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May 28, 2007 at 00:16:46

Memorial Day History, Tradition, Honor: Remembering the Fallen

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Their soldier lives were the reveille of freedom to a race in chains, and their deaths the tattoo of rebellious tyranny in arms. We should guard their graves with sacred vigilance. All that the consecrated wealth and taste of the nation can add to their adornment and security is but a fitting tribute to the memory of her slain defenders.

Let no wanton foot tread rudely on such hallowed grounds. Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and fond mourners. Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic.

If our eyes grow dull, other hands slack, and other hearts cold in the solemn trust, ours shall keep it well as long as the light and warmth of life remain to us.

Let us, then, at the time appointed gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with the choicest flowers of spring-time; let us raise above them the dear old flag they saved from his honor; let us in this solemn presence renew our pledges to aid and assist those whom they have left among us a sacred charge upon a nation’s gratitude, the soldier’s and sailor’s widow and orphan.

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John E. Carey is the former president of International Defense Consultants, Inc.

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A writer is a rogue goose. All other gees fly in a flock formation; every goose knows his place and time for honking. The rogue goose is undisciplined. He leaves the formation indiscriminately to have a look at it from aside. He roams back and forth, takes a peep at the leader, honks a little bit from behind, distracts everyone and writes on what he sees. Time passes and as he wants to return back to his place he discovers someone else there. Thus he either has to wait until they land for rest...

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Mark SashineA writer is a rogue goose. All other gees fly in a flock formation; every goose knows his place and time for honking. The rogue goose is undisciplined. He leaves the formation indiscriminately to have a look at it from aside. He roams back and forth, takes a peep at the leader, honks a little bit from behind, distracts everyone and writes on what he sees. Time passes and as he wants to return back to his place he discovers someone else there. Thus he either has to wait until they land for rest...

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I can't understand

This is not a caustic criticism, just a lament because I cannot understand how a person with a distinguished military record, a person who claims that he has an extensive experience on the very day when we commemorate the dead , that person

- never mentions the horrible illegal wars we now conduct and prize of our people and civilians dead, coming closer and closer to 1 mln dead.

- does not mention the horrible looting of our treasury and shameful thievery we all witness done by goons who are in power and smirk at us.

- does not mention the abominable way of treating veterans, the Walter Reed story, the Jessica Lynch sham, the smearing of Max Cleland.

- does not mention that the primary driver of all that is a person whose greatest achievement was killing 400 birds and nearly killing a man. I mean Mr. Cheney, that's who I mean.

- does not mention that our President during Vietnam had arranged to be as far from the battlefield as possible, same with Cheney.

- does not mention that we still in this country consider the Nuclear bombardment of Japan as a great thing.

- does not mention that one after another the greatest leaders of this nation condemned war and war profiteers.

- does not mention how Lincoln saw the war and casualties.

- does not offer even a slightest condolensces to the victims of the US invasions, hundreds of thousands of those from Panama to Iraq. Does not mention our support of thee coups, Chilean as a most horrible example.

- does not say even a word on the necessity for our nation to abandon the miliotarism for our own survival.

- does not say anything about Cindy Sheehan and her struggle right at this very day when she resigned, more disillusioned then ever.

No, I do not criticise. I am sorry for Mr. Carey and others like him. I am sorry for the people who, unliike many others have the ways and means to understand things and do good but they deliberately prefer to ' hear no evi, see no evil'. I am so sorry. Let me tell you something, folks; every time you ignore those things I have listed you kill those boys and girls again and again. No, I do not wish you to sleep well at night.

by Mark Sashine (53 articles, 19 quicklinks, 250 diaries, 3574 comments) on Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 7:13:24 AM