[Packo]

Thanks James and your right about the Peter Pan generation. It was always an honor in my school to hold the flag while we did our pledge of alligence. If whoever got picked dropped the flag or let it touch the ground, we all lost our right to recess that day. I see the flag dropping in many aspects in this country today and I only hope we don't lose more than our right to recess. I also remember when parents sacrificed and waited until kids were gone and on their own before owning things like Cadillacs, going to the Bahama's, Vegas, joining golf clubs etc. (except for rich people that could afford all that anyway) Now, I see young couples trying to have everything and young children at the same time and wondering why they are in such financial straits and both parents having to work just to pay for all the extra's they have. You are again right with all the advertising that says basically, have it NOW! My father would have loved to play golf every weekend when he was young but instead spent the time with his sons taking us places to learn history, i.e. WBTS battlefields, etc., playing ball with us, teaching us boxing, or just playing games with us inside if it was raining.

Bob, what your seeing is people like us who aren't leary anymore of being Vietnam Vets and a bunch of our generation who have guilt over the way they treated us. If WE, as Vietnam Vets, hadn't built our OWN memorial and put on our OWN welcome home parades, I can guarantee our generation would have NEVER done it. It is US who wait at certain airports welcoming home Iraqi veterans, and it is more than likely US who are teaching people respect for things like the flag and the star spangled banner.....not our non-veteran peers. Our generation was too busy trying to be friends with their kids then parents.

Pack