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Posted on 10/06/2006 8:01:32 AM PDT by Tenniel
Five nights ago was Yom Kippur, the highest of Jewish High Holidays. As I contemplate the now extinguished candles memorializing my beloved mother and father and asking for God's forgiveness of my endless sins, I want to say something.
I realize that my ability to pray to the Lord God, Jehovah, Lord of the High Places, giver of the most precious gift of all, peace, is entirely dependent on the courage and sacrifice of the men and women of the armed forces of the United States of America. I would have no life at all, would not even be alive, would not be able to say a prayer, to hold my wife's hand, to hug my beloved dogs, to walk in the sunshine, to swim under the night sky, to talk to my friends, to eat a piece of fried chicken, to listen to Bob Dylan, to sleep in clean sheets, were it not for the men and women who sleep in muddy holes, walk down the most dangerous streets on earth under 130 degree heat in full body armor, spend months without their families, come back in pieces or not at all, for people they never met.
Everything, every blessed part of my American life, my glorious life as an American comes down to this: far better men and women than I am offer up their lives to keep me and 300 million like me, alive, well, and free.
We Jews are not supposed to pray on our knees, but I am on my knees every morning and every night with thanks to the Lord God, Jehovah, Lord of Hosts, who has given my country, the world and me the real stars of modern life: the American military man, woman and their endlessly courageous families: God's gifts.
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http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10458
I like reading Ben Stein's comments. I can tell that he is an extremely intelligent and caring man.
Great comments from Mr. Stein, on both his topics.
Now here's a righteous Jew!!! So wonderful to know that Jews are still in covenant with YHVH. It's made my understanding of Yah's plan so much clearer.
Thank you, Ben Stein! As a retired member of the United States Air Force, I salute you!
Bump for later.
Every time I read something Ben Stein writes, I appreciate his intelligence, knowledge and morality more. The man is a gem, a national treasure, and I wish that he was running for President instead of the likes of McStain and Hitlery.
Ben Stein is a classic wit.
Ben has of late, been a spokesman for raising military pay. I hope he keeps it up, as they are woefully underpaid!
No problem, Ben - I was just doing my job.
My personal opinion only, but I think Ben would make a better President than any we have had in my life time. He and Newt are the only men speaking any truth at this time. Thank you Ben for your caring salute to our Nations Finest. No way you could ever be a demoncrat.
Wow! What an article. Thanks for posting. He's a gem
In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the... Anyone? Anyone?... the Great Depression, passed the... Anyone? Anyone? The tariff bill? The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act? Which, anyone? Raised or lowered?... raised tariffs, in an effort to collect more revenue for the federal government. Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects? It did not work, and the United States sank deeper into the Great Depression. Today we have a similar debate over this. Anyone know what this is? Class? Anyone? Anyone? Anyone seen this before? The Laffer Curve. Anyone know what this says? It says that at this point on the revenue curve, you will get exactly the same amount of revenue as at this point. This is very controversial. Does anyone know what Vice President Bush called this in 1980? Anyone? Something-d-o-o economics. "Voodoo" economics.
Well said, BTTT.
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Ben Stein is one of the few (underappreciated) moral observers of our day who is able to cut quickly to the absolute moral and ethical bedrock of an issue. I contrast this piece with the just posted piece about Dr Dobson's outrage about the Foley issue. I, as a conservative Christian, think that Stein has a much better understanding of what is morally important in our world than Dobson. IMHO
Ben Stein for president!!
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