Career advice

From Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times:

In a recent column I speculated on President Bush's post-White House plans. What
should he do with
himself?

Alice Collins of Oak Lawn has an idea.

"Three hundred and sixty-five days a year, in the wind and snow of winter and
the heat and humidity of
summer, let him tend to the graves of the almost 4,000 men and women who have
given their lives in the
debacle of Iraq. They honored their oaths, obeyed their commander-in-chief and
sacrificed their lives of
promise to a lying, unprincipled warmonger.

"He can begin at the grave of my grandson, Lcpl Jonathan W. Collins, killed in
action on 8/8/2004."

Amen.

Marine Lance Cpl. Jonathan Collins of Crystal Lake was killed by enemy fire in
the Al Anbar province of
Iraq in the summer of 2004. He was 19.

Nineteen. You're supposed to be attending college and going to football games
and meeting girls and
dreaming about your future when you're 19.

Access tributes to Jonathan and other soldiers at fallenheroesmemorial.com. It's
impossible to read the
comments from friends and relatives and loved ones without feeling your heart
get so heavy you can
barely breathe.

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