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This is written by a young man serving his third tour of duty in Iraq.

Thought you might find his take on the Michael Jackson news interesting.

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Okay, I need to rant.

I was just watching the news, and I caught part of a report on Michael
Jackson. As we all know, Jackson died the other day. He was an
entertainer who performed for decades. He made millions, he spent
millions, and he did a lot of things that make him a villian to many
people. I understand that his death would affect a lot of people, and I
respect those people who mourn his death, but that isn't the point of my
rant.

Why is it that when ONE man dies, the whole of America loses their minds
with grief. When a man dies whose only contribution to the country was
to ENTERTAIN people, the Amercian people find the need to flock to a
memorial in Hollywood, and even Congress sees the need to hold a "moment
of silence" for his passing?

Am I missing something here? ONE man dies, and all of a sudden he's a
freaking martyr because he entertained us for a few decades? What about
all those SOLDIERS who have died to give us freedom? All those Soldiers
who, knowing that they would be asked to fight in a war, still raised
their hands and swore to defend the Constitution and the United States
of America. Where is their moment of silence? Where are the people
flocking to their graves or memorials and mourning over them because
they made the ultimate sacrifice? Why is it when a Soldier dies, there
are more people saying "good riddence," and "thank God for IEDs?" When
did this country become so calloused to the sacrifice of GOOD MEN and
WOMEN, that they can arbitrarily blow off their deaths, and instead,
throw themselves into mourning for a "Pop Icon?"

I think that if they are going to hold a moment of silence IN CONGRESS
for Michael Jackson, they need to hold a moment of silence for every
service member killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. They need to PUBLICLY
recognize every life that has been lost so that the American people can
live their callous little lives in the luxury and freedom that WE, those
that are living and those that have gone on, have provided for them.
But, wait, that would take too much time, because there have been so
many willing to make that sacrifice. After all, we will never make
millions of dollars. We will never star in movies, or write hit songs
that the world will listen too. We only shed our blood, sweat and tears
so that people can enjoy what they have.

Sorry if I have offended, but I needed to say it. Remember these five
words the next time you think of someone who is serving in the military;

"So that others may live..."

Isaac

Baby stuff....

So, I have been really sore, which for me isn't the norm because I didn't get sore at all with my other two until like the last 2 weeks. plus, i dilated early with both of them, not too early, Cole i was a 3 the last 3 weeks and chloe i was a 4 when i had two weeks left...so, we were supposed to go pick melissa up on saturday from the airport and me and clint were going to take advantage of the situation and have one last getaway. but since i have been so sore and all i had a quick doctors appt. for him to check me just to be sure. well, i'm already at a 3 which at this point is too early. I'm supposed to go get 4 steroid shots just in case and take it easy. I'm going to start going once a week to make sure i don't dilate more. technically i'm 32 weeks but since I was measuring big they moved my date up a week but they have moved it back now just to keep up on the babies developement. Since he is measuring big and all i think that he'll come early. due dates can be up to 4 weeks off and since i have been measuring 3 weeks big it's prob. off just a little. sorry about all the babling, i'm not too good at explaining things but you should get the jist of things.

Cole and Chocolate

No we're not talking about melt in your mouth kind of chocolate we're talkin about a dog. The other day Jodi came over with her big old bag and told Cole that he had left something at her house...well he goes over and looked and was all "a puppy?" He was a little confused but loved her. He left after about 20 min. to go with brock to the mountains and was asking when they were coming back so he could play with her. He didn't name her until sunday when his cousins came over and he decided on chocolate...She's a german short hair pointer mixed with something else. She got blue eyes and is so cute. Chloe doesn't really like her but she is for Cole....

more mountains...

On thursday we took the kids up to play and then my mom said that if Cole wanted Brock wasn't coming up until Saturday and cole could go with him and stay the night. So I sent the camera and Cole had a blast! He caught the only fish and was quite proud of himself. We went up on Sunday morning to go to the church up at columbine and when we came back there was a bear! so crazy. Cole kept sayin, "um i don't want to get out here." He kept askin if Clint was going to shoot it with his gun. He sure kept a look out for that bear, it was hilarious.

Mountains

We went up to the mountains on thursday for a little bit since my parents were up there. We had fun and Cole got to go up on Saturday with Brock and stay another night...more pictures of that to come!

birthday party!

Last Saturday we had Cole's 4th and Chloe's 2nd birthday. Their birthdays are exactly 2 weeks apart so we have always had them together. It was so much fun, the kids had a blast and it was like Christmas they got so much dang stuff. When Chloe opened the stroller she screamed it was so funny, she loves those things. anyways happy birthday to my two favorite kids!

8 more weeks!

8 more weeks, 8 more weeks, lalalalala! I am getting so excited/nervous/scared/happy for this little man to get here! I've been having a little bit of contractions here and there and my next appt. is next friday so maybe...i can have him even sooner! I think I'm about as ready as you can be, so here goes the last little bit!