Hey Mountain Dad!
Gotta Work?? If you are a " Family Man " I can understand.
That is my ONE pet-peeve with "Rallies"-
I DO NOT really Believe in "Counter-Rallies"- cause it goes against one of my (and "the") main points of "Winning Debates " or what's called "The War of Ideas" and that is,
"..when You are put into a position where YOU are the one to " Respond/ Counter " you are " ON THE DEFENSIVE "!!-----
---YOU should NEVER be " On the DEFENSIVE" but rather be the on the ATTACK!- THAT way YOU are in control!
That Point- and also- there are TOO MANY "Rallies" and ALL NOT "Known"-planned properly in advance as they SHOULD BE!
I am sure--if YOU, Mountain Dada, KNEW about this event MONTHS ago--you'd probly be able to get the days off! Right??
It is a Saturday- since I almost died ( for the third time in my life) I don't take ANY DAYS OFF- in fact- I would stay awake 24/7 if I could find a way just to take full advantage of LIFE--and ALL the EVENTS like this that I am CALLED FORWARD TO HELP DEFEND!
( I saw the movie with Mel Gibson " The Patriot " - It IS Happening today-and will happen- it is NOT " Fiction" but a LESSON for Real Life!; My Neighbor 4 doors down- "Poo-Pooed" Our "Rallies"!- and said he "Never had TIME/Couldn't get off that 'day'"-- his SON Died during CLINTON's WATCH and as a Direct cause from the CLINTON CUTS then ( Long story)--NOW I never hear him say " ...I am busy that day.." or " I WISH I could come.... " , funny how we have to WAIT til that "Something" "Some event" "Some cause" has to ENTER OUR PERSONAL life for US to see it's True, far-reaching importance. One day I will write a Movie script about a Yuppie who had it all: Great Job making 6 figures, great wife, house(s), car(s),with mathcing dwelling on the west coast- who lost it all in 17 seconds in a doctors office. OR about a guy who WAS "involved" in helping out with his Conservative Group when he could...until the day it was his brother in law- a great friend- who was the one to die defending HIS adopted country and family at home-and after that that man deciding he COULDN'T any further put off any opportunity to " STAND UP and BE COUNTED ".
Nothing that is worth-while in this life COMES Easy-- and maybe it shouldn't be "easy" either too- cause when things are dropped in your lap--when there is no "Sacrifice"=we maybe really truely never "appreciate" it as we should? or deserve?"
Don't worry Mountain Dad- there will be plenty more Rallies come the 08' election cycle I am sure that will give you plenty more time to properly plan to attend.
DA
DA
"....It's NOT the Things that we DO...
...but rather the THINGS WE LEAVE UN-DONE....
...That give us a Bit of Heart-Ache....
....at the setting of the sun."
Maybe I can find out the Family Memebers of these people?
Maybe I can find out who their friends are? and ask them if they are "busy" that day of the 17th and if they can take the day off from work or make plans to show up.
Then again--maybe THEY have more of a "Reason(s)" to come then manny I have talked to who can't.
DA
Yeah, it's tough for me to get away usually, especially being out here in the fields of Nebraska and having kids and cattle to tend to. But please undderstand I will be doing all I can back here to help bring some truth to all those "uninformed" people.
Your service to this country is beyond any thank you I can give, but keep in mind, there are millions of us who feel this way.
My son was in Iraq for 2 tours, and each time I was in total awe of the sacrifices that these men and women have made for us. The daily prayers to them were about the only thing keeping me sane, as they still are now. In my heart, I really believe this helped keep him alive, even through 3 IED blasts.
Anyway, AirBorn, keep up the "good fight", and I'll do what ever I can in the future. God bless you.