Here’s a powerful post from downsizedc.org that I’d give my left one to have written.
… On July 4, 1776, 56 men stood up and agreed to pay the price for our liberty.
They had spirit.
The politicians who walk the halls of Capitol Hill are home in their districts now. They’ll ride in parades and give speeches in front of flags. But the symbolism is distracting. These men and women are NOT what America is all about. They are not leaders. They are not special. Frankly, they don’t deserve the attention they’ll get, because unlike the 56 men who birthed our country, they’re not willing to pay a price for liberty.
They lack spirit. They are either fear-peddlers or just plain afraid.
Some have profited, politically, from a campaign of fear. They’ve expanded their power and the powers of their partisan allies through a sustained campaign of intimidation, both of their opponents and their constituents. This deceitful campaign is called, “The War on Terror.”
Others have cowered, politically, appeasing the fear mongers, in order to gain re-election.
Amen. Remember this come November.
-k-
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Not to denigrate your generation, but ever since Nam it seems that they keep having to prove that they can “win one”. The War on Terror, The war on drugs, Iraq, whatever. Sad thing is it’s 0 for 4 now. Bout time for a War on War.
Singling out a generation might be wrong, because whoever is at the helm, the entire country has enabled such shenanigans.
As I was writing this I realized two wars that have been won. The War on the Middle Class and the War on the Constitution.
Your left …. nostril?
And I believe the losing streak started with Korea, which ironically is dubbed “The Forgotten War” because everyone forgets it, as WW2 and Vietnam get all the attention.
It was a stalemate, so technically neither side won, but the US Marines got their ass kicked. Hard.