When is it UnAmerican

Our country was founded on principles that all men are created equal. Our founding fathers were visionaries and sought to assure all citizens the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. However, today we have groups that will deny others the right to life, deny others their liberty, and only think they themselves should be able to pursue happiness. Friends, so much of what I see in our country today crushes these values America was built upon.
When a senator can shed tears on the senate floor because there is a policy to vet refugees from terror sponsored countries but remains dry eyed when millions of innocent babies are murdered in the womb—that is un-American.
When our homeless go hungry while illegal aliens can come into this country and receive food stamps, welfare and shelter—that is Un-American
When our elderly must choose between eating or buying their medications while abortions and transgender surgeries are paid for with tax payer money—that is Un-American.
When our troops go without proper equipment while celebrities and athletes protest our country and national anthem—that is un-American.
When our veterans go without benefits that were promised but billions of dollars are given to countries that hate us—that is Un-American.
When Christian companies are forced to compromise their faith and values by serving same sex weddings while other businesses can say, “if you support traditional marriage, don’t shop here.”—that is Un-American.
When radical groups like BLM and anti fa can riot, burn cities and kill or injure people but citizens are prosecuted and persecuted for speaking out against them—that is Un-American.
When a black criminal disobeys law enforcement and is shot by police and there is a public outcry while police officers are shot everyday for doing their jobs and media is silent—that is Un-American.
When the media takes it upon itself to slant the news and tell us what to think instead of reporting the news and trusting us to decide for ourselves what to think—that is Un-American.
When liberal head explodes at the use of a word in describing a third world country while cities in this country resemble these third world countries and nothing is being done to improve the lives of citizens in these cities— that is Un-American.
When a political party would rather protect 8,000 illegal aliens than protect the citizens of this country and even go as far to threaten a government shut-down and deprive the elderly and military of their money— that is Un-American.
It appears that some of our leaders are more concerned about themselves and the special interest groups that has bought them  than the citizens that elected them and that is not only Un-American but unacceptable to the the citizens of this country that are counting on the leadership.
Friends, I have been told that, as a Christian, I should not be political. I am not a political person but what I see goes beyond politics. It is now about our survival as a country and the fabric of our way of life. I once read “All it takes for evil to spread is for good men to do nothing.” I am only trying to do my small part to stop the spread of evil.
As always you are free to disagree but I am free to express my opinion. May God bless you all. . Just saying

Credit to @Doretta Mills For the post

Armed teenage heroes

During the 2016 presidential election cycle, Hillary Clinton professed that half of Donald Trump’s supporters belong in a “basket of deplorables.” Based upon her statement, it may be reasonable to conclude that Hillary’s followers, in the liberal wing of politics, find that those voters who oppose gun control on purchases by citizens less than 21 years of age should also be thrown into the basket of deplorables. However, the history of our nation expresses a strong and vibrant case for preteens and teens owning and using guns in a responsible manner. The most glaring examples are noted during times of military conflict when this age group rises to the occasion of preserving liberty and uses weapons of war in protection of our republican form of government.
In the Revolutionary War, Jeremiah Levering, age 12, along with hundreds of other soldiers 16 years and younger, fought the British to secure our freedom from the King of England.
Joseph Burger, a 14-year-old Union Army soldier who fought in the American Civil War, received the United States’ highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor. Burger also received a battlefield commission to the rank of captain at the age of 15.

