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.
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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.
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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.
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When the USS Cole was bombed, there were no movie
stars guarding
the ship - - where were the human shields then?
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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> > > America has remained silent too long! God-fearing
people have
> > > remained silent too long!
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> > > 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.
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> > > 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.'
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> > > 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.
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> > > May God bless America, the land of the free, the home
of the brave and
> > > the greatest country on the face of this earth!
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