Comments on: Remember http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/05/29/remember/ I believe in the free speech that liberals used to believe in, the economic freedom that conservatives used to believe in, and the personal freedom that America used to believe in. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:45:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Crazy Politico http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/05/29/remember/comment-page-1/#comment-345 Crazy Politico Tue, 30 May 2006 02:09:37 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/05/29/remember/#comment-345 Thanks for remembering thos who've paid for our freedom, and for the link. Thanks for remembering thos who’ve paid for our freedom, and for the link.

]]> By: CatHouse Chat http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/05/29/remember/comment-page-1/#comment-340 CatHouse Chat Mon, 29 May 2006 17:57:14 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/05/29/remember/#comment-340 <strong>Memorial Day, 2006</strong> Today is Memorial Day. Today, we remember the brave and honorable men and women who sacrificed so much to keep our country safe and free. How can we even begin to properly honor their memory, or to say a true Memorial Day, 2006

Today is Memorial Day. Today, we remember the brave and honorable men and women who sacrificed so much to keep our country safe and free. How can we even begin to properly honor their memory, or to say a true

]]> By: Eric http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/05/29/remember/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Eric Mon, 29 May 2006 16:58:07 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/05/29/remember/#comment-339 Thanks Doug Thanks Doug

]]> By: Decision ‘08 » Blog Archive » Memorial Day - In Remembrance of Heroes http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/05/29/remember/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Decision ‘08 » Blog Archive » Memorial Day - In Remembrance of Heroes Mon, 29 May 2006 15:31:22 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/05/29/remember/#comment-336 [...] Well, it’s Memorial Day, and I hope most of you are enjoying a day off of work. I know I am. California Conservative is running an open trackback post for bloggers who are sharing memories and stories; Doug Mataconis at Below the Beltway has a nice post with some photos from Arlington National Cemetary; and my man Christopher Hitchens reflects on those who have made the ultimate sacrifice: Since all efforts at commemoration are bound to fall short, one must be on guard against any attempt at overstatement. In particular, one must resist efforts to ventriloquize the dead. To me, Cindy Sheehan’s posthumous conscription of her son is as objectionable as Billy Graham’s claim, at the National Cathedral, that all the dead of Sept. 11, 2001 were now in paradise. In the first instance, we have no reason to believe that young Casey Sheehan would ever have supported MoveOn.org, and in the second instance we cannot be expected to believe that almost 3,000 New Yorkers all died in a state of grace. Nothing is more tasteless, when set against the reality of death, than the hollow note of demagogy and false sentiment. These things are also subject to unintended consequences. When Dalton Trumbo wrote his leftist antiwar classic “Johnnie Got His Gun,” he little expected that it would be used as a propaganda tool by pro-fascist isolationists in the late 1930s, and that he would be protesting in vain that this was not what he had really meant. [...] [...] Well, it’s Memorial Day, and I hope most of you are enjoying a day off of work. I know I am. California Conservative is running an open trackback post for bloggers who are sharing memories and stories; Doug Mataconis at Below the Beltway has a nice post with some photos from Arlington National Cemetary; and my man Christopher Hitchens reflects on those who have made the ultimate sacrifice: Since all efforts at commemoration are bound to fall short, one must be on guard against any attempt at overstatement. In particular, one must resist efforts to ventriloquize the dead. To me, Cindy Sheehan’s posthumous conscription of her son is as objectionable as Billy Graham’s claim, at the National Cathedral, that all the dead of Sept. 11, 2001 were now in paradise. In the first instance, we have no reason to believe that young Casey Sheehan would ever have supported MoveOn.org, and in the second instance we cannot be expected to believe that almost 3,000 New Yorkers all died in a state of grace. Nothing is more tasteless, when set against the reality of death, than the hollow note of demagogy and false sentiment. These things are also subject to unintended consequences. When Dalton Trumbo wrote his leftist antiwar classic “Johnnie Got His Gun,” he little expected that it would be used as a propaganda tool by pro-fascist isolationists in the late 1930s, and that he would be protesting in vain that this was not what he had really meant. [...]

]]> By: Freedom Watch http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/05/29/remember/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Freedom Watch Mon, 29 May 2006 15:03:39 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/05/29/remember/#comment-335 <strong>Remembering Memorial Day</strong> Remembering and honoring those gone before us and those that still fight for our freedoms in Afghanistan and Iraq. Today Freedom Watch honors those that keep a vigilant watch always putting freedom above all so that we may live in a free democracy sa... Remembering Memorial Day

Remembering and honoring those gone before us and those that still fight for our freedoms in Afghanistan and Iraq. Today Freedom Watch honors those that keep a vigilant watch always putting freedom above all so that we may live in a free democracy sa…

]]> By: The World According To Carl http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/05/29/remember/comment-page-1/#comment-334 The World According To Carl Mon, 29 May 2006 14:50:01 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/2006/05/29/remember/#comment-334 <strong>Memorial Day 2006</strong> Please keep those who served in the military in your thoughts and prayers on this Memorial Day 2006. And also remember those veterans who served in the military as well as those currently serving. Some links in regards to the Memorial Day obser... Memorial Day 2006

Please keep those who served in the military in your thoughts and prayers on this Memorial Day 2006. And also remember those veterans who served in the military as well as those currently serving.

Some links in regards to the Memorial Day obser…

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