From this blogger:

Today, the field of Presidential Candidates will witness the results of their Presidential aspirations in more than 20 states. These are the states in which the Presidential primaries are being contested.

Regardless the outcome, regardless who gets X-number of delegates, one thing is certain. This “experiment” we call American Democracy is still a work in progress. American’s from every walk of life will go to the polls and cast their vote for their favorite candidate.

No car bombs, no mass killings, no hostages and no beheadings.

To be sure, every candidate is an American Patriot. And while wide and varied differences exists among the candidates, they all want what is best for our Nation. Or so they say.

This election is different in many ways from previous ones. For starters, we have a woman and a black American running serious campaigns for the highest political office in the land. This says a whole lot about America and how far we have come as a Nation. The voter turn-out is reported to be the highest in recent memory. Young Americans are stepping up to the plate in record numbers.

A defense bill President Bush signed into law Monday includes an amendment to prevent replacement of the tomb pending a report to Congress. The cemetery had been leaning toward replacing the monument, which was installed in 1931, to maintain its dignity.

It was quiet that day, the guns and the mortars, and land mines for some reason hadn’t been heard.  The young soldier knew it was Sunday, the holiest day of the week.

As he was sitting there, he got out an old deck of cards and laid them out across his bunk.

Just then an army sergeant came in and said, “Why aren’t you with the rest of the platoon?”

The soldier replied, “I thought I would stay behind and spend some time with the Lord“

The sergeant said, “Looks to me like you’re going to play cards.”

The soldier said, “No, sir. You see, since we are not allowed to have Bibles or other spiritual books in this country,