During World War II, the Alaska National Guard was called up into the Army of the United States. As a result, the territorial governor, in seeking to protect Alaska’s border, called for local citizens to rise to the occasion to defend against an invasion by Japan. With their own guns in hand, citizens of all ages, including preteens and teens, organized into a 6,300-member volunteer militia known as the Eskimo Scouts/Alaska Territorial Guard. When the Japanese invaded Alaska, bombing Dutch Harbor and occupying four of the Aleutian Islands, it was the bravery exhibited by teenagers, preteens as young as 12, and others in the Eskimo Scouts which resulted in repelling the Japanese through combat operations.
Bringing this type of citizen militia closer to our home, the governor of Maryland, in response to the absence of the Maryland National Guard, called on citizens, using their own firearms, to form into “Minuteman” units. In a 1942 photograph of the fourteen Tilghman Island Minutemen shown training with rifles, one of those volunteers was a young teenager.
Additionally, there were many heroes in World War II who were teenagers. Among them was a 16-year-old Marine, Bernard Hoffendaffer, who fought at the Battle of Iwo Jima and after the war became a Methodist preacher serving six churches in West Virginia; Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in World War II, who at age 19 was awarded the Medal of Honor and after the war became a Hollywood legend; Calvin Leon Graham, who at age 12 was the youngest to serve in the U.S. Navy, received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star medals for his bravery and wounds received during the Battle of Guadalcanal; and George H.W. Bush, a bomber pilot, who at 19 years of age was the youngest Naval aviator in history and was wounded in combat. Bush later became President of the United States.
During the Korean War, David Hackworth, at 15 years of age, was given a battlefield commission to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant.
During the Viet Nam War, David A. Christian, a 19-year-old 2nd Lieutenant led many search and destroy combat missions. Wounded seven times, Lieutenant Christian was among the most decorated soldiers of that war.

This article was published in The Star Democrat newspaper, 

Ron Frampton writes from Tilghman Island.

The Democrats Great Society

When I and a lot of you were growing up we were raised by what I think was America’s greatest generation of people. We were taught right, raised right, and made to do right. We knew the meaning of respect no matter where we were, home, in school, church, or just out in public.  That was because we were raised by God believing and God-fearing parents.

With much sadness and heartache, I have watched my generation throw away the gift that was given to them by the great generation which raised them. They have failed to give to their children the ideals and values that were given to them; the values that made this country great. I watched the spoiled brats (no other word for it) of my generation protest and object to military service, protest and rebel against just about everything that was right or good. They gave their peace signs, called for free love but along with that came the beginning of destruction for this country.

They supported slick and greedy politicians that sold them on special rights for certain classes of people when Jesus tells us different in His Holy Word. We are all His children and He sees no certain classes. Red and yellow, black or white we are all precious in His sight.  The same greedy politicians persuaded and convinced women that men were their enemy and that certain crime could be excused because of social barriers. A lot of us watched them buy into a "blame America first" mentality. That was their way of thinking.  Now we can see as their children's children cry for "safe spaces “and ask for socialism and communism to take the place of this great Republic and what it stands for. If they half a brain they could see communism for what it really is.

 Unless you are sheltered in the arms of God there are no safe places in this country. They refuse to see Islam for what it is. (EVIL) They do not even know what the inside of a church looks like or who Jesus Christ is. As far as that goes some of them do not know if they are a boy or girl. We are living in a sad and sick world, a fallen world controlled by sick people whose god is Satan.

 There are no safe places anymore in this country, Most houses are armed camps because of what is on the outside their doors.. People are not even safe in the House of God. We have to stop being brainwashed by liberals and communist that tells you; “guns kill people.” We must realize that guns don't kill people any more than hammers, baseball, or rocks. We are dealing with mentally ill, demon possessed people, who do not know right from wrong. Look back at the generations of years ago and not to the complainers and the ones who moan and groan in our society today, the ones that advocate insurrection and evil do not know right from wrong. Their minds are warped just like the great cesspool and swamp located in our nation’s capital. They are evil people leading the charge for a new America; one that the government will no longer serve the people, but the people will serve the government.

America has no structural points anymore. The family unit (the building blocks of this country) is just about gone. There are approximately 13.7 million single parents in the United States today, and those parents are responsible for raising 22 million children.  Ever since 1964 when “The Great Society” was put into place people rely on the government for everything. We are talking about able bodied people that have the biggest case of “WHAT YOU GOING TO GIVE ME” in history.  They would rather make babies than keep their pants up and work. The more babies they make the more money they will get from the government.  That may seem harsh but it is the truth. Work boots just do not fit these kinds of people.

Then we have people in Washington that want you to believe it is the government who should raise your kids and not the parents.  Hillary Clinton said it takes a whole village to raise your children.  That is communist to the core. I have said more than once and I will leave you, the reader, with this thought; "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction."  

