You are a good man, Adam Kinzinger. Thank you very much for your service to our country and for bringing to light the young man who was killed. I was deeply moved, listening to your story. Your tribute to the men you knew who didn’t come back was heartfelt.
Thank you Adam. Your perspective helps me to understand, as do the words of Abraham Lincoln.
The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln resonates today as it did in 1863.
Delivered at Gettysburg, Pa.,Nov. 19th 1863. “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceivedin liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. “Now we are engagedin a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, canlong endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion ofthat field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It isaltogether fitting and proper that we should do this. “But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, wecannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggledhere have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, norlong remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, thatf rom these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion, that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
Thank you Adam for your continued service to our country! Also for giving space to Substack participants to honor the ones they knew that served. Some which paid the ultimate sacrifice. I was moved by all the stories and dedications. Enjoy your memorial weekend as you have earned it! God bless you!🇺🇸🙏
Thank you for your service and your willingness to stand up against authoritarianism and for standing up for our Democracy. For the men and women who lost their lives in service to this country, thank you, God Bless them and their families.
Wow - What a Awesome Presentation. God Bless . Happy Memorial Day . Thank You for all you have done and all you do now in informing us your precious guidance . Your doing great !
The arrogant spectacle of the out of office Trump injecting himself into American foreign policy through Mike Johnson and causing serious setbacks in Ukraine has been an unwelcome education for most of us, Adam. Your clarity in exposing earlier serious misdeeds by Trump and his ilk has done great service in helping prepare the American people for the elections later in the year. Keep going and thanks!
Thanks for your service, Adam, and to all those who have served (and are serving today). But most of all we remember those who served and are no longer with us. You will not be forgotten.
A slow hand salute from an old mud Marine who served at Khe Sanh, and elsewhere to you and all our broihers and sisters in every generation who have gone before. That ridiculous orange-colored buffon and petty tyrant-in-waiting may well ask "What was in it for them?"
Transactiional SOBs like him truly will never understand people like us. Perhaps we are the "suckers and losers" he brands us privately (coward that he and his kind are). We fight the wars he and his kind of the so-called elites and "ruling" class "trump" up time and again. But as another man who served (albeit briefly), the late Jimi Hendrix once said, "There will never be peace until the power of love overcomes the love of power." True enough.
I am not a theist, but the words of a follower of John Wyclif (now sp. Wycliffe), John Ball ring true;
Whan Adam dalf, and Eue span,
Wo was thanne a gentilman?
[When Adam delved (in the soil), and Eve spun,
Who was then a gentleman?]
As a non-theist, I agree. We would need no governments or wars if all practiced the Golden Rule most major and minor faiths preach (though few of their adherents follow). The gent whose teachings you follow, Yehoshua, a rather radical rabbi from Nazareth once responded to a question on what was the greatest commandment. "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these.”
Too bad so many of his so-called followers (like the brain-dead "evangelicals" of his cult) don't actually practice it. (Present company excepted - you and folks like you"walk the walk.")
Jim, YOU are NO "sucker or loser' but a Hero!! The orange buffoon shows his true cowardly colors by using his only strength through his nasty mouth. I try not to be negative about anyone but he made me SO mad when he said that! Enjoy your well-earned Memorial Day!!🇺🇸🤗
Thank you, Adam, for your Memorial Day message…..it gave me goosebumps. Having served in the Army during the Cold War, I never was faced with a deployment to a conflict. One of my daughters did serve in Iraq and I remember all the prayers that were said for her safe return. Our prayers were answered, but I know many, many more were not. For those who gave up their lives, to keep us free, I salute them and the families they left behind. 🇺🇸💔
Thank you for your service Adam and for all you do for our democracy. We need strong people like you who speak to tyranny and our service people who are serving and have paid that ultimate sacrifice. Let us reflect on this day especially set for us to remember them.
You are a good man, Adam Kinzinger. Thank you very much for your service to our country and for bringing to light the young man who was killed. I was deeply moved, listening to your story. Your tribute to the men you knew who didn’t come back was heartfelt.
