HAPPY 4TH!

HAPPY 4TH!

It’s funny how the media can portray things. You read about how we are involved in Afghanistan and Iraq, the cost in terms of money and lives, and the long-term effects it does have on our economy, and it still amazes me how patriotic America is! The world could not get along without us, or should I write: ‘U.S.’ and they should be thankful that we even care. Yet our friends and enemies both criticize us from within and without, trying to bleed us to death with their criticisms, yet all they do in the end is hurt themselves trying!

They demand that we allow them into our country illegally, give them the rights that our forefathers devise and we defended all these years, and criticize us if we balk.

Frankly, if I’m going to accept an illegal alien, he better be from out of space, because at least I know that it will be interesting to the advancement of mankind, not costly and the detriment to my economy.

I think about how my Uncle traveled with Patton’s Army in Europe in the cold, snow and icy rain, sleeping outdoors, dodging bombs and bullets., watching his buddies die and wondering when his turn was, all the sacrifices made by the greatest generation, and those before them that built this great place called USA, and I get sick when I see us giving away the store to people who can’t find themselves to cross over legally. It is not that they are aliens that I object to: it is that they are illegal. They may be looking for independence, but independence starts in the mind first, setting up credibility with what one wants in life, for himself and his family.

If a man lays down his life, if he sacrifices all he has, his country, his love of family, career and his lose of being with his friends, then we should be respecting what he did. American citizenship should be a sacred honor, based on the blood we leave on the battlefield. It should be rewarded for those who wish to become Americans, who respect our laws and values, who do not seek handouts and burden us with there crime and need to deceive the very government that will care for them. They should all, like any of us, be willing to die for that flag.

We do not salute a piece of cloth, we do not salute a confederacy of states or a union of different governments, we salute the honor and pride that is symbolized by the flag that waves, telling us we are all one, all free, and all being under one God.

I attended a meeting recently, and a young lady who sat in a wheel chair was about to sing, and as I looked around the auditorium, I noticed that everyone was seated in respectful anticipation of her promised event. Every one was from a different walk of life: teachers, mothers, truck drivers, fathers, businessmen and children of all ages. Then she started to sing: “America the Beautiful” and one by one we all started to rise, our hearts in our hands and tears in our eyes, as she reminded us of who we all are: Americans!

We need to show more sympathy for these people.
* They travel miles in the heat.
* They risk their lives crossing a border.
* They don't get paid enough wages.
* They do jobs that others won't do or are afraid to do.
* They live in crowded conditions among a people who speak a different language.
* They rarely see their families, and they face adversity all day ~ every day.
I'm not talking about illegal Mexicans. I'm talking about our military
troops! Doesn't it seem strange that many Democrats and Republicans
are willing to lavish all kinds of social benefits on illegals, but don't
support our troops, and are even threatening to defund them?

So if a veteran starts to knock his country, shut up, he earned the right. If anyone else does, although he has the right if he is an American, then stand down, if he is not: then tell him to go to hell.