I refuse to apologize for my eyes welling up whenever I see the
Flag waving in the air and people saluting Her. So many have fought and
died for Her and every moment of respect for the Flag is respect for a life or
a lifetime of Service.
I refuse to apologize because I miss the days when being patriotic
was a ‘good thing’, I’m not talking about my generation (we ‘baby-boomers’ are
the culprits that began disdain for patriotism), but those of my parents and
their parents, the Last Great Generation.
I refuse to apologize for my Heroes not being able to
act a whit, carry a tune, they don’t
speak in expletives, they don’t talk about themselves and they probably don’t wear
the latest in fashion.
I’m not sorry that I resent ‘politically correct’
speak, what about saying what you mean and meaning what you say? How can you tell the ‘good guys’ from the ‘bad
guys’ if everyone covers up what they really mean with PC language?
I’m not sorry that no one who makes a living pretending
to be someone else carries any weight with me on what they think about life,
politics, morals or family.
I’m not going to apologize because I say a prayer
when I’m afraid for myself or for anyone else.
Not going to apologize for the prayers of thanks also!
I refuse to stay quiet when a wrong is being committed
or when you cut in front of someone to take advantage.
I’m not sorry that I resent the progressive re-defining of
our Constitution; it is just too convenient for those who don’t want to do what
is currently right to redefine what is right. The Founders of our
Country were pretty darn specific about just about everything. The only
confusion comes when someone wants to redefine what “the meaning of the word ‘is’
is” or “what they really meant to say” or “if they only knew”.
I’m not sorry that I don’t calculate what is in it for me
before I answer a question about how I feel on a subject. Right is right
regardless of personal impact.
I AM SORRY that these traits cast me as an outsider and an extremist;
this demonstrates just how far our Country has detoriated…….in but a short
50 years. Progress? I think not.
Happy Veterans Day? I looked around and hoped to see
something to make it seem to be a Happy Veterans Day, I use this day every year
as somewhat of a report card in America. I take a reading of the times with
ceremony and respect; or a sign of the times with less fanfare, more
controversy, less respect. Was it a Happy Veterans Day…no, just a Veterans Day. “
