Project Logic Ga

My worst day of work on Capitol Hill occurred when at intern said the Pentagon was on the phone.  The military told me that I need to tell Congressman Charles Hatcher that Spec. James Worthy of Albany, Georgia, was killed in the Gulf War.  Words can’t describe the look on Hatcher’s face that day.

But, I had that same look this morning when the front of my newspaper included a picture of a defaced monument of Worthy.  I had to write this before church and before Memorial Day because what I am about to say isn’t cool.  Hell has a special hot pit for those who would do such a despicable thing—ask for forgiveness.

At Gettysburg, Lincoln said “..that from these honored dead we talk increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.

So that brother Worthy didn’t die in vain, I hope young people in Albany will pause on Memorial Day to remember that freedom isn’t free and that people gave the last full measure of devotion so they could live in the best country ever.  If President Obama wants a special appointee to clear up the mess at the V.A. hospitals, he should go get former Rep. Hatcher.

http://www.albanyherald.com/news/2014/may/24/vandals-spray-black-paint-over-veterans-park/