Posted on 08/01/2006 5:55:42 PM PDT by John Jorsett
That's a wonderful picture. Great news!
EIGHTY-SIXTH NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN LEGION
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
August 31, September 1, 2, 2004
Resolution No. 326: Preserve WWI Veterans Memorial In Mojave Desert
Origin: California
Submitted by: Convention Committee on Credentials and Other Internal Matters,
Section II
WHEREAS, The motto of The American Legion has been "For God and
Country" since its founding by veterans of World War I in 1919; and
WHEREAS, The American Legion Department of California, assembled in
convention in Riverside County, California, in 2003, by vote of delegates did pass a
resolution in support of legislation to officially designate as the Mojave Desert Veterans
Memorial the site at which in 1934 a cross was erected in tribute to veterans; and
WHEREAS, The United States Congress passed legislation designating that site
as an official veterans memorial and providing for its preservation by exchanging that
one-acre site for a five acre site privately owned, thus placing the veterans memorial in
private hands to be cared for by veterans organizations; and
WHEREAS, Notwithstanding that action by Congress, the United States Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals has recently ruled at the request of the American Civil Liberties
Union (ACLU) that the cross at the Mojave Desert Veterans Memorial must be removed
or destroyed; and
WHEREAS, The ACLU has sought and obtained hundreds of thousands of
dollars in attorneys fees awarded by judges pursuant to the authority granted to the courts
to award attorney fees in such cases pursuant to the Civil Rights Act, 42 United States
Code, Section 1988; and
WHEREAS, The authority of judges to impose on taxpayers the burden of paying
attorney fee awards to the ACLU for pursuing lawsuits to remove or destroy religious
symbols derives exclusively from 42 U.S.C. Section 1988 established by Congress; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, By The American Legion in National Convention assembled in
Nashville, Tennessee, August 31, September 1, 2, 2004, That Congress should amend
42 U.S.C. Section 1988, to expressly preclude the courts from awarding attorney
fees under that statute, in lawsuits brought to remove or destroy religious symbols.
Yes, I've got a whole list of little projects including adjusting the hood. The Pit Crew here needs more hours in the day!
This is a memorial to war dead ~ essentially a very large tombstone. People who mess with tombstones are ghouls. Here, the Dems had a chance to NOT mess with a tombstone, so they voted to take it out of the hands of the Islamofascist judge.
Its a good looking car . I was just kidding. I have a couple of collector cars and 2 Mahogany boats from 1958 & 1960 and am prone to noticing such things.
..haha..well I agree with you...but I think calling the judge an Islamofascist is kind of whacky in the same vein of someone from Daily Kos....he may be a liberal jack ass but most likely not a Islam lover........
What is that vehicle?-looks like a c. 1969 Cougar.
Glory!
It's a 1970 Cougar.
Screw the ACLU ghouls and atheists. Hoping to see them smacked down here. That so called "Cross" is actually a war memorial. For people who fought and died for America unlike the skunks at the ACLU
And I'll bet there are even a few Jews and atheists who fought and died for America who are memorialized under that Cross
This is fantastic news. Praise the Lord! Having said that, atheist Philip Paulson and the legions of scum suckers who have jumped on his bandwagon over the years can quite frankly, go pound sand. Tough luck weasel boy.
This is indeed great news!
Long overdue and the fact that we, as taxpayers, were "funding" the enemy (ACLU) in this fight has got to stop!
OVERJOYED! Now let's sue the vampires and make THEM pay for all the litigation over this.
Fantastic! This cross is a direct view from my back yard. And it has been a long yard fight!!
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