Obama cites 'nobility, majesty' in commemorating nation's war dead

[TomCADem]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama honored the nation's war dead in a Memorial Day speech upon his return from Illinois, after severe storms earlier in the day forced him to cancel his scheduled remarks at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.

In a previously unscheduled appearance, Obama told military families at Andrews Air Force Base after flying back from a holiday weekend in Chicago that the nation owed them a debt of gratitude for their service.

"At its core, the nobility and majesty of Memorial Day can be found in the story of ordinary Americans who became extraordinary for the most simple of reasons: they loved their country so deeply, so profoundly, that they were willing to give their very lives to keep it safe and free," the president said.

His speech concluded a day of somber ceremonies and quiet reflection on the sacrifices of past generations. Earlier, after telling people gathered for his scheduled speech in Elwood, Illinois, to seek shelter in their cars from a heavy downpour, Obama visited the Hines Fisher House, a non-profit facility outside of Chicago that provides temporary housing for families of wounded veterans undergoing rehabilitation.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/05/31/memorial.day.observances/?hpt=C1

[SpiralHawk]

1. "Wahhh. He didn't use the word 'groovy.' Whine." - Right Wing RepubliClowns

"We don't really care what he says or does. We want America to fail because he's Black. Wahhhh. Whine."

- RepubliClowns

[Cha]

2. President Obama had a busy day honoring the Military all over

the place and VP Biden honored them at Arlington. Our Leaders don't have to do things the way the corporatemedia/gNOps demand of them.

[Grassy Knoll]

4. I just love the way Pres. Obama.........

gets fake noise and java the rush into a boiling froth.
You know java the rush will use god for being upset with
Mr. President with piss/rain comment.
mark my words.

[Grassy Knoll]

5. I called it....

http://drudgereport.com/

[Demeter]

3. President Obama, Please Explain HOW Iraq and Afghanistan

have made us so unsafe and unfree that we had to invade, conquer, and corrupt their domestic lives, kill their women and children, violate all our sacred treaties and Constitutional principles, and 10 years later, we are still killing people there, in spite of your promise to end these illegal wars?

[bahrbearian]

6. If you waited a little longer . he would have explained Imperialism.