Various thoughts

Tom Brokaw

So yesterday I am watching some of Mr. Brokaw's "The Greatest Generation" on Hulu and I was just amazed at how his world view came across. The first story was about some DDay vets who fought in this small French town, which was eventually destroyed by the Germans when they fought to take it back. Tom repeatedly expressed disbelief at the fact that the townspeople risked their lifes to help the soldiers, and that they did not hold the US responsible for the destruction of their town. It did not even occur to Tom that it was not our fault the town was destroyed. We were there doing good, as usual, and not the source of the evil that was going on. The Nazis were the source of the evil. Believe it or not Tom, the French appreciated that we were there to liberate them and they were willing to suffer with us. He kept acting like the population of the town only suffered because we had military there. No! They suffered because the flippin Nazis had invaded their country and did not want to give it back.

In the next episode I watched Tom talked about the patriotism that the Greatest Generation had. Of course they were patriotic Tom, they did not have a bunch of liberal journalists telling them all the time how nasty our nation was. Because of their patriotism they believed in a bigger cause and thousands of them willingly gave their lives because they believed they owed their country something, not the other way around. One of the interviewed GIs talkd about the letters he had received as CO from the families of his fallen comrades. All the letters were positive and none of them blamed him for the death of their loved ones. Tom could not believe this either. It really saddens me to think that our country has fallen so quickly from that kind of thinking, into the current mind set that the government owes us.

The Bailout

Waste of monney! Do away with capital gains taxes, and drop the tax rate on buisness and watch the markets sore. After a couple of years you can reinstate the capital gains tax if necessary.

Movies

Saw the movie "Fireproof" and it was as good as I hoped. I strongly encourage all of you to see it. I can not wait for "An American Carrol" to come out on DVD so I can see it. No theater within 40 miles of here will show it. It looks very funny. If you have not seen the movie "Obsession" about radical Islam, you need to see it. I bought it a couple of years ago when it first came out but a friend just received a free copy in the mail two days ago, so look for it and watch it. It will spook you.