I am awoke
Like the lot of you, since that tragic, tragic day in November, I have awakened every morning with a lingering gut-punched ache in the pit of my stomach, knowing it will be yet another day which brings...
View ArticleTo my brothers and sisters, those who have served, and those no longer with me.
To my brothers and sisters, those who have served, those who have passed too soon and those who still carry the torch - I walk with you today.There are few higher callings. The person next to you is...
View ArticleMemorial Day, The Nuremberg Principles and Donald Trump.
I was watching the Memorial Day Tribute to our Armed Forces on PBS, and sorting through some download printouts: and I came across a printout from Wikipedia on the Nuremberg Principles. The Nuremberg...
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On Memorial Day: Remembering Kimberly Voelz
Had the IGTNT series been active in 2003, I am certain that the story of Staff Sgt. Kimberly Voelz would have been told. But it wasn’t. And tonight, it is.Today, while listening to the radio, I heard...
View ArticleHonoring Ricky John Best and Taliesin Namkai Meche on Memorial Day: Monday's...
Before I get started, the purpose of Memorial day is to celebrate and remember those who gave their lives to protect our freedom. On this Memorial day, I would like to honor Ricky John Best and...
View ArticleMemorial Day
All the partying and festivities around the country today make me sick. We’ve lost Memorial Day. For many Americans it’s the celebratory the start of Summer, since we’ve forgotten nature or science,...
View ArticleRemember? Perhaps We Should Apologize
Be forewarned: my mood is foul today. The likelihood of finding something uplifting here approaches zero.Every year at the end of May, Americans are called to remember those who have fallen in battle...
View ArticleIvanka Trump's Fun Memorial Day Ideas. Make Champagne Popsicles To Toast The...
In the White House sits a family that talks about war like it is play. A family that makes deadly military decisions based on scoring points and a daughter’s tears.That daughter. A woman who has...
View ArticleMy Memorial Day Dilemma
xYouTube VideoThis is an Eric Burdon song that is one of the best Memorial Day Songs writtenI face the dilemma: Support the troops but condemn the war. Both the Vietnam and Iraq Wars were based on...
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My Personal Hero
He was the uncle I never knew. His death in Normandy in 1944 happened over 10 years prior to my birth. And yet, Sgt. Gomer Peterson’s ultimate sacrifice literally made my life possible. I’ll explain in...
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If the Russian people had a Memorial Day, they should probably Honor these...
—In remembrance of all those who’ve paid the ultimate price …Here’s a list of Putin critics who've ended up deadby Jeremy Wilson, businessinsider.com — Mar 11, 2016Alexander LitvinenkoPoisoned by a cup...
View ArticleRemembering them all
Any soldier knows the risks you face on the battlefield don't always end when you come home.When you're a soldier overseas, most of the things that threaten your life tend to be pretty clear. If you...
View ArticleCheryl Turpin Reflects on Being Raised in a Military Family
While honoring and remembering those who have served our country this Memorial Day, Cheryl Turpin recalls growing up in a military family and what it means to her.“We moved countless times throughout...
View ArticleOn this solemn day - we should never forget......
Those of us in the civilian world owe our soldiers the ultimate duty of holding our elected officials accountable for decisions to go to war. Saying thank you for your service is on the back-end. The...
View ArticleWho do you Remember for Memorial Day?
I had two great- uncles who served honorably in World War II, one a Navy veteran and the other an Army veteran. Being an African American military vet, fighting segregation in combat units must have...
View ArticleThe Battle for Our Democracy this Memorial Day
On this Memorial Day – to honor those who have sacrificed all to defend our American republic – we are compelled to confront the fact that today, too, all that they died to protect is threatened in an...
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing 5/29/2017 — In Memoriam on Memorial Day
Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share part of the evening around a virtual kitchen table with readers of Daily Kos who aren’t throwing pies at one another. Drop by...
View ArticleBefore Emancipation, these black men fought and died for their country. A...
On August 4, 1862, Senator James Lane issued orders that would raise the one of the first black regiments in the Union, placing them under the command of Captain James M. Williams. It would be months...
View ArticleTrump, the Embarrassment-in-Chief
May 29, 2017, at Arlington Cemetery is a sacred day: Memorial Day. This is a day dedicated to honoring those who gave their lives for their country: the men and women of the Armed Forces and the...
View Article“I Can Only Speak for Myself -- and the Russians!”
I am the son of a Korean War Veteran and nephew of four WWII Veterans who risked their lives, praised those supremely sacrificed, felt inferior to those who returned never quite whole again, and...
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