WHAT IS A NORMAL GOVERNMENT?

A normal government, in my opinion, is one with the best interests of its own citizens at heart. People who live here, work here, and pay taxes here. This is not what we are getting from Obama! A normal government would have taken immediate steps to put a stop to all the illegals coming across our southern border. They would immediately realize that these illegals cause a big threat to the public health and safety for the American people. I’m just a plain American citizen, just as most are, but I can plainly see that and so can most of the American people. A normal Government would set in motion the necessary efforts to keep more from coming across and start deportation to return these people to their own country. As reported on Fox news there is terrorist coming across with the illegals and we all know what that means, the possibility for another 9-11.

But we must all remember that the Obama administration is not a normal government. It is a government of lies, falsehoods, and deceiving the American public. He is not for the black race, the white race, or is he for any other race. He is not for the veteran or the Christian people in this country. He is for, and his goal is, the total destruction of America as we know it. He is a Muslim and we must remember that by everything he does.

Instead of Mr. Obama stopping these people at the border to our country he did everything in his power as president to help them. We have Border Patrol agents babysitting, we are unloading the illegals at military bases. The welcome mat is out from Obama and no matter what he says or has said they are here to stay. That is his goal. Why would I say this? The main reason is you cannot believe a word Obama says and just like I did Every American should look at the Department of Homeland Security notice that appeared six months ago at the federal business opportunities site www.FedBizOpps.gov.

The notice was seeking “Escort Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children,” describing exactly the services that was required to process, not deport, the huge flood of illegals. I would rather call it an invasion. The notice was posted back in Jan. 29, 2014. Read the article on this web site http://allenbwest.com/2014/06/feds-advertised-escort-services-unaccompanied-alien-children-january/ This tells me The Department of Homeland Security was already getting ready to receive these illegal children. My question is this How did The Department of Homeland Security know this? Something is being hidden in Washington, and it starts with the federal government and it goes right to the top with Obama.

The Department of Homeland notice states this in part; “(DHS) has “a continuing and mission critical responsibility for accepting custody of unaccompanied alien children from U.S. Border Patrol and other Federal agencies and transporting these juveniles to Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) shelters located throughout the continental United States.” What they are saying is these illegals are staying, at least if the Obama administration has its way. So please tell me what the reason is behind all this. They are not only letting in gangbangers and drug runners, but terrorist and diseases also. So what is the purpose behind all that?

According to the UAC services webpage of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, the mission is to assist these minor illegal aliens “in becoming integrated members of our global society. ”Not our American” society. I do not know about you but there is a BIG difference there..

This explains why the Obama government is trying to do away with the small towns and the rural communities across this country, by dropping large groups of illegal aliens in their midst, all in the name of “compassion”. That is a joke because there is a bigger reason behind the whole thing.

Let me give you a example of how this is done and if you need more proof then research it as I did. The small town of Lawrenceville, in southern Virginia just this month over night woke up to find out that Washington was about to turn this town of 1,400 citizens into the host of 500 illegal minors.

Such a huge transfer of Spanish-speaking and illegals to boot, probably will change it forever. Then we must not forget the increase in crime and the possibility of diseases, but a grass roots movement by the people of that small town put a stop to it. From California to Massachusetts are doing the same thing because they are being over whelmed.

Some people (The resettlement crowd) saying where is the compassion. Where is all the love and charity? But is that what is really on their mind, charity and love? I do not think so! They want your tax dollar and mind to resettle more people. Different web sites will tell you that population replacement is a very big business. It is a big business because people like Obama want to “fundamentally” transform” this country

Southwest Key is a company, with an annual budget of more than $150 million, “most of this comes from federal government contracts.” (Now here is the point that I want to make, the chairman of Southwest Key’s board of directors, Victor Garza, is an official of La Raza, which works to reclaim the Southwest for Mexico. You’re paying for this with your tax dollars.

Look how he has alienated our allies. Look how he has cut our military forces and the list goes on and on. Obama and his cronies are destroying America from within and who knows where we will be at by the end of his term in the white house. The word he used in his campaign promises was transformation of this country, but he should have said the tearing apart of this country. Because that is exactly what he is doing and he knows it.

