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Last September when I went to DC for the first time in my life at the age of 51 to protest this god-forsaken administration, your last line in this post "came home to roost".
Standing at both the WWII Memorial and the Viet Nam Wall made me realize what both my beloved father and oldest brother gave up for this country. Neither of them died or was wounded seriously in either war, but they both went to "war" because they believed in and were willing to die for one thing: the Constitution of the United States written in 1787, and more importantly the first ten amendments to that document, the Bill of Rights.
My father and his namesake, Terry both came back to the US and raised families, paid their bills, etc. They both lead "normal" American lives; but they both fought in their respective wars for the unalienable right of "I might not agree with your opinions, but I'll fight or die to make sure you have the right to speak them."
There might be some people on this discussion board that think my Dad and ny brother were misguided, wrong, etc. Quite frankly, my dears, "I don't give a good goddam."
I will go to my grave proud of these two human beings that stood up and "walked the walk" instead of "talking the talk" like George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and the rest, ad infinitum.
I'm sitting here this Sunday morning hoping and praying that the Democratic Party of the United States has the same "spine" as both of my beloved family members did.
STAND UP FOR THE CONSTITUTION AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS!!!!!
Okay :rant:
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