Instilling the Values of America's Greatest Generation in Our Youth Today (Education, War on Terror)

A Better Florida - Campaign Site ^ | 06/10/09 | Yomin Postelnik

[Leah at A Better Florida]

Highlights:

* The lessons of America's Greatest Generation

* American Exceptionalism - America has nothing to apologize to the world for. On the contrary, America changed the world for the better in ways that are immeasurable.

* Connecting youth with the elderly is essential to raising a new generation of Americans who will recognize the accomplishments of our American past and who will therefore see the need to continue the fight for human rights and American decency.

* Comprehensive educational reform is the only way to achieve these goals.

* National security is a human rights issue and education is both a national security and a human rights issue.

TEXT

Today we stand in between the commemoration of two earth changing events that both took place in June of 1944. On June 6, Allied nations the world over honored the remembrance of D-Day, or of "Operation Overlord" as it was then called, and the Allied landing in Western Europe. June 15 also commemorates a key milestone in the war, as United States troops began an amphibious assault on the Japanese held island of Saipan in the Marianas.

These two events bring to the forefront the courage of those who have long been referred to as America's Greatest Generation. They demonstrate American excellence and stand as testaments to our rightful place as a force for good throughout the rest of the world. The determination of our troops to do what is right on far off shores led to a safer world and spread the principles of kindness and decency the world over.

The lasting impression that the United States of America has made on world society is an accomplishment that should be recognized and honored, not one that should be apologized. The Greatest Generation's struggle for

[Leah at A Better Florida]

The full speech is a must read. Why it takes a candidate for Florida State Rep to say that the war on terror is a struggle for human right when we still have 40 Republican US Senators is beyond me.