Why is Syria America’s Responsibility?

What a lot of Americans and I do not understand about this debacle in Syria is; Where is the outrage from the Muslim countries over the use of chemical weapons on their own people? Why are they not saying anything? Why are they not stepping up and demanding answers? Why are America and the Western world expected to end the violence and the bloodshed in the Middle East? When will the Arab countries look out for their own people?

The thought here is maybe instead of the United States going into every Muslim country of the world to stop the madness that exist in just about every Muslim country, we should ask (or even demand) the Muslim world to deal with their own problems or even better let Allah take care of it for a change.

Muslim extremists blame the United States for all their problems that have been created by their own leaders. It is time to force the Muslim leaders in the Middle East to deal with their issues and problems that they have created their self. Let them build an army and send their young men to fight, to be maimed, to bleed, and to die. Let them take care of their own problems with their religion of peace.

The Man You Call President

 Obama is way in over his head as president, especially about the Syrian conflict. As the president of the United States he has lost whatever credibility he has with the American people and world leaders. They look at him as a joke. The president of the United States must be a trustworthy and creditable person no matter who he is. The past five years of Obama living in the White House tell us that he is neither trustworthy of creditable. It just so happens that Obama is the president at this time in history and as far as credibility goes he has none.

Obama has irresponsibly and carelessly endangered the trustworthiness of not only American presidents in the future, but the security of our country also, by his superficial words and his puny acts as president in the area of foreign affairs. He is either missing something or he knows exactly what he is doing. (Destroying America) I think it is the latter.

Any person with any sense at all, even though they do not want any American involvement in Syria will tell you that we must back up Obama’s threat now, just to prevent any dangers in the coming future from a loss of American credibility in the eyes and minds of our enemies. The people who hate us, as well as our allies who have a lot to lose also by Obama making threats and then taking forever to back them up. We have a big problem with this man we call president. His big mouth and his narcissistic ego.

Most Americans cannot see why a single American soldier should be killed as a result of a weak foreign policy or a U.S. military strike, merely to spare Barack Obama the embarrassment of doing nothing, after his ran off of the mouth in public and demand the Syrian government to not use chemical weapons and he was ignored by Syria. How many lines in the sand does he need to draw?

Some people say that some military response is now necessary, not to spare Obama any embarrassment for not backing up what his big mouth puts out, but to spare the American presidency, all future presidents, and the American people from losing all credibility around the world to deter future threats to the United States without putting boots on the ground and bloodshed. We need a president that thinks before he opens his mouth. Something Obama apparently does not know how to do.

At this point and time in the Obama administration a token military strike will do nothing more to preserve the United States credibility than to do nothing at all. Years of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan by American troops and still nothing much has changed Why should soldiers or civilians get killed just to spare Barack Obama (The little general who lost his pants) a personal humiliation? Because that is what they would be doing.

Obama and his narcissistic ego have already put into place too many disasters not only in America but around the world also. It is very clear that his earlier actions in the Middle East were not thought out, unless he was deliberately trying to weaken the position of America in the Western world with her allies. Sometimes I wonder if this might not be the case. Is this his plan? Is this one f he changes that he talks so much about?

The real truth about Obama’s policies in Libya, Egypt, and other Mideast countries have led to replacing stable regimes (They might not have been perfect), that were at peace with America and for that matter with Israel, and they were also tolerant with Christians in their country and now they have been replaced with chaotic regimes in which fanatic anti-American terrorists that Obama has backed such as The Muslim Brother Hood are now in control.

How many Americans have yet, after nearly five years, to learn and to distinguish between his narcissistic words and his wretched record? There are a lot of problems in America and this world that hang on the answer to that question. Just think we have three more years of this man and we can only hope that there is an America left as we know it.

