The world can't be taking this stuff seriously anymore -- if they ever did.
"Bush pays tribute to troops lost in battle; Says their sacrifice helps aid freedom"
ARLINGTON, Va. - President Bush paid tribute yesterday to America's fighting men and women who died in battle, saying national leaders must have "the courage and character to follow their lead" in preserving peace and freedom.
"On this Memorial Day, I stand before you as the commander in chief and try to tell you how proud I am," Bush told an audience of military figures, veterans, and their families at Arlington National Cemetery. Of the men and women buried in the hallowed cemetery, he said, "They're an awesome bunch of people and the United States is blessed to have such citizens."
Yeah, they are AWESOME, hey!!!
Is this guy just a ADOLESCENT, or is he truly this retarded?
Yeah, you sure are blessed, Georgie, to have dumb fucks fighting your LYING WARS for CONQUEST and ISRAEL!
At this point, the American people are getting what they deserve. They are AWOL!
That provoked a standing ovation from the crowd in a marble amphitheater where Bush spoke.
Bush and his wife, Laura, traveled from the White House across the Potomac River to the hillsides of Arlington. Along the way, one man stood with a sign that said: "Bring Our Troops Home."
Yup, those LONE PROTESTERS!!!
I am SO SICK of the LYING and SELECTIVE AmeriKan MSM and their BLATANT AGENDA-PUSHING, folks!!!!
But, otherwise, the presidential motorcade was warmly greeted at the cemetery entrance by scores of people, including two men in hats, shirts, and shorts made out of American flag material. Others visited gravesites where each white tombstone was marked with a tiny American flag.
"From faraway lands, they were returned to cemeteries like this one where broken hearts received their broken bodies," Bush said. "They found peace beneath the white headstones in the land they fought to defend. It is a solemn reminder of the cost of freedom that the number of headstones in a place such as this grows with every new Memorial Day."
He eulogized all US troops who have died in service to the nation, but particularly those who lost their lives this past year.
He singled out Army Specialist Ronald Tucker of Fountain, Colo., who died less than a month ago in Iraq in a bomb attack that occurred as he returned from helping build a soccer field for Iraqi children. The president also spoke of two Navy SEALs, Nathan Hardy of Durham, N.H., and Michael Koch of State College, Pa., who often headed into battle wearing American flags on their chests under their uniforms. The two died Feb. 4 in Iraq and are buried side-by-side at Arlington.
"I am humbled by those who have made the ultimate sacrifice that allow a free civilization to endure and flourish," Bush said. "It only remains for us, the heirs of their legacy, to have the courage and the character to follow their lead and to preserve America as the greatest nation on earth and the last, best hope for mankind."
Oh, PUKE!!!! TORTURE is HOPE?
Bush's motorcade left the cemetery as cannon fire left gray smoke settling over the tombstones.
How much fuel did the trip burn up, anyway? I mean, ....
After returning to the White House, Bush met with five NCAA head football coaches who recently returned from a seven-day visit to military bases in the Middle East to boost troop morale.
Yup, and why I am HATING SPORTS THESE DAYS!!!!!
Nothing but WAR-PROMOTING AGENTS propagandizing a VAST SEGMENT of the American population!!
It's called BRAINWASHING, folks!! Sig Heil!
The head coaches, who coached a flag football game on one base, were: Mark Richt from the University of Georgia; Randy Shannon, University of Miami; Jack Siedlecki, Yale University; Tommy Tuberville, Auburn University; and Charlie Weis, University of Notre Dame."
Hey, Charlie, you remember Dana?
How come insulting Christians and Catholics is O.K., but insulting Jews gets you fired, readers?
Need more puke material?
"Bush: Arlington cemetery 'watered by silent tears'"
"In a world where freedom is constantly under attack, and in a world where our security is challenged, the joys of liberty are often purchased by the sacrifices of those who serve a cause greater than themselves," Bush said.
The president delivered his Memorial Day remarks at Arlington National Cemetery, the nation's main military cemetery, after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns.
"I am humbled by those who made the ultimate sacrifice that allowed a free civilization to flourish," Bush said. "The soil of Arlington and other sites is filled with liberty's defenders. It is nourished by their heroism. It is watered by the silent tears of the mothers and fathers and husbands and wives and sons and daughters they left behind."
Excuse me, readers (as blog author runs to bathroom)!!!!
This mass-murdering asshole making me ill!!!
Bush paid tribute to two Navy SEALs killed this year in Iraq, both of whom are buried at the cemetery in Virginia outside Washington.
Chief Petty Officers Nathan H. Hardy and Michael E. Koch "shared a battlefield tradition," Bush said. "They would often head in the battle with American flags clutched to their chest underneath their uniform."
Hardy and Koch, both 29, were killed during an ambush, the president said.
"These two friends spent their last few moments on Earth together doing what they loved most: defending the United States of America," Bush said. "Today, Nathan Hardy and Mike Koch lay at rest next to each other right here on the grounds of Arlington."
You think maybe they would have preferred to have come back home to their families?
According to the latest numbers from the Defense Department, 4,083 U.S. troops have died in the Iraq war and 423 in Afghanistan. Nearly 500 from the two theaters are buried at Arlington.
Arlington is one of more than 100 cemeteries in the United States with military graves.
At least 4 million people reportedly visit the cemetery each year, with more than 290,000 people buried there. Officials say Arlington is running out of space.
Thanks, Bush, for LYING us into WAR!!!!!!!
Plans to expand the cemetery include seven areas where 100,000 urns can hold the ashes of service members."
HOW MANY MORE soldiers are they planning to sacrifice on the Anti-Christ's alter, anyway?!
You feeling a DRAFT, kiddies?