Athletes Do Not Go To War

OnFebruary 11th, 2016I wrote aPostabout two completely different subjects,from one another.It was aThursday Night,so I was probably watchingAmerican FootballonTVand heard someAthletespout off how important theGamecoming up was.I still believe what I wrote that day in myPostJPL Has A Poster For You.But,I should have written two different stories,about two different subjects.
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"We choose to go to the Moon! ...We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win!"
Even though I was five years old when John F. Kennedy said those famous words,they are burned into my memory banks,because as a family,we all sat around our little blackand white
TVand watched his historic speech.I am going to go off track for a moment here,because of the word
Historic.I'm sickand tired of hearingMusicians,Actors,and especiallyAthletestell the
World
that what they are doing is
Historic. Or,
like
Athletes
like to say,where a game they play for money,that they will be going into"Battle,"and it will be a"War"out there between two teams.Movies,Music,andSportsis entertainment events only.NotHistoric,a
Battle, or a
War.The
Men & Women
who serve their
Country,whichever
Country
that may be in this
World,are the true
Heroes
in life.
They go into
Real Battles.
Where people get hurtor are killed!Real major events,
that touch everyone.These events shape our
World,and these events are
Historic!Nothing else.I was going to use this idea in a story about an alternative universe
type of story,but I believe this would be an excellent time to make my point with
this idea.Instead of having our kids tradingBasketball Cards,Football Cards,andBaseball Cards,pretending those folks on these cards are heroes,we should start a trading card business which offerTrue Decorated Heroesof famous battles.True War Heroes.A set of cards depicting all theGreat Scientistsover the yearsand all the winners of theNobel Peace Prize.That is what we should be telling are kids are the true heroes in life.
LikeMartin Luther King Jr.,Nelson Mandela,Mother Teresa,Albert Einstein,Aristotle,Confucius,and I could go on
and on about people who should be honored,and they are not.OK,I really went off track here because that pet peeve of mine has been eating away at my brain for sometime.The story I startedand what I wanted to tell you about is NASA'srelease of
14 Tourism Posters.They are already enticing the public to save their money,so that in the future,we will all be taking vacations out into
Space.You can download all them for freeand not worry about copyright laws.On their JPL website.

This is,Hoping I Live Long Enough To Make It To Mars,Jim Hauenstein,
And,
"Peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold." 
- Martin Luther King Jr. -

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

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