[tgusa]

This medal is now a useless chunk of metal.

[Responsibility2nd]

Yep. As meaningless as the Nobel Peace Prize.

[butterdezillion]

I was going to say, after this if I was offered this award I’d decline it.

[longfellow]

Not even if it had chocolate inside. Like that noble piece of crap.

[Pining_4_TX]

There never was any meaning in these silly awards anyway. They have always been an excuse to reward political pals, and make the elite feel even better about themselves. Who gives a rat’s butt?

[Tupelo]

Yup. But I find it interesting how the politicization of the Medal of Freedom so closely parallels what happened to the Medal of Honor. The Medal of Honor was created during the unCivil War. By the end of the war it was being handed out to party hacks and politically connected. I think it was in the 1870s during the Grant administration, it was decided to restore the Medal to it’s original intent. I forget now, but I think over a hundred recipients had their Medals taken back. Now it is one of the most valued medals for valor in the world or even in history.

[SkyDancer]

"This medal is now a useless chunk of metal."

Along with the Nobel Peace prize that was given to Arafat of all people - along with Carter and Obamalamadingdong before he did anything ....