Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Government Schools
In contrast to the selfless valor of Sgt. 1st Class Paul Ray Smith, check out this load of crap:
Apparently, freshman Shea Riecke brought a picture of her brother, Cpl. Bill Riecke USMC, to school where it was immediately siezed by the thought police. It seems that even pictures of guns violate their zero-tolerance/zero-thought policy. Heaven forbid a photograph of a big, bad, United States Marine holding a gun actually be seen in a school.
Perhaps they need to be reminded of this:
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Career day photo of soldier with gun puts school district in a bind
Apparently, freshman Shea Riecke brought a picture of her brother, Cpl. Bill Riecke USMC, to school where it was immediately siezed by the thought police. It seems that even pictures of guns violate their zero-tolerance/zero-thought policy. Heaven forbid a photograph of a big, bad, United States Marine holding a gun actually be seen in a school.
Perhaps they need to be reminded of this:
It is the soldier, not the reporter, Who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet, Who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the organizer, Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the soldier, Who salutes the flag, Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag, Who allows the protestor to burn the flag.
- Father Dennis Edward O'Brian, USMC (often incorrectly attributed to Charles M. Province)
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