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Take Time To Remember

As you enjoy the day today, please take a moment to remember those who gave their lives to keep us free and safe.

If you are able,
save them a place
inside of you
and save one backward glance
when you are leaving
for the places they can
no longer go.

Be not ashamed to say
you loved them,
though you may
or may not have always.

Take what they have left
and what they have taught you
with their dying
and keep it with your own.

And in that time
when men decide and feel safe
to call the war insane,
take one moment to embrace
those gentle heroes
you left behind.

Major Michael Davis O'Donnell
1 January 1970
Dak To, Vietnam

(Cross-posted at SnappedShot.com and Avid Editor's Insights)

FDR's D-Day Speech - June 6th, 1944

When America's highest leader was a patriot instead of a traitor.

[UPDATE] Had to include this cartoon Jim over at Gateway Pundit found:



(Cross-posted at SnappedShot.com)

Holocaust Hero Dies

Irena Sendler, who saved thousand of children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto, dies at age 98.

Irena Sendler, aged 98, the saviour of some 2500 Jewish children during the WWII, died in a Warsaw hospital on Monday morning. She was awarded numerous honors in recognition of her activities and was one of the nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.

R.I.P.

A True Hero

CHICAGO — Chicago police say a man died as he tried to shield his four-year-old daughter from an auto allegedly driven by a man under the influence of a controlled substance.

Joseph Richardson was walking his daughter Kaniyah to a McDonald's for burgers late Monday when a car jumped the curb. Police say the 39-year-old Richardson grabbed his daughter just before the car slammed the two into a fence.

Richardson was pronounced dead at the scene. Kaniyah was taken to Comer Children's Hospital in serious condition.

Illinois Father Dies After Shielding Daughter When Car Jumps Curb

Saudi Women Treated Worse Than Gitmo Prisoners

A Saudi woman, Wajiha Al-Huweidar, speaks out against radicalism, the treatment of women in Saudi Arabia, and Saudi society.

This partial transcript is from Turkish Weekly. View the video clip of the interview at MemriTV.

On Saudi society and the treatment of women:

"Saudi society is based on enslavement - the enslavement of women to men and of society to the state. People still do not make their own decisions, but it is the women of Saudi Arabia who have been denied everything. The Saudi woman still lives the life of a slave girl. So in what way are we different from Guantanamo? At least in the case of Guantanamo, many prisoners have been released, while we remain in this prison, and nobody ever hears of us. When will we be freed? I don't know."

On Saudi men:

"We, in the East - and I am talking about the East in a broad sense, including Pakistan, Turkey, and the Kurds... The way I see it, these are all wretched people, wretched men. This is obvious. He who has nothing cannot give anything to others. These men have lost what could have given them a real sense of masculinity. They draw their masculinity from Islam, if they are Muslims, of if they are non-Muslims, from the customs and tradition of the very harsh society that gives men more rights than women. Hence, they do not draw any strength from within. In the case of our Saudi society, they draw their strength from the weakness of women too. Most women choose to be weak, because it makes their lives easier. The weaker the wife is, the stronger the husband feels. How can you rely on a man who does not draw his strength from within?"

On religious radicalism:

"...the early signs that a wrong ideology is dying are fanaticism and extremism. This is obvious. Have you ever seen a dead body that is soft? When the person dies, the body becomes rigid. Similarly, this ideology will become increasingly rigid, and will reach the height of fanaticism, but it is constantly in the process of dying. Take a look at history. Let's examine what happened to the Church in Europe. It becomes rigid and persecuted ideologies, killing and burning scientists, until people rebelled against it, and this led to its collapse. History tells us that this holds true for all ideologies."

A Blogger's Last Post

Given to a friend, Andrew Olmsted asked that this be posted only after his death. Read the entire final post of an American Hero.

Excerpt:

As passionate as I am about personal freedom, I don't buy the claims of anarchists that humanity would be just fine without any government at all. There are too many people in the world who believe that they know best how people should live their lives, and many of them are more than willing to use force to impose those beliefs on others. A world without government simply wouldn't last very long; as soon as it was established, strongmen would immediately spring up to establish their fiefdoms. So there is a need for government to protect the people's rights. And one of the fundamental tools to do that is an army that can prevent outside agencies from imposing their rules on a society. A lot of people will protest that argument by noting that the people we are fighting in Iraq are unlikely to threaten the rights of the average American. That's certainly true; while our enemies would certainly like to wreak great levels of havoc on our society, the fact is they're not likely to succeed. But that doesn't mean there isn't still a need for an army (setting aside debates regarding whether ours is the right size at the moment). Americans are fortunate that we don't have to worry too much about people coming to try and overthrow us, but part of the reason we don't have to worry about that is because we have an army that is stopping anyone who would try.

