More Veterans Day obnoxiousness
Update 7:44pm Eastern. Michael Graham was at the Boston Veterans Day parade and files an eyewitness report.
Update 7:30pm Eastern: Another outbreak of Veterans Day anti-troop unhingedness for the moonbat hall of shame (via reader Anthony):
Almost as soon as Ann and Don Bender marked the 4th of July by planting a field of more than 3,500 flags — one for each of the American troops killed in Iraq— the elements began to take a toll. The baking sun and sudden storms of a Great Plains summer left the little flagsticks warped and broken and the fabric bleached and torn.
Ninety years of battlefield portraits taken by the greatest combat photographers of all time
But that was nothing compared to the damage done in the dark hours of Sunday morning by vandals who kicked down thousands of the flags and left behind a cardboard sign with a single word splattered in red spray paint: “MURDERERS.”
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Let’s see. So far this Veterans Day holiday, we’ve highlighted newspaper editors defending snit fits against an American soldier in Iraq and moonbats using kids as human shields to block military cargo shipments to and from Iraq. Completing an unhinged trifecta, here’s a story out of Boston on a disruption today at the annual Veterans Day parade by anti-war protesters:
More than a dozen members of an antiwar veterans group were arrested yesterday as they protested the exclusion of their message from Boston’s Veterans Day parade.
Members of Veterans for Peace lined up in front of a podium at City Hall Plaza holding antiwar placards, as color guards from Massachusetts military units and JROTC bands from across the state filed into Government Center for a ceremony, sponsored by the American Legion, to honor veterans after the parade. Some protesters wore gags, which they later said symbolized the fact that, while they were permitted to march in the parade, they were prevented from carrying signs opposing the war in Iraq.
“We were exercising our First Amendment rights,” said Winston Warfield of Dorchester, a member of the group. “The First Amendment protects free speech, even when you don’t agree with what’s being said.
Don’t these people have enough of their own damned parades
without having to ruin everyone else’s?
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Soap wants to thank all of the Veterans that visit here. I am thankful for your service, GOD Bless you all!
…but still couldn’t keep their mouths shut.
Bet those folks would have a problem with Firefighters marching in a gay pride parade holding signs opposing homosexuality
Can’t let someone else get some attention on a national Holiday.After all,if they don’t keep up the rants , people in this country may actually begin to feel some pride and self-repect again.Can’t let that happen.After all,America is to blame for all the world’s ills,right.
Probably should have let them march in the parade with their signs. The more the “squishy” middle sees of these moonbats and their classless behavior, the better. Let’s put the unhinged libs on display for all to see. My guess is they’d turn most of the middle off.
God bless America and our troops around the world!
Winston Warfield, the irony of his last name. What a bunch of losers.
The strength and character shown by our veterans and current military is amazing to me. This day belongs to them and is a day of thanks, not protest….but the soldiers would be the first to defend these ingrate’s right to do it.
God bless them all and THANK YOU!.
Great news from school!
/sarc off
Not one mention, according to my daughter, of Veterans Day at school today.
Kevlaur
- who celebrated yesterday by writing his son in Navy boot camp. ‘Course, can’t mail until tomorrow…
The parade in question was sponsored by the American Legion, a private organization. The maggots could have held their own parade, but their voices would have been drowned out by the chirping crickets.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
I’m ready to rip his biscuts off!
LOL feebs. Breathe deep.
Somehow whenever I see, hear or read accounts of these kind of “protestors” the thought occurs that it’s never really the underlying issue of war or peace that they’re concerned with.
It’s all about themselves. These people have all the “superior moral conscience” of a streaker at a football game.
I G N O R E
H I M
Another heart felt Thank you to all our vets.
Veterans for Peace must be a sub-group of Act Up, them using gags and all…
My husband and I are Navy vets and our oldest son an
Air Force vet. I have no use for anyone that has such an unintetesting and arid life that the only way he/she
can feel important is to band together with other
misfits to disrupt either Veteran’s Day Parades or
shipments going to Iraq. If they want to do something
useful, go to Saudi Arabia with I Love Jesus shirts or in
the case of the women, short shorts and sleeveless
shirts.
On my soap box, it’s very hard, it’s extremely hard….counting now.
I know John. The Bible says resist evil and it shall flee!
Gah…There are proper ways, times, and places to protest, and it seems as though these protesters (esp. the ones with the CHILLLLLDREN) haven’t got the memo.
