People Care 2-28-09

People Care 2-28-09
Peter Macdonald 465 Packersfalls rd Lee NH 03824 603-659-6217
The United States is the greatest nation in the world because people have a choice to make in their every day life. This is called freedom. We can help others as a volunteer or with the job that we do to earn a living or do nothing. People have the choice to help me as I continue to place my faith in our Constitution. People do not have to help me and I support these people also with my entire heart. This is my choice to help everyone equally, asking nothing in return. I receive so many letters of support from across the U.S. and this makes me feel good. I also receive hateful letters and letters that describe me as a fool on a errand mission. This reminds me of when someone that I helped tries to give me a gift or money as a thank you. Many schools give volunteers thank you gifts. I tell the children and others no thank you. For me to take any thing for my volunteer help would diminish the meaning. I volunteer to show respect to the service men and woman over the history of this nation that served in the U.S. military. I volunteer so that what so many gave their lives for will not be in vain. My opinion letter yesterday (one four letter word) brought a lot of response even though the newspapers refuse to print it. This letter described my faith in the greatest nation in the world.
The American Legion and VFW may have isolated me to continue to be in the good graces of politicians and I can accept this. Telling a nation that the NH supreme court violated the Constitution does not take brains. It takes a citizen willing to place everything on the line that has faith in our Constitution. When a citizen can document such criminal behavior and our elected officials crucify this individual with out correcting the wrongs this is contemptible. Newspapers using the power of the press to alienate and mock any individual corrupts our freedom. Such behavior of our elected officials and others (including editors) is mocking the meaning that our forefathers placed in such a document as our Constitution. The greatest nation in the world will only continue if we the people are willing to place our faith is such a document as our Constitution.
I am a 100% disabled Veteran. I am tired of telling you this as I am sure you are of hearing it. The NH VA official told me to commit suicide. It is a part of my medical record. The VA stopped my medical care for the disabilities that I received on four different occasions some in combat support. The VA now sends me bills for medical care that they ordered for my service connected disabilities. I now can not get medication for pain or antibiotics with out paying for it. Since the day I came back I have lived in two worlds. My first world is the memories of what I have done. The second world is accepting the conflicts between being proud and the comments of average citizens inadvertently questioning our actions as civil. I came back to a nation that I had no memory of from TBI. Can the greatest nation in the world ever become tired of the individual and this be acceptable.
The Choice is that of the people and that is what freedom is. The question that I ask everyone to ask themselves is, Can a one hundred percent disabled veteran, or any individual be sane to want so much for the greatest nation in the world.
Peter Macdonald Sgt USMC Semper Fi