Wreaths Across America

Benny Johnson Reporter At Large

Thousands of people lined up at the gates of Arlington Cemetery before dawn Saturday morning. It was a bitterly cold. The temperature was far below freezing. There was snow on the ground. None of it dampened the spirits of those who looked forward to laying a wreath on a gleaming white headstone of an American hero.

Wreaths Across America has been going on for 26 years. The tradition seeks to place a fresh pine wreath on the headstone of every fallen soldier in a national cemetery. Around 1,000 locations in 50 states participate. The effort is massive and the payoff is spectacular.

The process is very simple:

Family members, spouses and volunteers line up, often times before dawn.

 

Upon entering, the family members line up behind a semi trucks full of wreaths.

 

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In the case of Arlington, tens of thousands of wreaths are brought in and distributed.

 

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Wreaths in hand, people spread out through the cemetery.

 

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If they have loved ones, they will go to them.

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Ultimately, every grave gets a wreath.Read the whole thing…

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Good Company

I think this is especially neat since a number of VA facilities are removing the bibles from the displays at some of the VA locations.

MAN WALKS INTO CHICK-FIL-A: Is Completely Blown Away When He Saw This for Vets

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By: Bill Callen:  Top Right News

Chick-fil-A, the same fast-food outlet has once again proved a positive to the world. This time it did so by unveiling an amazing Veterans Day tribute that left Georgia resident Eric Comfort in complete shock.

According to a Facebook post he published on Mon, when he walked into a local Chick-fil-A, Comfort discovered a “Missing Man Table” that contained a single rose, a Bible & a folded American flag, as well as a plaque w/in which was the following explanation:
“This table is reserved to honor our missing comrades in arms.”
The tablecloth is white — symbolizing the purity of their motives when answering the call of duty.
The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing and their loved ones and friends of these Americans who keep the faith, awaiting answers.
The vase is tied with a red ribbon, symbol of our continued determination to account for our missing.
A pinch of salt symbolizes the tears endured by those missing and their families who seek answers.
The Bible represents the strength gained through faith to sustain those lost from our country, founded as one nation under God.
The glass is inverted — to symbolize their inability to share this evening’s toast.
The chair is empty — they are missing.”

After the story went viral, the store manager, Alex Korchan, explained to WSB that his team members had set up the table because they “wanted to honor veterans.” Furthermore, he offered free meals to all veterans and their family members on Veterans Day.

Korchan also put up a poster so that customers could write in the names of loved ones who they have lost.

“We’ve had a lot of people who have come in and seen it and been touched by it,” Korchan continued. “It’s been special to see.”

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New York Bombing suspect identified.

Akayed Ullah has been identified as the suspected bomber of a Manhattan transit terminal on Monday morning, NYPD Commissioner John O’Neill told reporters. Ullah, 27, resides in Brooklyn and came to the United States approximately seven years ago, a U.S. official told The Daily Beast.

And it’s a Muslim!

Seven years ago, let me see…who was the President seven years ago?

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It all Trump’s fault!

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Dangerous thoughts

THALES: Curious About Helicopterism? Let Me Explain.

Helicopterism: the idea that someone who actively attempts to install a tyrannical, murderous ideology in your country is due a free, one-way helicopter ride with a destination somewhere over the Pacific.

Helicopterism, both as a funny meme, and as a grave warning to Marxists, is the recognition that the Communists want you dead. And if they ever come to power, if they ever touch off that revolution they keep blathering on about, it’s going to be us or them. The joke will stop being funny, and will become deadly serious. We will lob them out of helicopters and laugh about it. Watching SJWs, who thought they were tough and were on the “right side of history” flail in the wind, flapping their arms like birds, will be grim…but hilarious?

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The point of helicopterism is to know your enemy, and be unafraid to call him the enemy. It is also a warning to SJWs: if your goal is to eliminate us, then morally there is no wrong in us doing the same to you. If SJWs want to take this game to the next level, they should be prepared for others to do the same.

For now, it’s an amusing bit of dark humor. If SJWs want it to stay this way, they need to back off and put away their violent Socialist revolution rhetoric. Because if they do any of that bullshit they are saying, it will go very badly for them.

The author is kidding.   At least I think he’s kidding?  If you didn’t get the reference, General Pinochet of Chile was famous for handling his Marxist enemies in this manner.   Guerillas and communist agitators were always falling out of the helicopters returning to police headquarters, while ‘Attempting to Escape’.    Hey! You go with what works.

But if you have been actually listening to the rhetoric of the Left lately, then we might not be that far away from a grim necessity.

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NFL Death Spiral

NFL to Cut Breast Cancer, Military Charity Funds to Pay for Proposed Social Justice Activism

The NFL announced this week they will pay $100 million over 7 years to social justice causes.

This comes after players continue their kneeling protest of the US National Anthem.

But players are reporting the league is taking money from breast cancer and the military to pay for the funding.

“In the discussion that we had, Malcolm conveyed to us—based on discussions that he had with the NFL — that the money would come from funds that are already allocated to breast cancer awareness and Salute to Service,” Reid told Slate.

Salute to Service supports military personnel and raises awareness of their sacrifices.

“So it would really be no skin off the owners’ backs: They would just move the money from those programs to this one,” he continued.

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PSA for the holidays

Bacteria Can Live in Ice Cubes, but Not in Whisky

Good to know.

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Christmas … bah! Humbug!

Christmas Shopping for the Man in Your Life? Check Out Goop. Actually, Don’t.

If you’d like to take this festive occasion as an opportunity to subtly tell your man that he smells like a cross between an old sock and a public restroom, goop has plenty of items that should do the trick. You could give him some beard scent — I mean who doesn’t wish their husband’s beard smelled like wood, citrus, and patchouli? And then there’s Man Bar Soap, which uses vetiver, clary sage, cypress, juniper berry, and cedarwood (whatever they are) to make your guy smell like . . . a girl.

If the items in The Guy Gift Guide don’t seem appealing, you might be tempted to click over to The Lover Gift Guide. But don’t. I’m serious, don’t. This is literally just a list of pornographic items that I wouldn’t wish on even the most raunchy bachelorette party. I guess if you’re trying to humiliate your significant other you could shop for him from this list. But, personally, I’d be just as mortified to be sitting around the Christmas tree when he opens something from this list than he would be to receive it. Do people really gift each other porn?? Never mind, I’ve said too much. Don’t click on that section. Really.

The Goop website was founded by Gwyneth Paltrow.

Enough said!

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Flash! Moore accuser criminal record and bias.

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I’m back! With more Winning!

China Slashes Import Tariffs on Consumer Goods In Boost For Trump And Western Exporters

You’re not going to find this story in the nightly news (we’ve really got to stop calling it that!).  It is another example the great work President Trump has been doing on trade.

Personal note, what you don’t want to do after back surgery is contract and simultaneously deal with pneumonia.  But I did both and have been away for a while, hopefully by Christmas I’ll be in the pink.

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