I am no ways tired. I am ready for the next big battle. Like everyone I suppose I am dealing with many personal issues, limited resources and of course limited time. But yet there is no greater responsibility of a private citizen than that of voting and participating in our government - especially electing individuals whom we not only trust but who we know to be decent and defenders of our values. Yesterday I was reading an article on the
HuffingtonPost about
Sarah Palin and a quote hit me hard and made my blood boil. She said, "
For instance, our son called from Afghanistan yesterday and he sounded good and that's what matters," Palin said. "Being in the good graces of Hollywood's 'Team Obama' isn't top of my list." It would appear as though her son "Track" nobly volunteered for active military service - nothing could be the furthermost from the truth. She nor the author divulged that
Track Palin was given a choice by an Alaskan judge to either join the military or serve time incarcerated thus he enlisted. If he is a good soldier I respect him for wearing the uniform and serving our nation but as a political prop to be used by his mother, not so much.
These folks get away with intentional misspeaks and sometimes misrepresentations because too often the media gives them carte blanche, unchallenged and unchecked. In an unrelated matter I also became a little agitated this week by a commenter and article which I discovered online about me attacking me and my service to this nation, basically claiming that I am not a DAV and never served among other things but we will address that at some other time not now. This day we focus on my service to the nation I love. The insert photo is of me as a young, very young special forces recruit with my military issued M16. The above banner photos are also of me art serious stages of my life.
The simple point is this, we must rise and fight back by all means necessary and defend what we believe to be true. It will be difficult against the anonymous stealth PAC's and blogs but we nonetheless must do our utmost or we fail not only ourselves but humanity.
I ask how can on one side of the oppositions mouths can the media allow them a free pass when they say that our nation is in decline and in the other "
Believe In America." This to me is bipolarism.
Today after a long hiatus I am returning to this place to write my thoughts and sharing some of my battles I have fought as a political activist for nearly thirty years, GLBT advocate for equality, disabled veteran fighting for vets and yes as a minority which I have been all my life.
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