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Too bad I cant make an echo when I type cause that would be cool. Oh well maybe someday. Monday is upon us again but since we already talked about Monday we wont really go into the whole Monday thing. Today is a special Monday as it is  June 6th if youre not sure what June 6th means I suggest you watch the History Channel today Im sure they will mention it once or twice. If you already know June 6th is the D Day anniversary you probably watch the History Channel already. D Day the first day in the liberation of Europe from Hitler and his followers. It was the beginning thousands upon thousands of troops hitting the beaches and parachuting behind enemy lines. Thousands upon thousands of troops defending those beaches and inflicting terrible losses as those beaches were taken. It is impossible to know what its like doing those things unless youve already done them. The Impartiality of it....who lives who dies all depending on things no one can even see. Maybe a stumble will save one person and kill another. Everyone trying to kill and survive at the same time. Trying to kill someone is probably one of the most personal acts anyone can perform I mean someone trying to end your life its hard not to take it personally. At the same time in this situation one person is only part of the thousands involved its seems difficult to be more impersonal than being one out of hundreds of thousands. I find it strange thinking about it how the exact same thing can opposite. I can only imagine going through that. A history teacher of mine once said the war was won because of mass production. Our ability to produce equipment in greater numbers than the other side but also our ability to train average people to use that equipment properly because equipment without the personnel to use it is nothing. The ability to take average people and get them to do above average things speaks volumes to not only the training but to the average person because its almost impossible to train that kind of courage. That kind of motivation has to be there already and its hard to think of a time when we as a country were more motivated. We use the term "War" on this and on that and whatever else we want but we dont really understand what were saying. The next time someone starts in about a "war" on whatever issue theyre against I wonder if anyone will actually think about what the word War actually means? War is a nasty dirty horrible thing that kills people without any thought about it.  Robert E Lee said it was a good thing war is so terrible else we would grow to love it. I dont pretend to know I just always thought it was wrong in some way to trivialize that word the way we have been. Words mean things and War means death and destruction and is a terrible thing unfortunately it is sometimes better than the alternative. The hard part is knowing when one is worse than the other. Well this is a rambling post and in the end there are no answers. I do find it interesting that Memorial Day And D Day are so close together directing my thoughts down this path. At least the next major Holiday is July 4th maybe we can be happier then. Until then who knows what madness will ensue  I guess you will have to check back later and see.