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Coming Home Ain’t What it Used to Be
By T Blogger | July 21, 2009
In March of 1963 the USS Forrestal tied up in Norfolk after a seven month cruise to the Mediterranean. A young homesick sailor (who happened to be me), stumbled down the ladder with his sea bag, fell to his knees on the pier and kissed the greasy pavement. I was back in the U.S.A. and my God was I happy! The country I had come home to was ripe with promise for the future. My president was a war hero with a beautiful wife and cute kids. Things were looking good.
Much has changed in our country and the rest of the world since my glorious homecoming all those years ago, but I can still call up that feeling of being proud to have such a magnificent country to come home to. Sadly, my president is now a guy who earned his political chops trading Newports and Colt 45 forties for votes in Chicago. He is not a war hero. In fact, he goes around the world apologizing for the people who elected him. I can’t help but wonder what a homesick sailor coming back after a long cruise today feels like. It is certainly something to think about.
©2009, Tom Weeks
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