway!
You cannot support the troops and not support the war. The troops are the war! They volunteered for this duty. They are defending their country wherever the brass, in the Pentagon, sends them… or the White House. They represent us.
To say you support the troops, but not the war, is a “limp-wristed” way of expressing your disgust for the war and all who participate in it. It is the “less than brave” way of expressing your opinion about the war. Just drop the pretense and state your position.
But to do that, you must be ready to fend off criticism. For you surely will be criticized. But, then, if you believe in your position… you should defend it. I may not agree with you, but I will admire you for having the “courage of your convictions”.
Please do not shield yourself by using our troops. They have enough on their plates as it is. Those brave men and women are doing yeoman’s work, in your name, all over the world, not just in the Middle East. They deserve your respect for their efforts. The war is their effort. You cannot separate one from the other. So…please don’t try.
Here, at Rebel Yell, we support the troops and the war! It was, and is, a war that needed fighting. It was, and is, a war that we were/are either going to, or it was coming to, us. It may yet make it to our shores. If it does, prepare to see troops stationed at public places much as they were in the early days after 9/11. We may become more acquainted with those troops than we ever planned to. They will be standing between the enemy and us.
Next time you see a man or woman in uniform, thank them. Just walk up, introduce yourself, extend your hand in friendship, and tell them “Thank you for a job well done”. A simple: “Thank you for serving” will make their day. They deserve a good day!
Your Obedient Servant,
“Longstreet”
You cannot support the troops and not support the war. The troops are the war! They volunteered for this duty. They are defending their country wherever the brass, in the Pentagon, sends them… or the White House. They represent us.
To say you support the troops, but not the war, is a “limp-wristed” way of expressing your disgust for the war and all who participate in it. It is the “less than brave” way of expressing your opinion about the war. Just drop the pretense and state your position.
But to do that, you must be ready to fend off criticism. For you surely will be criticized. But, then, if you believe in your position… you should defend it. I may not agree with you, but I will admire you for having the “courage of your convictions”.
Please do not shield yourself by using our troops. They have enough on their plates as it is. Those brave men and women are doing yeoman’s work, in your name, all over the world, not just in the Middle East. They deserve your respect for their efforts. The war is their effort. You cannot separate one from the other. So…please don’t try.
Here, at Rebel Yell, we support the troops and the war! It was, and is, a war that needed fighting. It was, and is, a war that we were/are either going to, or it was coming to, us. It may yet make it to our shores. If it does, prepare to see troops stationed at public places much as they were in the early days after 9/11. We may become more acquainted with those troops than we ever planned to. They will be standing between the enemy and us.
Next time you see a man or woman in uniform, thank them. Just walk up, introduce yourself, extend your hand in friendship, and tell them “Thank you for a job well done”. A simple: “Thank you for serving” will make their day. They deserve a good day!
Your Obedient Servant,
“Longstreet”
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