Roger got up at 5:30 Sat. a.m. because he had not slept all night. This story began Sept. 17 when Sgt. Clint Williams was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq. He had two bronze Stars and a purple heart. He has been recommended for the Medal of Honor for saving some of his men in an attack two months ago. He was badly wounded then but asked to be sent back. Clint was from Rogers hometown Kingston Oklahoma. We got word Friday morning that he had arrived and the funeral would be Sat. Morn. We were also told that a group of protesters from Kansas would be there to insult this young mans family and friends. There are a group of Vets that started an organization called the Patriot Guard Riders in November of 05 because this group was showing up at these funerals of our troops that had died in Iraq. This first picture was taken at the school where the service was held. That's Roger in the blue shirt holding the flag. Thay set up a boundry around the family so these people couldn't get close to them. after all the family and friends were in the school we all left for the cemetary. There were four miles of bikes and cars and pickups on each side of the road. Everyone had a flag and all the vets were at attention with there flags at rest. about ten minutes before the family got there no one said a word, no cell phones on, not even the children were noisey. When the family arrived the Vets once again followed them into the cemetary and set up a boundry around them. The protesters had bullhorns and shouted things like "A good soldier is a dead soldier" and " God loves IED's" and "You are not burying a hero, you are burying a ass". I have never been so mad in all my life. This is one family from Topeka Kansas from they call it the Westboro Baptist church. The founder is named Fred Phelps and this is his wife and children , their husbands and wives and their children. They are a bunch of sick Bastards and starting tommorrow I am going to find out how to stop them. I have spent all day writing up petions for people to sign to make it a law these people cannot desacrate our dead.Check out these people and also check out the Patriot Riders. Roger joined yesterday. Sorry but teapots haven't been on my mind for a day or two.
3 comments:
Oh Deb, I am so sorry all this is happening. It makes my heart sick to think that this could have been Chuck or Dustin that was being buried. Give Roger a big hug for me.
Roger got the hug and said to tell you to get back on that couch.
Oh Debbie....I just read your blog out to Ken and he is absolutely livid. He said to tell you those'protesters' are nothing but terrorists, they don't care about Americans or America, and they should be assassinated. One of our 1960's pop singers (Normie Rowe) was in Vietnam, and he has offered to go to Iraq and entertain our troops for Christmas, because - get this: nobody else wants to go there because they don't support the war in Iraq. Ken says he was never a great fan of Normie, but he is now.
Tell Roger hi from Oz, and pass on our deepest sympathy for his loss.
Hugs,
Gina
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