Posted on 11/11/2005 3:00:16 AM PST by cyborg
Freedom isn’t cheap. It’s the most expensive asset in America. Without freedom, all other assets would become negligible. If we take a look at a balance sheet, freedom would be listed as a long term asset, the kind of asset that takes years and years to pay off.
Who pays it off? The United States Armed Forces. The men and women in the military make that payment on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis. Over the years, those sacrifices made have been an installment to freedom. Each deployment and death has made life in America all the more perfect. Those in uniform have provided us with a balance sheet of long term assets like no other country in the world.
As addressed by John Jay in the Federalist Papers: “A FIRM Union will be of the utmost moment to the peace and liberty of the States, as a barrier against domestic faction and insurrection.” This America, this great Republic, would not have been possible had it not been for those willing thirty percent that executed their duties with the utmost of integrity and sacrifice.
They founded a Republic—through perilous efforts—with God’s infinite wisdom. Today, we are led by men like Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin and many others. We are also represented by women such as Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham and many others, striking at the heart of liberalism in the defense of liberty.
We have become a superpower through the use of our U.S. Armed Forces. Each entity of those forces—Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard—provide us with ample protection against enemies, foreign and domestic. Their blood has allowed the pursuit of excellence, in capitalism, in politics, and around the world.
The freedom to make those daily choices in our lives is provided by strangers at home and in far and distant lands. Every stranger stood at a podium and took an oath to protect and defend the U.S. Constitution. Within the Constitution lie our inherent daily freedoms and rights that must be defended at home and abroad.
“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy,” wrote John Adams in a letter to Abigail Adams in 1770. “My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.”
“Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations,” said President George Washington, in his farewell address in 1796.
Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, Free Republic, and others remember those that serve. There are few mainstream media personnel and liberals today that can really appreciate the plights of our sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, and mothers and fathers. In their heyday, they spit upon my father’s generation. Now, they attempt to spit upon mine. I will not bow my head in shame. For I have not forgotten that I am an American, a citizen of the greatest country in the world and proud of those that serve and have served for the greater cause of liberty.
“The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend. Remember officers and Soldiers, that you are Freemen, fighting for the blessings of Liberty — that slavery will be your portion, and that of your posterity, if you do not acquit yourselves like men.,” wrote George Washington in General Orders in 1776.
Now, as we have another Veterans Day and the war continues in Iraq, a new president sits in office. President George W. Bush, a fine example of moral integrity, leads our troops in Iraq. Today, he roots out terrorism, as if it were termites invading the foundation of American homes. He sends our men and women into battle on a cause for freedom, liberating the Iraqi people from dictatorship and establishing a democracy. Never have I felt more patriotic than on this day. Never have I been reminded of what it meant to have served this fine country. This America, this beacon of freedom for the rest of the world. And never have I been so lucky to have those individuals make sacrifices for the price of freedom.
There hasn’t been a president, like George W. Bush, since President Ronald Reagan brought us from our liberal slumber. Reagan made us feel patriotic again. He made us proud to brandish the title, American. President Reagan brought excellence to business, to culture, and to our spirituality as Americans. He made us whole again. President George W. Bush follows that same legacy. He took a broken country away from President Bill Clinton and is attempting to piece it together.
President George W. Bush has taken a once defeated military and made them confident and strong again. He has made the price of freedom all the more worth it in the 21st Century. Today, I am a prouder American, a thriving American, and a more patriotic American.
I revel in George Washington’s words in a letter to Benedict Arnold: “Every post is honorable in which a man can serve his country.”
Despite the claims of the liberal media, I am thankful for the sons and daughters, brothers and sister, and mothers and fathers serving in our military. I am forever grateful of their sacrifices for the price of freedom. I have served with some of the finest individuals I’ll ever know, those that knew the price of freedom.
Thanks for reading, facedown. I do appreciate it.
I'm taking exception to your taking exception. :)
Thanks for reading, NYT. I appreciate it.
Thanks for reading and pinging, bitt. I appreciate both.
I don't know about that. I think I get a little lucky sometimes. But I do appreciate the comments. More than you know.
Well, thanks again, cyborg.
You're welcome bump
Keep up the good work, Tribune. We need you in America.
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Wonderfully written Chris! Thank you!
Happy Veterans Day!
Everytime I read your name, I think of the movie, "Ben Hur," and the new Tribune, Massala.
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Thank you for the kind comments, sneakers. I really appreciate them. And you thought all I could write were those schlock satires.
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Thank your son for his service. I appreciate it and tell Mr. Sneakers hello.
Anyway, I thought he was a centurian, not a tribune.
I don't mean that you're bad, I just mean the name makes me thank of that. He might've been a centurian, but I thought he was the Tribune. Anyway, that's all I meant.
I'm sure your the good guy. I'm almost positive. :) HA!
Will do! Bless you!
OTOH, you've never seen the wheels on my chariot!!
When I contemplate the price of freedom, and I look at groups like Cindy Sheehan's, Senators Kennedy, Leahy, McClown et al, Ted the Swimmer, some of our other cowardly COngresscritters, the apathy and ignorance of the American electorate, the Democrat Party, etc. that passage in the Bible about "casting pearls before swine" comes to mind.
Yeah, it's probably one of those SUV chariots. :)
Thought you might enjoy this ping!
The price of freedom is blood, death, hardship, and sometimes while warriors stand guard time and time again while nothing happens, boredom.
As long as we have warriors willing to pay any price, from death to boredom, we will be free.
The day we don't have any warriors of our own, well that is the same thing that happened to the Romans.
I have not heard much from the Romans lately. :)
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