Posted on 08/29/2018 5:53:02 PM PDT by RooRoobird20
McCain, A.K.A. the ‘pus gremlin’ was not popular with the Republican base and Democrat voters hated him. As a pilot he was whiskey delta.
An egomaniac?
No need to apologize :-) To some unfamiliar, this might seem strange. Personally, consider it to be akin to a wake. A time for friends and family to catch up on one another and touch base with their roots. For many, the only time they get together like this is the funeral or per chance a wedding. Stories and anecdotes of the dearly departed are told, condolences are made, and even a few adult beverages are consumed.
Made my day!!!! :D
“I remember when Ronald Reagan died, the national public outpouring of love and grief was MASSIVE.”
When Reagan died, our house bordered the Reagan Library property. It was hard to get to work a few days because of the cars swarming the area to drop off flowers, notes, Teddy bears, etc., at the corner.
His body was transported there twice — once for the public viewing, and finally for the funeral. People lined the highways for miles, standing, and in cars. Overpasses were packed full of people standing with signs and flags either saluting or with hands over their hearts.
The only way to get to the viewing was by shuttle from Moorpark College. We started driving there at early dusk, and didn’t get to the college exit on the 118 until dark. It was just a few miles. Traffic coming the other way from LA was stopped and you couldn’t see the end of the car lights. Thousands of people never got there. We didn’t because it got too late and we turned around and went home.
Now, THAT is what the McCains saw and are expecting for Juan. I really believe that. The joke’s on them, and it’ll be fun to see them embarrassed. Burn for eternity, John.
The man was a real life Ebenezer Scrooge, but without the redemption at the end. He never came around, he’s going to his grave still plotting, scheming and spiting. No repentance in him, no forgiveness.
Yep, I forgot about the funeral procession to the cemetery too. If you’re going to attend the burial ceremony, you can join a funeral procession which forms in the following order: the lead motorcycle police escort (police but not always), the hearse with the deceased on-board (and sometimes the pall bearers on-board or in a separate funeral car), the funeral car carrying the immediate family, and the rest of the friends of the deceased and others who wish join the procession and want drive their cars to the cemetery for the burial ceremony. I might not be exactly right about the order, but everyone knows their place.
Sometimes there is a rear motorcycle escort to show passersby where the procession ends. Other times the lead motorcycle may alternate zipping back and forth between the front and back of the procession or blocking off an intersection while the procession passes through.
Then with headlights lights turned on and a blast of the siren from one of the escorts, the procession begins the parade to the cemetery. As a courtesy, passerby are expected to stop what they are doing and pay their the respects to the deceased while the procession is passing by. Taking off one’s hat is another courtesy still observed around Texas.
If you encounter a procession on the road, as a common courtesy, you are expected to pull off to the side and let the procession pass before resuming your trek.
At the cemetery, everyone parks, groups around the burial plot where the casket and flowers are pre-arranged, and the burial ceremony begins, sometimes under a tent and sometimes not depending on many factors (usually weather).
At the conclusion of the burial ceremony, everyone is free to leave and go home and get out of their (burial attire) clothes. At the funerals, the guys are expected to wear dark suits and the women black dresses. Veils are appropriate too.
Since you mentioned it, adult beverages are served at most of homes but drunkenness is not permitted. Everyone is expected to stay sober.
There are other courtesys which are still observed from time-to-time such as the payment to the grave diggers, the preacher, etc. But I don’t know much about that.
Anyway that’s one of the ways we do it down here in Texas. I had forgotten a lot of the details but you helped me to remember some of the smaller ones.
Much like the procedure here (NC) but there’s an additional lead car from the funeral home with police-like roof lights, purple. Police don’t necessarily escort the procession, but are informed ahead of time and officers have staged blocking intersections along the route, timed to allow the procession to proceed without interruption, but also to minimize traffic delays. Traffic delays typically only becomes an issue with unusually long processions with a great number of private cars following under this system.
:-) The procession can become quite long. These are still seen even though society has now begun to frequently use eternal resting home/grounds such as RestLand (funeral home and cemetery incorporated in a large tract of land) Restland has grown enormous and still growing. All activities taking place on their grounds with no disruption of public highways and streets.
What better opportunity to show respect for a fallen hero?
Remember this?
Chris Kyle’s funeral procession draws thousands
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/feb/12/funeral-procession-begins-ex-navy-seal-kyle/
I watched Chris Kyle’s funeral and memorial service on YouTube and I’ll tell you it was one of the greatest events I’ve ever witnessed. I can’t remember such an out pouring of love and patriotism caused by his untimely death. It was very touching.
The thousands of people outside waiting to get in and the thousands who watched it on YouTube far exceeded what the media reported I’m sure. You could see and feel the love in the crowd.
Our fake media now use funerals as a tool to politicize the leftist agenda. It’s about fake head counts and the embellished deeds of dead leftists that have contributed nothing except chaos. It’s about seizing every opportunity to divide our country and it’s people while hoping to destroy another piece of America in the process.
It’s about putting down the good character or destroying the image of true patriots who have served to unite us and make us the greatest country in the world.
No, McCain deserves what he is getting. I think William Shakespeare summed it up when he said: “I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him”. So let’s bury McCain and get on with it. Or as they say in the South: “We have bigger fish to fry”.
As for me, let them bury McCain with the respect the dead deserve, but honor and praise him, I will not.
Hello, I would like to invite you to my funeral.
“Dig the hole and drop it, already.”
Grand Canyon....just say’n. (It’s already dug)
Well, I think I read here that there were a handful of people on the streets to observe the "procession. So if the state has a population of 20 then perhaps half the state is mourning.
Can you pick up skanks at memorial services?
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