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Keeping Wounded Vets Safe From Christmas Cards
http://the-american-catholic.com ^ | December 30, 2013 | Donald R. McClarey

Posted on 12/31/2013 9:06:36 AM PST by NKP_Vet

From FNC (where there is also video):

Boys and girls at Grace Academy in Prosper, Tex., spent most of last Friday making homemade Christmas cards for bedridden veterans at the VA hospital in Dallas. Fourth-grader Gracie Brown was especially proud of her card, hoping it would “make their day because their family might live far away, and they might not have somebody to celebrate Christmas with.” “I’d like them to know they’ve not been forgotten and somebody wanted to say thank you,” Gracie told Gracie’s card read, “Merry Christmas. Thank you for your service.” It also included an American flag. But the bedridden veterans at the VA hospital will never get to see Gracie’s card. Nor will they see the cards made by 51 other students. [Get this...] That’s because the Christmas cards violated VA policy. “It really didn’t occur to me there would be a problem with distributing Christmas cards,” said Susan Chapman, a math teacher at the academy. [Nor would most normal people think that children's cards for Christmas were double-plus-ungood in the eyes of the Obama Administration.]

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TOPICS: Current Events; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics; Worship
KEYWORDS: antichristianbigotry; antichristmas; bhodod; christmascards; veterans
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The continuing attack on Christianity from the muslim-in-chief. Will the American people ever wake up and kick this worthless POS out of the office?
1 posted on 12/31/2013 9:06:36 AM PST by NKP_Vet
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To: NKP_Vet

If people ever wake up to the true nature of Democrats, they will do more than throw them out of office.


2 posted on 12/31/2013 9:11:51 AM PST by RightOnTheBorder
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To: NKP_Vet

These are some sick people.


3 posted on 12/31/2013 9:17:32 AM PST by Girlene (Hey, NSA!)
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And pray for both the children and the veterans.
4 posted on 12/31/2013 9:19:59 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: NKP_Vet

Is the liberal media censoring coverage of the thousands of outraged Christian protests?


5 posted on 12/31/2013 9:25:33 AM PST by TexasGator
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6 posted on 12/31/2013 9:28:43 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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If these Christmas cards are not appreciated or welcome by the VA, I strongly suggest the the children turn their efforts locally to the elderly in convalescent facilities or retirement homes. Let the VA explain to the soldiers that no Christmas cards are coming.


7 posted on 12/31/2013 9:33:28 AM PST by ArmyTeach ( Videteco eos prius (See 'em first) Sculpin 191)
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To: NKP_Vet; 2ndClassCitizen; 3D-JOY; airborne; afraidfortherepublic; AliVeritas; Angelwood; ...

When I remember the beautiful outpourings that characterized Christmas at Walter Reed before they closed the old base and consolidated CommieCare of our wounded, I am horrified. There were decorations, several tall trees, huge gingerbread castles, and one year the Waterford crystal factory in Ireland that makes our New Year’s Ball for Times Square sent a 7 foot crystal chandelier that looked like a Christmas tree when set up in the lobby of one of the recovery residences. Every year, three tour busloads of NYC firemen and their family members came down to DC to visit the wounded — two buses for the people, and one bus full of gifts. One year they also brought a children’s carol choir with them.

The fact is, there are only a miniscule number of troops who do not recognize Christmas as a national holiday for merrymaking — chiefly a handful of muslim interpreters who were born in the U.S. and served our country, and presumably the inevitable few atheists. Try as I might, having been raised in a Jewish neighborhood and always enjoying the company of Jews, I cannot remember meeting any Jewish troops in the current (non-draft) corps that we met in the 7 years the DCChapter volunteers served at Walter Reed, and there is nothing wrong with that, either. So where is the animus towards Christianity coming from? From the White House and Pentagon.


8 posted on 12/31/2013 10:00:17 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("Remember... the first revolutionary was Satan."--Russian Orthodox Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov)
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This is so sad.


9 posted on 12/31/2013 10:11:24 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Albion Wilde
So many things including all you wrote is taking place in this Republic, that confirm that pre-election statement the British Kenyan Subject made. "Fundamental Change".
And masses of people within the low information upward into the elite far left simply do not see anything wrong with what is going on.
10 posted on 12/31/2013 10:29:45 AM PST by Marine_Uncle (Galt level is not far away......)
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To: NKP_Vet

Behold, My servant will prosper,
He will be high and lifted up and greatly exalted.

Just as many were astonished at you, My people,
So His appearance was marred more than any man
And His form more than the sons of men.

Thus He will sprinkle many nations,
Kings will shut their mouths on account of Him;
For what had not been told them they will see,
And what they had not heard they will understand.


11 posted on 12/31/2013 10:34:53 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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I doubt it because the voters are in a big part the democratic party.


12 posted on 12/31/2013 12:26:39 PM PST by ravenwolf
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Elections have consequences. Obamagabe is a Christian-hating marxist.


13 posted on 12/31/2013 1:06:26 PM PST by NKP_Vet ("Rather than love, than money, than fame, then give truth" ~ Henry David Thoreau)
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Thank you for the shout out.

And yes the Silver Star Families of America is already on this. I will post our letter to the Secretary.


14 posted on 12/31/2013 1:06:51 PM PST by Steve Newton (And the Wolves will learn what we have shown before-We love our sheep we dogs of war. Vaughn)
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Thank you for the shout out.

And yes the Silver Star Families of America is already on this. I will post our letter to the Secretary.


15 posted on 12/31/2013 1:07:46 PM PST by Steve Newton (And the Wolves will learn what we have shown before-We love our sheep we dogs of war. Vaughn)
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To: Albion Wilde; Arrowhead1952; NYTexan; mylife; Eaker; TheMom; laurenmarlowe; El Gato; RebelTex; ...

Well said, Albion....

Texas ping to an outrage!


16 posted on 12/31/2013 1:48:34 PM PST by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
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To: Albion Wilde

The world has gone mad-—I’m convinced of it!


17 posted on 12/31/2013 1:51:25 PM PST by basil (2ASisters.org)
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To: NKP_Vet

Saw this on the news last night. The school should put the cards on a youtube for the vets to see.


18 posted on 12/31/2013 2:16:17 PM PST by bgill
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:-(

I hope you had a merry Christmas and have a happy new year.

19 posted on 12/31/2013 2:18:58 PM PST by ELS
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consolidated CommieCare of our wounded,

My son is based near where most of it happens now, and I assure you, he's no Communist. But you're quite right in that he describes the troops with which he serves as quite conservative indeed, both politically and in terms of their Christmas traditions.

20 posted on 12/31/2013 2:35:52 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg (Some people meet their heroes. I raised mine. Go Army.)
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