Posted on 08/25/2005 12:03:37 PM PDT by hipaatwo
While news cameras were filming the event, Marine Jeff Key physically grabbed a cameraman from San Francisco local affiliate KGO. Key objected to the cameraman’s shooting position, which was on the same site where the protesters have erected crosses listing the names of fallen soldiers in Iraq. Here's a photo from right before the altercation took place:
I asked Mark Matthews of KGO about the alleged assault, “I’m not happy about it. We’re happy to abide by the rules when we know what the rules are. But there was no message communicated to us to stay out of the crosses. And last night, photographers, supporters of Cindy Sheehan, people praying, clapping and singing were here amongst the crosses. 13 hours later, it’s off limits without any notification to us.”
I asked one of Sheehan’s spokeswoman if she condoned Key’s assault of the cameraman. She would not answer my question directly, instead saying, “I think if we all do our fair share, we’ll work to keep everybody out of the way … That’s all we need is to have people stay out of the crosses … I think that’s all being worked out privately. I think the cameraman and the Iraq veteran was doing his best to honor the fallen will work it out.”
Here's a pic of the spokeswoman who refused to answser my question:
You know what is hilarious in this tragedy?
Cindys gay faux marine would be shunned and ridiculed by liberal elite queers in Manhattan and other gay haughty city intellects as a trashy redneck with his John Deere hat and Marine t-shirt. Proof of the double standard schizophrenia among liberal kooks.
No.
I think the word applies perfectly to this individual.
thankx... that's kinda what i thought too and it looks like it's in Old German at that.
"They are trying to prevent the names from being publicized because relatives have asked for the names to be removed."
I agree with you rhombus. They don't want all of the parents to know that their children are being disgraced.
The group that does that {Some "church" in Kansas}, in now actively protesting at the funerals of GIs who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom. If Mr Key has a problem with being addressed as a "Fag", then I would just address him as a homosexual dishonorably discharged from the USMC, or as dishonorable gay marine.
I was just trying to be funny.
No, but we can say "poseur".
Look's like it says "keeper". (Maybe RuPaul gave it to him.)
that's what it looks like to me too... but the German lettering is odd for some reason. i wonder what else it says.
" That’s all we need is to have people stay out of the crosses " yea... so people can't find out whether or not you are using people's son's and daughter's names against their approval.
Very astute observation. Wonder if they are worried about lawsuits from the families for using the names without permission, disparaging the named solders reputation by association, etc? Also, wonder if any of the upset families had/have their sons or daughters names, characters, reputations, etc., protected under one of the many intellectual property/publicity laws?
bttt
He didn't join the USMC until he was 34 and he's 39 now. He spent 13 years getting his undergraduate degree in theater before he joined. Here's a link:
I know ;)
I was a little slow in switching to sarcasm mode ;)
This is all the evidence you need that the guy is a fag.
Same here.
With the "up, or out" policies follwed by all the armed forces at present, he would have had to be an E-7 or higher to "make 20". I don't think this guy was in the USMC for 20 years, more like about 3-4, and it shows...
the infowarrior
"then I would just address him as a homosexual dishonorably discharged from the USMC, or as dishonorable gay marine."
Totally agree.
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