Posted on 09/20/2004 7:34:36 PM PDT by flutters
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Where's the rope?
Please ping me on this also. Thanks.
This article confused me -- until I read that this incident happened in the parking lot outside the concert. There's probably no place on earth that a U.S. soldier would be more loved than INSIDE a Toby Keith concert!
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Another hero ambushed by a Kerry supporter.
How's this for a plan. Send this punk into Iraq, drop him off in the middle of Baghdad with a big American flag tatood on his back, and then tell him to find his way home. I'd give him a cellphone and tell him if he needs help he can call the the the 1st Cav.
No, no. We are the must remain civil when this happens. We shouldn't retaliate or even defend ourselves.</can I get a side of SARCASM with that?>
REMEMBER THIS ONE IN JULY??
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/jamieson/181422_robert09.html
Veteran gets rude welcome on Bainbridge
Remember this one from last year?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,82395,00.html
Thursday, March 27, 2003
MONTPELIER, Vt. A group of Vermont teen-agers threw rocks at a uniformed female Vermont National Guard sergeant last week, in the latest example of a service member facing hostility in the United States.
Washington mayor apologizes to veteran for parade insult
marinecorpstimes ^ | July 15, 2004 | Associated Press
Posted on 07/15/2004 11:52:55 PM EDT by DuckFan4ever
Associated Press
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. Mayor Darlene Kordonowy has apologized to an Iraq war veteran who says he was called a murderer when he marched in a July 4 parade here. Even if politically we are perceived as left-leaning, it does not mean that is how we treat people, Kordonowy told The Sun newspaper of Bremerton. We are also very tolerant and respectful of different points of view.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1172378/posts
Veteran gets rude welcome on Bainbridge [It's Baaaak!]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | July 9, 2004 | ROBERT L. JAMIESON Jr
Posted on 07/09/2004 6:24:18 AM EDT by johnny7
Think about the Seattle area -- Bainbridge Island to be exact -- and you think scenic views and liberal-minded tolerance. At least the killer views are still there.
The bucolic island's deep reputation for civility got a gut check this week during the annual Grand Old Fourth of July celebration. That's when Jason Gilson, a 23-year-old military veteran who served in Iraq, marched in the local event. He wore his medals with pride and carried a sign that said "Veterans for Bush." Walking the parade route with his mom, younger siblings and politically conservative friends, Jason heard words from the crowd that felt like a thousand daggers to the heart. "Baby killer!" "Murderer!" "Boooo!"
After one, anyway. Not sure if the attacker had been in the concert or was just waiting to start something afterwards.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1168098/posts
Veteran gets rude welcome on Bainbridge [It's Baaaak!]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | July 9, 2004 | ROBERT L. JAMIESON Jr
Posted on 07/09/2004 6:24:18 AM EDT by johnny7
Think about the Seattle area -- Bainbridge Island to be exact -- and you think scenic views and liberal-minded tolerance. At least the killer views are still there.
The bucolic island's deep reputation for civility got a gut check this week during the annual Grand Old Fourth of July celebration. That's when Jason Gilson, a 23-year-old military veteran who served in Iraq, marched in the local event. He wore his medals with pride and carried a sign that said "Veterans for Bush." Walking the parade route with his mom, younger siblings and politically conservative friends, Jason heard words from the crowd that felt like a thousand daggers to the heart. "Baby killer!" "Murderer!" "Boooo!"
Remember this one from last year?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,82395,00.html
Thursday, March 27, 2003
MONTPELIER, Vt. A group of Vermont teen-agers threw rocks at a uniformed female Vermont National Guard sergeant last week, in the latest example of a service member facing hostility in the United States.
National Guard spokesman Capt. Jeff Roosevelt said the woman was not injured in Friday's incident, which took place in Plainfield, but said the woman had decided she would no longer wear her uniform outside of work.
I would not have believed this story -- still think it sounds funny -- but for the picture you posted.
No cojones? Girlie men?
I cannot believe it, either. It is, indeed, a sad situation when ordinary citizens are fearful to the point of not getting involved in situations such as this one.
What have we, as a citizenry, come to?
YOUZAH!
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