UP YOURS, CHRIS HAYES

Ever hear of Chris Hayes? Me either until recently. Now I know why. The reason is Chris Hayes has a show on MSNBC called, “Up with Chris Hayes.” Not only do I not watch MSNBC, I don’t even know anybody who watches MSNBC. After hearing what Hayes said I am certain I would never watch any TV network that would employ a Chris Hayes.

This is what he said. It seems Hayes is “uncomfortable” calling our fallen military men and women heroes. He believes that identifying those who die in war as heroes serves only to encourage politicians and Generals to continue to fight wars. Not only is this piece of human waste “uncomfortable,” he also has the bad fortune of bad timing. You see he chose the eve of Memorial Day, one of the most sacred days of our calendar year, as the time to announce this thinking to his audience. Fortunately the entire audience watching MSNBC on any given day may often number less than a few hundred viewers

It is long past time for the American people to tell MSNBC and their advertisers that such pronouncements and other un-American activities promulgated by them are unacceptable. Hayes and his ilk should get some remedial education studying to learn how they have the good fortune to live in a free society. They might want to know how this freedom came about. They could start with Founding Father, Alexander Hamilton who famously said, “War is the price of liberty.”

Hayes and people like him have doubtless never served their country in the military. They take for granted their easy, free life. They never had to face the draft. Consider if you will how General George S. Patton might have regarded and dealt with the Chris Hayeses among us had they been required to be inducted into the military service. Somehow I don’t think it would have been a happy time for Hayes. I have often wondered how these punks would fare taking eight weeks of basic training in June and July at Ft. Benning, Georgia where the average temperature is 90 to 100 degrees every day. How would they fare facing a rabid zealot in the Middle East who murders women and children regularly? How long do you suppose he could go without a shower? What about a nice little jungle war? Humidity, snakes, booby traps, and crazed killers behind every tree. No, I don’t think these little metro-sexuals, who seem more concerned with their manicures and their make-up, would handle life in the real world. No, I don’t think it would work out very well for them.

The VFW has demanded that Hayes and MSNBC apologize for his comments. I do not share their thoughts. I would prefer that people like Hayes be required, as was I and millions of others, to serve a period of time in the US Military. Send these clowns to basic training. Load them down with the gear of war and send their butts off to the Middle East. Let them learn to appreciate the free and easy life they enjoy. Let them learn what being an American means and what is required of that citizenship. Hayes might quickly understand what a hero truly is. Then and only then would I or anybody care about what he thinks about American heroes.

Here during this Memorial Day period, we should all remember those who served. Those who gave their time, those who gave limbs, and especially those who gave their all. Hero is such an easy word to say and yet its meaning is so profound. To all who serve and to those who have served, thank you. You are all our heroes.

Finally, concerning Mr. Hayes,  I would re-name his TV show. Instead of “Up with Chris Hayes,” I would much prefer, “Up yours, Chris Hayes.”

Ron Scarbro May 30, 2012