It's about time

[Pac22]

Someone finally stepped up to the plate and said it.

http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true ... 6f25c026bd

[E_]

I concur

[Lock5]

You mean Michael Jackson died? When? d@mn, why didn't someone tell me?

[FasterThanYou]

It's sickening to see all the praise and media coverage that's been given to the pedophile.

[Nervous Wreck]

What a creep! JMO

[$parechange]

He isen't a pedophile, he gave those parents $40 mil cause he liked them.

[$parechange]

Okay, I need to rant.
>
> I was just watching the news, and I caught part of a report on Michael
> Jackson. As we all know, Jackson died the other day. He was an
> Entertainer who performed for decades. He made millions, he spent
> Millions, and he did a lot of things that make him a villian to many
> People. I understand that his death would affect a lot of people, and
> I respect those people who mourn his death, but that isn't the point
> Of my rant.
>
> Why is it that when ONE man dies, the whole of America loses their
> Minds with grief. When a man dies whose only contribution to the
> Country was to ENTERTAIN people, the Amercian people find the need to
> Flock to a memorial in Hollywood, and even Congress sees the need to
> Hold a "moment of silence" for his passing?
>
> Am I missing something here? ONE man dies, and all of a sudden he's a
> Freaking martyr because he entertained us for a few decades? What
> About all those SOLDIERS who have died to give us freedom? All those
> Soldiers who, knowing that they would be asked to fight in a war,
> Still raised their hands and swore to defend the Constitution and the
> United States of America. Where is their moment of silence? Where
> Are the people flocking to their graves or memorials and mourning over
> Them because they made the ultimate sacrifice? Why is it when a
> Soldier dies, there are more people saying "good riddence," and "thank
> God for IEDs?" When did this country become so calloused to the
> Sacrifice of GOOD MEN and WOMEN, that they can arbitrarily blow off
> Their deaths, and instead, throw themselves into mourning for a "Pop
> Icon?"
>
> I think that if they are going to hold a moment of silence IN CONGRESS
> For Michael Jackson, they need to hold a moment of silence for every
> Service member killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. They need to PUBLICLY
> Recognize every life that has been lost so that the American people
> Can live their callous little lives in the luxury and freedom that WE,
> Those that are living and those that have gone on, have provided for
> Them. But, wait, that would take too much time, because there have
> Been so many willing to make that sacrifice. After all, we will never
> Make millions of dollars. We will never star in movies, or write hit
> Songs that the world will listen too. We only shed our blood, sweat
> And tears so that people can enjoy what they have.
>
> Sorry if I have offended, but I needed to say it.
> Remember these five words the next time you think of someone
> Who is serving in the military;
>
> "So that others may live..."
>

[Pac22]

[$parechange]

After listening to all the coverage of the death of Michael Jackson last week, I figured this guy deserved a little more "coverage"!!!
Ed Freeman
You're a 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded, and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley , 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray, Vietnam . Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8–1, and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the MediVac helicopters to stop coming in.
You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you're not getting out. Your family is half way around the world—12,000 miles away—and you'll never see them again. As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.
Then, over the machine gun noise, you faintly hear that sound of helicopter, and you look up to see an un-armed Huey, but it doesn't seem real, because no Medi-Vac markings are on it.
Ed Freeman is coming for you. He's not Medi-Vac, so it's not his job, but he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire, after the Medi-Vacs were ordered not to come.
He's coming anyway.
And he drops it in, and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 2 or 3 of you on board.
Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire, to the doctors and nurses.
And, he kept coming back…13 more times…and took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out.
Medal of Honor Recipient, Ed Freeman, died Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 at the age of 80, in Boise , ID …May God rest his soul.

Medal of Honor Winner
Ed Freeman!
Since the Media didn't give him the coverage he deserves send this to every American you know.
THANKS AGAIN ED FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR OUR COUNTRY.
R I P

[E_]

Wow, Spare... Leave that post here but post ya another copy in its own thread to give it the attention it needs. THen we can link it on our facebook pages.

[Lock5]

The reason we are in the shape we are in, is that nobody is paying attention to the important things around us(like why the dollar is tanking, Congress increasing our taxes daily, troops not allowed to kill the bad guys without permission, ect...) Everyone is to caught up in a pervert dieing, or another movie star drunk in public. Or how we can inprove the lives of some varmit in a swamp somewhere. I used to think I wouldn't live long enough to see the demise of America, but now I believe I'll be here for it all.

[Pac22]

We just have to pray this never happens.

http://www.wlky.com/entertainment/20048581/detail.html

[DMS]

We just have to pray this never happens.

http://www.wlky.com/entertainment/20048581/detail.html

Maybe he wanted a little mini-me to "play" with.

[Pac22]

No doubt...What a