NBC Fails to Acknowledge Irony of ‘World’s Tiniest Surviving Baby’ on Abortion Debate

As ABC’s World News Tonight aired a story sympathetic to the pro-abortion movement, NBC Nightly News actually devoted 20 seconds to an inspiring story out of San Diego. Fill-in anchor Savannah Guthrie reported on the progress of “what doctors are calling the world’s tiniest surviving baby,” so while NBC deserves credit for running this story, they failed to acknowledge its impact on the abortion debate.

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Barack Obama Paid $600,000 For Single Speech in Bogotá, Colombia

Former president Barack Obama was paid approximately $600,000 for a single speech in Bogotá, Colombia this week.

Obama learned well from the Clintons — he made $100,000 more than Bill Clinton did for his speech in Moscow.

According to a report by El Tiempo, a Colombian news outlet, Obama earned “2 billion Colombian pesos,” or $594,000 to speak at the EXMA conference which was held on Monday and Tuesday.

EXMA, which stands for Expomarketing, is the largest marketing platforms in Latin America which includes conferences, workshops and other marketing tools, according to the Bogota Post.

Attendees could also take a picture with Barack Obama for 11 million Colombian pesos (approximately $3,200).

According to the Bogota Post, Obama’s talk, “A conversation with President Barack Obama,” will address influential growth strategies. The organisers specified that , “It will be a talk about business that is based on the positive influence Obama puts out. We have to take advantage of this to build de country, entrepreneurship and innovation.

The organizers also mentioned that Obama set the condition that he won’t talk about current politics. *Eyeroll*

Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton slammed Obama on Thursday. “Just like the corrupt Clinton operation,” Fitton said of Obama’s $600,000 payday for a single speech.

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Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak Vetoes National Popular Vote Bill

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) on Thursday vetoed a bill which would have pledged the state’s six electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote for President of the United States.

Assembly Bill 186, which recently passed the Senate on a 12-8 vote, would have seen Nevada join with 14 other states in an agreement to vote for the winner of the popular vote. The Assembly had voted in favor of the measure 23-17.

“Once effective, the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact could diminish the role of smaller states like Nevada in national electoral contests and force Nevada’s electors to side with whoever wins the nationwide popular vote, rather than the candidate Nevadans choose,” a statement via Sisolak reads. “I recognize that many of my fellow Nevadans may disagree on this point and I appreciate the legislature’s thoughtful consideration of this important issue. As Nevada’s governor, I am obligated to make such decisions according to my own conscience. In cases like this, where Nevada’s interests could diverge from the interests of large states, I will always stand up for Nevada.”

Earlier this year, Colorado, Delaware, and New Mexico signed laws joining the compact, while Oregon and Maine are mulling bills of their own. Had Sisolak signed the measure, the group would have a total of 195 votes.

Several White House hopefuls, including South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), have voiced support for eliminating Electoral College, however, supporters of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact believe their strategy is more pragmatic than passing a constitutional amendment.

Though the initiative has picked up steam, National Popular Vote President Barry Fadem concedes it is unlikely they will hit 270 votes by the 2020 election.

“I think people are just really tired of the system that means every vote does not count and that six to eight states decide who is elected president,” said Fadem.

State Sen. Keith Pickard (R), who voted against the bill, said the joining the compact would have diminished Nevada’s voice for future presidential elections.

“I think it’s totally irresponsible for us to consider giving away what little influence we have on the national stage to the more populous states which will ultimately control the election,” Pickard stated.

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Dershowitz: Mueller’s Critics Were Right; He’s Biased Against Trump, And He Just Proved It

In an op-ed for The Hill, Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz, who leans left but has frequently found himself arguing against President Trump’s critics, says he can no longer defend Robert Mueller as non-partisan after his controversial final statement as special counsel Wednesday.

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Remembering the Men of the Little Ships

Memorial Day is a solemn holiday in which Americans should pay homage to the individuals who sacrificed their lives to protect their fellow citizens. Clint Johnson’s book Tin Cans and Greyhounds: The Destroyers That Won Two World Wars is a reminder that those serving on ships put their life at risk daily. This interview with Johnson reflects on Americans serving who sacrificed their lives to save others.

