Interesting, not only does it sound as if you regret fighting for your country, you have also given up on continuing the fight. To answer a few questions posed earlier, yes I did have the same opportunities for success as G.W., Bill Clinton, Dan Quayle and the rest. You see, the constitution guarantees me that opportunity along with life, liberty and the PURSUIT of happiness. These rights are endowed upon all of us by our creator and cannot be usurped by anyone. At the most, one can only be prevented by force from exercising them. I also believe that liberals (of the modern definition) can be and are a serious threat to our way of life and our DISTINCT American culture. The ideas and programs they advocate have never been proved to survive for any significant period of time. The proposal of collectivists is that we should all be equal in OUTCOME and I for one despise that thought. I work much harder at my job than some of you and not near as hard as others and I don't deserve to be in the same lot as any of you. What I do deserve is what I am willing to work for at the market value of said work at the time of service. No more and no less. The fact that 56 men signed their own death warrants 225 years ago does not fall lightly on my shoulders. I am proud just to tell people I am American. I am doubly proud of the men in my family who have fought and died in every major american conflict since 1813, irrespective of the reason behind the war or the president at the time. These 56 men knew full well that by signing the Declaration of Independence that they were inviting any british subject to kill not only them but their families. An opportunity the british looked forward to with great anticipation. They would lose any fortunes they may have amassed and sacrifice what little freedom they did have. They had the courage and foresight to do it anyway so that we might enjoy the rights and priveledges that were rightfully ours. They had the courage to tell the world exactly who to blame for this unheard of act of rebellion. We are the ONLY society in history to be founded on an IDEA and to this point it is still working, thanks to the inspired thought of those 56 men.

If you fellas have such an affinity for the socialist ways of Canada that you felt it necessary to encourage friends to go there, I have but one question for you. Why did you not pack up and move there upon your return to the states. Your countrymen were ungrateful, your President put you through hell for a few gallons of oil and no matter what you might have done, no matter how hard you worked, studied, toiled and sweat you were never gonna amount to anything close to G.W. or Bubba for lack of nothing more than a silver spoon. Heck, after that you might be packing now huh??? I doubt it. The reason you stayed boils down to one word..........FREEDOM. The freedom to stay, the freedom to complain, the freedom to express your displeasure and most of all the freedom to succeed or fail on your own merits. If you don't catch any fish one day do you blame all of the wealthy fishermen around you with their fancy sleds and expensive motors and 5 GLoomis rods, ten Curado reels and 20 lbs of eggs for controlling all of the fishing, no you don't.(unless your really a pansy) You blame yourself and your fishing prowess. Succeed or fail on your own merits. Society and economics are not a zero sum game, in that just because I gain, you do not necessarily lose. If you would care for an in depth lesson in economics and the truth about free markets I would be happy to oblige.

I pity you both who cannot find pride in defending the security of the greatest nation ever conceived. And yes, I do consider beating back communism at every turn fighting for the security of America, it has always been a threat and it always will be.