Let's give credit where credit's due!

On behalf of our president, "Thank you, America!" Maybe I'm out-of-bounds here, doing something I think our president should do. Forgive me if you think so. Maybe Bush doesn't want to come right out and express his gratitude because it might set some folks to thinking, "Hey wait a sec! Hasn't this been proven to be a fallacious war based on lies?" Or maybe Bush and Cheney just don't feel they owe you any gratitude. You know, kinda like, "You 'elected' us, we wanted this, you pay for it!" I don't know.

Well, whatever the reason, I feel all the good folks back here in the States haven't been given enough credit for the "liberation" and "democracy" now being enjoyed in Iraq today, so I just thought I'd take a second to thank every American reading this for their contribution to the war.

We all know the terrorists attacked us because they hate us for our freedom. But with the liberation of Iraq, Iraqis are beginning to love us for setting them free. And for that, I think we should all give ourselves a little credit where it's due.

Unfortunately, it's impossible to thank each and every one of you personally for your specific "donation" to the effort. But let me credit a few as part of all who've given so generously.

Thanks to the folks of:

Santa Cruz, CA who have given...............$ 45.2 million
Taos, NM......................................... $ 1.2 million
Atlanta, GA.....................................$255.3 million
Eau Claire, WI.................................. $ 31.6 million
Eugene, OR......................................$ 60.1 million
The State of Kansas............................. $ 1.7 BILLION!

Those are just a few. These are figures as of 26 May, 2005. Sorry space doesn't permit crediting everyone here on this page. But to check out your area and take proper pride in your community or state's contribution, you can go to the Local Cost of the Iraq War.

Take some pride. Let's all feel good about this!