Johnson emphasizes in his book how destroyers were nicknamed “tin cans” because they had thin metal hulls that were useful for quickly navigating the seas but not a great protection for the men serving on those ships. Their quick speeds gave them their second nickname, “greyhounds.”  

Survival on a destroyer was not guaranteed.  Johnson quoted Lieutenant Commander Robert Copeland as he calmly told his crew as their tiny, unarmored destroyer escort rushed toward giant, armored Japanese battleships at the Battle off Samar on October 25, 1944 that they were fighting “against overwhelming odds from which survival could not be expected.” (Unbelievably, the Navy’s scratch force of destroyers and escort carriers chased off the entire Japanese battle fleet, though at great cost.) 

Compelling evidence is presented by Johnson regarding the two destroyers named the USS Jacob Jones. The first ship survived an attempt of a possible crewman to sink her by opening up the sea cocks. After eventually making it to France to act as an escort convey during World War I, she was sunk on December 6, 1917, by a German U-boat off the southern coast of England.  Johnson describes how it was hit by “a single torpedo from the U-53, one of Germany’s most successful submarines, some of DD-61’s crew was killed by the initial explosion. More were killed when sinking depth charges exploded underneath the survivors floating in the water. Sixty-six out of the ninety-nine crewmen died.”

The second USS Jacob Jones (DD-130), was given the Jacob Jones ship name while still being constructed in February 1918 in honor of the destroyer that had been lost just three months earlier. On Feb. 28, 1942, while cruising off Cape May, New Jersey she was hit by two torpedoes, fired by the U-578. Only 12 crewmen survived out of the 113 seamen and officers. What both these sinkings should emphasize is that the men lost are not numbers but fathers, husbands, and sons.

Medal of Honor winner Elmer Bigelow of the USS Fletcher is someone Johnson wants Americans to know about. “On February 14, 1945, off the Philippines, he sacrificed his life while saving others. Refusing to waste precious time required to don rescue-breathing apparatus, he plunged through the blinding smoke billowing out of the magazine hatch and dropped into the blazing compartment. Despite the acrid, burning powder smoke which seared his lungs with each agonizing breath, he worked rapidly and with instinctive sureness and succeeded in quickly extinguishing the fires and in cooling the cases and bulkheads, thereby preventing further damage to the stricken ship. He did this act of courage knowing that he would likely die.”

Regarding World War II, Johnson points out in his book that “the first American servicemen killed in World War II were 110 destroyer men lost six weeks before our nation officially entered the war. In Oct. 1941, the USS Kearny (DD-432) was torpedoed off Iceland with a loss of 10 sailors. On Oct. 31, USS Reuben James was torpedoed with a loss of 100 men.”

He also has an interesting premise that the Japanese targeted the wrong ships at Pearl Harbor. “Instead of bombing pre-World War I vintage battleships, the Japanese should have gone after the 55 destroyers based at Pearl.”

“The six battleships refloated at Pearl Harbor won only 32 battle stars for the rest of the war. The Pearl-based destroyers won 432 battle stars, meaning they were engaged in 432 battles. Of the 30 destroyers at Pearl during the attack, just two were destroyed. They would go on to earn 257 battle stars. Looking at the big picture, it is clear that American destroyers and destroyer escorts were the true workhorses for the U.S. Navy surface fleet during World War II.”

Johnson wants Americans to understand, “with a 5/8-inch-thick hull the destroyers had basically no armor. Compare that to a battleship that has 13 inches of armor.  The sea is unforgiving.  Sailors are always in danger to be sunk by the ocean or by the enemy. When ships sink Americans should think of the individuals lost, and not just the cited number.  We need to remember everything people enjoy now came about because of those who sacrificed their lives that includes the men who died on the destroyers.”

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Memorial Day is a solemn holiday in which Americans should pay homage to the individuals who sacrificed their lives to protect their fellow citizens. Clint Johnson’s book Tin Cans and Greyhounds: The Destroyers That Won Two World Wars is a reminder that those serving on ships put their life at risk daily. This interview with Johnson reflects on Americans serving who sacrificed their lives to save others.

