View single post by JDBuckwell
 Posted: Sat May 9th, 2009 12:36 pm
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JDBuckwell



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 I like a lot of things in life, but there are three that I truly love... family, fine watches and grass-roots American patriotism. Fortunately, in the times we're in right now, recognition for family or a fine watch is easy, where as recognition for the motivation that drives those who serve (or have served) to protect what we love is not.

Today, our youth is being taught, by teachers, Hollywood and the Media, that patriotism, as it was instilled in me by my WW II Vet Grandfather, is "old thinking... too black and white... not enough shades of forgiving gray". It is clear to me that this "new way of thinking" is how we are where we are today, and why the story I posted received such a welcomed response. So many of us are hungry for stories like this, yet have to dig to find them and worry about sharing them.

I guess this is my bloviated way of saying, your welcome... the pleasure was mine.

—JD