Stand Up for America Speech
July 30, 2008
By: Beth Chapman,
Alabama State Auditor
Copyright, 2003
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, Jane Fonda, Martin Sheen, the Dixie Chicks, Barbra Streisand, the Beastie Boys, George Clooney 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, hippy, Birkenstock wearing, 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 descending 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 who epitomize 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 - - but 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, but in this case a country.
We should give our military honor and acknowledgment 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 human shields, 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 us and them 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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8 Comment(s)
Gibb, your fearless. The liberals will go crazy if they ever take the time to read anything but hate America comments. Thanks for putting the article up.
--by on 7/30/08 Lives: Michigan
another snooze fest russ, where do you get this stuff? The rhetoric is so 2003, didnt you get the memo? The lines are now "the surge is working" and "drill here, drill now"
at least get that right.
--by on 7/30/08 Lives: Dearborn
Right on, Russ. You got one of the eastside libs upset. Probably a know it all teacher. They are so with it ... Keep up the great work.
--by on 7/30/08 Lives: Dearborn
This is typically absurd conservative rambling. It doesn't make a lot of sense. I hate to break it to you and the author (if she's still alive, since she wrote the article FIVE YEARS AGO!), but liberal activists are what started this country in the first place! And why do all you conservatives think liberals hate the troops? This is simply NOT the case. We support our troops 100%. Just because we're against the war doesn't mean we're against the troops. This is a distinction that never sinks in with you ditto-heads. Don't hate the warrior, hate the war!
C'mon, Russ, you must still be woozy from the anesthetic to recycle this kind of tripe. (Although I'm glad to see you're back. I actually missed you!)
--by on 7/31/08 Lives: Detroit area
Von Schulenberg Said it all in 1897: "Anyone who isn't a liberal at the age of 20 has no heart. Anyone who isn't a conservative by the age of 30 has no brain!"
--by on 7/31/08 Lives: USA
Eastsider must not realize that the rest of the world recognizes that the surge is working, and has been working. French television has no difficulty stating that fact. It is only in THIS country that the positive news is hidden by our media. This isn't a paranoid rant, my boss was in France last year to see their reaction in the media. Returning home, he saw nothing but negative statements on our own television.
No citizen should ever support a war just because the President says so. But any citizen should realize that Iraq is just another front in the war on Islamic terror. This war is world-wide, and wasn't started by us. Our enemy is relentless, and has no sense of shame. This war won't end for many years. We can't wish it away. We can't negotiate it away. To think otherwise is to be childish.
--by on 7/31/08 Lives: Dearborn
Speaking of woozy, local liberal must be woozy from from that pot stuff if he thinks all liberals support our troops.
--by on 7/31/08 Lives: Detroit area
In response to THE LOCAL LIBERAL on 7/31/08:
I got a gut ache when I read that they said "liberal activists are what started this country in the first place". Wow...what history books did he read? Can anyone believe the likes of George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, etc, etc...were liberals? Liberals LOVE taxes..the more the better. The people of early America were in rebellion BECAUSE of taxation...among other reasons. Do you think those who wrote the constitution would have EVER considered the 2nd amendment is they were today's liberals? Do you think we would have EVER gone to war with England then> Nope: we would have tried had the political description of "liberal;" back the....thank God for the back bone our founding fathers had then....we need the same and more of it today!
--by on 8/28/08 Lives: Dearborn