Thank you Adam. Your perspective helps me to understand, as do the words of Abraham Lincoln.
The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln resonates today as it did in 1863.
Delivered at Gettysburg, Pa.,Nov. 19th 1863. “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceivedin liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. “Now we are engagedin a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, canlong endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion ofthat field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It isaltogether fitting and proper that we should do this. “But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, wecannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggledhere have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, norlong remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, thatf rom these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion, that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
Thank you Adam for your continued service to our country! Also for giving space to Substack participants to honor the ones they knew that served. Some which paid the ultimate sacrifice. I was moved by all the stories and dedications. Enjoy your memorial weekend as you have earned it! God bless you!🇺🇸🙏
Bless you and all who didn't make it back.
Thank you for your service and your willingness to stand up against authoritarianism and for standing up for our Democracy. For the men and women who lost their lives in service to this country, thank you, God Bless them and their families.
Thank you, Adam. Thinking about our fallen brave men & women and their families this weekend (and every day.)
Wow - What a Awesome Presentation. God Bless . Happy Memorial Day . Thank You for all you have done and all you do now in informing us your precious guidance . Your doing great !
The arrogant spectacle of the out of office Trump injecting himself into American foreign policy through Mike Johnson and causing serious setbacks in Ukraine has been an unwelcome education for most of us, Adam. Your clarity in exposing earlier serious misdeeds by Trump and his ilk has done great service in helping prepare the American people for the elections later in the year. Keep going and thanks!
Thanks for your service, Adam, and to all those who have served (and are serving today). But most of all we remember those who served and are no longer with us. You will not be forgotten.
Thank you for everything Adam and God bless.
Hello Adam.
A slow hand salute from an old mud Marine who served at Khe Sanh, and elsewhere to you and all our broihers and sisters in every generation who have gone before. That ridiculous orange-colored buffon and petty tyrant-in-waiting may well ask "What was in it for them?"
Transactiional SOBs like him truly will never understand people like us. Perhaps we are the "suckers and losers" he brands us privately (coward that he and his kind are). We fight the wars he and his kind of the so-called elites and "ruling" class "trump" up time and again. But as another man who served (albeit briefly), the late Jimi Hendrix once said, "There will never be peace until the power of love overcomes the love of power." True enough.
I am not a theist, but the words of a follower of John Wyclif (now sp. Wycliffe), John Ball ring true;
Whan Adam dalf, and Eue span,
Wo was thanne a gentilman?
[When Adam delved (in the soil), and Eve spun,
Who was then a gentleman?]
As a non-theist, I agree. We would need no governments or wars if all practiced the Golden Rule most major and minor faiths preach (though few of their adherents follow). The gent whose teachings you follow, Yehoshua, a rather radical rabbi from Nazareth once responded to a question on what was the greatest commandment. "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these.”
Too bad so many of his so-called followers (like the brain-dead "evangelicals" of his cult) don't actually practice it. (Present company excepted - you and folks like you"walk the walk.")
semper Fi,
Jim
Jim, YOU are NO "sucker or loser' but a Hero!! The orange buffoon shows his true cowardly colors by using his only strength through his nasty mouth. I try not to be negative about anyone but he made me SO mad when he said that! Enjoy your well-earned Memorial Day!!🇺🇸🤗
Thank you for your service to our country and for your message today!
Thank you Congressman Kinzinger. You are a great American and true patriot, an example for all of us.
Thank you, Adam, for your Memorial Day message…..it gave me goosebumps. Having served in the Army during the Cold War, I never was faced with a deployment to a conflict. One of my daughters did serve in Iraq and I remember all the prayers that were said for her safe return. Our prayers were answered, but I know many, many more were not. For those who gave up their lives, to keep us free, I salute them and the families they left behind. 🇺🇸💔
Thank you for your service.
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Thank you for your service Adam and for all you do for our democracy. We need strong people like you who speak to tyranny and our service people who are serving and have paid that ultimate sacrifice. Let us reflect on this day especially set for us to remember them.