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Take a little trip to Valley
Forge in January. If you don't know
where that is, just Google it from the sidelines. Hold a musket ball in your
fingers and imagine it piercing your flesh and breaking a bone or two. There won't be a doctor or trainer to assist
you until after the battle, so just wait your turn. Take your cleats and socks off to get a real
experience. Then take a knee.
Take a knee at Pearl Harbor. Look
at the remains of the USS Arizona. Read
the names on the wall. Do you see small
globules of oil coming to the surface, after 75 years. There are American Sailors inside. They are there forever. Then look aft at the USS Missouri. The Arizona was where it started, the
Missouri is where it ended. There is no
goal post here.
Then, take a knee at the beach in
Normandy where man after American man stormed the beach, even as the one in
front of him was shot to pieces...the very sea stained with American
blood. The only blockers most had were
the dead bodies in front of them, riddled with bullets from enemy fire.
Take a knee in the sweat soaked
jungles of Vietnam, from Khe San to Saigon...Anywhere will do. Americans died in all those jungles. There was no playbook that told them what was
next, but they knew what flag they represented.
When they came home, they were protested as well and spat upon for
reasons only cowards know.
Take another knee in the blood
drenched sands of Fallujah in 110 degree heat.
Wear your Kevlar helmet and battle dress...Your number won't be printed
on it like football unless your number is up! You'll need to stay hydrated but there won't
be anyone to squirt Gatorade into your mouth.
You're on your own.
There are a lot of places to take
a knee. Americans have given their lives
all over the world. When you use the
banner under which they fought as a source for your displeasure, you dishonor
the memories of those who bled for the very freedoms you have. That's what the
red stripes mean. It represents the
blood of those who spilled a sea of it defending YOUR liberty.
While you're on your knee, pray
for those that came before you, not on a manicured lawn striped and printed
with numbers to announce every inch of ground taken...but on nameless hills and
bloodied beaches and sweltering forests and bitter cold mountains...every inch
marked by an American life lost serving that flag you protest.
No cheerleaders, no announcers,
no coaches, no fans....just American men and women...delivering the real fight
against those who chose to harm us...blazing a path so you would have the right
to "take a knee."
You haven't an inkling what it
took to get you where you are...but your "protest" is duly
noted. Not only is it disgraceful to a
nation of real heroes, it serves the purpose of pointing to your ingratitude
for those who chose to defend you under that banner that will still wave long
after your jersey is retired...!
(Author Unknown)
If you want to upset a Conservative, tell them a lie.
If you want to upset a Liberal, tell them the truth.
