Thursday, November 11, 2004

Veterans Day

"Saving Private Ryan' will be on ABC tonight @ 7:00 CST uncut. If you have children sit them down and make them watch it. It should be shown every year in high school history classes. One of the most memorable moments in the film is when Capt. John Miller(Tom Hanks) says to Pvt. James Ryan(Matt Damon), "Earn this." That really says it all.
Our veterans deserve our respect, admiration, and thankfulness. It is they who have delivered our freedoms. Delivered them with their sacrifice, their blood, and their very lives. They have fought, and continue to fight, tyranny and oppression, injustice, and human evil. We owe them so much. They have sacrificed so much to keep us free. So take a moment today and remember that sacrifice. And through the actions of our lives let us make sure that their sacrifice is 'earned' and not merely wasted.