Freedom is NOT just another word for nothing left to lose
Tuesday, November 17th 2009 -- 20 years after the Velvet Revolution brought freedom to Czechoslovakia and playwright Vaclav Havel to the presidency. Today's celebration started with a walk re-tracing the steps of the students that marched against the Communist Regime. I joined the march late but managed to end up in the front of the crowd. Thousands of people, all ages, all walks of life, peacefully walking together, waving flags, carrying banners, jangling keys.... the emotions were high and it was contagious. As I walked I thought about being American, and one born on July 4th.. which has always been ironic as I am not known for my patriotism. I thought about how lazy we have become as Americans, how we take our freedom for granted... while we talk about fighting to protect our freedom and fight terrorism, we don't show up at the polls--- when we don't understand why our children are fat and under educated, but we don't create a government and environment to fight tho...