I have something I want to say.
I live in a small community. I know that you see patriotism in larger cities but in a small town you see it and feel it all over. In a bigger city you may see the star's in peoples windows or see the yellow ribbons. But in a small town you know the names and the families. Your kids are friends with the kids who's parents are over sees. We stood in the streets and waved goodbye to the buses as they left our town with our neighbors on their way to Iraq and Afghanistan. One of those on that bus was my sons baseball coach.
Right now, in this small town, we are celebrating the death of Osama bin Laden. He was not just an ordinary murder. He was personally responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent men, women and children. I for one, am glad he is dead.
I normally won't post something like this. I just felt I needed to say something. A friend posted a list of the children who had died in one of those planes on September 11th on facebook, in response to someone else who was upset at the celebrating going on. The upset person deleted those kids names because she didn't feel that it had anything to do with the conversation. They have everything to do with the conversation. The difference is, that those children were innocent. Osama knew what he was doing.
While I won't be dancing in the streets, I will not be condemning those who are. I am also proud of George W. Bush for starting this and for Barrack Obama for finishing the job. Most of all, I am proud of those men and women in our armed forces. God Bless you.
I am also proud of one 17 year old kid who has a list of colleges he is looking into:
Eastern Oregon
Norther Idaho
University of Oregon
US Army
US Navy
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