Time: Mon Nov 11 23:06:17 1996 To: Harvey Wysong <hwysong@atl.mindspring.com> From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: Re: A Veterans Day Prayer Cc: Kay Ness <kness@avana.net> Bcc: liberty lists What an absolutely beautiful prayer. I have tracks right below my eyes. I can only add "Amen" to this beauty, this passion, and this love. /s/ Paul Mitchell At 12:48 PM 11/8/96 -0500, you wrote: >Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 09:32:20 -0800 >From: Kay Ness <kness@avana.net> >Subject: A Veterans Day Prayer > >A Prayer for Veterans on this day: > >Dear Lord, > I pray for your loving comfort and peace for all the Veterans >of this great country. Bring healing where it is needed. > Let the American peoples' eyes be opened to the source of wars >that have used our best and brightest in terrible ways, destroyed >bodies and lives to satisfy the evil greed of a few. > Let the veterans know that those of us whose eyes have been >opened, fight with all our heart and soul to see that their sacrifices >have not been in vain. > My grandfather fought in the trenches of France in World War I. >He told us stories of having to wear boots in mud for months at a >time, until the socks rotted inside the boots, while thousands died >around him. The true purpose of this war was not known to him, but >he returned to live a quiet, Christian life and raise his family, >supposedly following all the new rules imposed on the American people. >Little did he know that his country had been already stolen in 1913 >and that those guns pulled by those big draft horses should have been >aimed at the evil people in New York and Washington, the true enemies >of the time, your true enemies on. > When I was sixteen, I watched Bobby Franklin die of lung cancer, >a horrible and painful death. Yet, those around me said he was a >casualty of World War II, having never recovered from those experiences. >He never knew the real reason he was so grievously wounded....to plunge >this country into tyranny. There has to be a special place in hell >for those who use people's own highest ideals and patriotism against >them, to manipulate them for greedy, evil purposes. > From Korea and then to Vietnam, the manipulation continued. >I have known so many wonderful men hurt by these wars. Let them >know that our love and caring for them is unbounded. Let them find >peace with the horrors they have experienced, so that they will be >strong to lead this country back to its rightful place in your service. >Let them know that, we who love them, though we cannot know the >experiences which have hurt them so, that if it was in our power, >we would take that burden and carry it ourselves. We cannot, I know. >Only you can do that. > Let them bring these burdens to you so they are strong to >provide the leadership needed for the future of this country. Please >let no more talent be wasted by sadness, guilt and grief. > On this day, we honor all Veterans and pray your loving peace >descends upon their hearts. > **************************************************** > TRIAL BY JURY PROTECTS ALL RIGHTS > **************************************************** > "There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any > government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, > when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One > declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes > impossible for men to live without breaking laws." > -- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, Ch. III, "White Blackmail" > **************************************************** > Harvey Wysong > National Spokesman, Fully Informed Jury Association > 701 Longleaf Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30342, U.S.A. > hwysong@mindspring.com (404) 266-0930 > **************************************************** > >
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