You Want To Take A Knee?

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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...!

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If you want to upset a Conservative, tell them a lie.

If you want to upset a Liberal, tell them the truth.

When a Soldier Comes Home …

By Terry Orr

(Thank you Mary for forwarding this email.)

When a soldier comes home, he finds it hard ...

......to listen to his son whine about being bored.     

....to keep a straight face when people complain about potholes.    

...to be tolerant of people who complain about the hassle of getting ready for work.    

...to be understanding when a co-worker complains about a bad night's sleep.    

..to be silent when people pray to God for a new car.  

....to control his panic when his wife tells him he needs to drive slower.     

..to be compassionate when a businessman expresses a fear of flying.    

....to keep from laughing when anxious parents say they're afraid to send their kids off to summer camp.  

....to keep from ridiculing someone who complains about hot weather.  

....to control his frustration when a colleague gripes about his coffee being cold. 

....to remain calm when his daughter complains about having to walk the dog.    

.....to be civil to people who complain about their jobs. 

.....to just walk away when someone says they only get two weeks of vacation a year.  

....to be forgiving when someone says how hard it is to have a new baby in the house. 

The only thing harder than being a Soldier. 

...Is Loving one.

I was asked to pass this on and I will gladly do so!! Will you???

No one has been able to explain to me why young men and women serve in the U.S. Military for 20 years, risking their lives protecting freedom, and only get 50% of their pay on retirement. While Politicians hold their political positions, in the safe confines of the capital, protected by these same men and women, and receive full-pay retirement after serving one term. It just does not make any sense. 

If each person who receives this will forward it on to 20 people, in three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one proposal that really should be passed around.

Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution:

"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States." 

  

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice," and these brave soldiers have given you that right!!

God bless our men and women who proudly serve and have served, their families for supporting them and a grateful nation and world for all you have and continue to do.