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hillbilly61:
   Gordon

 IF I remember right. Our Nation was founded on rebelling from a government that was repressing us. Thus. The Revolutionary War. I don't think Mudd meant it as a "political post" I can't speak for Mudd, but I think his post was..
a remembrance to the troops. Those that have served. Those that have fought. And those that have died, to bring the freedoms that WE have and that WE are letting slip away, by being passive as a people

 Mudd has only laid out a little history of what is happening because of this. Let's Pray for, and remember those young men and women that have served to keep our freedoms.

Gordon:
Read Mudd's post again hillbilly - it's clear what he is implying. I find it offensive that he would post something like this under the guise of honoring our veterans. Many of those veterans gave their lives to protect the free and democratic kind of government we enjoy today. There are plenty of other forums where rhetoric like this is welcome. I just hope this site won't devolve into that...


--- Quote ---Unless we as Americans start to take seriously our privilege of voting there could come a day when the shopkeepers, the farmers, the tradesmen and other patriotic citizens will need to band together to fight to break the bonds of another oppressive government....ours!!!

--- End quote ---

Mudd:
I wasn't trying to be political, just started thinking about Memorial day and those that died for what? They made a choice to be willing to if need be lay down their lives for our country, our freedoms. The freedom of speech, the freedom to pick our leaders(the vote) and one of the most underutilized of our freedoms. It just seemed as equally important for me to look at why they chose to give their lives... because they did in fact give their lives.  I love them for it and I am eternally grateful to them for their sacrifice.  Nuff said.....

Now for an update about the last entry of of the beginning of this thread......

We can now count another lady among the ranks as a lover of archery. Sue loved shooting except the couple of times she hit her arm with the string above the arm guard..lol Yes! It left a bruise..lol
What a trooper though, she kept right on shooting.

Her husband Kenny (one of my best friends) sounded much like an ol' pro as he helped with her instruction too.

I took along 5 or 6 recurves of varying draw weights. All under 30 lbs and 1 longbow of about the same draw weight. I made sure she shot all of the recurves before I introduced her to the longbow.

Before shooting the longbow she would shoot one recurve then another until she had it down to two to pick from for her shooter bow. Then things got real fun when I brought out the longbow because when she shot it, it became her #1 choice of bows over all the recurves.

When I left I made her a gift of the longbow and she was well pleased to say the least. I got a huge hug with hubby looking on(grinning from ear to ear I might add)..lol

If they will ever get a computer hooked up that's online I'll get them on here too!

God bless,Mudd

PS: The longbow was a neat "feminine like" all fiberglass take down of unknown make. A very cool little bow even if I do say so myself..lol

Gordon:
I'm calling BS on that Mudd. You are using veterans and patriotism to make the point that our present government is oppressive and that we may need to rise up and overthrow it - that's what the words you posted mean. While you have every right to make that kind of inflamatory political statement, I was hoping this would not be an appropriate forum for that.

Mudd:
I am sorry that you read my post as political. I am not political beyond the fact that I vote. That is one of the freedoms that caused us to need to have a Memorial day and many good people gave their lives for this underutilized freedom. I love them for it and I am truly grateful to them for it. I even made the choice to serve knowing the cost could be equally as high for me as it was for them. I thought it was that important then and I still do today. I wasn't a draftee, I remember thinking that it was the right thing to do, I did it. God was gracious to me and I am grateful.

I pray you have a wonderful Memorial day weekend and can join with me in somber remembrance of all of our heroes and why they made the choices they made.

God bless you and yours
With all the love of Christ Jesus
Roy L Williams  aka Mudd

rlandvalwilliams@centurytel.net

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