Cross-posted with permission from The Birthers
Go Tell it to the Marines
All men are created equal, is not simply misunderstood words in our Declaration of Independence, used to push new and bigger social programs that have nothing to do with equality. It is a truth that we as Americans hold dear, but the greater truth of these words is in their application. All people are created equal, but the greater truth is what they do between birth and death that not only defines a person but in the end determines their value to posterity. It is true for average people as it is such in the case of federal justices.
When one looks at two judges David Carter and Jerome Simandle in the Obama eligibility trials it is easy to see vast differences in them once you look past the black robes, even though they are equal in stature in the blind eyes of the law. In 1967 David Carter had just graduated UCLA, and instead of continuing his education or applying for a commission in any of the armed services, a young David chose to be one of the few and the proud and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. As a recipient of the Bronze Star and Purple Heart and a veteran of the battle of Khe Sahn, he left the Marines not as a private but with the coveted Mameluke sword, who’s origins go back to Lieutenant O’Bannon and the shores of Tripoli.
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