Veteran response Memorial Day 5-25-09

Veteran response Memorial Day 5-25-09
Peter Macdonald 465 Packersfalls rd Lee NH 03824 603-659-6217
A day to remember those that gave their lives over the history of this nation as members of the U.S. Military in a war or conflict. Joe McQuaid writes a great editorial thanking those of the Salvation Army for their volunteer hours. What was Joe thinking? This lost perspective can be seen in all newspapers ethics these days not just the UL. The papers no longer want to inform the voters of what the people want and need to know. The editors believe (and it is true) that they are a private business and they can do as they wish. The near sighted might see it this way but in a free society it is the consumers that make the ultimate choice. I am a strong believer in volunteering. I have volunteered every single day since seventy four when I returned from a conflict. Memorial Day has become a day to celebrate and party without thinking of those that will never come home. It is as our society has become complacent with their responsibility to protect and defend our constitution. The U.S. society would rather let someone else stick their necks out verses risk anything themselves. Our children join the U.S. Military go off to fight and some come home to be called Veterans. You can not become a U.S. Military Veteran by joining the Salvation army.
The UL as all the newspapers in NH refuse to print my letters. I am a 100% disabled veteran. I regret every day that I came back alive. I have as many other veterans that returned tried to commit suicide many times. It is not what NH and the rest of the U.S. has done to me (as well done to many other veterans). The fact is that explaining even to the VA the ramifications of living in two worlds never ends. The belief that silence is necessary to protect the innocent society from dead reality is a myth. Silence of the demons is necessary because society can not grasp the reality of what we did. You label us baby killers yet you were unwilling to go. You lose our medical records so you can reject us from medical care for disabilities received defending your rights. You stop our medical care to stop us from writing opinion letters that the newspaper will censor anyway. Society is so complacent, the blind eye believes Memorial Day is for the veteran when it is so that society can rationalize their lack of understanding.
Memorial Day is to remember what they died for. If the newspapers refuse to print opinion letters that document Judge Peter Fauver criminally violating the constitution to harm other U.S. citizens. Fauver allowed the Madbury NH selectmen to use government powers to drive local residents out of town because the selectmen did not like these people. This is as bad as the UL writing articles adjusting the truth to sway the voters choice against me when I ran this past election for NH state senate. All the newspapers refused to print my opinion letters explaining my platform to inform the voters. The election was fixed. The editors believe that censoring my letters will silence this U.S. Marine. My letters are printed on blogs and goggles every day around the world. What Joe McQuaid did to the memory of Memorial day is as repulsive as the citizens of the U.S. shaming every U.S. Military Veteran by allowing so few to diminish what so many over the history of the United States of America gave their lives for. Respect and honor what these heros gave their lives for that is Thank You enough.
Our Constitution.
Peter Macdonald Sgt USMC Semper Fi
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