{"id":61459,"date":"2015-08-19T11:35:03","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T15:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=61459"},"modified":"2015-08-19T12:47:13","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T16:47:13","slug":"think-lightning-never-strikes-twice-think-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=61459","title":{"rendered":"Think Lightning Never Strikes Twice? Think Again. (Updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember about 6 weeks ago when a former VA employee in Rhode Island got sentenced<\/em><\/a> for stealing VA tombstones awaiting disposition and using them to pave his carport?\u00a0 Think it couldn’t possibly happen again?<\/p>\n

Well, you’re right.\u00a0 It didn’t happen again.<\/p>\n

At least not exactly. This time it was a patio and a staircase that were found to be paved with what appeared to be VA-provided veteran’s tombstones.\u00a0 And it was in Missouri vice Rhode Island.<\/p>\n

I’m dead serious.<\/p>\n

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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an article with more details<\/em><\/a>. It’s worth a read.<\/p>\n

Sheesh. You’d think the cheap bastard who did this would have at least had the decency to turn the headstones name side down.<\/p>\n

At least now the matter is under investigation by the VA OIG.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE:\u00a0 well, it looks like no investigation will be required.\u00a0 The owner of the home in question has admitted that the patio was made from discarded headstones he found in a landfill<\/a><\/em>. (A local monument company apparently did at one time did make VA headstones.)\u00a0 He also went on to say, \u201cI was just making something out of nothing . . . I didn\u2019t know.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

Presumably he means “I didn’t know that was a bad thing to do.”\u00a0 Make up your own mind whether you believe the guy or not.<\/p>\n

The guy also indicated he’ll remove the patio.\u00a0 Presumably that goes for the staircase, too.<\/p>\n

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