To counter this story, I have my own Veteran’s Day story to pass along. Yesterday, my grandmother and I went to the dedication of the Veteran’s Memorial at our local cemetery. There were 9 large obelisks representing WWI, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, peacetime service, and Persian Gulf/Bosnia/Kosovo/OIF/OEF. There were 3 obelisks for the WW2 Veterans and 2 for the Korean War. These obelisks had the names of all the veterans from our county that had fought in the respective wars. There were stars engraved by the names of those who had made the ultimate sacrifice.
500 programs were printed out for this dedication, and they ran out. At least 2500 people attended this outpouring of support for veterans past and present. My grandfather’s name and great-uncle’s name are on one obelisk. My uncle’s name is on another. My name is on the last.
Well, for once, I have a bit of good news from the high school front this Veterans Day. Eagan High school in Eagan , MN held a Veterans Day tribute for many of us veterans this morning. I am not Pollyannish enough to say they weren’t required to attend, but the students were very respectful, the music was incredible and the spoken words were stirring and warm. For one hour this Marine felt actually appreciated in a state that elected Keith Ellison and Amy Klobochar.
What a freakin’ slap to the Marine Corps when he was sworn in using Jeffersons Qur’an. Jefferson studied the Qur’an to know his enemy not to cozy up to them. Dude, How do you stay in that state. I would think all Marines would leave and take the flag and Constitution with them on the way out.
I am glad your were honored by this even - as you should be.
TXRose and CO of Fort Housewife, thank you both for your service, as well as the scores of others that visit MM’s site. We can’t say it often enough, nor loudly enough.
The numbskulls that insist on ruining every single event to honor the military are lower than low, and should be shunned instead of given a platform to spew their vicious lies.
worked for me, just ask my ex.
“The First Amendment protects free speech, even when you don’t agree with what’s being said.” W.W.
Really? Is that what it means? Well heck, I’ll keep that in mind next time I get slammed for calling someone “illegal” or a “Islamonazi”. Or doesn’t this Amendment apply to me because I support the military and am a white Christian?????
AJ, you are NOT going to let this day go by without an alert are you?
Here is the news story of another outrage.
Play the video second below the still shot on the right about a flag display being vandalized.
Blessed are the peacemakers……
Colt Peacemakers
Well, I love the weather and always rememberd that I was to keep my friends close but my enemies closer. I have to stay here to be the subversive I was meant to be. I was born in VA though so I consistently remind the socialists here of Mr. Jefferson’s efforts at showing the true colors of the Islamic culture.
I dont know my lack of humor was not appreciated yesterday, I am suffering from a verbal assualt on my sensitive skin. lol
This gives me a chance to give a major “THANK YOU” to all our Veterans out there…and to the ones who visit this site. There are many more of us, who don’t make it on the news, like some with nonsense, who really do appreciate everything you all have done for us, from the Continental Army to the war on terror. I have my flag out yesterday and today to show my love for all of you. I live in a free country because of the sacrifices made. I won’t forget!!
This begs the question of, “how many of these Vets for Peace are actually vets?” Sorry about this question, but that organization has caused me to doubt them at every turn. It is not as if they have a long track record of honesty or of representing themselves with nothing but real veterans.
And then there is the capitol city of the 5th largest economy in the world, former home to three air force bases, two of which were very important to winning WWII, a former Army Depot, close neighbor to Travis AFB, where many of our wounded and killed men and women serving in Iraq are brought through, as well as a considerable amount of equipment and personnel go through on their way to or from the Gulf, Sacramento.
That’s right, Sacramento, home of the Sacramento Bee “journalist” who want’s to know if you know who he is, DID NOT have ANYTHING to celebrate Veteran’s Day. No parade, no nothing. Some of the smaller hamlets in the area, like Elk Grove did, but not the Capitol City of California.
Surprised? Not me. After all, someone might become offended by the showing of thanks and support for all these brave men and women who have served our country, in peacetime and in war. Forget the fact that they offended these brave and honorable souls…they do not matter. It is more important that someone who lives or is visiting here not become offended by our flag or our military.
You cannot question that which they do not have.
I admire you Marine!
C-guy. Thanks for the video (I think, as it mad me mad). Sadly, the people these low-lifes (my apologies to low-lifes) hurt are the very people who fought to give them a country where they can do this kind of crap. So, they would trounce a flag that represents a fallen soldier? I bet they kick puppys too.
