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Disturbing Behavior

A 21 year old man lost his life in the defense of this country. SGT Rickey Jones, United States Army, was killed along with three others by an IED. His family is going through the grieving process and in bearing more pain and burden than anyone who has not experienced this can imagine. The unfortunate thing is that there are complete asses out there who will add to that burden by harassing the family and protesting the funeral. SGT Jones’ family’s house was vandalized and they have received strange phone calls. You can read the whole story A Soldier’s Perspective.

There is a campaign going on to send this family letters and cards of support. Please take the time to visit A Soldier’s Perspective for more information on how you can help comfort a family in the most tragic time of their lives. Regardless of how anyone feels about this war a fallen hero deserves the greatest respect and deserves to be buried with dignity. The family deserves not to be harassed. Unfortunately, Members of the Westboro Baptist Church appear ready to protest Jones’ funeral, unless of course the governor can sign into law restrictions on these kinds of activities.

Perhaps a few of us old soldiers could form our own minuteman group like the one that guards the border with Mexico. We can travel to military funerals and keep idiots like those from the Westboro Baptist Church from getting out of line. Baseball bats are finely suited for this purpose.

God bless the soul of SGT Rickey Jones. May God grant him peaceful eternal rest and may God bless and comfort his family. May God also forgive those who added to the pain of his family and those who would protest his funeral.

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