Archive for May 2014
Shinseki and Obama vs Veterans and The American Taxpayer
Some Hard Truths About PTS and Suicide
Daring to Write about Post Traumatic Stress
Memorial Day is not about your Aunt or The True Meaning of Memorial Day
Military Recruiting the Best of the Best
The Sins of the Veterans Administration
The Price of Stolen Valor
The We Us and Them of the Warrior Culture
Carry The Load and Restore The True Meaning of Memorial Day
Mother's Day for Once A Moms
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Denise Williams
Views and opinions from the Gold Star, Military and Veteran perspective are generally different from those of the civilian world. Much of what I write is "their" stories, as told to me as the Gold Star Mother of PFC Andrew Meari, KIA 11/1/10 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. This is how I continue to honor the Oath my son took. I don't like labels or boxes as the former is insufficient to describe a person and the latter limits a person but if you insist, call me a Progressive Republican. I believe in this country, our Constitution and above all, in the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I believe our government is supposed to serve the people, not tell them how to live. To me, this is just common sense but since it seems to be a minority opinion, it has become "Uncommon Sense".
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