Posted on 06/29/2005 4:07:34 PM PDT by MindBender26
This is a vanity post, but trust me, a well sourced one. (I'm an old network newsie and have about 8 more good sources on this than Rather had for his typeface fiasco.)
Here are the details:
A SF SGT E-5, James Stewart, will be buried in St. Petersburg, Florida on July 4, 2005. It's wholly appropriate that he be buried on our nation's birthday, because Sergeant Stewart gave his life for our country.... and all of us.
He was killed in Iraq by a roadside bomb, call an IED in MilSpeak. IED is short for "Improvised Explosive Device." It can be an old artillery shell wired to an electric blasting cap or just some explosives and a few pounds of rusty nails for shrapnel. They are nasty, and they are killing our men and women in Iraq.
His family has had time to get ready for the trauma of his funeral, but there is no way they can be ready for the latest insult to both his memory and all that is civilized.
A Topeka, Kansas freak has announced plans to disrupt the burial with chants, bull horns and signs that read, "Thank God for IEDs" "God Hates America," "This Soldier Is In Hell," and "God Wanted This Soldier Dead."
This is not a sick joke. The following is exurpted from a story on WCVB in Boston:
"A Marblehead soldier who was killed in Afghanistan is scheduled to be laid to rest, but a group from Kansas is expected to try to disrupt the services and police are on alert for any problems. Staff Sgt. Christoper Piper, 43, served in both Afghanistan and Iraq and was awarded a bronze star for his combat service."
"(The protesters) claim U.S. soldiers like Piper are dying because the country is being punished for its tolerance of what they see as immoral behavior, such as homosexuality. The group protested several weeks ago in Dracut and Lexington, Mass., carrying signs depicting homosexual sex, handing our leaflets with the message "Thank God for IEDs"
One little girl wrote them (the "protesters") regarding the pain they caused another dead soldier's family.
The protesters wrote back "We serve God; not your vulgar dumb ass. So we don’t care less what you think. We have one goal: publish. We’ve accomplished that goal with you. Have a nice day" (end of letter)
I would name names of these bastards and link to pictures of their vile signs, but JimRob doesn;t want it on FR. I agree with his position. Trust me, they are beyond belief.
These creeps are "protesting" at Sgt. Stewart's funeral at the Park Street Baptist Church, 3901 Park Street North (Park and 39th Ave North, about a mile south of Tyrone Mall) at 11:00 AM on Monday the 4th.
Since they want publicity, they will be there early for the cameras.
There will only be a few of them (they usually fly in from Kansas, but be on the lookout for vehicles with Kansas license plates.)
At some of their prior sick protests, vets and others were able to "convince" the sickos to vacate the area before the family arrived. This is not a call for violence, but I'm sure many of us can be very convincing when we see signs like these.
If any of us really give a damn about the men and women currently serving in harm's way, then this is the least we can do to support them and their families.
Sgt. Stewart volunteered to pay the ultimate price for our freedom. What are we willing to do for him?
how about . . .
"Hey Phelps, Parliment House is that way" (w/ an arrow)
"Phelps doth protest too much."
"Phelps wants man-gina"
You have got to be kidding me. So it's your assertion that all Democrats are a bunch of psychos like Phelps? It sounds like you worship the cult of GOP. Actually, after reading your post here I'm surprised you are not defending Phelps. Thanks to Gone GF for a small voice of sanity.
This seems to me to be close enough to "yelling fire in a crowded theater" to enable local LE to put these sickos out of business before they can even get started.
I have sent you a private e-mail with some questions. Please get back to me as soon as you can. Thanks.
Because his is an independent Baptist church. There are many different Baptist church denominations, and he is not affliated with any of them, so therefor they can't do anything about it except protest what he says/does.
Sickos...!!! aargh wish I was closer.
"I wonder where these people get their money to travel to Marblehead, San Francisco, and now Florida??"
George Soros?
Remember the scene from Forrest Gump showing all the chartered buses that brought protestors into D.C.?
That was pretty accurate, and it was the Communist Party of the Soviet Union that paid for those buses, through the Students for a Democratic Society.
I signed it.
I was just thinking a healthy portion of the Flynt treatment is called for here.
"George Soros?"
That's a good possibility. They can't hold regular jobs and do this kind of thing.
BUMP and save
ttt
UPDATE to this story. Looks like protest has been called off.
http://baynews9.com/content/36/2005/7/1/104971.html
This is good news--thank goodness for peace for the Stewart family as they say their good-byes.
I hope those who live in the area, and had planned to intercede on the family's behalf, will be able to attend the service and pay this hero's family our respects.
Good news!! I have been getting emails off of FR from Veterans groups who are about to head down there. I was getting worried about something ugly breaking out.
The Freepers need a HUGH sign stating that so folks won't get the twisted notion that he's some sort of conservative with whom other conservatives might agree!
"I was getting worried about something ugly breaking out."
We may be getting to the point where our country can only be saved by "something ugly."
Good news!! I have been getting emails off of FR from Veterans groups who are about to head down there. I was getting worried about something ugly breaking out.
Freeper BUMP and prayers for the family and friends for this funeral. Though let's continue to urge people to come.
I just the ugly things happen away from the family as they mourn, and help persuade the Kansas fruit cakes to leave town. Toto had more brains than these folks from Kansas, and Toto was a dog...
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