Ohio Bikers For McCain-Palin: COUNTRY FIRST

[Ohio Bikers For McCain-Palin]

FINAL REPORT
Ohio Bikers For McCain-Palin Rally
356th Fighter Group, Canton, Ohio, 1, November 2008

Ohio Bikers For McCain-Palin put Country First and honored Ohio's fallen heroes at our final rally last Saturday in Canton, OH. 

WE were truly honored to have the father and step-mother of Lima Company Cpl. Dustin A. Derga attend and speak of Dustin's love of country and heroism under fire. Bob Derga shared his pride for Dustin and for all our fallen heroes.

Marine Cpl., 24, of Columbus, Ohio; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Columbus, Ohio; attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); killed May 8, 2005 by enemy small-arms fire while conducting combat operations in Ubaydi, Iraq.

Pastor John (Preacherman) Harris, Ohio Chapter President, Covenant Motorcycle Ministries, composed this Prayer for Leadership:

Give us, O God, leaders whose hearts are large enough to match the breadth of our own souls . . . and give us souls strong enough to follow leaders of vision and wisdom.

Give us leaders who lead this nation to virtue without seeking to impose our kind of virtue on the virtue of others.

Give us a government that provides for the advancement of this country . . . without taking resources from others to achieve it.

Give us insight enough ourselves to choose Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin as leaders who can tell . . . strength from power . . . growth from greed . . . leadership from dominance . . . and real greatness from the trappings of grandiosity.

We ask these things, O God, with minds open to your word . . . and hearts that trust in your eternal care.

May Your will be done . . .not ours . . . Amen.

Preacherman also composed "Forever Thankful", a tribute to America's military heroes.  You can read this tribute and see event photos at this link:  http://www.roadtobonneville.com/BFMOH/bfmcantonnov1.htm

After the rally, several of us remained in Canton overnight and, early Sunday morning in a cold drizzle and fog, joined an Honor Guard to escort the body and family of another Ohio fallen hero, SGT Nicholas A. Casey, 22, Canton, OH, U.S. Army 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne),Fort Bragg, NC., Operation Enduring Freedom, from Akron Canton Airport to a Canton funeral home.

Thank you for your support and for your vote to elect John McCain and Sarah Palin as the next President and Vice-President of the United States!

Ride Safe under President John McCain!

Pete Miller
Ohio Director
Bikers For McCain-Palin
http://bikers.johnmccain.com/bikers.htm