Memorial Day, 2011

As an Elite Member, U are cognizant of this Blog's overriding mission - to fulfill one small duty of citizenship in the greatest nation ever conceived, the last best hope of all mankind. It is because I believe in American Exceptionalism that I seek to contribute, however on the margins, to America as a shinning beacon of freedom to the rest of the world. Sure, I know - what kind of egomaniacal person thinks this way? Well, this Blog is never about me, so that irrelevant question must remain for others to ponder.

Here, today, and tomorrow and every day thereafter, we celebrate the best and brightest of the nation's citizens - our citizen soldiers. Most succinctly stated, we are free because many others are dead, willingly. The magnitude of such sacrifice is beyond my limited powers as a rhetorician to honor adequately. Instead, whenever I share a public space with a service person, I overcome my natural shyness and say to him or her - "thank you for your service." Not enuff, but its my starting point on giving back. Enjoy this weekend with your friends and family, and the whole American family.