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Message: [QUOTE="CaptainJ, post: 858515, member: 1553"] EDIT: Why not keep it light and giggly? Because MANY people in this world, Americans included, don't have the luxury to keep it light and giggly, and if I can in someway keep the brushfire spreading I'm going to try to do so for them. Even though they'll never know me, I'm following the golden rule for those less fortunate. It's not like I do it that often here and interrupt the important things like Igor ripping on Boeheim. This list of gratitudes isn't an attack on the well-meaning(the path to hell is paved with good intentions, note the metaphor from the Matrix where anyone at [I]any moment[/I] can become Agent Smith, just as Satan spoke through Peter[who the church was later built upon] in the garden, so no condemnation here), but an opportunity to see things in a different light and possibly reconsider what thoughts are your own, as I continue to do. Maybe, just maybe, someone will see the [I]spirit[/I] these words convey as a blessing. My conscience is getting the better of me. I come from a family who has been represented in the military, including wars. Also, some of my closest friends in high school were volunteer firefighters. In my above post, I stated I support the [I]troops[/I], and their devastated [I]families[/I] and [I]communities[/I] that have to deal with this collateral damage(not to mention the poor [I]families[/I] overseas that we never breath a word about, due to ignorance and shame). What I am [B]grateful[/B] for(blessed with) are the dissenters who give a hoot about humanity and don't just repeat government/media talking points over and over like some cheer at a sporting event. I value human beings(and human rights) over popularity and political correctness, and for this gift I am grateful and I am certain our founding fathers would be too. When was the last war since actually GAINED us any freedoms? Its common knowledge the unnecessary wars we've had took freedom AWAY from us, and continue to do so at an Orwellian rate. I love my country and as such am actively defending it in the real war, the war for hearts and minds, similar to how our founders did. The keyboard is mightier than the tomahawk missile and the paramilitary gear we dress our police in now(the Rubicon has been crossed). Let's not give our troops LIP SERVICE, let's give them the FREEDOM we all love to write about. Remember the candidate both the active duty troops and veterans supported with their wallets more than any other(and more than all other Republicans combined), [I]Ron Paul[/I]. If you truly supported the troops, you'd support their wishes to end the [I]unconstitutional[/I] wars and all the killing and destroyed psyches/families. Anything else is simply patting [I]your own[/I] back. Consider the last few sentences and ask yourself if this is not so. I mean, I'm certainly not writing this to get "likes", and realize I'm likely aborting future ones, but some things are more important in this life. Here, if ONE person can see from this, it will be worth any amount of scorn that may be silently or otherwise directed at me. Maybe some of you will start to care once you realize who the enemy is and who is really under attack: [IMG]http://s17.postimg.org/kxcvb60j3/Vic_Guizo.jpg[/IMG] [B]"I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." -Thomas Jefferson, Sep. 23, 1800[/B] I am so grateful to God for creating such a man, but why do his ideals seem SO foreign in our modern western culture? If TJ doesn't speak to some of you, maybe some heavy metal will. Another thing I'm thankful for is the band System of a Down, and a video with the lyrics included for those not familiar: [media=youtube]2_ruRSCW7B4[/media] [/QUOTE]

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