Here we are again. Another Memorial Day. Another Memorial Day during war. Flag draped caskets continue to be shipped back to America containing the bodies of our men and women of the American military..

While cookouts across America heat up and beer bottles get opened, the celebrating begins. America prides itself in nationwide treks. Not even the gas prices can stop us now..

Instead, it seems nothing can stop Americans from thinking of fun on Memorial Day--not even a war.

The fact that a war rages in a distant land doesn't seem to be enough to land itself onto the radar screen of what's important to most Americans. For too many it's a footnote to the day. "Oh did you see the news, Iraq is in chaos." Then it's time to live life.

I can't for the life of my understand the disconnent. It's a cultural thing I keep thinking.

We are, as a county, in the most fascinating point of our history. An American President with more power than any in modern times, while a war is still being fought even though it's original purposes are moot with the lack of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

But stay we do. Fight we are.

The flag is still flying .. and riding on the backs of cars in the form of magnetic stickers. That's the most some do. That's it. American patriotism slapped onto a foreign car. God bless our troops.

I am sure your local neighborhood car dealer is ready for tomorrow's business. Furniture sales across the land.

What are we doing!? It is madness. There is a fight across the seas. A war is still ongoing!

But gather in the SUVs we do. And off and rolling across the decaying highway infrastrcuture of America.

They fight for us to be free. Summer 2007 begins. In earnest. And pride.

Hopefully we're proud of the right things and not of the wrong. There were many deaths in the history of our proud country that led us to live the lives we do now. At least remember those that did that. For the love of God, stop the madness.