I sent michelle an e-mail feebs sent me about a tree hugger in berkely fallen out of a tree. maybe michelle will post that, it fits right in today.
Damn Hippies.
yeah, flags falling on clinton, hippies falling out of trees, dare I ask what is next?
HAPPY VET’s DAY TO ALL!!!!
Son, we live in a world that has walls. And those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who’s gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that Santiago’s death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives…You don’t want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don’t talk about at parties, you want me on that wall. You need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty…we use these words as the backbone to a life spent defending something. You use ‘em as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide, then questions the manner in which I provide it! I’d rather you just said thank you and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don’t give a damn what you think you’re entitled to!
Oh, you mean the same folks who shout down, throw pies and physically attack conservative speakers at colleges?
Nah, couldn’t be.
next is a 49er’s spanking at the hands of the Seahawks.
Monday night footballlllllllll
Did the tree hugger hurt the grass when he landed? OH the horror.
#36 - no harm done. He landed on his head.
AJ. Don’t make me send you another dead hawk!
Heres a link to the tree
huggerfaller. rofl.oppsie!
That was classic feebs…. ah, wheres my cookies from the SC game? lol!!!!
Thanks Aj and Feebie.
They should just use a tranqualizer gun and get the rest of them down.
I’ll bet anything he sues the school for not having any warning signs about possible hazards when climbing trees.
Freakin’ stinky moron.
What was it Feebs said:
Nuttier than squirrel poop. Just had to as it seemed to fit.
Did I read the Drudge Report link right about ABC running footage of our brave being “hunted” in Afghanistan? I will never watch the ALL Bill Clinton station again.
Hmmmmm, maybe thats what they did….
I wish they had video.
Nuttier than squirrel
poopturd. Apperantly my 14 year old boy sense of humor is catching. Too bad. I really though ya’all were better than that.Reminds me of that Bear falling out of the tree onto the trampoleen.
lol john, yeah that was a swift move.
Thank God for Gravity.
At 32 fps/s, a 32 foot fall would mean impact at almost 30 MPH.
Again. Thank God for Gravity.
And they say there is no GOD!
Don’t forget the bones that broke his fall. Thank GOD for bones!
At 32/fps=splat.
I would have paid admission to see that splat.
lawn chairs, brew and lenny the flying hippie…. priceless.
Would the hot air in their head throw off the math?
According to NBC news the Red Cross was trying to make amends by passing out free donuts to vets on the Mall in Washington but ran into a lot of red tape regarding the law prohibiting passing out free food. Apparently they charged for donuts and coffee 55 years ago and never heard the end of it.
Add in a stiff crosswind or a low flying A-10 and this could have been really interesting
Last Friday (Nov 9th), my son’s Middle School (7th & 8th Grades) held a fantastic Veteran’s Day Observance program. Students were on hand at the school entrance to open the doors for all guests & lend assistance to anyone who needed it. They offered red poppies and pins to everyone!
Both the 8th Grade Band and Orchestra performed uplifting patriotic musical selections and the Vocal Music students gave an insprired performance topped off by God Bless the USA! Among the attending guests were approx 60 vets, from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom. Two WWII vets proudly wore their uniforms, as did several others!
The featured speaker was a seaman who was on the USS West Virginia when it was attacked at Pearl Harbor, and he spoke about his experiences. A particularly moving part of the assembly was when the name and branch of service was announced for every veteran in attendance; Each was recognized with heartfelt applause and then presented with a Certificate of Appreciation from the school.
It should come as no surprise that this public (that’s right, I said public) school system received the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 2005. Although I am not a veteran, I am so proud and appreciative of the administration and faculty at my son’s school for their support of our nation’s bravest and finest. To them and especially to all of America’s veterans, I humbly say Thank you!
You guys, seriously…look at Lenny.
Would you have wanted to rescue this stink bomb after he hit the ground after not being out of the tree since August…. Poor firefighters and paramedics fer sure!
Hmmmmm, If a hugger falls in the forest , does it make a noise?
Having Veteran’s Day so close to the Marine Corps Birthday is sort of like being born really close to Christmas.
Thank GOD for VETERANS - then, now, and future.
Why couldn’t this happen to Joan Baez?
UC Berkeley, nuff said.