Let Allah Take Care of It

The whole world is waiting to see what Obama will do about the situation in Syria. Most of the world has warned Obama not to use any military force against the Syrian government and that doing so could result in punitive retaliation. The British parliament voted not to take any action against the Syrian government because there was no smoking gun evidence against them, so, will somebody, please tell me why Obama wants to bomb Syria? Why would Obama or any American want to help either side in that country? The truth of the whole matter is this: Does anyone really know for sure who is doing the killing with chemical weapons in Syria. The truth is either side would use the chemical weapons if they had them and had the opportunity. The question to be asked is why Obama is so willing and ready to help the people in that country that oppose the Syrian government. Those same people, for the most part, are the very people that hate Americans and will sooner or later try to kill us. They would have no problem in using chemical weapons on America.

The smart thing to do is let Allah, not Obama, straighten things out in Syria. With Obama, it seems that whatever side the Muslim Brotherhood is on that is the same side Obama takes. The same thing happened in Egypt he took the Muslim brotherhood's side. Why take the side of people that hate you and want to see you destroyed? There has to be a reason behind it because there is no reason for Obama's intent to wage war without a strong rationale for his reason to validate such a war and there is no reason to bomb Syria just because Syrians are in a war with each other.

Obama's foreign policy strategy is all wrong. For one thing he has no foreign policy except one that is for the people that hate us and against the people that are our friends. There are two questions to be asked regarding Obama's intended help for Syria. The first question is whether or not such action, as Obama proposes, would help the Syrian people or the Muslim brotherhood and the second question is what impact, if any, an attack on Syria would have on United States national security.

Obama wants to punish evil acts (not really sure if that is the real reason) in the form of an air strike on Syria to serve as a deterrent but the fact of the matter is the United States, along with other countries, invasion of Iraq with a massive army of foot soldiers, tanks, airplanes, and warships wasn't enough of a deterrent to stop evil men from using chemical weapons on their own people, why should Obama think this will be?" There is no clear mission in Syria. What important American interests are we protecting? NONE

What we are really seeing is still another struggle between violent radical Islamists that has been an ongoing problem in that area of the world for hundreds of years and that will be going on until time ends in this world. The United States has no business getting involved in Syria or anywhere without first asking what is the vital interest here. Obama needs to give the American people some sort of validation before he intervenes in Syria. Starting with asking Obama who is he really behind in all this?" That question is easy to answer, THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD

Either the information is blatantly wrong about who used the gas for the mass destruction of the people or it is as made up and phony as Barack Obama's personal background and we all know how phony that is. This also implores one to ask why Obama would go to such measures to manufacture or invent evidence just to go to war against his half-brother's employer, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. With Obama it makes a person wonder.

Down The Road I Look

As Most Americans already know Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 was the seventy first Anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. (December. 7, 1941) was a day that has become one of the most remembered days in the history of The United States. There are many people who live in this country who can still remember the dates and events of Pearl Harbor rather well. I am told by many people who were living then they will never forget it and hope that it never happens again. In fact most people in this country say that, what happened at Pearl Harbor could never happen again.

It may not happen with aircraft carriers and hundreds of planes like at Pearl Harbor, but with a old, out of date submarine, or things such as a suitcase- sized nuclear bomb, and things like that it is more than possible, it is likely to happen. When The United States is faced with Muslim extremists like the ones who attacked and destroyed the World Trade Center, it can be pretty much safe to say anything can happen. These Muslim terrorists would not like anything better than to nuke a United States city or even Israel. And there should be no doubt in any ones mind that if Iran develops a nuclear bomb or some Muslim terrorist group get their hands on one of the many nuclear weapons that are missing and unaccounted for (from Russia) they will use it. A blind man can see this. When Pearl Harbor was bombed around 2,000 Americans were killed. A nuclear strike on any of our major cities could kill millions of people.

Things today are much more serious than the Pearl Harbor attack or the World Trade Center attack. The sad thing about all this is Obama is aware of the danger and the seriousness of the problem and he is in the process of cutting our military to the point of being so weak we will not be able to defend or protect our country from these people or their ideas of destroying us as a nation. He is in the process of downsizing the military so he can enlarge this country’s social programs, When anybody with any sense at all knows we should be increasing and growing our military and other agencies such as the CIA to deal with these people.

