Let’s Not Forget!

Posted by Larry Miller on May 30, 2010 under Why | Be the First to Comment

Long weekends are great to have friends over, go to the beach or just lounge around the house getting some much needed rest. It’s the unofficial beginning of summer, and time for cookouts, the Indy 500 and Coca Cola 600… not to mention the Turkish Gran Prix, Stanley Cup Finals and all sorts of lesser sports. In spite of the destructive efforts of our unprofitable servants in DC, we still live in the greatest country in the world.

This country, that is the envy of the world, did not just pop up out of nowhere. It about through the efforts and sacrifices of brave Americans from the fields of Lexington and Concord to the deserts and mountains of Iraq and Afghanistan. American patriots have defended this country with courage and honor… qualities we would really like to see in the rest of our government. Many served, but not all came home to their friends and families. Because these people did not shrink from danger that we enjoy this day in freedom… and, to be honest, that much of Europe can enjoy relative freedom.

General Patton told us, “It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.” While it may not be possible or proper not to mourn for those we lost, we really do need to take the second half of his advice. We need to thank God that we were privileged to have such men and women among us. We should be grateful for parents who raised people of such character as to put the good of the country above their own welfare… unlike so many today who are only looking for what they can take… not what they can contribute.

It wasn’t through the efforts of people like banking queen Barney Frank or the long legged mac daddy, as one preacher is fond of calling the President. It was the guys who slogged through the mud and cruised silently beneath the sea that kept us free. This one day let’s remember why we can enjoy our burgers and family while we cheer for the likes of Danica, Tony… and yes, the Flyers!