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Kevin, I fully support our Military. What you are doing is amazing.
It is just like you said, you are giving your rights to protect ours! Thank
you.
Attached is a copy of Mrs. Chapman's speech, which resulted in five
> standing ovations, tremendous applause and an encore. It's a short read
> and well worth it.
>
>
> Stand Up for America Rally Speech By: Beth Chapman, Alabama State Auditor
>
> I'm here tonight because men and women of the United States military
> have given their lives for my freedom.
> I am not here tonight because Sheryl Crowe, Rosie O'Donnell, Martin
> Sheen, George Clooney, Jane Fonda or Phil
> Donahue, sacrificed their lives for me.
> If my memory serves me correctly, it was not movie stars or musicians,
> but the United States Military who fought on the shores of Iwo Jima, the
> jungles of Vietnam, and the beaches of Normandy. Tonight, I say we
> should support the President of the United States and the U.S. Military
> and tell the liberal, tree-hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, hippy,
> tie-dyed liberals to go make their movies and music and whine somewhere
> else.
> After all, if they lived in Iraq, they wouldn't be allowed the freedom
> of speech they're being given here today. Ironically, they would be put
> to death at the hands of Sadam Husssein or Osama Bin Laden.
> I want to know how the very people who are against war because of the
> loss of life, can possibly be the same people who are for abortion? They
> are the same people who are for animal rights but against the rights of
> the unborn.
> The movie stars say they want to go to Iraq and serve as "human
> shields" for the Iraqis. I say let them buy a one-way ticket and go.
> No one likes war. I hate war! But the one thing I hate more is the
> fact that this country has been forced into war, innocent people have
> lost their lives - - and there but for the grace of God, it could have
> been my brother, my husband, or even worse my own son.
> On December 7, 1941, there are no records of movie stars treading the
> blazing waters of Pearl Harbor.
> On September 11, 2001; there are no photos of movie stars standing as
> "human shields" against the debris and falling bodies ascending from the
> World Trade Center. There were only policemen and firemen -underpaid
> civil servants who gave their all with nothing expected in return.
> When the USS Cole was bombed, there were no movie stars guarding the
> ship - - where were the human shields then?
> If America's movie stars want to be human shields, let them shield the
> gang-ridden streets of Los Angeles, or New York City, let them shield
> the lives of the children of North Birmingham whose mothers lay them
> down to sleep on the floor each night to shelter them from stray
> bullets. If they want to be human shields, I say let them shield the men
> and women of honesty and integrity that epitomizes courage and embody
> the spirit of freedom by wearing the proud uniforms of the United States
> Military. Those are the people who have earned and deserve shielding!
> Throughout the course of history, this country has remained free, not
> because of movie stars and liberal activists, but because of brave men
> and women who hated war too. However, they lay down their lives so that
> we all may live in freedom. After all - "What greater love hath no man,
> that he lay down his life for his friend," or in this case a country.
> We should give our military honor and acknowledgement and not let
> their lives be in vain. If you want to see true human shields, walk
> through Arlington Cemetery. There lie human shields, heroes, and the
> BRAVE Americans who didn't get on television and talk about being a
> human shield - they were human shields.
> I thank God tonight for freedom - - those who bought and paid for it
> with their lives in the past - - those who will protect it in the
> present and defend it in the future. America has remained silent too
> long! God-fearing people have remained silent too long! We must lift our
> voices united in a humble prayer to God for guidance and the strength
> and courage to sustain us throughout whatever the future may hold. After
> the tragic events of Sept. 11th, my then eleven -year-old
> son said terrorism is a war against them and us and if you're not one of
> us, then you're one of them.
> So in closing tonight, let us be of one accord, let us stand proud,
> and let us be the human shields of prayer, encouragement and support for
> the President, our troops and their families and our country.
> May God bless America, the land of the free, the home of the brave and
> the greatest country on the face of this earth!
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