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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

25 May

Memorial Day

“They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation.”

Henry Ward Beecher

Fiance killed in Iraq in February, 2007

Originally Published In 2007

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15 Responses to “Memorial Day”

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Anonymous Says:

Silent sorrow…… so sad….. and for what?…… money? oil?
May 30th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
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Anonymous Says:

I wish we could learn to respect and bear each other, respect and admire each other insead of killing each others children.
May 23rd, 2009 at 10:40 pm
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Anonymous Says:

We’re meant to lose the people we love. How else would we know how important they are to us?
May 25th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
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happy12 Says:

so, so sad! my brother is a marine! so glad he didnt get hurt. so sorry for everybodys loss.
May 24th, 2011 at 5:17 pm
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Anonymous Says:

WE LIVE TO SERVE! THEY ARE ALL REMEMBERED! REMEMBERING THOSE WHO PAID FOR OUR FREEDOM! IM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!
May 24th, 2011 at 5:21 pm
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Stewart Dickson Says:

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
May 26th, 2011 at 3:45 pm
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MELISSA Says:

OMG SO SAD 🙁 MAKES ME CRY
May 27th, 2011 at 1:23 pm
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Bill Burton Says:

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.
May 28th, 2011 at 7:26 pm
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SOLRAC Says:

So your Prez Bo Liberal Progressive didnt stop the war?
Funny Huh?.
May 30th, 2011 at 9:46 am
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mary Says:

Not funny. Tragic. And he is no liberal progressive.
May 30th, 2011 at 11:04 am
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Anonymous Says:

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 :,(
May 15th, 2012 at 7:53 pm
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Anonymous Says:

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 :'(
May 15th, 2012 at 7:56 pm
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riverrat Says:

Beautiful! Right On!
May 26th, 2012 at 10:54 pm
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Peace Fellow Says:

Madness will not end until this nation’s citizens demand it by throwing the war mongers out of office and indicting our war criminals.
May 25th, 2013 at 3:05 pm
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Alan Says:

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.
May 27th, 2013 at 9:23 am

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“They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation.”

Fiance killed in Iraq in February, 2007

Originally Published In 2007

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