Fallen Hero: GySgt Floyd Holley, USMC

USMC Gunnery Sgt. Floyd Holley of Casselberry, FL, was killed by an IED in the Helmland province, Afghanistan on August 29th during his 3rd tour of duty in the Middle East.

GySgt Holley was an explosives ordnance disposal technician assigned to the 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistic Group, MEF.

GySgt Holley's military awards and decorations include the Purple Heart, Navy-Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and the NATO Medal.

His wife Chrissy is expecting their first child in November.

Requiescat in Pace, Marine

This Nation Will Remain The Land Of The Free 

Only So Long As It Is The Home Of The Brave

  - Elmer Davis

Fallen Hero: LCpl Nathaniel Schultz, USMC

USMC Lance Cpl. Nathaniel J. A. Schultz, 19, of Safety Harbor, Fla., died Aug. 21 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. 

 He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

 LCpl Nathaniel Schultz

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This Nation Will Remain The Land Of The Free 

Only So Long As It Is The Home Of The Brave

  - Elmer Davis

"Beat Whitey Night"

Question #1: 

Haven't heard about  This  on the MSM, have we?

Here's the  local media version. 

Robbie Cooper at  UrbanGrounds :

Now…imagine that it was a bunch of white kids, and it was “Beat Darkie Night.”

Imagine the non-stop media outrage on MSNBC if it were white kids doing this?  I’m sure there wouldn’t be any confusion as to whether or not race was a factor…

 

Question #2:

Are the police not going to enforce the law? 

Hate Crime: IOWA

Dummy Dave, Media Moron

 Dave Briggs  on Fox and Friends Weekend cemented his position as a Media Moron last Saturday with a couple of brilliant moronic remarks made within about 5 minutes of each other.

The 1st, a comment about Serena Williams, the foul-mouthed tennis diva who withdrew from the U.S. Open, "we need her back on the court". 

 

Um. NO, we don't.

Then, in a report about some political candidate who had been caught photo-shopping herself with some celebrity, then lied about it, insisting it was real, Dummy Dave says, "Good try". 

 

Like there isn't enough lying and cheating in politics without any sort of encouragement or approval.

Hopefully Dave will find himself doing sports (again) on some local podunk station. With my luck (not) it'll be here in Central Florida.

Stolen Valor

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that

The Stolen Valor Act

a three-year-old federal law

that makes false claims

to have received a medal from the U.S. military

a crime

is unconstitutional.

  

The court majority said that "there was no evidence that such lies harm anybody, and there's no compelling reason for the government to ban such lies".

So now these LIES and the lying LIARS who tell them are protected by the First Amendment.

This is an unbelievable, unforgivable insult to every man and woman who have served, are serving and will serve their country in uniform.

Vacationer-in-Chief

Daniel Greene  writes it: 

Meanwhile up over in DC, Obama is taking a break from his vacation, with a vacation. Because there’s nothing like working hard at a vacation to make a man want another vacation. It might be better for everyone concerned if Obama just went on vacation permanently by resigning, but then he wouldn’t enjoy all the benefits he does now. So instead here we go, with a whopping fifth vacation.

While many Americans are struggling to pay for a single vacation, the Obamas have blown more than the cost of most people’s homes, on vacation after vacation after vacation.

There they go again. For the fifth time since July, the first family has set plans to board Air Force One for a frilly vacation, a 10-day return trip to exclusive Martha’s Vineyard where they are expected to stay at the 28-acre oceanfront Blue Heron Farm that rents for up to $50,000 a week.
But first the Obamas will be traveling to the Gulf Coast of Florida for a mini-vacation as a way to encourage other vacationing Americans to head to the beaches that have been shunned by tourists worried about oil-slicked sands due to the Gulf oil spill. They are expected to travel to Florida this weekend, return to Washington for a few days then it’s off to the Massachusetts island August 19. 

So after being guilted into the great act of self-sacrifice, of going on vacation in the gulf area, they’re keeping their focus on the usual haunts of the rich and famous.

Fallen Hero: SSgt Michael Bock, USMC

Staff Sgt. Michael A Bock, 26, was a combat engineer assigned to the 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force. He had served two deployments in Iraq and was in his second deployment in Afghanistan.


He was shot by small arms fire while on foot patrol in Helmand Province in southwest Afghanistan, according to the U.S. Marine Corps.


During his eight years of service, Bock had earned a long list of service awards, including a Purple Heart, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal and Combat Action Ribbon.

Requiescat in Pace, Marine

This Nation Will Remain The Land Of The Free 

Only So Long As It Is The Home Of The Brave

- Elmer Davis