Posted on 05/11/2010 12:04:08 PM PDT by FTJM
The 7-foot-tall metal cross in a 75-year-old war memorial that withstood the heat of the Mojave Desert and a blazing battle in the Supreme Court over its legality was ripped down and stolen Sunday night, according to federal officials.
The 7-foot-tall metal cross in a 75-year-old war memorial that withstood the heat of the Mojave Desert and a blazing battle in the Supreme Court over its legality was ripped down and stolen Sunday night, according to federal officials.
"This is an outrage, akin to desecrating people's graves," said Kelly Shackelford, president of the Liberty Institute, which represents the caretakers of the Mojave Desert War Memorial. "It's a disgraceful attack on the selfless sacrifice of our veterans. We will not rest until this memorial is re-installed."
The National Park Service says someone cut the metal bolts holding the metal-pipe cross to the top of the memorial's Sunrise Rock and made off with it Sunday night or before dawn on Monday.
Authorities had no immediate motive for the theft but National Park Service officials are considering a range of ideas from scrap metal scavengers to people "with an interest in the case," said Park Service spokeswoman Linda Slater.
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Happy to see someone pick this story up nationally.
Where was Obama last night?
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bttt
have a collection for an even larger CROSS.
BTW, next one is 25 feet high, made of reinforced concrete and illuminated at night.
The people who did this likely have never served our country so there is no respect for what this memorial represented. To them it was just a cross, and the legal battle to remove it failed- so they took matters into their own hands.
It is past time to take back our country.
Will the MSM point to liberals? Will Obama tell them that they need to stop the violence and tone it down? Will there be speculation from Bubba that this was a left-wing hate crime?
Will Christians threaten to blow up innocent people? Will Christians declare a jihad on people?
Yes, it is... however, it will not be pleasant.
Laws are only for conservatives. When leftists lose in court they dont graciously accept the outcome. They push their appeals as far as they can and if they lose perform acts of civil disobedience, vandalism or violence. They don’t accept defeat as they are morally certain they are right. Defeat=injustice and those who fight injustice are heroes. Conservatives need to fight fire with fire.
I think it's reasonable to assume that the culprit have a deep contempt for our Armed Forces *and* religion.In other words it could have been any of the top staff over at DNC headquarters.
The left, the MSM, Islam, etc - all on the same side
in the cosmic battle, opposing Christ and His church.
It's time to take America back!
In case there was any doubt the people who wanted the cross taken down cared about the Constitution or the rule of law or justice.
If we beat them politically again,
we must absolutely destroy their bastions of power -
the welfare system,
the EPA,
the education department,
etc.
Their must be an aggressive effort to dismantle the feral government to its Article I, Section 8 duties.
Otherwise, civil war is inevitable.
Bastard Commies.
I like your ‘next one’ plan — don’t forget: ‘and wired with explosives.’
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