I have observed how astonished people are while they sit and watch the actions of a few million brave individuals in the Baltic nations of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
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They marvel at these people for picking themselves up and walking out of the foreign strangle hold. They marvel at the Baltic Human chain, in a video, from Vilnius to Riga to Tallinn, as people hold hands and sing.
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They also enjoy seeing the enormous change that has transformed these nations in viable Democratic republics. Still struggling but ever making progress. Still mindful of the difficulties involved in growing back into Democracies.
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The citizens going to work daily with a "song" in the air, the song of freedom, the joy of being free
but aware of the cost of freedom. The attitude growing that they can do for themselves far better by their own choice versus someone making their decisions for them. Some times these are hard choices.
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I watch some of the Television shows from Lithuania and see an audience swaying with smiles and color in their faces unlike the gray stoic looks of the colorless prior life. I see the mood, feel the surge of optimism, the feel for the future, for themselves and their children, always the children who are the future.
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I thought, would those watching these Television programs from the comfort of their sofas be willing to support a cause. Or, leave it for someone else to deal with for another day or never.
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Who cares... Would you believe, there are a few .. Would you..
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Beware the ides of I don't care..
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