VETERANS DAY SALES!!!!!! NO INTEREST TIL’ 2012!!!!!! CARPET! FURNITURE! CARS!! SAVE NOW!!!!!
Look at your local morning paper today. One or two little stories about vets. Maybe an announcement about something going on at the VFW halls and a bit of coverage about a parade planned for this afternoon. Oh…and lots of full page ads, or maybe two page spreads about saving a bunch of money on a sofa or SUV. Thats the way Americans celebrate those who have given much, or their all, to protect our way of life.
Not much else tells us about the sacrifices these men and women have given over the years our country has had a military. The newspapers are under some strict restrictions for posting pictures or stories about those who return from Afghanistan or Iraq either wounded or dead. No pics of the planeloads of bodies coming back to America. No stories about the funerals. No real coverage on the deplorable conditions our vets face when coming home with injuries. But we can save a few hundred bucks on a living room set.
There was a parade Saturday in Roswell. Attended by a few hundred folks there was honor paid with flag waving and signs of support. A few aging veterans in uniforms that fit back when they were 19 marched with support from Boy Scout troops and high school bands. Very little coverage in the local paper. No real stories from veterans of past or present wars. No mention of the 4193 Americans killed in Iraq. Not a bit of praise for those thousands of troops with permanent injuries. But We can all get an extra thousand bucks off of invoice on a new Ford Explorer.
There was definitely no report of the horrible cuts in veterans benefits made in the years since the Cheney/Bush administration started this dirty war in Iraq. The war that has killed or displaced millions of people based on lies and deceit. The war that thousands of Americans have felt a sense of duty and signed up for only to be shat upon by the government in exchange for their service and sacrifices. But we can re carpet our homes with no payments or interest til’ February of 2012.
The United States sets aside one day a year to honor these people who have given so much and because of suppression of information and lack of news coverage there is little honor left on this day. No matter what I feel about the war I can only feel love and admiration for those who went to it. They were/are convinced they are protecting my personal freedom and therefor are truly my hero’s.
There are a lot of folks who are veterans of previous wars and peace times that don’t get the respect they deserve either. Many vets who were drafted or signed up 1 or more times are flying flags and giving honor and thanks to their fellow soldiers. Yet it seems it is just the veterans who honor each other these days. The nation has forgotten them. We don’t show up in support of them any more. Yes…it’s like America has turned it’s back on those who have given so much for us.
At least we can save some money.
Check out this video I found posted by One Fly at Outta The Cornfield.
It’s too bad we can’t honor our hero’s like our neighbors to the north.
