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Wednesday, September 11. 2019

Gratitude to a great American patriot

Gary Sinise travels and performs constantly to raise $30-million a year through the Charity Navigator top-rated Gary Sinise Foundation for disabled veterans.





Posted by Bruce Kesler at 01:00 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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Gary Sinise is the sort of guy who makes me GRATEFUL that: 1, I'm privileged to live in the United States of America, and 2, I was privileged to serve in the military of this free and vibrant country.
#1 Joe New on 2019-09-11 01:44 (Reply)
God bless Lieutenant Dan!
#1.1 DeGaulle on 2019-09-11 04:34 (Reply)
3) and we all are blessed with Mr Sinise as a caretaker for our military and law enforcement and as an example for future generations to hold dear. He's one of the hardest working actors toiling on behalf of the U.S.A.

Thank you for your service, Joe New, and all others here who protect our country with their lives.
#1.2 jma on 2019-09-11 12:52 (Reply)
Got dusty in here all of a sudden...

A good man is Lt. Dan.
#2 XRay on 2019-09-11 11:17 (Reply)
It is obvious that of all the commenters, the most accomplished actor of the bunch, and biggest A-hole, little Bobbie de Niro,
America-hating bastard that he is, didn't mean a word and had to read every syllable from a teleprompter. God, how I've come to detest that tiny man.
#3 twolaneflash on 2019-09-11 11:51 (Reply)
Heh ... De Niro was reading the teleprompter
#3.1 frankns on 2019-09-12 16:43 (Reply)
I think that what this guy is doing is great. There are many disabled veterans. Too many, in fact. Something like half of the Iraqi war veterans claim that they can't work anymore because of PTSD. That's a very high number. So what do we do in the future if such a high percentage of veterans claim to be disabled?
We can't afford to support every veteran for the rest of his life. Probably, we are going to have to raise the bar for what it means to be disabled. No more PTSD. That diagnosis never existed during World War Two. A soldier came home, and then he was expected to go back to work.
#4 Ron B Liebermann on 2019-09-11 12:54 (Reply)
Gary Sinese has just written a book, "Grateful American." It is well worth your time to read it. I was familiar with his work on behalf of Gold Star families (I am a Gold Star wife as a result of my late husband's 100% wartime disabled rating) but I had no idea of the scope of Sinese's long term generosity and hard work.
#5 Missy on 2019-09-12 08:40 (Reply)

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