







Thomas Paine's version of "you didn't build that":
"Separate an individual from society,and give him an island or a continent to possess,and he cannot acquire personal property. He cannot be rich. So inseparably are the means connected with the end,in all cases,that where the former do not exist the latter cannot be obtained. All accumulation, therefore,of personal property,beyond what a man's own hands produce, is derived to him by living in society; and he owes on every principle of justice,of gratitude,and of civilization,a part of that accumulation back again to society from whence the whole came"
Submitted by Leah
Henry Ward Beecher
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Silent sorrow…… so sad….. and for what?…… money? oil?
I wish we could learn to respect and bear each other, respect and admire each other insead of killing each others children.
We’re meant to lose the people we love. How else would we know how important they are to us?
so, so sad! my brother is a marine! so glad he didnt get hurt. so sorry for everybodys loss.
WE LIVE TO SERVE! THEY ARE ALL REMEMBERED! REMEMBERING THOSE WHO PAID FOR OUR FREEDOM! IM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!
Families of the dead only serve to perpetuate the hatred.
“Wars are for the shrewd to profit from and for the poor to die in” — J. P. Morgan
In my lifetime, there has not been a war fought for freedom. It is always for the profit of the rich.
“And I dreamed I saw the bomber jet planes flying shotgun in the sky,
turning into butterflies above the nation” — Joanie Mitchell/CSN
OMG SO SAD 🙁 MAKES ME CRY
Edward Royce (Sonny) Logston, my friend.
Sonny asked if I wanted to go with him. We were 3-4 months before graduation at Berkeley High, class of ’49. He went, I stayed 4 months longer. We went fishing the day before he was shipped to Japan.
Air Force PFC Ed Logston, no longer “Sonny” was quickly assigned to Korea as a clerk typist but, when the North Koreans stormed South, he was converted to an observer of air strikes. Ed was among those captured then turned over to the Chinese for a long march North. Along the way, Ed was shot and killed by his captors.(documented)
He was 19, never had a serious relationship, never had the opportunity to marry and be a father. He was just a kid, a kid like me, but not nearly as lucky.
So your Prez Bo Liberal Progressive didnt stop the war?
Funny Huh?.
Not funny. Tragic. And he is no liberal progressive.
I wish like so many others that war, death and loss would end, but sadly it will not.
Rest in pease to all those who had suffered loss
Happy memorial day :,(
I like so many others wish war, death and loss would end, but sadly it will not.
Rest in peace for ALL who died definding something they believed in.
Happy memorial day everyone :'(
Beautiful! Right On!
Madness will not end until this nation’s citizens demand it by throwing the war mongers out of office and indicting our war criminals.
How do we know there will never be an end to war? I’ll hold on to that belief for as long as it takes even if it kills me.
Peace on earth.