"I have no illusions about what little I can add now to the silent testimony of those who gave their lives willingly for their country. Words are even more feeble on this Memorial Day, for the sight before us is that of a strong and good nation that stands in silence and remembers those who were loved and who, in return, loved their countrymen enough to die for them...
Each died for a cause he considered more important than his own life. Well, they didn't volunteer to die; they volunteered to defend values for which men have always been willing to die if need be, the values which make up what we call civilization. And how they must have wished, in all the ugliness that war brings, that no other generation of young men to follow would have to undergo that same experience.
As we honor their memory today, let us pledge that their lives, their sacrifices, their valor shall be justified and remembered for as long as God gives life to this nation. And let us also pledge to do our utmost to carry out what must have been their wish: that no other generation of young men will every have to share their experiences and repeat their sacrifice." – Ronald Reagan
The best we can do to honor their sacrifices is to continue to defend what they gave up so much for. I think virtually everyone here honors these folks each and every day.
So many take for granted what we have, that they are so willing to give it all away.
I fell asleep last night watching as documentary of WWII in the Pacific Theater. Americans have been and still are the most descent when it comes to treaating the enemy. Maybe every Middle School kid should just see some of the Bataan Death March to appreciate what our enemies have done to our defenders through the years.
I quote from E.D Hirsch Jr.s 1986 book, “Cultural Literacy: What every American needs to know”. So this was common, 23 years ago, and what school has improved since then?
From the book: . . .
The following, by Benjamin J. Stein, is an excerpt from one of the most evocative recent accounts of youthful ignorance.
I spend a lot of time around teenagers. Besides employing three of them part-time, I frequently conduct focus groups in Los Angeles area high schools to learn about teen agers attitudes towards movies or television shows or nuclear arm or politicians…
I have not found one single student, in either high school or college, who could tell me the years WWII was fought. Nor have I found one who knew when the American Civil War was fought…
A few knew how many U.S. senators California has, but none has known how many Nevada or Oregon has. (“Really? Even though they’re so small?”)…Only two could tel me where Chicago is, even in the vaguest terms. (My particular favorite geography lesson is the University of California at Los Angeles who thought Toronto must be in Italy. My second favorite is the junior at USC, a pre-law student, who thought that Washington D.C. is in Washington State.)…
Only two could even approximately identify Thomas Jefferson. Only one could date the Declaration of Independence. None could even name one of the first ten amendments to the Constitution or connect them to the Bill of Rights. . . . That's some scary shit kids!!! And again, what school has improved in that 23 years?
Under the New Order, our history is politically incorrect and no longer relevant. From now on, our history will only show how green we were, how many bad capitalists we put out of business, and how we allowed ourselves to become an international, open-to-all, global village.
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Amen Sister, Amen.
What we owe them we can never repay.
"I have no illusions about what little I can add now to the silent testimony of those who gave their lives willingly for their country. Words are even more feeble on this Memorial Day, for the sight before us is that of a strong and good nation that stands in silence and remembers those who were loved and who, in return, loved their countrymen enough to die for them...
Each died for a cause he considered more important than his own life. Well, they didn't volunteer to die; they volunteered to defend values for which men have always been willing to die if need be, the values which make up what we call civilization. And how they must have wished, in all the ugliness that war brings, that no other generation of young men to follow would have to undergo that same experience.
As we honor their memory today, let us pledge that their lives, their sacrifices, their valor shall be justified and remembered for as long as God gives life to this nation. And let us also pledge to do our utmost to carry out what must have been their wish: that no other generation of young men will every have to share their experiences and repeat their sacrifice." – Ronald Reagan
The best we can do to honor their sacrifices is to continue to defend what they gave up so much for. I think virtually everyone here honors these folks each and every day.
So many take for granted what we have, that they are so willing to give it all away.
I fell asleep last night watching as documentary of WWII in the Pacific Theater. Americans have been and still are the most descent when it comes to treaating the enemy. Maybe every Middle School kid should just see some of the Bataan Death March to appreciate what our enemies have done to our defenders through the years.
Bataan Death March Bill?
They're not even taught that there WAS a WWII.
I quote from E.D Hirsch Jr.s 1986 book, “Cultural Literacy: What every American needs to know”. So this was common, 23 years ago, and what school has improved since then?
From the book:
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The following, by Benjamin J. Stein, is an excerpt from one of the most evocative recent accounts of youthful ignorance.
I spend a lot of time around teenagers. Besides employing three of them part-time, I frequently conduct focus groups in Los Angeles area high schools to learn about teen agers attitudes towards movies or television shows or nuclear arm or politicians…
I have not found one single student, in either high school or college, who could tell me the years WWII was fought. Nor have I found one who knew when the American Civil War was fought…
A few knew how many U.S. senators California has, but none has known how many Nevada or Oregon has. (“Really? Even though they’re so small?”)…Only two could tel me where Chicago is, even in the vaguest terms. (My particular favorite geography lesson is the University of California at Los Angeles who thought Toronto must be in Italy. My second favorite is the junior at USC, a pre-law student, who thought that Washington D.C. is in Washington State.)…
Only two could even approximately identify Thomas Jefferson. Only one could date the Declaration of Independence. None could even name one of the first ten amendments to the Constitution or connect them to the Bill of Rights.
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That's some scary shit kids!!! And again, what school has improved in that 23 years?
I don't think your President ever learned about WWII either, or mush else either.
Under the New Order, our history is politically incorrect and no longer relevant. From now on, our history will only show how green we were, how many bad capitalists we put out of business, and how we allowed ourselves to become an international, open-to-all, global village.
Complete with excessive numbers of village idiots
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