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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Veterans Day Post

An excerpt from a recent post by Bob Bateman on Altercation:

"...'A veteran is somebody who, at one point in their life, wrote a check made out, 'To the United States of America' for the amount of 'Everything, up to and including my life'.'

"That friends, is a heavy debt our nation has there. It is more than all the trillions of mere dollars we owe. It is, indeed, as close a thing to a sacred obligation as I believe we can come."

Take a minute and say thanks to a veteran today.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Jim,
Very true and thank you for taking time to recognize a vet.

Mark
Radioman 1st Class Retired
US Navy
1973-1993

Brian McGowan said...

Jim:

Thanks!

From one WWII Vet to another.)

Unknown said...

Thanks to you both for your comments - and your service. Fortunately for the three of us they didn't cash the check.

Brian, have you joined the VFW yet? I hear you can get a rum and coke for 69 cents there.

JT