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"We will always remember.  We will always be proud.  We will always be prepared, so we may always be free."

--Ronald Reagan    Normandy, France June 06, 1984

This blog is dedicated to exploring the principles of prosperity; and prosperity requires freedom.  Freedom to learn, freedom to try new things, freedom to communicate, freedom to assemble, freedom to own property, freedom to fail, and freedom to get back up when you fall.

Then, there's our current political bowl of crap that's being passed around America's table; with ideas so far off base it makes me sick.  It's like an unscrupulous used-car salesman asking his naive customer which of 3 colors is the most appealing.  But it's a tactic to disguise that nothing on the lot is worth owning. 

I'm offended by the audacity of those who offer their service to the people that is blatantly opposite of what freedom stands for.  Perturbed that there are those who call themselves Americans yet stand with their complaints of the strength that keeps us free.  Sick to think of those who bask in the comforts of capitalism but cry out for the bondage of freedom through shortsighted or socialistic agendas.

And yet...  by my very ability to shout out my anger and dissappointment, I find myself humbled with gratitude; a gratitude for that which has been given and can never be paid back.  I am unendingly thankful for the men and women who have given their total selves for the freedoms I enjoy and the rights I still have to express both my disagreements and my joy.  When it is said that they gave their lives, I understand that they gave up the very potentials of the goodness life has to offer: Falling in love, their children's ballgames and first dates, laughter with friends, and a sunset casting it's last light of the day over a free country. 

If my message only served to thank those who have served and those who continue to serve the U.S.A. and freedom, then there would be no need to mention the negative.  And yet, a heartfelt 'Thank You' is only a portion of today's message.  The other part is a call to action for any who will read this. While we can't pay back the favors to those who have passed on, may we each make the most of each of our liberties, may we stand tall and fast for the cause of good, and may we push back the tyrannical plots of those who continue to attack America whether from across the seas or from within our own sovergn borders. 

May the freedoms men and women of war have handed us never be held in vain; no, may they seldom be held at all other than in moments of grattidute and reflection.  Rather, may we put our freedoms fast to work toward propserity and the pursuit of happiness.

--Dave  Charbonneau

"All gave some, and some gave all
And some stood through for the Red, White & Blue
And some had to fall
And if you ever think of me
Think of all your liberties and recall...

...Some gave all"
--Billy Ray Cyrus

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