Happy Memorial Day

Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME) has made a very fitting, appropriate Memorial Day tribute to our troops who have served and who are still serving in our armed forces around the world - take a look - it's only six minutes long.

Allen, who has distinguished himself in many ways in the U.S. House, is running for the U.S. Senate this year against Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), a rubber-stamp GOPer who needs to be shown a different career path. Allen is in for an uphill fight, but hopefully he will ride into the Senate on an expected wave of Democratic victories this fall. If you wish to support Allen, you can visit his U.S. Senate Website, or by visiting ActBlue.

Allen would make a wonderful, Progressive addition to the U.S. Senate - I wish I could cast my vote for him.

Anyway, Happy Memorial Day, everyone. Wherever you are and whatever you're doing today, please take a moment to think about our troops and how fortunate we are to have our fighting men and women protecting us from those who mean us harm. We really do owe them a tremendous debt of gratitude, and I can only hope that Congress, President Bush, and our next president all see to it that they are given the benefits they so richly deserve. It's the very least we can do. (The G.I. Bill proposed by Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) and recently passed by the House would be a good start.)

In the coming days, I'll be writing about some ways we can support our troops overseas. Whether you agree with the War in Iraq or not, they are still our soldiers who are just doing their duty, and we will have to support them in the coming months years in many, many ways large and small. We can, we will, we must.

Happy Memorial Day, everyone.