The Wall of Honor



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Many Americans have children, fathers, mothers, grandparents, other family members and friends who have served in the armed forces. For these individuals, they understand the importance of protecting this country because of the sacrifices these American servicemen and women have made for us as citizens of this great nation.

In our home, we have a wall of honor. This wall honors my father, LeRoy C. Hoagland, my father-in-law, Richard Smith, my husband, Kenneth R. Smith and my step-son Korbet Smith. On this wall are their pictures, their medals and for two of them, the flags presented to the family upon their deaths. Three of these men served in two wars, WWII and Vietnam. One of them, my father, received the Purple Heart from the largest naval battle in history, the Battle of Leyte Gulf. He was left to die on the beach because of the severity of his wounds. However, 24 hours later, a medic realized he was still alive and transported him to a medical ship bound for Australia. Dad was airlifted to San Diego, CA where he spent 2 years and faced over 10 major operations.

As we celebrate this day of prayer and remembrance, we must recognize that without the sacrifices of past and current service personnel, we would not have the opportunity to be the greatest country in the world. Even though today is a national day of recognition for those honorable women and men, we all should take a few moments every day to offer prays for these courageous individuals. For it is the walls of honor within those American families that allow us to “still hold these truths to be self-evident.”



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Stephen ColbertMore than 300 super PACs have raked in nearly $100 million so far in their efforts to pick a winner in the 2012 presidential contest, according to new Federal Election Commission data analyzed by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.

The super PACs range from the serious to the satirical.

The "independent expenditure-only committee"  supporting Mitt Romney, for example, has reported raising about $30.2 million, making it the most well funded group of its kind. On the other hand, political satirist Stephen Colbert's super PAC is no spoof. It has raked in more than $1 million - no laughing matter.

But most of super PACs are innocuously named and, at first glance, their motivation isn't clear. Who is super PAC Winning Our Future supporting? What about American Crossroads? Who gives to these big super PACs, and how are the millions being spent?

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[Photo: Political satirist Stephen Colbert / Credit: Getty Images Entertainment]

Super PACs Raise $100 Million to Influence Presidential Race originally appeared on About.com US Politics on Saturday, February 4th, 2012 at 09:57:12.

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