"The most significant threat to our national security is our debt," Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, August 27, 2010


Friday, June 30, 2023

Saturday, June 24, 2023

How addicted is America to materialism? That’s a $64 trillion question… where are we now?

Here's the USA DEBT from its website: https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/national-debt/

 As of now… this morning… 6/24/2023:

$32,168,649,898,303

Folks… that’s 32+ trillion dollars… we’re slightly over ½ way to answering the “addicted” title question above… here’s what this gettin’ old ornery fella, goof, asks:

 

·        How does massive amounts of DEBT meet freedom’s simple need?

·         Do you know?

·         If you don’t know… sit tight…

·         … goof’ll answer what the men below knew… when it was a $64.00 question…

·         … and they didn’t fight/die for materialism… did THEY?

On an early Sunday morning some decades ago, goof visited quietly the vast… pls read the description below… I haven’t earned the privilege to say any more… we the people of America today have not earned the right to accept even one second of FREEDOM until we too meet its simple daily need as did these men:

 

The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial has the largest number of graves of any cemetery for U.S. personnel killed during World War II and holds war dead from the Philippines and other allied nations.

Freedom requires… INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY… 24/7… it’s our turn!