Remembering Our Fallen Heroes

Remembering America's Fallen Heroes...Memorial Day, 2009

(photo above is from the National Cemetery at Vicksburg)

Second Amendment News Roundup for 5/26/08

Focusing on guns, politics, and news of interest, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

Tam has a poignant reminder on this Memorial Day:
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2008/05/memorial-day-2008.html

And as a war veteran, Nicki has these important observations:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2008/05/memorial-day.html

This is the MUST-read of the day, and although it is lengthy, it is well worth the time. It is called 'Premonition--We're About to Have Our Fuse Lit,' and David Codrea has the link:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2008/05/weare-about-to-have-our-fuse-lit.html

Robb Allen takes to task one of the anti-gun bigots who says that 'there are enough guns out there':
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2008/05/25/Not-more-less.aspx

Uncle has the quote of the day on the Second Amendment:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/05/26/among-the-bitter-people/

Uncle also reports that a college in Texas violated students' Constitutional rights by refusing to allow them to wear empty holsters on campus to protest gun bans:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/05/26/protest-denied/

David Hardy has breaking news that there is a major shakeup happening at the ATF as the Inspector General conducts an investigation into abuse and corruption:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2008/05/word_of_shakeup.php

Mike McCarville has an interesting run-down of the the manner in which the various news organizations treated the Hillary gaffe concerning Bobby Kennedy's assassination in June of 1967:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2008/05/clinton-pays-price-for-kennedy-remark.html

Alphecca points to a succinct, well-stated op-ed on the Second Amendment...a good read:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=784

Blogstitution has an article written by Senator Joe Lieberman on what the Democratic Party once was, but is no more:
http://www.blogstitution.com/2008/05/pay-any-price/

Blonde Sagacity says we are judged by the company we keep, and look who Obama has associations with now!:
http://mobyrebuttal.blogspot.com/2008/05/judged-by-company-we-keepand-pay-for.html

The Ninth Stage has a thought-provoking quotation from Benjamin Disraeli:
http://ninthstage.com/index.php/2008/05/24/quote-of-the-day-34/

The lovely Pamela Geller over at Atlas Shrugs documents at least 50 lies told by Barack Obama:
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/05/50-ways-to-leav.html

Gateway Pundit has the latest on James Earl Carter--the worst President in U.S. history. Take a look at the latest insanity frothing from the mouth of the ex-President:
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/05/jimmy-carter-bashes-bush-wants-us-to.html

On This Day...

Today we remember those who have given the ultimate sacrifice in service to their country--the men and woman of the armed forces who died so that we could maintain liberty.

May we never allow political or social forces, or ideologies, to degrade, demean, or minimize the tremendous sacrifice of these brave men and women--and their families.

To cut and run before the job is done in any military endeavor is to render those sacrifices meaningless. If the country ceases to support the mission that sent these soldiers to their deaths, both in the past and at present, then they will have died in vain.

If the country embraces programs, concepts, or ideologies that limit human liberty, then these soldiers will have died in vain.

President George W. Bush has issued a proclamation calling for all American citizens to pause in a moment of silence at 3 PM today, in order to remember and give thanks for the sacrifices of our men and women of valor who have died in service to their country.

May their memory never fade from our minds, and may their mission to fight for, serve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States become the mission of us all.

The Mounting Shame of John Edwards

Washington, DC (TLS). Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards stated that Monday, Memorial Day, should be a day of protest against the Iraq War and the War on Terror.

Thus, in one simple sentence, Edwards has succeeded in desecrating what to multi-millions of Americans is a sacred day to remember the ultimate sacrifice of those who gave their time, effort, energy, resources, and lives, for their country--many in foreign wars.

Rather than taking the opportunity to honor and remember our military men and women, Edwards and his ilk instead chose to use this as an opportunity to bash our troops overseas and their families. Edwards politicized a national holiday for his own expediency.

This is what we have come to expect from Leftwing nutcases. Hillary Clinton stated week before last that on July 4--Independence Day--Americans should declare the day to be our 'independence from foreign oil and the burning of fossil fuels.'

You can rest assured that as July 4 draws near, this writer will have plenty more to say about THAT utterly stupid and ultimately desecrating remark on the part of one who has absolutely no reverence for traditional American values.

But for now the focus is on Edwards, who continues to show Americans, particularly those in his own home territory of the South, that he is so out of step with the majority that only a Jane Fonda radical would vote for him.

As the campaign moves forward it has become abundantly clear that the Democrats have no candidate to put forth who is not marching in lockstep with Cindy Sheehan nutcases. These are the ones who control the Democratic Party.

They may as well go ahead and choose either Michael Moore, Harry Belafonte, or Danny Glover as their candidate. At least it will be an honest presentation of where, exactly, they stand on the issues rather than attempting to hide their true ideology by using rhetorical mumbo-jumbo that clouds the facts.

Edwards, for example, believes there should be no worldwide war on terror. He also condemned the Supreme Court's ruling to outlaw the barbaric procedure known as 'partial birth abortions.' And now he takes a sacred American holiday designed to memorialize our servicemen and women, and turns it into a day to stage war protests.

These are hardly the values of Seneca, South Carolina, Edwards' hometown.

Memorial Day, 2007

In memory of those departed who served, and in honor of those who have served and who now serve, have a Happy Memorial Day! God Bless America!