Letter to the President From 95 Yr Old Patriot

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	Letter to the President From 95 Yr Old Patriot

willhelm

11-24-2009 9:54 PM

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11-25-2009 11:35 AM

Steve Savage

And I sure as hell don't want to think my president is the enemy in this final battle.

So that Harold B. Estes can end his days in peace, let's, mercifully, not let him know.

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My name is Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13 of this year.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/userletter/?id=3181&letter_id=4287614061">I enlisted in the <YOONO-HIGHLIGHT class="yoono-link-hover yoono-link-active-link" keywords="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</YOONO-HIGHLIGHT> in 1934 and served proudly before, during and after <YOONO-HIGHLIGHT class="yoono-link-hover yoono-link-active-link" keywords="WW II">WW II</YOONO-HIGHLIGHT> retiring as a Master Chief Bos'n Mate. Now I live in a "rest home" located on the western end of Pearl Harbor allowing me to keep alive the memories of 23 years of service to my country.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/userletter/?id=3181&letter_id=4287614061">I am amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I do but you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/userletter/?id=3181&letter_id=4287614061">You could be our greatest president because you face the greatest challenge ever presented to any president.  You're not going to restore American greatness by bringing back our bloated economy. That's not our greatest threat. Losing the <YOONO-HIGHLIGHT class="yoono-link-hover yoono-link-active-link" keywords="heart and soul">heart and soul</YOONO-HIGHLIGHT> of who we are as Americans is our big fight now. And I sure as hell don't want to think my president is the enemy in this final battle.
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