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• HEROES IN OUR MIDST:What Kid-O’s Can Learn From Strangers
• Posted by Opinionated MAMAs • 9/15/11

MAMAs appreciate the days we can be proud of each other and ourselves as a nation.  This is one such day on two fronts.  First of all, former Marine Sergeant Dakota Meyer was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery when his unit was involved in a rescue mission in Afghanistan.  This intrepid young American insists that he is not a hero, but accepted the medal on behalf of...

• LABOR OF LOVE: Rebuilding Ground Zero
• Posted by • 9/11/11

This is an amazing documentary about the people who are rebuilding Ground Zero after 9/11 - grab some tissues, watch it with your family and you'll be inspired by the heroes who have committed their lives to rebuilding the NYC skyline and the American spirit.

The Science/Discovery Channel has done an incredible series on rebuilding Ground Zero, click to view.

• READY TO LAUNCH: Giffords To Watch Hubby’s Launch
• Posted by Opinionated MAMA • 4/28/11

Photo Politico

All systems are a GO for Arizona Congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords.  She will attend the final launch of the space shuttle Endeavor on Friday.  Why is this take off so important?  Well, for starters, her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, will be commanding the ship and it will be Giffords first public outing since she was shot in the head on January 8^th in Tuscon, Arizona. She will travel to Cape...

• THE CHIEF HAILS OTHERS: Medal of Freedom Winners
• Posted by Opinionated MAMA • 2/16/11

Photo Carolyn Kaster/AP

President Obama handed out 15 Presidential Medals of Freedom, which is the highest honor the government can give to an average, non-military citizen.   To win the award, here’s what you need to do…be an individual with “especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace or to cultural or other significant public or private...

• FEEL GOOD: Heroes Save The Day
• Posted by Opinionated MAMA • 1/12/11

Photo ABC/GMA

Enough already with the bad news and blame! Political rhetoric, judgement, profiling, posturing and pontificating is getting old.  How about a little good old-fashioned American heroism already?

One of the bystanders at the Tucson shooting which left U.S. Representative Gabrielle Gifffords wounded and killed six others, was a retired South Dakota national Guard officer.  A former Army...