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This is from back in April, the funeral of U.S. Army Spc. James Kiehl, of the
507th Maintenance Company. The funeral was in Comfort, Texas, a really tiny town

I'm pretty sure it was the story of the Kiehl family and Comfort, TX in an
article that my brother pointed me to in The National Post (of Canada).

It was a really good article and did as good a job as any I've seen to illuminate
the "no brag, just facts" rightful pride of Texans.
(and of lots of fly-over heartland folks)

While there are lots of stand-up Americans on the Left and East Coasts (e.g.,
San Diego and South Boston as examples), I was happy at the response by some reporters
when the whiney media started complaining that African-Americans military personnel
would be doing the fighting and dying in Iraq.

It was nice to see some REAL journalists check the numbers and say if there
was a demographic that should complain about bearing the brunt of battle, it should
be white males from rural and "economically-disadvantaged" background,
mostly from "The South".

Forget all the whining...as much as I hate us to lose one soldier, it did appear
that those who make the greatest sacrifice were from across the spectrum:
"white", Hispanic/Latino, Asian-American, African-American...sadly, proudly
they all answered the call without flinching.