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Stand Up for America Rally Speech
By: Beth Chapman
I'm here tonight because men and women of the United States military have given
their lives for my freedom. I am not here tonight because Sheryl Crowe, Rosie
O'Donnell, Martin Sheen, George Clooney, Jane Fonda or Phil Donahue, sacrificed
their lives for me.
If my memory serves me correctly, it was not movie stars or musicians, but the
United States Military who fought on the shores of Iwo Jima, the jungles of
Vietnam, and the beaches of Normandy. Tonight, I say we should support the
President of the United States and the U.S. Military and tell the liberal,
tree-hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, hippy, tie-dyed liberals to go make their
movies and music and whine somewhere else.
After all, if they lived in Iraq, they wouldn't be allowed the freedom of speech
they're being given here today. Ironically, they would be put to death at the
hands of Sadam Husssein or Osama Bin Laden. I want to know how the very
people who are against war because of the loss of life, can possibly be the same
people who are for abortion? They are the same people who are for animal
rights but against the rights of the unborn.
The movie stars say they want to go to Iraq and serve as "human
shields" for the Iraqis. I say let them buy a one-way ticket and go.
No one likes war. I hate war! But the one thing I hate more is the fact that
this country has been forced into war-innocent people have lost their lives - -
and there but for the grace of God, it could have been my brother, my husband,
or even worse my own son.
On December 7, 1941, there are no records of movie stars treading the blazing
waters of Pearl Harbor.
On September 11, 2001; there are no photos of movie stars standing as
"human shields" against the debris and falling bodies ascending from
the World Trade Center. There were only policemen and firemen - -underpaid civil
servants who gave their all with nothing expected in return.
When the USS Cole was bombed, there were no movie stars guarding the ship - -
where were the human shields then?
If America's movie stars want to be human shields, let them shield the
gang-ridden streets of Los Angeles, or New York City, let them shield the lives
of the children of North Birmingham whose mothers lay them down to sleep on the
floor each night to shelter them from stray bullets.
If they want to be human shields, I say let them shield the men and women of
honesty and integrity that epitomizes courage and embody the spirit of freedom
by wearing the proud uniforms of the United States Military. Those are the
people who have earned and deserve shielding!
Throughout the course of history, this country has remained free, not because of
movie stars and liberal activists, but because of brave men and women who hated
war too. However, they lay down their lives so that we all may live in freedom.
After all - "What greater love hath no man, that he lay down his life for
his friend," or in this case a country.
We should give our military honor and acknowledgement and not let their lives be
in vain. If you want to see true human shields, walk through Arlington Cemetery.
There lie human shields, heroes, and the BRAVE Americans who didn't get on
television and talk about being a human shield - they were human shields.
I thank God tonight for freedom - - those who bought and paid for it with their
lives in the past - - those who will protect it in the present and defend it in
the future.
America has remained silent too long! God-fearing people have remained silent
too long!
We must lift our voices united in a humble prayer to God for guidance and the
strength and courage to sustain us throughout whatever the future may hold.
After the tragic events of Sept. 11th, my then eleven -year-old son said
terrorism is a war against them and us and if you're not one of us, then you're
one of them.
So in closing tonight, let us be of one accord, let us stand proud, and let us
be the human shields of prayer, encouragement and support for the President, our
troops and their families and our country.
May God bless America, the land of the free, the home of the brave and the
greatest country on the face of this earth!