Lloyd Marcus Comes Through Again

I often read Lloyd Marcus' blogs on American Thinker.  I find him thoughtful and sincere.  This post is an expression of what many think concerning the topic.

The Price

http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/as-memorial-day-nears-a-single-image-that-continues-to-haunt/

Memorial Day

I was thinking of Memorial Day and the weekend attached to it.  My thoughts went immediately on the lives of my grandparents who all have passed on some time ago.  I have many great memories of them and the experiences we had together.  I also have many friends and acquaintances who have suffered disease and accident that have taken their lives.

The real purpose for the consecration of this day is to ponder those who have fought for our liberty.  At the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, looking out on Arlington certainly is most poignant.  Other military cemeteries I have visited give the same result, a profound feeling of indebtedness for those who paid far more than I have.

My nephew is now flying Blackhawks in Afghanistan and we are full of hope that he will be safe, as well as all the other military who are serving there and around the world.  Memorial Day?  The Warriors of Liberty and our ancestors are those we ought to ponder; at least from time to time this weekend.

The Flowers Are Starting to Really Talk

Our gardens have really started blooming the last couple of weeks.  We have planted a few things but the perennials we have had for some years have matured and are really doing their job.  Looking out the windows while dining is quite a treat.

John Wayne on Liberalism

I came across this quite by accident.  This interview was done in 1975.  Sounds quite prescient.

White Guilt

I came across this little book the other day and to tell you the truth I don't know how.  But I read it today.  It is 180 pages of fascinating light thrown on a subject I have wondered about from my observations of life and people.  As I examine diversity and multiculturalism and all the PC stuff that is a part of life now I feel it has been much more destructive in human relations than anything I have seen or experienced.  This book White Guilt:  How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era by Shelby Steele is worth your time.  He talks of dissociation and the loss of moral authority because of conscious decisions that came about between the races and was inculcated in just about ever venue of life.  Read it.  Think about it.

Donors now "threatened" by IRS, Justice Dept

I noticed this story (Take a look for yourself.)  and wondered why a political campaign could threaten donors to somebody on the other side.