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Shelby County Alabama Legislative Delegation hosted a "Stand Up For America Rally." More than 1200 people attended, including featured speakers Chief Justice Roy Moore, Adjutant General Mark Bowen and Alabama State Auditor Beth Chapman. Here is Mrs. Chapman\'s speech, which resulted in five standing ovations, tremendous applause and an encore. I admit this brought tears to my eyes. Enjoy it and stand up for AMERICA!

I\'m here tonight because men and women of the United States military have given their lives for my freedom. I am not here tonight because Sheryl Crowe, Rosie O\'Donnell, Martin Sheen, George Clooney, Jane Fonda or Phil Donahue, sacrificed their lives for me.


If my memory serves me correctly, it was not movie stars or musicians, but the United States Military who fought on the shores of Iwo Jima, the jungles of Vietnam, and the beaches of Normandy. Tonight I say we should support the President of the United States and the U.S. Military and tell the liberal, tree hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, hippy, tie-dyed liberals to go make their movies and music and whine somewhere else. After all, if they lived in Iraq, they wouldn\'t be allowed the freedom of speech they\'re being given here today. Ironically, they would be put to death at the hands of Sadam Hussein or Bin Laden. I want to know how the
very people who are against war because of the loss of life, can possibly be the same people who are for abortion? They are the same people who are for animal rights but against the rights of the unborn.

The movie stars say they want to go to Iraq and serve as "human shields" for the Iraqis. I say let them buy a one-way ticket and go. No one likes war. I hate war! But the one thing I hate more is the fact that this country has been forced into war, innocent people have lost their lives, and there but for the grace of God, it could have been my brother, my husband, or even worse my own son. On December 7, 1941, there are no records of movie stars treading the blazing waters of Pearl Harbor.

On September 11, 2001, there are no photos of movie stars standing as "human shields" against the debris and falling bodies ascending from the World Trade Center. There were only policemen and firemen, underpaid civil servants who gave their all with nothing expected in return. When the USS Cole was bombed, their were no movie stars guarding the ship. Where were the human shields then?

If America\'s movie stars want to be human shields, let them shield gang-ridden streets of Los Angeles, or New York City, let them shield the lives of the children of North Birmingham whose mothers lay them down to sleep on the floor each night to shelter them from stray bullets. If they want to be human shields, I say let them shield the men and women of honesty and integrity that epitomizes courage, and embody the spirit of freedom by wearing the proud uniform of the United States Military. Those are the people who have earned and deserve shielding!

Throughout the course of history, this country has remained free, not because of movie stars and liberal activists, but because of brave men and women who hated war too. However, they lay down their lives so that we all may live in freedom. After all- "What greater love hath no man, that he lay down his life for his friend," or in this case his country.

We should give our military honor and acknowledgement and not let their lives be in vain. If you want to see true human shields, walk through Arlington Cemetery. There lie human shields, heroes, and BRAVE Americans who didn\'t get on television and talk about being a human shield, they were human shields. I thank God tonight for freedom--those who bought and paid for it with their lives in the past--those who will protect it in the present and defend it in the future.

We have been silent too long, we must lift our voices united in a humble prayer to God for guidance and strength and courage to sustain us throughout whatever the future may hold. After the tragic events of September, 11th, my then eleven-year-old son said terrorism is a war against them and us and if you\'re not one of us,
then you\'re one of them. So in closing tonight, let us be one of accord, let us stand proud, and let us be the human shields of prayer, encouragement and support for the President, our troops and their families and our country. May God bless America, the land of the free, the home of the brave and the greatest country on the face of this earth!

If you love your freedom, then show our troops some support by sending a prayer up to heaven on their behalf. God bless America!

Is this kind of shit going to end anytime soon?  The conservative pro-war half of the us population got what they wanted, and we\'re attacking Iraq.  In spite of that, these boneheads take the opportunity to use most of their public statement spewing hatred on their own fellow americans.  They say "Stand up for America..."  What, because some of us didn\'t agree with this course of action, we\'re not part of america?  Guess what?  WE ARE, and you can\'t make the arguments go away through name calling.  ("tree hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, hippy, tie-dyed liberals")

I rarely hear this kind of mean-spirited bile emanating from the progressive side.  I especially dislike all these bizarre inferences that just because Iraq doesn\'t have a First Amendment, that we shouldn\'t exercise our First Amendment rights.  I truly don\'t understand that one.

The decision is made, just stop the hating, people.

Originally posted by Coredweller
The decision is made, just stop the hating, people.

Yeah, tell that to Saddam.

Originally posted by project86
Yeah, tell that to Saddam.

I was talking about the hardcore conservatives who are more interested in using this war as an opportunity to hate Americans.  It gets to the point where you feel they hate Americans more than Saddam.  Did you get my point?