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Live Your Life Worthy of Their Sacrifices!   My heart breaks and tears trickle down my cheek this morning as I gather my thoughts to share from the depths of a Gold Star Mother's heart. My fingers shake as I place them on the keyboard of my computer. How have we as a nation come to the place of tolerating the disrespect for our flag, our faith in God, and our fallen warriors and our Gold Star families? As a Mother whose sons and son-in-law served as a Marine, Soldier, and Navy SEAL and a brother who retired after...

THINK OF OUR TROOPS THIS MEMORIAL DAY Enjoying your three-day weekend? We hope so. We wish all of our supporters a happy Memorial Day, but we also want to remind everyone who we have to thank for the privilege of observing this holiday, our troops. While back home we have the privilege of getting everyone together for a family cook out or bbq, our troops are still fighting a war in Afghanistan. Our troops don't get to have a barbecue, unless they get really inventive, like this Marine who improvised a very crude grill over some rocks. And the...

Monday, February 04, 2008 Debbie Lee, Gold Star Mom - An Open Letter to the Mayor Of Berkeley In response to the resolutions passed by the Berkeley City Council, and the outrageous arrogance of the Mayor of Berkeley in pompously offering to “help” the Marine Recruiters get out of their lease, Debbie Lee has written a letter addressed to Mayor Tom Bates, demanding an apology. Move America Forward will head to Berkeley on February 12th to demand an apology from the City Council in person, and also to rally with other patriots from the bay area to show the City...