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Aaron  Penn's avatar

I can relate here. The one thing I think you and I can agree on is that our core beliefs and values are unwavering. We still know right from wrong. We can tell bad from good. As long as we don’t lose that and we stand on those beliefs and values then It doesn’t matter what you say, or post, or share. Our actions and how we choose to live our lives and interact with those we meet will always be louder than our words.

Divisiveness and politics and all that other stuff be damned. Let’s continue to do the best we can do with what we have and if an opportunity presents itself to do some good in the world, then do it.

Love you bud. Chin up yea?

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Larry Boggs's avatar

I love my country and firmly committed to democracy and if threatened I will take to the streets to defend it

But something has gone wrong I wished more people said, understood and believed our Pledge of Allegiance At the VFW and Vietnam Veterans of America we say it all the time It says in very few words what we are all about as a nation “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, ONE NATION under God, INDIVISIBLE, with LIBERTY AND JUSTICE for ALL” We are the last, best hope of mankind and WE are blowing it

Things were bad in the late 1960s and early 1970s with the country divided over the Vietnam War But I didn’t think during those times the country lost faith in us being one nation indivisible or our ultimate commitment to each other and to liberty and justice for all We seemed to have done that now

I wished I had answers but I don’t I am depressed about the situation as I don’t see anyone rising to the occasion to bring us together again I want bridge builders not bridge burners but see none on the horizon I cannot understand why none are coming forward Where is our Washington, our Lincoln, our FDR?

So I too have turned inward I don’t watch TV news in any form on any channel I read certain publications but lightly I listen to music, read books, exercise and be with friend generally and especially my veteran brothers where we just enjoy each other regardless of differing opinions I feel it is escapism but I am too old to organize and lead a movement

Still I believe in the country and have faith that we will come through this time with our democratic institutions intact. I pray that it will be so every night as that is all I can do

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