A car wash to support our country
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I was out driving today and saw a sign for 'Patriot Battalion Car Wash.' I went over and saw it was the local high school's ROTC program raising money with a car wash fund raiser. I have seen the kids on the bus in their uniforms and always thought it was great that are still some young kids that believe in this country and are willing to do something like that. I know with all of the negativity towards the military and towards the country in general that they probably hear from the media that it must be hard for them. I'm sure they also get grief from other kids, and who knows, maybe even anti-military family members. So I went to talk with the Master Sergeant in charge of the event and he told me that the school has about 4,500 kids and about 500 are in the ROTC! It is one of the largest on the east coast and they win a lot of drill competitions. Many of the kids go on to West Point and get scholarships. Several are first generation to the country. He tracks them after graduation and many report back to him that college is weird because the kids smoke, do drugs and drink a lot and they aren't used to that way of living. I told him that it was a shame the media doesnt report on these positive things and he said that when he asks the media to an event, none of the papers show up. It makes me sick that the media only wants to report on Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton and everyone thinks that the youth of this country and are losers. Meanwhile our kids only see those images and hear those stories and think that's the way to live life. Im sure most parents want their kids to be strong and good but most are probably so brainwashed by the liberal, anti-USA left that they would never think to encourage their kids to join ROTC programs. It made me so proud to see all of those kids out on a Saturday doing this. It was $5 and I gave them a $10 tip. The seargent said the school gives them some money and the government some, but the govt said if they had to fund all the ROTC programs, it would have to sacrifice a batallion. I dont think we should do that, but we should cut funding for some idiotic left wing programs and fund the ROTC programs. Does the government not understand that without these programs the military is losing out on some of its most promising candidates? Stop sending aid to countries that don't appreciate our generosity and fund all of the ROTC programs. As my good friend said: "The only reason this country can afford the luxury of such a strong education system is beacause of our military superiority." I second his statement by saying that the one of the primary reasons we can live in such a great country and live the relatively good lives we do is because of our military superiority. Many people around the world would love to destroy this country and everything we have. You're delusional if you think that we can pander and negotiate our way to world peace.

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