Memorial Day

I'm a bit sad today.  Memorial Day is the day we honor those who gave their lives in military service to our country.  Aside from the fact the most of those who gave their lives in service to their country over the last ten years did so because of the stupidity and stubbornness of our political leaders - leaders the rest of us elected and then reelected, I'm saddend by the fact that most of my fellow citizens no longer know what their country is and why it is, or at least was, worth dying for.

I've said all this before, so I won't belabor the point.  What made America a great nation was its adherence to non-negotiable political ideals - equality before the law, the rule of law, limited and divided government, due process, and so on.  That's what made America worth dying for.  The further we stray from those ideals, and we seem hell bent on continuing our sojourn in the wilderness, the less there is to celebrate on Memorial Day.

Joe H.