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"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 U.S. 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 there 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 - "What 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 acknowledgement
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 against
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!
GOD
BLESS AMERICA, THE BRITS,
JESSICA AND THE 7 POW's THAT
JUST ARRIVED HOME
