POW/MIA OBSERVANCE DAY

POW/MIA OBSERVANCE DAY

Non-Fiction / News

Given the nonsense and the drama going on in politics, international incidents, wars, acts of terror or ‘insignificant bullshit’, like the release of a new type of cell phone, it’s difficult to remember ‘some of those’ who helped make it possible to live in a world where all the wonderful liberties and freedoms we have; Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines may still be alive; living in captivity or imprisonment or a service member may have died as a POW/MIA.

In a nation that has Congressmen and Congresswomen who have bastardized their oath to the United States of America, and like a German National Socialist swore an oath to a man not to raise taxes, I am reminded of those precious American souls that never made it back home, living in fear and terror, maintaining their oath to this nation every day of their lives, in a bitter, vicious captivity.

“Today, Americans across the country will pause to remember the U.S. servicemembers who never came home, either living or dead. The third Friday of September is designated as POW/MIA Recognition Day to honor those U.S. servicemembers that are either prisoners of war or still missing in action.

The day is one of six in which Congress mandates the flying of the POW/MIA Flag; the others days are Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day and Veterans Day.” (http://www.legion.org/security/212218/today-powmia-recognition-day)

To quote from the President’s Proclamation: 

“On September 21, 2012, the stark black and white banner symbolizing America's Missing in Action and Prisoners of War will be flown over the White House; the United States Capitol; the Departments of State, Defense, and Veterans Affairs; the Selective Service System Headquarters; the World War II Memorial; the Korean War Veterans Memorial; the Vietnam Veterans Memorial; United States post offices; national cemeteries; and other locations across our country.  We raise this flag as a solemn reminder of our obligation to always remember the sacrifices made to defend our Nation.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 21, 2012, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day.  I urge all Americans to observe this day of honor and remembrance with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twelve, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.

BARACK OBAMA

No matter what you feel about the President or what your politics are, the President did what a President of the United States is supposed to do.   Of course, that is recognizing the men and women who are still unaccounted for or still being imprisoned by malicious governments on the face of this planet.  Are you ‘citizen’ doing what your supposed to do?  Are you taking some kind of action to remember and recognize the POW/MIA’S?

If the tone of this blog entry lacks warmth, tact or compassion give what I apparently lack to a veteran, any veteran of the United States Armed Forces today as a token to those who are still unaccounted for. 

RJ