Take Little Trip

[Hoser John]

Written by Ted Nugent

Take a little trip to Valley Forge in January. Hold a musket ball in your fingers and imagine it piercing your flesh and breaking a bone or two. There won't be a doctor or trainer to assist you until after the battle, so just wait your turn. Take your cleats and socks off to get a real experience.

Then take a knee

Then, take a knee on the beach in Normandy where man after American man stormed the beach, even as the one in front of him was shot to pieces ... the very sea stained with American blood. The only blockers most had were the dead bodies in front of them, riddled with bullets from enemy fire.

Take a knee in the sweat soaked jungles of Vietnam. From Khe San to Saigon ... anywhere will do. Americans died in all those jungles. There was no playbook that told them what was next, but they knew what flag they represented. When they came home, they were protested as well, and spit on for reasons only cowards know.

Take another knee in the blood drenched sands of Fallujah in 110 degree heat .. Wear your Kevlar helmet and battle dress. Your number won't be printed on it unless your number is up! You'll need to stay hydrated but there won't be anyone to squirt Gatorade into your mouth. You're on your own.

There are a lot of places to take a knee where Americans have given their lives all over the world. When you use the banner under which they fought as a source for your displeasure, you dishonor the memories of those who bled for the very freedoms you have. That's what the red stripes mean. It represents the blood of those who spilled a sea of it defending your liberty.

While you're on your knee, pray for those that came before you, not on a manicured lawn striped and printed with numbers to announce every inch of ground taken ... but on nameless hills and bloodied beaches and sweltering forests and bitter cold mountains .. every inch marked by an American life lost serving that flag you protest.

No cheerleaders, no announcers, no coaches, no fans ... just American men and women ... delivering the real fight against those who chose to harm us ... blazing a path so you would have the right to "take a knee." You haven't any inkling of what it took to get you where you are ... but your "protest" is duly noted. Not only is it disgraceful to a nation of real heroes, it serves the purpose of pointing to your ingratitude for those who chose to defend you under that banner that will still wave long after your jersey is retired.

If you really feel the need to take a knee, come with me to church on Sunday and we'll both kneel before Almighty God. We'll thank Him for preserving this country for as long as He has. We'll beg forgiveness for our ingratitude for all He has provided us. We'll appeal to Him for understanding and wisdom. We'll pray for liberty and justice for all...because He is the one who provides those things. But there will be no protest. There will only be gratitude for His provision and a plea for His continued grace and mercy on the land of the free and the home of the brave. It goes like this .. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!

[russau]

AHMEN !

[micropedes1]

This nonsense about “taking a knee” has had me simmering for a while. Although not one to usually dignify bad behavior with a response, this deserves comment as it is now being emulated by easily impressed youth. Not cool!

If you as a veteran choose to humiliate yourself by denigrating flag and country, then so be it. (Not likely to happen, is it? We were taught better!)

But these high-profile upstarts need to find a different venue to exercise their political discontent. I feel that what they are doing is just plain WRONG. They have not EARNED the RIGHT to misbehave in public as they have done. It is just that they are in the public’s eye and sometimes seen as role models for our children. Our political system is imperfect, I agree. But if they dislike it so strongly, please find another country, more to your liking, and MOVE. (North Korea comes to mind). Stop mucking up my country with your discontent!

Leave! Or better yet, run for public office and DO SOMETHING POSITIVE!

[micropedes1]

OK, i’ve Vented my frustration a bit. I am now going back to shaking a gold pan.

[russau]

AHMEN Glen !

[Ornery Cuss]

I dont have a problem taking a knee, "if" they remember why they do kneel
The reason Kapernic (sp) took a knee was to protest police brutality against black people
However, that portion of the protest has been forgotten
"It" had nothing to do with the flag, the military or our country.
Unfortunately, thats what the main stream mostly thinks or remembers
And the BS reason Pence was at the Indy game


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