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[Dick Doherty`]

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Subject: Stand Up for America Rally Speech
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 20:56:10 -0500
From: "*Bill" <ecps92@earthlink.net>
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To: "*Bill" <ecps92@earthlink.net>



> 
> Stand Up for America Rally Speech 
> 
> By:  Beth Chapman 
> 
> I'm here tonight because men and women of the United States military 
> have given their lives for my freedom.  I am not here tonight because 
> Sheryl Crowe, Rosie O'Donnell, Martin Sheen, George Clooney, Jane 
> Fonda or Phil Donahue, sacrificed their lives for me.  
> 
> If my memory serves me correctly, it was not movie stars or 
> musicians, but the United States Military who fought on the shores of 
> Iwo Jima, the jungles of Vietnam, and the beaches of Normandy.  
> 
> Tonight, I say we should support the President of the United States 
> and the U.S. Military and tell the liberal, tree-hugging, Birkenstock-
> wearing, hippy, tie-dyed liberals to go make their movies and music 
> and whine somewhere else.  
> 
> After all, if they lived in Iraq, they wouldn't be allowed the 
> freedom of speech they're being given here today.  Ironically, they 
> would be put to death at the hands of Sadam Husssein or Osama Bin 
> Laden.
> 
> I want to know how the very people who are against war because of the 
> loss of life, can possibly be the same people who are for abortion?
> 
> They are the same people who are for animal rights but against the 
> rights of the unborn. 
> 
> The movie stars say they want to go to Iraq and serve as "human 
> shields" for the Iraqis. I say let them buy a one-way ticket and go.  
> 
> No one likes war. I hate war!  But the one thing I hate more is the 
> fact that this country has been forced into war-innocent people have 
> lost their lives - - and there but for the grace of God, it could 
> have been my brother, my husband, or even worse my own son.
> 
> On December 7, 1941, there are no records of movie stars treading the 
> blazing waters of Pearl Harbor.  
> 
> On September 11, 2001; there are no photos of movie stars standing 
> as "human shields" against the debris and falling bodies descending 
> from the World Trade Center.  There were only policemen and firemen -
>  -underpaid civil servants who gave their all with nothing expected 
> in return.  
> 
> When the USS Cole was bombed, there were no movie stars guarding the 
> ship - - where were the human shields then?  
> 
> If America's movie stars want to be human shields, let them shield 
> the gang-ridden streets of Los Angeles, or New York City, let them 
> shield the lives of the children of North Birmingham whose mothers 
> lay them down to sleep on the floor each night to shelter them from 
> stray bullets.   
> 
> If they want to be human shields, I say let them shield the men and 
> women of honesty and integrity who epitomize courage and embody the 
> spirit of freedom by wearing the proud uniforms of the United States 
> Military.  Those are the people who have earned and deserve shielding!
> 
> Throughout the course of history, this country has remained free, not 
> because of movie stars and liberal activists, but because of brave 
> men and women who hated war too.  However, they lay down their lives 
> so that we all may live in freedom.  After all - "What greater love 
> hath no man, that he lay down his life for his friend," or in this 
> case a country.
> 
> We should give our military honor and acknowledgement and not let 
> their lives be in vain.  If you want to see true human shields, walk 
> through Arlington Cemetery.  There lie human shields, heroes, and the 
> BRAVE Americans who didn't get on television and talk about being a 
> human shield - they were human shields.
> 
> I thank God tonight for freedom - - those who bought and paid for it 
> with their lives in the past  - - those who will protect it in the 
> present and defend it in the future.
> 
> America has remained silent too long!  God-fearing people have 
> remained silent too long!  
> 
> We must lift our voices united in a humble prayer to God for guidance 
> and the strength and courage to sustain us throughout whatever the 
> future may hold.  
> 
> After the tragic events of Sept. 11th, my then eleven -year-old son 
> said terrorism is a war between us and them and if you're not one of 
> us, then you're one of them.  
> 
> So in closing tonight, let us be of one accord, let us stand proud, 
> and let us be the human shields of prayer, encouragement and support 
> for the President, our troops and their families and our country.
> 
> May God bless America, the land of the free, the home of the brave 
> and the greatest country on the face of this earth! 
> 
>   
> 
> 
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