January 05, 2004

A Soldiers Funeral

On a somber note... I don't usually post these types of stories, but this one really got to me.

While Bush issued an edict banning media coverage of returning coffins, there's a small town in Texas that came up with an incredibly moving tribute during the funeral procession of one of their hometown boys.
via the missus

In other political news...
I must be on the slow train, but apparently Britney Spears got married as a joke in Vegas and then got an annulment. Ah, the old wedding as PR ploy... any print is good print blah blah blah. I won't go into the whole "sanctity of marriage" thing because I might finally blow a fucking gasket.
via Solonor: Sunday Sermon 2a

Posted by MJ at January 5, 2004 07:12 AM
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Even more obscene: Not a single servicemember's funeral has been attended by the "Commander in Chief" who sent him or her into war.

Posted by: The Missus at January 5, 2004 02:27 PM

You mean the Commander in Thief? :P

And don't even get me started on the Bratney thing. It's things like that that piss me off the most when straight people just flippantly do shit like this and gay people who are committed to one another can't (flippantly or otherwise). But that's probably the gasket you were going to blow. Sorry.

GRRRRRRR....

Posted by: texasyankee at January 6, 2004 07:01 PM

I understand your concern as to why our Commander in Chief hasn't attended your beloved one's funeral or anyone elses for that matter, but how many funerals is this man supposed to attend? If he went to one in Brooklyn, one in Manhatten would be angry, and so on... give the man a break, he's trying his best to please everyone!

Posted by: SPC. David Rodax at April 2, 2004 10:46 PM