Johnson emphasizes in his book how destroyers were nicknamed “tin cans” because they had thin metal hulls that were useful for quickly navigating the seas but not a great protection for the men serving on those ships. Their quick speeds gave them their second nickname, “greyhounds.”  

Survival on a destroyer was not guaranteed.  Johnson quoted Lieutenant Commander Robert Copeland as he calmly told his crew as their tiny, unarmored destroyer escort rushed toward giant, armored Japanese battleships at the Battle off Samar on October 25, 1944 that they were fighting “against overwhelming odds from which survival could not be expected.” (Unbelievably, the Navy’s scratch force of destroyers and escort carriers chased off the entire Japanese battle fleet, though at great cost.) 

Compelling evidence is presented by Johnson regarding the two destroyers named the USS Jacob Jones. The first ship survived an attempt of a possible crewman to sink her by opening up the sea cocks. After eventually making it to France to act as an escort convey during World War I, she was sunk on December 6, 1917, by a German U-boat off the southern coast of England.  Johnson describes how it was hit by “a single torpedo from the U-53, one of Germany’s most successful submarines, some of DD-61’s crew was killed by the initial explosion. More were killed when sinking depth charges exploded underneath the survivors floating in the water. Sixty-six out of the ninety-nine crewmen died.”

The second USS Jacob Jones (DD-130), was given the Jacob Jones ship name while still being constructed in February 1918 in honor of the destroyer that had been lost just three months earlier. On Feb. 28, 1942, while cruising off Cape May, New Jersey she was hit by two torpedoes, fired by the U-578. Only 12 crewmen survived out of the 113 seamen and officers. What both these sinkings should emphasize is that the men lost are not numbers but fathers, husbands, and sons.

Medal of Honor winner Elmer Bigelow of the USS Fletcher is someone Johnson wants Americans to know about. “On February 14, 1945, off the Philippines, he sacrificed his life while saving others. Refusing to waste precious time required to don rescue-breathing apparatus, he plunged through the blinding smoke billowing out of the magazine hatch and dropped into the blazing compartment. Despite the acrid, burning powder smoke which seared his lungs with each agonizing breath, he worked rapidly and with instinctive sureness and succeeded in quickly extinguishing the fires and in cooling the cases and bulkheads, thereby preventing further damage to the stricken ship. He did this act of courage knowing that he would likely die.”

Regarding World War II, Johnson points out in his book that “the first American servicemen killed in World War II were 110 destroyer men lost six weeks before our nation officially entered the war. In Oct. 1941, the USS Kearny (DD-432) was torpedoed off Iceland with a loss of 10 sailors. On Oct. 31, USS Reuben James was torpedoed with a loss of 100 men.”

He also has an interesting premise that the Japanese targeted the wrong ships at Pearl Harbor. “Instead of bombing pre-World War I vintage battleships, the Japanese should have gone after the 55 destroyers based at Pearl.”

“The six battleships refloated at Pearl Harbor won only 32 battle stars for the rest of the war. The Pearl-based destroyers won 432 battle stars, meaning they were engaged in 432 battles. Of the 30 destroyers at Pearl during the attack, just two were destroyed. They would go on to earn 257 battle stars. Looking at the big picture, it is clear that American destroyers and destroyer escorts were the true workhorses for the U.S. Navy surface fleet during World War II.”

Johnson wants Americans to understand, “with a 5/8-inch-thick hull the destroyers had basically no armor. Compare that to a battleship that has 13 inches of armor.  The sea is unforgiving.  Sailors are always in danger to be sunk by the ocean or by the enemy. When ships sink Americans should think of the individuals lost, and not just the cited number.  We need to remember everything people enjoy now came about because of those who sacrificed their lives that includes the men who died on the destroyers.”

The author writes for American Thinker.  She has done book reviews, author interviews, and has written a number of national security, political, and foreign policy articles.

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Explaining Memorial Day to friends in Mexico

A few too many years ago, I worked in Mexico for a U.S. bank.  I was invited by some friends to tell the story of Memorial Day at a local church.   

It was before the Internet, so I called my father and told him to put of my old U.S. history schoolbooks in the next plane.  It turned out that one of his colleagues was flying to Mexico and I got my books in a day.

