Re: Letter to the Editor

Ditto! John A. Armistead

On May 14, 2:05 am, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Great letter......
>
> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 2:52 AM, geoffrey theist <gtheist...@gmail.com>wrote:
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> > hegelian dialect plain and simple.
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> > On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 3:04 PM, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
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> >> *Here is a letter I just wrote to the editor of my hometown newspaper.
> >> I am really tired of all the letters worshipping our military 'heroes'.
> >> Thanks for inspiring me.
>
> >> *To the Editor,
>
> >> Please don't call me 'America Hater'.  It's tough for me to understand
> >> all this military worship. I retired from the military.  I flew Special
> >> Operations aircraft and logged combat time.  I flew supersonic jets in
> >> pilot training.  It was a blast.
>
> >> How did I 'defend freedom'?  Our government today limits our freedom by
> >> regulating EVERY aspect of our lives.  But those same politicians order the
> >> military to go 'defend our freedom'.
>
> >> Compare that to  the private sector.  Businesses ask for nothing except a
> >> chance to make your life better and they work their butt off to do it, or
> >> go out of business.  In the military the taxpayers were forced to pay for
> >> my flying.  American private businesses have shown the world why freedom is
> >> so wonderful by giving us the greatest wealth in history.  Business has
> >> done this despite being hamstrung by ridiculous regulations from our
> >> 'freedom-defending' government.  What has the military, through the
> >> government, given us?  From 1981-2001, there were 42 suicide missions
> >> against the US.  From 9/11 to 2011, there were 1,833, according to The
> >> University of Chicago's Project on Security and Terrorism.
>
> >> Don't military members die for our freedom?  In 2010, there were 462
> >> combat-related deaths.  The military had more deaths from suicide than
> >> combat in 2010.  Were all those deaths 'worth it'?  I have never felt
> >> threatened by an Afghani or Iraqi.  9/11 was run by Saudis that trained in
> >> Minnesota.
>
> >> In 2010 6,210 private sector workers died to IMPROVE your freedom
> >> according to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics.  More truckers and farmers
> >> were killed doing their jobs, than military were killed doing theirs. If
> >> you look at deaths per 100,000 workers, military  doesn't even break the
> >> top 10.
>
> >> Yet I am always thanked for my military service and told by the media
> >> that my corporation is greedy and evil.  Next time you feel like thanking
> >> someone, don't thank me.  Thank an entrepreneur or private sector employee.
>
> >> Hal Cranmer
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