Friday, May 28, 2010

Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day everyone. I hope everyone among the cookouts takes some time to remember the reason. Right now, my roommate is in Afghanistan. His wife is pregnant with their first child. Not only could he potentially lose his life, but now he is sacrificing time with his young family, as are many right now.

Monday my tradition is to watch classic movies like "The Longest Day" about the landing at Normandy or "Sands of Iwo Jima" two classics featuring the Duke. "Midway," "Patton," "The Patriot" "We were Soldiers" and "Band of Brothers" are also good. Each of these stories, most true, remind us of the sacrifices that aren't numbers, but individual people.

I feel like I would be remiss if I didn't go on a political rant. President Obama has chosen not to lay the traditional wreath on Memorial Day. He is instead going to New York for a party thrown for Paul McCartney. Apparently to this commander-and-chief, the Beatles are more important than those who have given everything for this country.

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