I started by talking about The Civil War and “Decoration Day“:    

On May 5, 1868, General John A. Logan, leader of an organization for Northern Civil War veterans, called for a nationwide day of remembrance later that month. “The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land,” he proclaimed.

The date of Decoration Day, as he called it, was chosen because it wasn’t the anniversary of any particular battle.

On the first Decoration Day, General James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery, and 5,000 participants decorated the graves of the 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers buried there.

Later, it became Memorial Day after World War I and World War II:    

For decades, Memorial Day continued to be observed on May 30, the date Logan had selected for the first Decoration Day. But in 1968 Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which established Memorial Day as the last Monday in May in order to create a three-day weekend for federal employees; the change went into effect in 1971. The same law also declared Memorial Day a federal holiday.

The parishioners enjoyed it and I felt good about that.  One of the gentlemen related his ancestor’s story.  Apparently, his grandfather was from Texas and served in the Spanish American War.  Everyone was thrilled with the photos that I shared on the blackboard.  

Looking back today and reading about Decoration Day, I am amazed how our ancestors were willing to decorate the graves of northern and southern soldiers.  It’s a good lesson for those who want to remove statues.  Sometimes the best way to heal is to honor the dead rather than selectively remove them from history.

Happy Memorial Day 2019.   

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A few too many years ago, I worked in Mexico for a U.S. bank.  I was invited by some friends to tell the story of Memorial Day at a local church.   

It was before the Internet, so I called my father and told him to put of my old U.S. history schoolbooks in the next plane.  It turned out that one of his colleagues was flying to Mexico and I got my books in a day.

I started by talking about The Civil War and “Decoration Day“:    

On May 5, 1868, General John A. Logan, leader of an organization for Northern Civil War veterans, called for a nationwide day of remembrance later that month. “The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land,” he proclaimed.

The date of Decoration Day, as he called it, was chosen because it wasn’t the anniversary of any particular battle.

On the first Decoration Day, General James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery, and 5,000 participants decorated the graves of the 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers buried there.

Later, it became Memorial Day after World War I and World War II:    

For decades, Memorial Day continued to be observed on May 30, the date Logan had selected for the first Decoration Day. But in 1968 Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which established Memorial Day as the last Monday in May in order to create a three-day weekend for federal employees; the change went into effect in 1971. The same law also declared Memorial Day a federal holiday.

The parishioners enjoyed it and I felt good about that.  One of the gentlemen related his ancestor’s story.  Apparently, his grandfather was from Texas and served in the Spanish American War.  Everyone was thrilled with the photos that I shared on the blackboard.  

Looking back today and reading about Decoration Day, I am amazed how our ancestors were willing to decorate the graves of northern and southern soldiers.  It’s a good lesson for those who want to remove statues.  Sometimes the best way to heal is to honor the dead rather than selectively remove them from history.

Happy Memorial Day 2019.   

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Remember children of the fallen on Memorial Day

As Memorial Day unfolds around us, we pause to remember those who served on foreign soil in times of war and fell for us, to preserve our freedom and America’s timeless values.  The day offers a welcome pause from the hubbub, lesser issues, social fatigue, and the din of less noble clashes.  Americans, coast to coast, honor our past and commit ourselves to be equal to our time.

Perhaps this Memorial Day, we can also think forward — as well as backward.  The suggestion is not about war or politics, but about healing wounds and making possible better futures for the families of those who “gave their last full measure” for us. 

Specifically, while much is being done to advance prosthetics, treat visible and invisible wounds, and innovate at the Veterans Administration, thousands of families live with a harsh reality: a missing a spouse or parent who died in combat.  

At the federal and state levels, benefits exist for these families, but they often fall short of what is needed.  If nothing replaces such a loss, assuring an opportunity to succeed for children of a deceased combat veteran is a start.  Education is critical.

Unfortunately, many states do not provide full college educational support to children of deceased combat veterans, which raises two questions.  Can we do more at the state level?  And if states find covering expenses difficult, is there a larger federal role? 

Certainly, states can do more — and should by supporting strong students at public and private institutions if these students can make the grade.  Often, these students have had to overcome greater adversity than most, benefited from less opportunity, and come from more limited means than the average.  If they have the heart to achieve, they should be given every chance to do so.

