The Life and Times of a Great American
I spend my time doing a handful of things that I consider important to me: caring for Ginger, teaching, staying in contact with my family in Taunggyi, writing, and exercising so that I can do those items. However, interspersed amid my normal daily activities, I watched our nation’s mourning the passing of John McCain while celebrating his life with us. ![]() ![]() Then I went back to teaching online. I had written a comment about Manifest Destiny and a student responded. This is a photo of Emma. ![]()
This was my reply.
McCain’s funeral was one of the rare moments in time when reality slaps us in the face while shouting, “Wake up.” And for a moment, our nation saw polar opposites. One person gave 23-years of service in the Navy, which included 5 ½ as a POW in North Vietnam. He received a long list of military honors: Silver Star, two Legion of Merits, Distinguished Flying Cross, three Bronze Star Medals, two Purple Hearts, two Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals, and the Prisoner of War Medal. McCain served in the House and Senate from 1983-2018, which was 35-years and ran for president twice. Both of his opponents gave eulogies at his funeral service in Washington. That was an extremely brief summary of his life. Nevertheless, McCain is polar opposite of Donald the Dumb, our fake president. His polar opposite doesn’t like anyone upstaging him, which is not difficult. In response to McCain’s death, the flag over the White House was lowered to half-staff on August 25 and returned to full-staff at midnight of August 27. Supposedly, our fake president thought that the fake media was making too much of McCain who was never a president. However, Donald the Dumb is 72-years old, and his clock is ticking. He never served in Vietnam. He had five deferments due to a bone spur in his heels, which kept him out of Vietnam. He never served in Congress. When Trump dies, the list will be extremely short of his friends and dignitaries that will want to attend his funeral. Many of his best friends have pleaded guilty, convicted, and/or are in jail. Some of this list below have flipped and are working with Robert Mueller’s investigation. Also, there are many more names that know Trump that are assisting in Mueller’s probe.
This video is of former President Obama’s eulogy.
This video is of McCain’s funeral in Washington, DC.
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