DEATH OF A FRIENDSHIP

I want to write a moment about friendship. About how I veiw it. Loyalty I think is a big part of the overall premise of friendship. If you are my friend, I recognize nobody is perfect and don't care. I will stand by you flaws and all. A friend to me is almost like family. Mistakes are made, yes. Feelings are hurt, certainly. But in the end  friends will always work things out.

When someone calls me their friend, tells my I am like family to them, I treat that as a real privledge. It's as though I have been bestowed a special honor. It comes with great responsibilities. Conversely, I expect the same from someone I call my friend. Recently, I have been hurt very badky by someone I thought was my friend. For almost 30 years we were friends, I was there when both his chiklren were born and when they graduated college. When he lost family memebers I was there just as he was there for me to help me throught my loss. I am not certain what caused the rift. I think maybe he was able to do something I wasnt. I think he could put a price on friendship. Actually assign it a monetary value. I am unable and unwilling to do that. No amount of money in the world is worth losing a true friend.

I'd like to tell him this, I tried, He blew it off and said he'd be in touch. That was one year ago today....I haven't heard a word and it's damn near killing me.

The Mirror Manifesto

SO..what have we, as a nation learned in 40 years. Apparently not much. In 1968 we were involved in an unjust war.  In 1968 our government lied to us every day and told us that the only way to save us from the evils of communism was to hang in for the long haul. Hundreds of young men were killed or maimed each month. Today, America is involved in another unjust war. The government continues to lie to us "for our own good". This administration seems to feel that the American public is unable to hear the "truth", their truth. The difference between 1968 and today, I believe is today we don't have the protests that we had back then because we don't Thank God, have a draft. I also believe the only reason they aren't contemplating a draft is they KNOW massive protests woould result.
It seems a terribly sad legacy that we didn't learn from the past generations. John Kennedy, Dr. King, and Bobby Kennedy all gave their lives for the cause, The cause that future generations would have truth in government. That Americas finest wouldn't have to die on some faraway battlefield in another war that gains us nothing. Oh, the war on terror is real. But it's not in Iraq. Neither should our military be, The Kennedy brothers and Dr.King deserved better, and so do we.
This in no way should be taken as disrespectful to those who serve with such valor. I salute each and every young man and woman for their bravery and service. I just wish it was in a more just and truthful environment.

KEN BURNS THE WAR

I just finished watching this wonderful documentary about WWII through the eyes of 4 towns in America. It set me to thinking what would happen if America were attacked today. Would we come together as a nation as we did after Pearl Harbor? Then I realized we HAD been attacked on 9/11. For about 2 weeks we came together. Then, I'm not quite certain what happened. Granted I can not support the war in Iraq, and think we were led there under false pretenses.. But what would happen in a full scale attack against our nation? How would we  respond? I would like to believe that under all the PC crapola and bullshit, we would in fact stand as one. Despite the fact that the nation is currently torn by political partisanship, I believe Americans are still the greatest and most resourceful people in the world, I have to believe that should this nation ever face a real threat, her citizens would rise to protect her and the beliefs She stands for. If you take away the politicians and the PC and all the lies, America today is no different then America in 1941. We still live free and cherish our freedom and I believe would stand to protect that right, at least I pray we would.