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I was disgusted to see that our United States President just kinda skipped out on this historically significant event to choose rather to speak in Chicago. Glad to see that God wasn't happy about it either and made it storm in Chicago so badly that the dope had to cancel his speech. I'm ashamed that he represents this great nation.
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There is a thread in Miscellaneous on this.

http://forums.timesdaily.com/e...921027316/m/39710298

Sue was kind enough to post the link from snopes that sheds some light on the subject...or truth on the subject. Here's a post from that thread.

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Originally posted by _Joy_:
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Originally posted by Sue Real:
He's hardly the first to miss the ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.

Snopes on Memorial Day

Do I hear a big "Atta Boy!" for Bill Clinton?


Atta Boy! Big Grin Since some may not click the link, here's what it says.


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Mike Savage stated that President Obama was not going to Arlington this Memorial Day but is sending VP Biden in his place. Obama is going to Chicago instead. Savage stated that this is the first time in history that a President has not laid a wreath at Arlington on Memorial day. Is this true?

FALSE

Origins: Memorial Day, now observed on the last Monday of May, is the day of the year set aside for Americans to commemorate the men and women of the United States who died while in the military service. On Memorial Day the President of the United States traditionally visits Arlington National Cemetery, where America's honored dead are interred, to deliver a speech in remembrance of those who died in service to their country and to lay a memorial wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns.

News that President Obama would be spending the 2010 Memorial Day weekend in Chicago rather than attending services in Arlington were attended by claims (like the example cited above) that he would thus become the first U.S. president to skip the Arlington wreath-laying ceremony since the inception of Memorial Day. This claim is inaccurate: On several occasions in just the last thirty years, U.S. presidents have been elsewhere on Memorial Day (either vacationing or attending to other presidential duties), while other administration officials represented them at the wreath-laying ceremony:

* In 2002, President George W. Bush was in France on Memorial Day and participated in ceremonies at Normandy (site of the D-Day landings) honoring the U.S. soldiers who fought and died in World War II. In his place, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns.

* President George H.W. Bush (himself a World War II veteran) attended no ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery during his four years in office. In 1989 he was in Rome on Memorial Day (where he led observances at an American military cemetery south of that city), and from 1990 through 1992 he spent the Memorial Day weekend vacationing in Kennebunkport, Maine, while Vice-President Dan Quayle laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns.

* President Ronald Reagan was away from Arlington on Memorial Day on four occasions during his eight years in office: In 1981, he (who had been seriously wounded in an assassination attempt six weeks earlier) spent the Memorial Day weekend at his ranch in Santa Barbara, California, while Vice-President George H.W. Bush laid the wreath at Arlington. In 1983, he attended a summit meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia, while Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Thayer represented the administration at the wreath-laying ceremony. In 1987, he spent Memorial Day at the Camp David presidential retreat while Navy Secretary James Webb participated in the wreath-laying ceremony. And on Memorial Day 1988, he was out of the U.S., attending a summit meeting in Moscow.

* (NOTE: President Bill Clinton has no entry in this list because he attended Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington each year throughout his eight years in office.)

On Memorial Day 2010, President Obama is scheduled to honor America's fallen heroes with a speech at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery near Chicago, while Vice-President Joe Biden takes his place at Arlington.


It never ceases to amaze me what people will just make up in order to justify their dislike of a person. Since the truth isn't enough, it might be time for Mike Savage and any news agencies that repeated his lies to re-evaluate why they dislike this person.

Good job, Detective Sue. Smiler
Please, y’all...

I watched the Memorial Service as I always have except for the times when I was on active duty with a weapon in my hand rather than a TV remote. Or the times when I participated the services.

I have never failed to have been moved to tears.

Today, I drove an hour to place a flag at the marker of my daddy, a WWII Navy vet of the South Pacific. As I always do when I can. And I wonder who will do it after I can’t.

So just for one day can you please spare me the political rhetoric on this day reserved for those who gave all? Please?
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Originally posted by budsfarm:
Please, y’all...

I watched the Memorial Service as I always have except for the times when I was on active duty with a weapon in my hand rather than a TV remote. Or the times when I participated the services.

I have never failed to have been moved to tears.

Today, I drove an hour to place a flag at the marker of my daddy, a WWII Navy vet of the South Pacific. As I always do when I can. And I wonder who will do it after I can’t.

So just for one day can you please spare me the political rhetoric on this day reserved for those who gave all? Please?

'NUFF SAID!!!
I agree, budsfarm...wish the news media hadn't decided to make a horse's butt out of themselves yet again...have no intention of remaining silent, regardless of the day...that's my freedom given me by those we remember today.

I spent the day with one of my favorite veterans watching old Clint Eastwood westerns. Smiler
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Originally posted by budsfarm:
Please, y’all...

I watched the Memorial Service as I always have except for the times when I was on active duty with a weapon in my hand rather than a TV remote. Or the times when I participated the services.

I have never failed to have been moved to tears.

Today, I drove an hour to place a flag at the marker of my daddy, a WWII Navy vet of the South Pacific. As I always do when I can. And I wonder who will do it after I can’t.

So just for one day can you please spare me the political rhetoric on this day reserved for those who gave all? Please?


HOOOAH

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