Elephant In Exile

Elephant is back, refreshed from a journey to the Midwest. Saw the best Memorial Day parade ever. The local town folk did what they've done every year on this date. The high school marching band led a small parade down main street. WWII Vets, fire trucks, girl scouts, more fire trucks and some horses. No politicians! The parade went through the town, then stopped at each of the local cemeteries to honor sons and daughters kills in various battles. No Bush this or Kerry that, just a town remembering its own. After all, regardless of who is in office, it's not the politicians that fight the wars, it's us.