By Thomas Laryea. Posted Wednesday, Oct 8, 2008 at 5:14 pm Filed Under: America is Great, Feel Good
Two Great Stories - BOTH TRUE - and worth reading!
STORY NUMBER ONE
Many years ago, Al Capone virtually owned Chicago . Capone wasn’t famous for anything heroic. He was notorious for enmeshing the windy city in everything from bootlegged booze and prostitution to murder.
Capone had a lawyer nicknamed “Easy Eddie.” He was his lawyer for a good reason. Eddie was very good! In fact, Eddie’s skill at legal maneuvering kept Big Al out of jail for a long time. To show his appreciation, Capone paid him very well. Not only was the money big, but also, Eddie got special dividends. For instance, he and his family occupied a fenced-in mansion with live-in help and all of the conveniences of the day The estate was so large that it filled an entire Chicago City block. Eddie lived the high life of the Chicago mob and …
By Art Smith. Posted Saturday, Aug 16, 2008 at 10:50 pm Filed Under: Barack Obama, Disasters, Floods of 2008, Poverty, Sacrifice, Suffering
What is Suffering?
The most traumatic place I’ve yet visited on this Earth is Auschwitz-Birkenau. I was there with some friends in 2005.
I know I’ve talked about it before. The awful things that were done to people during that war. The humiliation. The beatings. The dreadful murders of so many people. The intense fear and pain [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Saturday, Jul 5, 2008 at 9:51 pm Filed Under: Military, Sacrifice, WAR
Kind of a busy day today… but I was moved by reading Peggy Noonan’s column in the Wall Street Journal today. She provides a vivid memory of one man’s heroic experience during the attack on Omaha Beach.
I can’t help but think of all of those who died that day for the sake of freedom. Many [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Monday, May 26, 2008 at 5:07 pm Filed Under: America is Great, Military, Military Deaths, WAR
Since 1775, over a million men and women have given their lives in service to the United States of America, that we may be able to live in the freedom we enjoy today. War is an awful thing, but it has been absolutely necessary to secure our freedoms.
Rag-tag militias fought, some reluctantly and for reasons [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Sunday, Mar 9, 2008 at 10:30 pm Filed Under: Military
For shielding her injured comrades and treating them while under fire, a woman medic in the 82nd Army Airborne Division will be awarded the Silver Star. Spc. Monica Lin Brown, a 19-year-old from Texas, is will receive the award for showing valor by saving the lives of 5 other soldiers after a road-side bomb [...]
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