Thursday, March 22, 2007

The Media Pisses Me Off!!!!!

I found this article at Errant Thoughts from a Disquieted Mind via the ever lovely seejanemom and it is making my blood boil.

Let one terrorist insurgent get a hangnail and the media gets their shorts in a bunch and demands answers about how our soldiers became so vicious, mean and insufferable constitution and human rights bashers.

Anything negative is just fine and dandy with them. If it concerns our troops. Anything positive is only news if it is positive news about our enemies and their supporters here in America.

But, good news about our soldiers? No f'ing way that is going to get printed.

Maj. William D. Chesarek, who is a hero, received the highest British military honor for his actions in Iraq supporting British troops.

I hadn't heard this. I googled it and this is what I got;

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Stars and Stripes
Major receives Distinguished Flying Cross at Buckingham PalaceMarines.com -
16 hours agoWilliam D. Chesarek Jr., during an Investiture Ceremony held at
Buckingham Palace, here March 21. Chesarek, an AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter
pilot, ...Queen Elizabeth honors US Marine helicopter pilot Stars and Stripesall
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One news article from Marines.com. No other media. The Queen of England pinned the British Distinguished Flying Cross on his chest and we hear nada, zippo, zero about it.

I didn't find this story and I hadn't written about it, so go HERE to read about what makes America great, people like Major William D. Chesarek, Jr.