As Veteran's Day approaches...I want to share some of my
thoughts about the military My family is chocked full of service men and women
from West Point to Commissioned Officers. My father was a 20 year
man....although most of what he told me about his service was lies...I know
that the majority of the family stood tall and served proudly. I was even
pursued and recruited for service just prior to graduating from high
school...up until the point where I told my father there was no way in
hell that I was going to don any uniform of service. I cited the same
principles that ALI told our draft board.
Needless to say my father was as mad as hell....but I also
had to remind him of the fact that I
remember every last picture and newsreel
from Vietnam. I had to remind him of the heroin that had come from the jungles
that blighted our neighborhoods. I had to remind him of the fact that a teenage
boy, our neighbor, had used that very drug to commit suicide in order to avoid
the draft. I salute and honor all who wear the uniform and who proudly
serve....I respect that and the bravery it took to step onto foreign soil to
serve.
My fight is here!!! I rage war and rail against a system that creates the electric fence that holds just enough charge to stun....don't think I haven't notice that the voltage has changed. I fight against a system that forced feed a diet of death and tries to convince me I'm at a banquet. I fight against a system that consistently tells me to wave a flag when someone else gets to dictate what rights and protection I will have under the empty banner. My battle is with the domestic enemy.
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