More immediately, federal adjustments have reduced tuition aid for children of the fallen from 45 months to 36 months.  While helpful, more could be done.  Aspiring four-year college students, coming from families of deceased combat veterans, should be given the full time.  Free post-secondary education for everyone may be a “bridge too far,” but on Memorial Day, maybe we agree to do better for children of deceased combat veterans. 

On Memorial Day, we recall that our own future is made better because of what their parents did for us.  Accordingly, their futures should be made better by what we can do for them.  At the state and federal levels, a “Gold Star Family Bill” should be promoted to assure full tuition, room, board, and educational support for surviving children at any college to which they are admitted, and for the duration of their degree, not three years if admitted for four.

The idea of reviewing these family benefits is timely, as college tuition costs are high, educational debt difficult to retire, and number of surviving children — as we move into our 18th consecutive year of war — at historic levels.

At the federal and state levels — and as individuals — we owe a debt to deceased and disabled combat veterans with children.  We owe it not only to the fallen, but to their families — spouses, children, parents, siblings, even grandparents.  Too often, these families are lost in the mix, weighed down by educational, medical, and mundane bureaucracy, not so much neglected as unintentionally forgotten.  It is time to remember.

Memorial Day is for remembering those who have fallen.  We honor them with words, prayers, greater patience for each other, deeper thought, and the echo of Taps.  But this day is more.  It is a reminder of intergenerational debts, including to Americans whose parent did not come home. 

The children of fallen combat veterans, indeed all the dependents of those who die for us, deserve more national attention — educational, medical, employment, and cultural care.  We are not empowered to rewrite history, but we can help make the future better — for this group of Americans.   Memorial Day is as good a time to start as any.

Perry Gershon is widely recognized business leader and national commentator on business, trade, policy, and politics.  A congressional candidate for New York’s first district, he holds a B.A. from Yale and an MBA from the University of California.

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As Memorial Day unfolds around us, we pause to remember those who served on foreign soil in times of war and fell for us, to preserve our freedom and America’s timeless values.  The day offers a welcome pause from the hubbub, lesser issues, social fatigue, and the din of less noble clashes.  Americans, coast to coast, honor our past and commit ourselves to be equal to our time.

Perhaps this Memorial Day, we can also think forward — as well as backward.  The suggestion is not about war or politics, but about healing wounds and making possible better futures for the families of those who “gave their last full measure” for us. 

Specifically, while much is being done to advance prosthetics, treat visible and invisible wounds, and innovate at the Veterans Administration, thousands of families live with a harsh reality: a missing a spouse or parent who died in combat.  

At the federal and state levels, benefits exist for these families, but they often fall short of what is needed.  If nothing replaces such a loss, assuring an opportunity to succeed for children of a deceased combat veteran is a start.  Education is critical.

Unfortunately, many states do not provide full college educational support to children of deceased combat veterans, which raises two questions.  Can we do more at the state level?  And if states find covering expenses difficult, is there a larger federal role? 

Certainly, states can do more — and should by supporting strong students at public and private institutions if these students can make the grade.  Often, these students have had to overcome greater adversity than most, benefited from less opportunity, and come from more limited means than the average.  If they have the heart to achieve, they should be given every chance to do so.

More immediately, federal adjustments have reduced tuition aid for children of the fallen from 45 months to 36 months.  While helpful, more could be done.  Aspiring four-year college students, coming from families of deceased combat veterans, should be given the full time.  Free post-secondary education for everyone may be a “bridge too far,” but on Memorial Day, maybe we agree to do better for children of deceased combat veterans. 

On Memorial Day, we recall that our own future is made better because of what their parents did for us.  Accordingly, their futures should be made better by what we can do for them.  At the state and federal levels, a “Gold Star Family Bill” should be promoted to assure full tuition, room, board, and educational support for surviving children at any college to which they are admitted, and for the duration of their degree, not three years if admitted for four.

The idea of reviewing these family benefits is timely, as college tuition costs are high, educational debt difficult to retire, and number of surviving children — as we move into our 18th consecutive year of war — at historic levels.

