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Happy Memorial Day

GeneHilbert	Date: May 28, 2007 @ 1:57 AM [b]A Happy Memorial Day to all veterans, service personal and their families. As well to all free people world wide who acknowledge their sacrifice for our liberty. .... Party On Dudes & Dudettes.....
ChillinBuzz	Date: May 28, 2007 @ 5:51 AM Define "free" & "liberty" and I definitely join that party. Not to sound patronising or anti-American but people world-wide fight for everyone's "liberties" not just yours. If that was not how you intended it to come over, then my mistake for easily misreading your intention but considering how verbal you've been on forum threads that talk about wars, freedom and other stuff (that isn't just limited to the US) I thought I'd better clarify it.
farfor44	Date: May 28, 2007 @ 11:18 AM I'm a Viet Nam era veteran,and I have much to say on this topic..I could fill this page with my opinions,but I wont..I think it suffices to say thanx Gene for acknowledging we vets. most appreciated Dude
GTOriginal	Date: May 28, 2007 @ 12:14 PM That reminds me, I have to take my dog Bella to the vet, her shots are way overdue. Anyway... All my respect to those who risked or gave their lives so I could continue to protest war in peace. That's one of the components of liberty, in my opinion. :cndle:
GTOriginal	Date: May 28, 2007 @ 12:14 PM too
ChillinBuzz	Date: May 28, 2007 @ 12:54 PM get rid of rigged voting machines, corrupt companies like Haliburton, force the Bush corporation to hand back all their money into your economy, proper recognition for those 3000+ dead soldiers in Iraq, not just a memorial day... then maybe it won't be so bad... still won't bring any of them back though.
perkie1973	Date: May 28, 2007 @ 1:13 PM I spent a few hours at veteran hospital today...God Bless the freedom fighters!!!!!
Distilled1	Date: May 28, 2007 @ 1:56 PM "force the Bush corporation to hand back all their money into your economy" its not bush Chill its the damn world bank! look into the rockefellers ...and where all the gold is?... anyway I digress I'm a vet and proud to have served wouldnt do it now ... but to all that have do and will as well as those of all countries that have had soilders died for their countrymans freedom, REMEBER ... ... ... may one day there be no more war...
Alwex	Date: May 28, 2007 @ 2:14 PM Åland is demiliterised, no military is allowed here (åland is an island between sweden and finland, with 25 000 citizens)
Alstroph	Date: May 28, 2007 @ 10:58 PM For Memorial day weekend I was in Washington DC and I got to see tons of bikers make a speech (The Nam Knights) at the Viet Nam Memorial. It was a neat experience. Tomorrow I will return home. Much respect goes to those who lost their lives.
LegoBreaks	Date: May 29, 2007 @ 12:44 AM http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/may2007/230507martiallaw.htm
kingo	Date: May 29, 2007 @ 9:27 AM On 28th May 2008, GeneHilbert said: A Happy Memorial Day to all veterans, service personnel and their families.
GeneHilbert	Date: May 30, 2007 @ 9:51 PM Define "free" & "liberty"……………… How about the American lives lost helping to save your limey ass from having to perfect the goose step. How about respect, not politics? Somehow I doubt that’s possible……….
Woof	Date: May 30, 2007 @ 10:28 PM I did a curious thing on Sunday. I spent the better part of the afternoon and evening reading about wars. The one we're in now, the Indian Wars, Slavery (which isn't technically classified as a war, but was one nonetheless), Vietnam, Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima and Nagasaki... well, you get the idea. I thought of all those who have perished in war. Regardless of nationality. And it seemed as if so much of what brings these on, is the failure of each side to percieve the other as human. This was certainly true of the Nazis, but has some degree of presence regardless of the conflict. We'll probably never have understanding between all nations or factions, so I doubt that loads of intellectual discourse will provide the means to building a path to peace... although it may help. It occurred to me, though, that if anything at all could give peoples in conflict pause, it would lie in their ability to witness their enemies experiencing joyous moments. Our expressions of joy are what we universally recognize as that which defines us as human, and worth preserving instead of destroying. It shows that we have heart. Music does play a large role in being able to convey that. And that's where all of us come in. If those who have fallen... If we can learn just a little bit of how to do that more often, from the horrors we've witnessed... We may be able to build a little more of a chance for peace... And no one will have ever died in vain... regardless of nationality.