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Posted by Terry in Bozrah on Wednesday, April 02, 2003 at 6:39PM :

Sorry Joe I just had to post this. Terry
Please sign in at bottom,thanks.

This is a great speech, don't forget to click the link on the bottom.

Last week, the Shelby County Alabama Legislative Delegation hosted a "Stand
Up for America Rally."

More than 1,200 people attended including featured speakers Chief Justice
Roy Moore, Adjutant General Mark Bowen and Alabama State Auditor Beth
Chapman. Attached is a copy of Mrs. Chapman's speech, which resulted in
five standing ovations, tremendous applause and an encore. It's a short
read and well worth it. I hope you enjoy it as we continue to "Stand up for
America!"

Stand Up for America Rally Speech by Beth Chapman

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, Martin Sheen,
George Clooney, Jane Fonda 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
US Military and tell the liberal, tree-hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, hippy,
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 that,
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 ascending 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 that epitomizes 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.

However, they lay down their lives so that we all may live in freedom.
After all -- "Greater love hath no man, that he lay down his life for his
friend," or 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 a human shield -- 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 between them and us 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!

PLEASE SAY 'THANKS' AND PASS IT ON - THE SOLDIERS ARE ALREADY WONDERING IF
THEY WILL BE SPIT UPON WHEN THEY RETURN. SAY THANKS' AND PASS IT ON.

Please visit the Department of Defense web page below and sign in thanking
the men and women of the US military services for defending our freedom.

The compiled list of names will be sent out to our soldiers at the end of
the month. So far, there are only about 3.6 million names. That is less then
10% of this Country. What a shame. National Military Appreciation Month.
[The entire exercise takes 10 seconds...literally.]


DefendAmerica News - Thanks for signing America's Thank-you note!
<http://www.defendamerica.mil/nmam.html>


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