At the federal and state levels — and as individuals — we owe a debt to deceased and disabled combat veterans with children.  We owe it not only to the fallen, but to their families — spouses, children, parents, siblings, even grandparents.  Too often, these families are lost in the mix, weighed down by educational, medical, and mundane bureaucracy, not so much neglected as unintentionally forgotten.  It is time to remember.

Memorial Day is for remembering those who have fallen.  We honor them with words, prayers, greater patience for each other, deeper thought, and the echo of Taps.  But this day is more.  It is a reminder of intergenerational debts, including to Americans whose parent did not come home. 

The children of fallen combat veterans, indeed all the dependents of those who die for us, deserve more national attention — educational, medical, employment, and cultural care.  We are not empowered to rewrite history, but we can help make the future better — for this group of Americans.   Memorial Day is as good a time to start as any.

Perry Gershon is widely recognized business leader and national commentator on business, trade, policy, and politics.  A congressional candidate for New York’s first district, he holds a B.A. from Yale and an MBA from the University of California.

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Happy Memorial Day 2019 – Freedom Isn’t Free

Happy Memorial Day 2019!

Let us always remember – in the words of Ronald Reagan – “Freedom isn’t free and America is the last stand on Earth.”

A Time for Choosing speech Oct 27, 1964

This amazing photo below was taken 101 years ago in 1918.

It is a photo of 18,000 men preparing for war during World War I at Camp Dodge in Des Moines, Iowa…
A gift from our grandfathers:

If you haven’t seen this yet, I urge you to take the time to watch this moving video.

This is REALLY good…
“I Fought for You”

By Josh Pies, Andrew Manzano and Dave Bode.

Thank you – to all who have served with this great nation.
Thank you – for your sacrifice.
May God Bless America.

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Matt Naylor on 140 Veteran Suicides per Week: Don’t Let Them Be ‘Forgotten Soldiers’

Matt Naylor, president and CEO of the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, MO, noted the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) estimate of 140 weekly suicides among veterans, offering his remarks ahead of Memorial Day in a Friday-aired interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with host Rebecca Mansour and special guest host Rick Manning.

Naylor said, “Each week, the Veterans Administration estimates 140 veterans take their own lives, and we want those forgotten soldiers to be remembered this Memorial Day. Those who carry the burdens of war or the burdens of service, and for some, that burden is too great. They take their lives.”

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Naylor continued, “It’s those who died in battle, in service, that we remember on Memorial Day. But let’s not also forget those who, today continue to carry the scars of service and 140 veterans, it’s estimated, take their lives every week, a shocking number, who are scarred.”

According to the VA’s most recent data, there were more than 6,000 veteran suicides each year between 2008 and 2016. In 2016, the suicide rate was 1.5 times greater for veterans than for non-veteran adults.

It is “not a new thing” for America to “not look out for our veterans,” observed Naylor, recalling the struggles of American World War I veterans seeking employment during the Depression of the early 1920s.

Naylor reflected on Memorial Day’s objective of remembrance. “It’s right that we should take time to remember those who served, and especially those whose lives were lost,” he stated. “Those who went to foreign lands — ‘Over There’ was the song that was sung — to fight for ideals, and gave their lives for people who they never knew. What a remarkable thing that people would do. So it’s right that we ought to remember their sacrifice.”

“It’s really an important moment for us to remember the cost of liberty and freedom that we enjoy,” Naylor advised, describing Memorial Day’s purpose as “leeping alive the memory of those who served and reminding us of the debt we owe our forebears.”

Naylor added, “Remembering those who served, especially those whose lives were lost in those wars and wars since, is the right thing for us to do.”

Naylor contrasted the World War I era’s attitude towards military service with today.

“In some respects, the power of community was so different than it is in our experience today, and so the sense of obligation that they had to country, for many people, was significantly different than the sort of individualism we have today,” estimated Naylor.

“I think, surely, that has a profound effect on people’s willingness — or their sense of obligation that they had — to serve. There really wasn’t much of a choice. Men and women who served in World War II would say the same thing,” remarked Naylor.

Americans in the World War I and II era had “a great sense of obligation which is a different sort of experience than we experience today,” assessed Naylor.

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