Reagan’s D-Day Speech: “The Boys of Pointe Du Hoc”

What a stunning contrast in presidents. Wish we had Reagan back or Bush! I’m sick and tired of having our leader bash us and apologize for us.

“*snipped from ‘Blackfive:
“In the final choice, a soldier’s pack is not so heavy a burden as a prisoner’s chains.”
General Dwight D. Eisenhower

“*snipped from ‘elcampeador’:

Just seemed the right combination for today, made me feel humble and proud and grateful.
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It’s hard to look at President Reagan’s photos or hear his speeches without longing for him.

It’s also nice to know there are citizens in France honoring the ultimate sacrifice of the men that climbed the cliffs and fought for their liberty.

French Families Adopt U.S. Graves in Normandy

When we joined, we promised to visit the grave once a year and to lay flowers on the grave,” she says. “Sometimes people take flowers from their own gardens. And they say it is like a son, like a cousin, like a brother. It is a member of the family.”

This year dozens of members of Les Fleurs de la Memoire have shown up at Colleville-sur-Mer for the annual Memorial Day ceremony, which begins with a flyover by U.S. fighter jets in the missing-man formation.

A French priest recites the Lord’s Prayer, then a rabbi chants the Kaddish. And a French military band plays the “Star-Spangled Banner.”

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90824280

White Crosses at Normandy
http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1365524776072045950odkvWJ

@batman:

Many thanks for sharing. We frequently drive through Dixon, President Reagan’s town. As we pass through he’s in our heart and thoughts, a forever experience we look forward to. Hubby has a whole wall in his barn dedicated to President Reagan, hope you find your letters, you might be surprised at how much comfort and pride it will bring to have such an outstanding display. President Reagan and your dad, WOW!

some of you were hardly more than boys, with the deepest joys of life before you

Can I assume, Mike, that the FA crowd would have decried the way Reagan “infantilized” the soldiers in the quote above, the way they did whenever Lefties pointed out how young Iraq/Afghanistan soldiers are?

Since no one seems to want to answer Michael’s question about troops’ age, I will.

First of all Michael, I *am* one of those people who detest listening to liberal progressives portray our troops as “children” and “victims” that were somehow forced into military servitude. They make their own decision as young adults, and their training advances their maturity far more than civilian lifestyles. To demean them as kids too stupid to make a choice for their own future is nothing less than insulting degradation.

Secondly, Reagan did not “infantilized” our troops. Obviously you suffer from a reading disorder. Parse words s-l-o-w-l-y and figure it out. “…hardy *hardly* more than….” means they are no longer boys, but not by much. As I pointed out above, the maturity of those in the military is superior to their civilian peers because of the discipline and responsibility attached to the gig.

But then, it’s obvious you’ve never served, nor are likely to volunteer. No problem. Those “infants” you feel are immature victims will protect your sorry butt, too.

I’ve read the entirety of your blog output for the past couple of years

Michael,

It’s not Obama’s use of the TelePromTer that we worthy of criticism.

It’s his complete and total inability to string together three sentences without it.

He cannot even introduce Cabinet or Court appointees without it.

He cannot conduct press conferences without it.

Obama, without his TelePromTer is like a child without its’ binky.

He’s lost.

That’s what we find worthy of ridicule.

It’s good to know that we’ve gotten into your kitchen.

I guess the lying lefty loon has never seen my ever so popular video:

It would seem that the lying lefty loon has already granted that you have complained about the fact that Obama reads his speeches. The lying lefty loon believes that, if you think that this video is an anwer to the questions of “Why is it bad when one person does it and good when another one does, and what is the essential difference behind the distinction you make?” you are an idiot. He also believes that your unwillingness to address these questions, saying only “Go back and review them if you want my opinion,” makes you an intellectual coward.

As mentioned above, the lying lefty loon sees your video as yet another attack on Obama’s speech-readin’ ways without saying what distinguishes them from Reagan’s speech-readin’ ways.

Perfect illustration of Mike’s point:

Instead we have this:

Hell, look at any Bush press conference in which he is answering the questions from the press and you can see Bush is better at thinking on his feet then the robot known as Obama.