Seaworld has a new Shamu show (probably a new "Shamu," too), Believe, which teared me up faster than a baby delivery on Discovery Health. Dick was surprised that those were real tears, amid the sweat dripping down my face. But they had me at hello, the pre-show montage tribute to our Heroes, the men and women in uniform who "do for us what we wouldn’t even imagine doing" or something like that. Does knowing I’m being ruthelessly manipulated take away from the soaring emotional inspiration that throbbed inside me? Heck, no. All I have to do is believe, and my dreams will come true. As for the older gentleman sitting near us, who stood with all the other military people, he was almost as impressive as the old man in Saving Private Ryan. If only real life came with a majestic soundtrack and helicopter-panoramas. And if only Iraq were a democratic disneyland by now..
but seriously, we should all remember that freedom isn’t free.
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