For bethie_p

A belated birthday wish for you! I missed by a day but I hope you had a great time and best wishes for a wonderful year ahead full of love and fun and good times. *huggles*

For Memorial Day...

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

-Joseph Campbell

The President and Memorial Day...

( My first rant )

What the real story is...

Based on the very inteliigent commentary and further research on this topic, I revise here. As it turns out, Presidents don't necessarily honor this holiday at Arlington--as one of the commenters here pointed out, they might do so at their home town. Also, President Obama chose to honor at Lincoln National Cemetery because of a recently fallen soldier (in Afghanistan) and to pay respects with his family. That ceremony was cancelled due to inclement weather. I am always willing to admit when I am wrong on something and I am really happy to be wrong in this case. I think I was very upset in this case. Here is a link to what happened at Lincoln:

http://www.statesman.com/news/nation/after-rain-out-obama-to-deliver-speech-back-719318.html

President Obama is returning to DC to deliver his address.

I am a much happier camper now and will be sending in another comment to the White House. You can bet on that. Cheers!


by debi_i_am