Andrew Olmsted Blog

There are many grand quotes in Andrew's final post, but I leave you with this one:

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived. "
~George S. Patton

UPDATE: The mainstream media has picked up the story about Andrew.

R.I.P. Major Andrew Olmsted.

Christmas Again

It's Christmas again. But during this season of joy, let's not forget those who sacrificed all their Christmases so people like us could celebrate ours. Please keep them in your mind, your heart, and your prayers.

WWI Vet Dies At Age 109

J. Russell Coffey was the last WWI vet in the state, according to the Veterans Affairs Department. He died Thursday at the age of 109, said the Smith-Crates Funeral Home in North Baltimore, about 35 miles south of Toledo.

The funeral home did not say where Coffey died or the cause of death. He had been living in the Blakely Care Center, a nursing home.

Coffey, born Sept. 1, 1898, did not see action overseas. He enlisted in the Army while he was a student at Ohio State University in October 1918, a month before the Allied powers and Germany signed a cease-fire agreement.

Coffey played semipro baseball, earned a doctorate in education from New York University, taught high school and college and raised a family.

He drove his car until he was 104 and lived on his own until three years ago, according to the funeral home.

The other known surviving American soldiers are Frank Buckles, 106, of Charles Town, W.Va., and Harry Landis, of Sun City Center, Fla., according to the Veterans Affairs Department.

FoxNews

Bank of America: Deployed Soldier a 'Deadbeat'

Delays in the military mail system may result in damage to a deployed soldier's credit. And Bank of America couldn't care less. They only want their money. Capitalism and freedom go hand-in-hand. But apparently those who defend and protect that freedom, i.e. capitalism, are irrelevant. All that matters to Bank of America is their bottom line:

A local soldier serving in Iraq has been unfairly accused of being a dead-beat by his credit card company.

It's something that could affect his military career.

So his family turned to Local 12 Troubleshooter Howard Ain for help.

22 year old Ben Singer is with the 82nd Airborne, stationed in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.

His father Steve, of Batavia, tells me Ben was told to get a credit card and needed to pay an extra 20 dollars to get it fast.

SINGER: "He got the card but they got it late and he never activated the card. BECAUSE HE HAD TO GO OVERSEAS? He was shipped to Iraq January 3rd."

The credit card company sent his bill to Ft. Bragg and it was forwarded to Iraq. Singer received it, sent it home and his father paid the $20-- but that was on March 4th because of all the time to send the bill from one place to another.

Then more bills arrived-- bills for late fees.

http://www.local12.com

This story has a somewhat happy ending. After calls from a troubleshooter reporter, Bank of America relented and dropped the late fees. But a soldier in battle facing injury or death doesn't always have the luxury of being able to contact an investigative reporter. He or she shouldn't have to. It's a disgrace that, on top of life and death matters, our troops must now worry that credit card payments arrive on time.

Hope Rides Alone

(Hat Tip: AFLACK)

Some last words of a soldier who died in Iraq. SGT. Edmund John Jeffers wrote this article as an appeal for support for our brave troops who daily face the destructiveness and devastations of war.

Excerpt from "Hope Rides Alone":

The enemy slinks in the shadows and fights a coward's war against us. It is effective though, as many men and women have died since the start of this war. And the memory of their service to America is tainted by the inconsiderate remarks on our nation's news outlets. And every day, the enemy changes... only now, the enemy is becoming something new. The enemy is transitioning from the Muslim extremists to Americans. The enemy is becoming the very people whom we defend with our lives. And they do not realize it. But in denouncing our actions, denouncing our leaders, denouncing the war we live and fight, they are isolating the military from society...and they are becoming our enemy.

Read the entire letter at This War and Me: In Honor of Sgt. Jeffers.

Honoring Our Veterans, Past & Present

Veteran's Day, November 11, 2007

Remembering Fallen Heroes

Meet "Q", the creator of www.iraqwarheroes.org website. "Q" dedicates his website to "our deceased heroes that served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom."

If you would like to help out or just show your support, please visit the site.

"Q" also operates www.vietnamwarheroes.org.