D Day June 6, 1944

Sixty-nine years ago, Allied troops invaded Normandy, France with 156000, American, British and Canadian troops. Thousands of our fathers and brothers lost their lives during this intense period of fighting. By late August 1944, all of northern France had been liberated, and by the following spring the Allies had defeated the Germans. The Normandy landings have been called the beginning of the end of war in Europe.

There have been many movie films devoted to the bravery and sacrifice of so many young people from all the free world, but mainly from the US. Why were they there? Well, they were drafted in those days, but they were eager and willing to fight the common enemy, both European and Japanese. They fought to preserve a free world where in the US, the Constitution was honored, where citizen's privacy was protected. There aren't many of these brave heroes still living, but I wonder what they think of this country today, the country for which they risked and in some cases gave their lives.

What do they think of:

1. $832,000 of taxpayers money going to teach African natives to wash their genitals? (Not a bad idea perhaps, but how much does it really cost to teach them?

 2. The New York Times saying, "The administration has now lost all credibility". ?

3. All your phone records taken from the phone companies ?

4. The IRS concentrating on tax matters of  political critics?

On and on it goes, and it hasn't reached the end yet, I'm sure. For the record, while the items listed above are of a single party affiliation, I would be just as critical no matter who was responsible. I was critical of the Patriot Act when it was passed under Bush. It was very popular then because of 9/11, but people didn't realize just how much of an infringement of privacy it would be.