It takes too long to explain how removed I was from ever being in a combat zone and as a result I don’t consider myself a veteran. Sitting in an underground bunker on the plains of South Dakota during the mild days of the Cold War is not even close to the same thing. As proud as I am of my service, I do not deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as anyone in an American uniform who has been under enemy fire or even spent the night in a combat zone. While in the Air Force, I had a job that was correctly and officially rated as “combat crew.” I was insulated by years and thousands of miles from anyone shooting at American troops. As I asked him to repeat himself, I remembered the hat I was wearing. Didn’t understand his interruption at first. Between skits, one of the re-enactors noticed I was wearing a hat that said “USS Midway,” which is a carrier that was in service from the end of WWII to 1991. Two weeks ago I attended an old west re-enactment in a city near my home. Dear Veterans: I accepted a ‘thank you’ on your behalf Because I have economic freedom (specifically property rights) and political rights, I can do so merely because I want to do so. Six years ago I ran the following post which I’m reposting today. Own a small business, run as I see fit (subject to appropriate regulatory rules that set the basic requirements for conducting a CPA firm), working today (a holiday) for several hours because I feel like it.Read internet articles, twitter posts, and books from opinionated writers or try-to-be-objective historians without the government screening for disapproved content.Write blog posts Saturday, yesterday, and today on topics I wish without any government official censoring me or telling me what I cannot say.I taught a bible study explaining the bible in the way we believe it ought to be interpreted.
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