Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Today's Teapot Tempest Courtesy Senator Barbara Boxer

The intellectually vacuous Barbara Boxer has requested Secretary of the Army Francis J. Harvey investigate why a California family suffered the terrible experience of having the remains of their son, killed in action in Iraq, returned to them on a civilian airliner with no ceremony at the airport. Hey folks, I don’t want to hurt your feelings about the ceremony and stuff, but, your son was not exactly a General Patton. He was an Army Specialist killed in the line of duty in the service of his country. He will be honored with a military burial ceremony.

Feel blessed that your son has been returned to you. Prior to the Korean War the dead were not routinely returned home. Your son had a military escort from Dover Air Force Base to San Diego. This has been the procedure of the military for years. Fifty years ago my father escorted a coffin from Elmendorf Air Force Base to the states. Here’s another news flash for you Barbara. Coffins are routinely returned home in this country by commercial airline. No one is going to pay for a cross country hearse.

What has cheapened this whole affair is Barbara Boxer’s mishandling of this affair. First of all Senators normally turn requests for assistance over to the Representative of the district the requestor resides. Obviously Barbara Boxer’s hatred of George Bush, his policies and the Iraq situation caused her to violate protocol and attempt to cause an embarrassing incident. The only embarrassing incident here is Barbara Boxer.




Army defends transporting of dead to U.S. on commercial flights
By Leo Shane III, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Wednesday, December 14, 2005

WASHINGTON — Defense officials confirmed this week that the bodies of deceased troops are usually transported as freight on commercial airlines, but they insisted the practice is not unusual or disrespectful.


The practice came under scrutiny this week after Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., helped arrange an honor guard to welcome the body of a San Diego soldier, Spc. Matthew Holley, killed in Iraq in mid-November.

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3 comments:

  1. beakerkin9:48 PM

    Is this woman playing with a full deck. What does this woman expect a personal c130 to her door.

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  2. beakerkin12:34 AM

    FPM used to be a great place but I prefer the blog community. I have several friends whose blogs you have all seen and we get some outside visitors.

    The trolls come for a bit and with the exception of Duncy move on. Duncy in many ways enriches the experience as his ignorance and obsessions prove my point.

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  3. BigBubba6:50 AM

    I actually think Mr. Ducky may be having a problem with his meds. Some of his recent posts have been really overloaded with delirious hyperbole and polemics. I worry about his med problems because I would hate to see him committed and not able to post here.

    I wish nasteeoletroll would return more often to contribute to the discussion. I agree 100% about FPM. The Duck and I had been posting there for years trading insults. David Horowitz cut off his nose to spite his face.

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