-O say can you see? Hell yeah. I can see and I can hear. I can leap to my feet, stand at attention, strain to hit a high note and shed a tear.
-I can understand the sacrifices given. I can count my blessings for the safety and comfort provided by those who stand in bastions far and away to protect not only us at home but the beliefs by which we live and which are, every day, attacked by those who seek to spread fear, chaos and ignorance.
-I can appreciate the principals by which our founding fathers, having set aside their families, their ploughs, their stable lives, sought to create what is, despite its imperfections, a "more perfect union". I can thank God that they bonded together and fought through tyranny and injustice to create a nation which respects the rights of the individual in equal and unbiased representation; that they quashed those elements that sought to rip our fledging union apart and rallied our citizens to seek that manifest destiny, which calls us to every corner of our borders and each corner of the world.
-I say a prayer of thanks each and every day for those who now serve in Iraq, Afghanistan, South Korea and elsewhere to maintain the bulkheads on the ship that is democracy. I owe thanks to those who stood before them at Tripoli and Verdun, Normandy and Inchon. I believe in their just cause and chain of command.
-I know we are all good of heart and brave of soul. No matter what our differences, I know we are all Americans. I know we cherish inalienable rights and stand, when brought together by opposing forces, shoulder-to-shoulder in defense of our land,our children and our legacy
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