Last Thursday, I had the distinct honor and privilege to have dinner with and hear a presentation by Col. Jack H. Jacobs a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. I was impressed by his humility and the attitude that he just did what he had to do and the medal did not honor him but, instead, all those who have served and paid the price without receiving any acknowledgement. He said that such a view was held by most, if not all, the MOH recipients.
Jack went on to talk about how important Freedom is and how little our current generation appreciates what it means. I couldn't agree more. It seems like the common view of most Americans is that anything wrong with their life will be fixed by someone other than themselves. How sad that is! Don't they realize that this country became great because our ancestors woked hard to improve their lives and didn't look for anyone else to do it for them.
Jack also pointed out that when the voters in Iraq (and other countries) are able to vote, they turn out more than 95% to the polls. Compare that with our country where we are lucky if 30% of those who have the right actually vote. In my opinion, not to vote when you have the chance is to give away our Freedom without a fight. And, by the way, if you do not vote you not only throw away your freedom, you throw mine along with it!
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