Re: "prey" - v. (1)to hunt, catch, or eat as prey;(2)to

Posted by victimize or make profit at someone's expense (nfm) on 3/12/03

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On 3/11/03, B.G. in Derby City wrote:
> On 3/10/03, John wrote:
>> THE TEACHERS IN MAINE HAVE RIDICULED AND TERRORIZED THE
>> CHILDREN OF OUR ARMED FORCES. THEIR LAST ACT AS TEACHERS
>> SHOULD BE TO READ THIS TO THEIR STUDENTS BEFORE THEY SEEK
>> EMPLOYMENT ELSEWHERE (France?). Sorry, I forgot, kids can
>> be terrorized but no prayers in school.
>>
>>
>>
>> Close your eyes and picture in your mind the soldier at
>> Valley Forge, as he holds his musket in his bloody hands.
>>
>>
>>
>> He stands barefoot in the snow, starved from lack of food,
>> wounded from months of battle and emotionally scarred from
>> the eternity away from his family surrounded by nothing
> but
>> death and carnage of war.
>>
>>
>>
>> He stands tough, with fire in his eyes and victory on his
>> breath. He looks at us now in anger and disgust and tells
>> us this...
>>
>>
>>
>> I gave you a birthright of freedom born in the
> Constitution
>> and now your children graduate too illiterate to read it.
>>
>>
>>
>> I fought in the snow barefoot to give you the freedom to
>> vote and you stay at home because it rains.
>>
>>
>>
>> I left my family destitute to give you the freedom of
>> speech and you remain silent on critical issues, because
> it
>> might be bad for business.
>>
>>
>>
>> I orphaned my children to give you a government to serve
>> you and it has stolen democracy from the people.
>>
>>
>>
>> It's the soldier not the reporter who gives you the
> freedom
>> of the press.
>>
>> It's the soldier not the poet who gives you the freedom of
>> speech.
>>
>> It's the soldier not the campus organizer who allows you
> to
>> demonstrate.
>>
>> It's the soldier who salutes the flag, serves the flag,
>> whose coffin is draped with the flag that allows the
>> protester to burn the flag!
>>
>>
>>
>> "Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them
>> as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the
>> selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need.
>> Amen."
>>
> JOHN THANKS FOR YOUR KIND POST, BUT MOST OF
> THESE "TEACHERS" HAVE A ONE TRACKED MIND, AND NOTHING, AND I
> MEAN NOTHING WILL CONVINCE THEM OTHERWISE. THANK GOD THERE
> ARE SOME TEACHERS ON THIS CHATBOARD WHO HAVE ENOUGH CLASS
> AND SENSITIVITY TO SUPPORT THE MILITARY KIDS.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• prey for the troops and families, 3/10/03, by John .
• Re: prey for the troops and families, 3/11/03, by B.G. in Derby City.
• Re: "prey" - v. (1)to hunt, catch, or eat as prey;(2)to , 3/12/03, by victimize or make profit at someone's expense (nfm).

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