Perspective

This quote is especially appropriate in light of the recent Memorial Day weekend. I know I'll probably catch flak from any liberals, Bush-haters, or anti-military readers, but I'm posting it anyway. Next time you feel the urge to heckle an elected official (or anyone with a non-leftist worldview), throw a pie in their face, curse at them on national TV, or burn our precious flag, keep this in mind:

"It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag.”
-- Father Denis Edward O’Brien, USMC