Your Sentinel, a few thoughts 200902

This is me these days, a lot older and hopefully a bit wiser than when I had more looks than brains.

Here is something I found to be interesting. Christmas of 1944 during World War Two there were 32 million Americans in this country. 16 million were in uniform serving our country. Those on the home front were also aiding the war effort, by buying US war bonds and even the poor were buying war stamps to support the effort. Gas was rationed, meat was rationed, even chocolate was not avialable on the home front. Scrap drives were prevalent, everything was recycled, iron, silk nylons, tires even cooking grease was recycled. Everyone at home did their part, all the remaining 16 million of them. Somehow today so many are unhappy for every sort of reason under the sun. They want more than what they have; they want more recognition; they want a bigger home; they want to dine in fancy restaurants; it's an endless list of things. Many people have just one thing that is the most important thing in life, themselves. There will never be another selfless effort like there was in World War Two where everyone pitched in and did their share. I would make a bet that most people in our country do not even realize we are still at war 75 years later. We are in wars around the globe. The difference now is it's not the entire nation in the wars, just a small fraction of the country. There are currently 1,455,391 on duty, that is .oo48% of this nation and those men and women are carrying the load. Thank God for army rangers, navy seals and the troops that support them. Most of the other 300,000,000 are whining about wanting more than they have at the moment.