You know, they would never try that here in the deep south. We would be throwing rocks at them. We would climb the trees and rock the ropes until they all fell. Then, we would all pat each others backs and say, “Great job” (after we picked ourselves up off the ground from laughing our rear ends off).
What in tarnation is wrong with you people over there?
Too many puffs off the Hooka, I would assume.
My plane of choice as well. If they had shown me a pic of an A-10 in High School, I would have jerned up!
Simple solution to get them down,
Ants.
Leave it to 7th and 8th graders to get it right. Don’t let them go to Berkeley.
Wow, now that’s impressive. I tried to put my jungle fatigues on for Halloween and couldn’t even get one button on the shirt buttoned and forget about even trying the trousers.
I’m glad I was 19 when I went to Nam because if they asked me to go today, I’d still go but the VC would have a much bigger target.
Is that why they call you trinity now?
Okay Soap, be nice.
I was 170 when I went to Nam, 105 after a 6 week hospital stay in DC on the way home, and 210 today mostly due to the wonderful cooking of my beautiful wife of 36 years.
does she have a sister?
LOL t-tim. With ya on the wife thing. I went from 135 to 168 in one year. Holding at 155 these days.
GOD bless our wives and their good cooking!
Thanks for your service too!
Thanks for your service Trinitytim.
ROFL at AJ. I just knew that was coming! Food and women were just too much for him.
Unfortunately, he’s probably not insured, so his sorry butt will be covered by the 10% income taxes I pay to the state each year.
what can I say,
No but she does have a brother who likes the Seahawks.
Gotta run guys - be blessed!
U 2 Soap
Cant change the team I play for but if he has season tickets….. hmmmmmm
lol!
AJ, You do indeed Crack Me Up!!!!
i guess the tree hugger wasn’t hanging on tight..sorry couldn’t resist..
Happy Veterans Day to all the Vets. My uncles in WWII Navy and Army. My Dad Korea and My son Iraq(first)both Navy.
God Bless this Nation and its Military.
How about a new acronym …
May I suggest …
P lease
I gnore
M oronic
P osters
aj … If Tim and his wife get out your way be sure to get together with them … they are great people …
DesertLover said…
Make it plural with:
S tupidity
or
S illiness
or forget the S and just go with Flapdoodle
Disgusting and morally reprehensible.
As my Mother used to say…’There is a time and place…’ obviously, these t*rds never got the memo from their Mom.
These people have no shame what so ever. They deem it necessary to besmirch an honored day like this to display their antics and dishonor veterans, while as MM wrote, they have other days to pull these stunts.
As a veteran, I have no use for these ‘Useful Idiots’, and I condemn them with my heart, mind, and soul.
DL, my wife is blushing and back at you my friend. You make the Marines proud.
Flapdoodle; Is that something that a crapweasel does in the woods?
Tim,
how about this adjustment to make my suggestion plural …
P lease
I gnore
M oronic
P osting
S ycophants
Is that better?
Tell “J” I said hello …
P.I.M.P.S. ROFLMAO
Why do they hate peace?
http://www.damaverick.com/ptsf.jpg
That’ll work just fine.
I still like flapdoodle as a substitute for the other s word that can’t be said on tv or radio.
God bless America and our troops around the world!
Wait, If it does make a sound, does ANYONE CARE?
I’m pretty sure they have meds for that now…:-)
.
How come y’all din’t wait for me today?
I got here and you’re already up to the hi-80’s.
Bear, you still workin that bday angle?
.
THANKS VETS, ALL OF YA.
flapdoodle and squirrel turds.
A real fun, yet educational site here today.
Yea, we missed you shooter.
Was that you in woods at UC Berkeley when that flapdoodle fell from the tree?
I thought I heard the crack of .50 calibre round just before he went splat.
trinitytim
flapdoodle:
the obnoxious sound made when a tree-hugger hits the fan …
Amen!!!!
Nailed it.
.
Ssshhh. i was aiming for the squirrel turd.
No problem … easy to understand how those two targets could be confused …
note to self:
get a scope.
AJ..
Up by 10. There’s hope for Elizabeth’s namesake yet.
Add 7 more. Good job.
Niners are lookin bad. we should be up by 35. Bring on the bears!!! yikes.
looks like their playin at the zoo.
Have a nice eve all.
Thanks to the Vets and Troops out there!
Go Hawks!
#13 On-my-soap-box:
Looks like folks took your advice.
