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If you've been to the parrine bridge lately you know about the flag and memorial. I was jumping down and watering the plants every day but I regrettably had to move away from Twin last week. If you're jumping in twin please, water the plants. If someone waters them once a day they will thrive in that desert environment. There's a bucket and watering jug near the flag. If you stand with your back to the flag facing the river there is a path right in front of you. Walk about 20ft and you'll find the bucket. You can fill it where you catch the boat. If you water them even once you will always be a part of it, along with everyone that helped build it. Please help to say "Thanks" to all that fight to keep us free.

Good man.

Going in Sept. I'll do my part then. Great Job!

Your the man Pick!!!!! Thanks for putting the flag in there... Job well done!!

Attached are 3 photos of the flag, plaque, etc.

IMHO and 2 cents,
It's a nice gesture for people that hope to make a positive change. Unfortunately the imperialism of nation building and 700 bases in 125 countries doesn't do jack to preserve our freedoms that are being taken by our own corrupt politicians and judges. The biggest threat to what little freedom we have left is our own ever-expanding government.

What the fuck does BASE have to do with the military? You think you couldn't BASE jump if we didn't have a military? It doesn't make any sense.

As a regular walker and basewatcher, good work, and don't let the politically motivated gripers get you down.

Last was intended for Pick, but doubt 460 would disagree.

I did not buy or install the sign.

I do not like our government.

I do like the freedom to jump.

I do like when people try.

Did you look at the picture with the memorial? It spells it out in plain english. If we didn't have soldiers to fight for our freedom you can be pretty damn sure we wouldn't be afforded a lot of the luxuries we have. It's a memorial to the soldiers, the people that fight so YOU DON'T HAVE TO. They did draft people here not that long ago. Aren't you thankful that you aren't forced to join? I know I am, and I am thankful to my friends and family (among others) that volunteer so that the rest of us can sit pretty doing whatever we want, like BASE jumping... Pick is also thankful, and that's why he did this. I think it's awesome and I will be glad to help maintain it.

Seems to me that the biggest threat to the freedom of BASE jumpers in the USA is the US government, not the Taliban.

If someone thinks war or military is about freedom or anything about well being of people is blind.

The founding fathers were clearly advocates of a non-interventionist foreign policy.

"Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will be America's heart, her benedictions and her prayers. But she does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own."
-John Quincy Adams

"Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations – entangling alliances with none."-Thomas Jefferson

"If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest." -Thomas Jefferson

"My ardent desire is to keep the United States free from political connections with every other country, to see them independent of all and under the influence of none." -George Washington

"I have always given it as my decided opinion that no nation had a right to inter-meddle in the internal concerns of another; and that, if this country could, consistent with its engagements, maintain a strict neutrality and thereby preserve peace." -George Washington

"Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. ...The nation which indulges toward another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest."-George Washington

"Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation--the last arguments to which kings resort." -Patrick Henry

etc.. etc.. etc.. etc..

And there is good reason for this.
As our National Debt hit $13,390,715,938,402 as of 31 Aug 2010 at 04:35:05 PM GMT . We cannot afford these endless wars.
These wars are actually putting our liberties at risk. Not to mention all of our freedoms that have been stripped in the name of 'fighting terror' with bills like the Patriot Act.
If the U.S. wanted to fight, then Congress should have 'declared war' (in order to keep us from a 'nation building roll' / endless war). But they didn't; we haven't since WWII.
And if you take the time to look at the reasons why 'the terrorists' attacked us on 9/11 you will see it was because we had been performing military operations and putting our nose in the politics of the Middle East (e.g. Saudi Arabia, where most of the 9/11 terrorists were from) for decades. The same interventionist foreign policy that has us over there now is the same policy that started their deep-rooted hate for us. (not that they were justified in their action, but we gave them the motive). It wasn't because they hate freedom. America is no longer a free country. America has more laws than any other country in the world, and if you take into account inflation (thanks to the federal reserve & their counterfeiting) we are the highest taxed country in the world. Also, we have the most people in prison (EVEN MORE THAN COMMUNIST CHINA!!! who have about 4X as many people as us...)

America is the new Rome & we all know what happened to their empire.
"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." -- Cicero, 55 B.C.

p.s.
Ron Paul 2012!