Any president of this country, in the past, made it his first job to protect the people and the country. That job still remains the same today, although Obama seems to overlook that most important job. No social program can protect us as a nation. You can pass out free cell phones, food stamps, free money, and all the other freebies but that will not keep this nation safe. Only the defense department and the intelligence departments can do this. Obama is a lot of things, such as a liar, a great deceiver, and a friend of our enemies, but he is not a fool. He knows exactly what he is doing. Americans should ask if he has the best interests of the United States in mind as he continue to weaken and lead this country for another four years. They way it looks now he wants this country to fail either by the physical cliff or by the Muslim terrorist and their agenda for us. He truly wants this country to fail.

We only hope Congress can keep him in line until Jan. 20, 2017 when he is no longer in office, that is if he ever leaves office. In the next four years we will most likely see a push for a dictatorship and a change to our constitution so that this narcissist  person can stay in power. He already has lined his self up with most of the dictators of this world and is pushing hard as he can for a socialist (communist) country.

Taking A Moment To Thank Them

A couple weeks ago was a very interesting day for me as I had the honor of talking to a World War Two veteran and listing to him speak about that terrible war. when I came home This man, this hero, so profoundly made a great impression on me that I wrote an article ( The Vanishing American ) on my blog, about me meeting him and for evermore that meeting will be imprinted on my mind. I was and still am a person that gives thanks to our veterans  for their serve to our country and to the ideals it stands for.  Veteran’s Day is a great day for all Americans to take time to give thanks to a veteran, but the truth is, any day is a great day to give thanks to those who served our country. Veterans are everywhere. Veterans  from WWII are dying off by the hundreds every day in this county. Today no matter where you are at today, in church, at the store, a restaurant or where ever you are, take the time to thank a veteran for serving their country and making this country the strongest country in the world.  Look around you today and find someone to thank for what they did to let you live in peace and liberty. That peace and liberty came with a price. God bless those veterans!

Christmas Poem: From A Soldier

TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS,

HE LIVED ALL ALONE,
IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF
PLASTER AND STONE.

I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY
WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE,
AND TO SEE JUST WHO
IN THIS HOME DID LIVE.

I LOOKED ALL ABOUT,
A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE,
NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS,
NOT EVEN A TREE.

NO STOCKING BY MANTLE,
JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND,
ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES
OF FAR DISTANT LANDS.

WITH MEDALS AND BADGES,
AWARDS OF ALL KINDS,
A SOBER THOUGHT
CAME THROUGH MY MIND.

FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT,
IT WAS DARK AND DREARY,
I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER,
ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY.

THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING,
SILENT, ALONE,
CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR
IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME.

THE FACE WAS SO GENT LE,
THE ROOM IN SUCH DISORDER,
NOT HOW I PICTURED
A UNITED STATES SOLDIER.

WAS THIS THE HERO
OF WHOM I'D JUST READ?
CURLED UP ON A PONCHO,
THE FLOOR FOR A BED?

I REALIZED THE FAMILIES
THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT,
OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS
WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT.

SOON ROUND THE WORLD,
THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY,
AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE
A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY.

THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM
EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR,
BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS,
LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE.

I COULDN'T HELP WONDER
HOW MANY LAY ALONE,
ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE
IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME.

THE VERY THOUGHT
BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE,
I DROPPED TO MY KNEES
AND STARTED TO CRY.

THE SOLDIER AWAKENED
AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE,
'SANTA DON'T CRY,
THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE;

I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM,
I DON'T ASK FOR MORE,
MY LIFE IS MY GOD,
MY COUNTRY, MY CORPS.'

THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP,
I COULDN'T CONTROL IT,
I CONTINUED TO WEEP.

I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS,
SO SILENT AND STILL
AND WE BOTH SHIVERED
FROM THE COLD NIGHT'S CHILL.

I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE
ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT,
THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOR
SO WILLING TO FIGHT.

THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER,
WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE,
WHISPERED, 'CARRY ON SANTA,
IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE.'

ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH,
AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
'MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND!
AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT.'

This poem was written by a Marine. 
The following is his request. I think it is reasonable.....

PLEASE. Would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our U.S. service men, women, and Canadian Forces for our being able to celebrate these festivities.

Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for us. Please, do your small part to plant this small seed.