Haven’t noticed Polly Parrot latlely.
(relief)
Thank everyone who is serving or has ever
served in our military whether here, on the ocean or on foreign soil! As one of my sisters said today,
it takes a much more special person to actually
put his or her life on the line for this country than to sit around griping about the country. I say that
on Veteran’s Day, if you cannot appreciate what
someone has done for you, keep your mouth shut!
shhh Granite. its past his bed time, don’t wake him.
AJ - we are still down by 17 but we movin the ball now. Please niners…don’t do this on nat’l tv!!!!
Amen Ms. TXRose!
I would think that trees would be a very likely place to find a bunch of nuts like these.
AJ #28, I tried to keep up with all the threads yesterday and today. Were you being naughty yesterday? I sincerely hope so, someone has to keep this motley crew in line.
BTW, I’ve forgiven the Cowboys. Don’t want to spank them anymore, since they won last night. The 9iners, I could cry. They’ll be back hard and strong in 2 years or more. When I lived in Calif. they were my favorite team.
Hope all the vets had a pleasant and relaxing day. For the rest of us, it should be a day to honor those living, remember those lost, and thank God we have future generations that will choose to serve. Forget about the morons falling out of trees, we are blessed by heros.
I can’t speak for all veterans but this old soldier wants you all to know that I appreciate your kind words. Even though we fought for all Americans, it’s people like you on this board that make it all worthwhile.
Desertlover and I were talking about our experiences last week over dinner and we agreed that the bond formed by fighting in life or death combat is so strong that, in some cases, it’s stronger than the bond between family members. I hope this doesn’t sound arrogant but unless you’ve experienced the adrenalin rush of combat, it’s probably not something you can understand.
Thanks again. I will never forget and I will never surrender.
Fox 11 Los Angeles chose today, of all days, to air this infamous Simpsons episode
Something tells me it wasn’t by chance either.
This veteran thanks you all for your kind words.
Trinitytim~if your wife can fatten you up, I need some tips from her. NOTHING works to fatten up The Man. It’s obscene how much he can eat, but maybe it’s just the PT.
I would like to second trinitytim’s comments in #112 and say thanks to all of you here that make all that we vets have gone through in the past worthwhile and give us hope for the future ….
Semper Fi and God Bless America
Lousy parasites.
No one in their right mind would choose to show up and listen to their “message,” so they try to hijack a memorial event for fallen veterans and hold the people’s attention hostage.
You’d have to dig a hole to China to get any lower.
I went to Boise yesterday to participate in the 21 gun salute at BSU. It was a dignified ceremony with cold weather and threatening rain keeping the crowd small (mostly veterans and their families). Had a great time and spent most of the day in the city before heading home too late to see what was going on in the world.
Not surprised by the BS by those on the left that support the troops by interfering with the transport of war supplies. Now that this country has an Attorney General it is time to send out the forces of the DOJ with a subpoena issued for each one of these traitors participating in seditious acts against the operation of the Military during a time of war. They can then be stripped of their citizenship and deported to a country of their choice or one that will take them since they can’t stand living in the oppressive United States of America. Better yet we can send them down to the Southern border to pick-up all the trash the illegal invaders leave destroying the environment and then deported.
It’s time to start incarcerating those who vandalize or otherwise break the law. And if the local enforcement won’t do the job, bring in federals!
mycroft69,
formerly 1/333rd Battalion, Field Artillery, U.S. Army
To all who have thanked all of us who served, I hope I speak for my fellow veterans when I say ” Thank you and was my honor to have served”.
What a bunch of crap! If I protested about, say HOMOSEXUALITY, I bet Mr. Warfield would have a different take on interpreting the First Amendment.
Either way, we know from his actions he doesn’t appreciate our military. A day in the life of sharia law might change his misguided point of view.
What pisses me off the most about these “veterans against the war” (read: just about anywar since Vietnam), is the fact that they ignore the reality of modern day Ottomans. That we were attacked by radical Islamic pigs who want everyone to bow to Mecca, and will use widespread terrorism to do it, is inconsequential to these “veterans”. Why in the f**k do they think “pulling out the troops” and capitulating to al Qaeda and the Taliban, especially while we’re kicking their ass, is going to convince the Islamofascists to make nice and stop with the terrorism? Iraq War vets like me, are confronting these abject losers. “Veterans for peace”, my ass. Who’s “peace” and at what price?