From Fox News comes a story about a private citizen trying to exercise his 1st amendment rights in support of his 2nd amendment rights. It seems that someone didn’t like his sign…
Jon Gibson, of rural Lake Lincolndale, about 50 miles north of New York City, told FoxNews.com he set up a hunting field camera near the sign, which reads “Protect the Second Amendment,” and features the silhouette of an assault rifle, after two mysteriously vanished.
Imagine his surprise when his trail cam had these images….
Yep, the local Constabulary was taking his signs
“It was pure shock to see,” Gibson said to FoxNews.com about first seeing the video recorded on Monday. “He had a huge smile on his face as he’s kicking down the sign
Now, to be sure, he is having his property re-surveyed to make sure he wasn’t violating any ordinances regarding how close to the right of way he could have a sign but wouldn’t you think the officer would walk up to the house, drop off the sign and let the property owner know why he was taking it down? After taking 3 signs, shouldn’t he be issuing a citation to the perpetrator of such deviant criminal behavior?
Anecdotally, all of the LEO’s that I know are supporters of the 2nd amendment AND support concealed carry laws so I certainly wouldn’t paint all police as gun control advocates but WTH?
A World War II soldier’s heartfelt letter to his daughter has finally reached her, seven decades after it was written.
In case you missed the original story;
The father she never met wrote the three-page letter shortly after she was born and shortly before he died in Italy in June 1944. He sent it while stationed in Texas, just before he was sent overseas.
Donna Gregory of St. Louis found the soldier’s letter and other World War II memorabilia in a box 14 years ago while helping her then-husband clean out his grandparents’ home in Arnold, Mo., a St. Louis suburb.
Gregory tracked down Smith in June after a search that involved libraries and the Internet. Both women cried during their initial phone conversation that left the daughter shocked by the items’ discovery.
Sunday, the medals and letter were delivered by Donna Gregory and the Patriot Guard Riders;
Peggy Eddington-Smith received the letter penned by her father, Pfc. John Eddington, as well as his Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals, during an emotional ceremony Saturday in Dayton, Nev., about 40 miles southeast of Reno.
Gregory’s voice cracked with emotion as she read the letter Saturday, bringing tears to Eddington-Smith and many in the crowd of about 150.
The soldier devoted the first page to his wife, saying he hoped she did not find it “silly” that he was writing a letter to a child who could not read.
Not so silly, I think… If your monitor hasn’t blurred over yet, check your pulse.
Job well done Ms. Gregory and the Patriot Guard Riders.
I knew it…..one of these times the stolen valor pooches were going to cross the line and don the spurs and Stetson…and I’ll bet they never even did a spur ride! Scandalous I tell you….SCANDALOUS!!!
Now the posers are trying to fly under the radar by posing as a butterbar…
If they come after us a la Psul Wickre, maybe we can get Mr. Pugglesworth as legal representation…
Sunday I brought you an egregious example of stolen valor…SSG Meatball. Well, I’m sorry to say that the trend is continuing with dogfaces pretending to be 1st Cav…FFS, would you look at those sleeves!! Nothing worse than Marines pretending to be Army…
I give you SSG Curbstone Setter….let’s out this poser!
I have to say though….he’s far more believable than Goo-dick or Monkeyass
Stolen Valor has hit an all time low. Really? This pooch thinks he can pass as an SSG? And look at that name tag…..SSG Meatball….that says it all. And wearing my beloved Cav patch too. If he has his spurs I’m going ballistic!!!
Do I need to close the sarc tag here? Happy Sunday!
Jesse Ventura’s lawsuit against “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle — purportedly the deadliest-ever American servicemen — can proceed with the war hero’s widow as a substitute defendant, a judge has ruled.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Arthur Boylan reportedly wrote in his decision concerning Ventura’s defamation suit, “(if) a party dies and the claim is not extinguished, the court may order substitution of the proper party.”
We are all aware of the way Vietnam veterans were treated by some in this country in the 60’s and 70’s. I came across an article in my local fishwrap about a couple of college students here in my home town that didn’t really care for the way protestors were behaving and came up with an idea to show their support for our local soldiers.
Operation Michigan Christmas, an idea that came from Jackson’s Dave Trotter and Gary Mugg and championed by Gov. George Romney, delivered nearly 7,500 Christmas packages to Michigan soldiers serving in Vietnam in 1965. Nearly 200 students from colleges and universities throughout the state helped pack boxes and make signs for the charter plane delivering the packages.
“There were a lot of us here that believed regardless of the war, the soldiers in Vietnam were kids like us and our friends and family,” Mugg said. “Dave especially believed we needed to do something to show our support for the troops.”On Nov. 21, 1965, Mugg and Trotter announced in the Citizen Patriot an ambitious project to gather the names of Jackson-area men and women serving in Vietnam so they could mail Christmas packages to them to help boost their morale.
It was first envisioned as a local effort however, then Gov. George Romney (yes, Mitt’s father) got wind of the idea after returning from a trip to Vietnam and decided to make it a state wide effort.
News of the effort reached Gov. George Romney, who had just returned from a visit with Michigan troops there.
On Nov. 26 – the day after Thanksgiving – Romney made Mugg and Trotter’s plan a statewide effort to put Christmas packages in the hands of every Michigan man and woman serving in Vietnam.
Operation Michigan Christmas was born.
The Pentagon was unable to provide names and addresses of Michigan soldiers so 9 newspapers across the state put out the call and just 4 days after Gov. Romney made it a statewide effort, over 3000 names and addresses had been submitted.
Dow Chemical Co. gave bottles of aspirin, tissues and Saran Wrap that covered Michigan apples. Ford, General Motors and Chrysler all contributed model cars so soldiers could give the toys to South Vietnamese children.
The packages contained candy, nuts, fruit cake, peanut butter, mixed nuts, raisins, apple sauce, gum, canned pop, ballpoint pens and stationery, sewing kits, toothpaste, razor blades, shaving cream, insect repellent and foot powder.
200 college students helped pack up gift boxes totaling more than 7,400 packages and the newspapers that collected names and addresses pitched in to pay for a charter flight to deliver the goodies.
The flight left Willow Run Airport on Tuesday, Dec. 14 and the gift boxes were in the hands of grateful soldiers by Christmas. Pentagon officials later called the “gift lift” a “logistical miracle.”
When I was in Desert Storm the most memorable thing about the holidays for me was an Apache pilot that landed in our AA on Christmas Eve, jumped out with a Santa suit on, and handed out Christmas cards from anonymous folks back home.
Please feel free to leave your holiday deployment stories in the comments below!
Merry Christmas everyone, and a special Merry Christmas to those of you spending it away from your loved ones this year.
I like it when my state government does something right. Governor Rick Snyder (R-MI) signed a few bills into law recently.
House Bill 5292 allows disabled veterans to get hunting and fishing licenses at no cost, according to the governor’s office.
There were two other bills related to Veterans as well…
• House Bills 5159 and 5162 allow circuit and district courts to create supervised treatment programs for veterans suffering from mental illness or drug or alcohol dependency.
Hey, if the V.A. is too backed up, the state will do it. One thing that I was glad to see in all 3 bills, there was not a single “Nay” vote. Every Republican and every Democrat voted for these bills.
