http://blog.pdamerica.org/2009/07/comments-from-a-veteran-on-the-4th-of-july/ Posts do not necessarily represent the views of PDA, its Board or Membership Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:19:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://blog.pdamerica.org/2009/07/comments-from-a-veteran-on-the-4th-of-july/comment-page-1/#comment-133937 jackv Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:34:07 +0000 http://blog.pdamerica.org/?p=3411#comment-133937 The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing."<br>-- Adolph Hitler, The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing.”
– Adolph Hitler,

]]> http://blog.pdamerica.org/2009/07/comments-from-a-veteran-on-the-4th-of-july/comment-page-1/#comment-133882 Eric Cooper Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:28:42 +0000 http://blog.pdamerica.org/?p=3411#comment-133882 Well written piece, hits the nail right on the head! Well written piece, hits the nail right on the head!

]]> http://blog.pdamerica.org/2009/07/comments-from-a-veteran-on-the-4th-of-july/comment-page-1/#comment-133881 Pat Simon Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:38:13 +0000 http://blog.pdamerica.org/?p=3411#comment-133881 Thanks for these reflections which so reflect my own. Holidays which celebrate what our founding fathers and mothers envisioned are especially painful. Although we have made progress and even evolved in ways which they could not foresee, we are still stuck in our development as a nation, as a species, by the need to control through violence. Being involved in working to pass legislation for a Department of Peace, to give peace a voice at the table of power, is a way for citizens to facilitate an essential change in our culture.<br>I am a Vietnam Gold Star Mother. Thanks for these reflections which so reflect my own. Holidays which celebrate what our founding fathers and mothers envisioned are especially painful. Although we have made progress and even evolved in ways which they could not foresee, we are still stuck in our development as a nation, as a species, by the need to control through violence. Being involved in working to pass legislation for a Department of Peace, to give peace a voice at the table of power, is a way for citizens to facilitate an essential change in our culture.
I am a Vietnam Gold Star Mother.

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