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    Bush said US Must Honor War Dead

    Too bad Bush doesn't.

    Bush Says U.S. Must Honor War Dead
    By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer
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    ARLINGTON, Va. - President Bush, delivering a Memorial Day message surrounded by the graves of thousands of military dead, said Monday that the United States must continue fighting the war on terror in the name of those have already given their life in the cause.

    "The best way to pay respect is to value why a sacrifice was made," Bush said, quoting from a letter that Lt. Mark Dooley wrote to his parents before being killed last September in the Iraqi city of Ramadi.

    Noting that some 270 fighting men and women of the nearly 2,500 who have fallen since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, are buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Bush said, "We have seen the costs in the war on terror that we fight today."

    "I am in awe of the men and women who sacrifice for the freedom of the United States of America," the president declared, drawing a long standing ovation from the troops, families of the fallen and others gathered at the cemetery's 5,000-seat white marble amphitheater.

    "Here in the presence of veterans they fought with and loved ones whose pictures they carried, the fallen give silent witness to the price of liberty and our nation honors them this day and every day," he said.

    The nation can best honor the dead by "defeating the terrorists. ... and by laying the foundation for a generation of peace," Bush said.

    The president spoke after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns. He ventured across the Potomac River on a sun-splashed Memorial Day just a short time after signing into law a bill that restricts protests at military funerals.

    At the White House, Bush signed the Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act," passed by Congress largely in response to the activities of a Kansas church group that has staged protests at military funerals around the country, claiming the deaths symbolized God's anger at U.S. tolerance of homosexuals.

    The new law bars protests within 300 feet of the entrance of a national cemetery and within 150 feet of a road into the cemetery. This restriction applies an hour before until an hour after a funeral. Those violating the act would face up to a $100,000 fine and up to a year in prison.

    Monday's observance at Arlington National Cemetery was not a funeral, so demonstrators were free to speak their minds at the site. Bush's motorcade passed several on the way in, including a small group that held signs saying, "Thank God for dead soldiers" and "God hates fags."

    Approximately 10 people from the Washington, D.C., chapter of FreeRepublic.com, a self-styled grass roots conservative group, stood across the road with signs supporting U.S. troops. A large sign held by several people said, "God bless our troops, defenders of freedom, American heroes."

    The FreeRepublic.com group was trying to counter demonstrations by the Kansas-based group, led by the Rev. Fred Phelps. He previously had organized protests against those who died of AIDS and gay murder victim Matthew Shepard.

    In an interview when the House passed the bill that Bush signed Monday, Phelps accused Congress of "blatantly violating" his First Amendment rights. He said that if it became law, he would continue to demonstrate but would abide by the law's restrictions.

    Bush signed a second bill Monday that allows combat troops to deposit tax-free pay into individual retirement accounts. Supporters of the legislation argued that rules governing these accounts were punishing soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq who earn only tax-free combat pay.

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    Who is in control?

    He is such a hypocritical horse's posterior. He proposes spending billions to take care of his illegal Latino brothers and sisters but proposes cuts to VA funding. He says we must protect our homeland from terrorists yet leaves our borders wide open to terrorists, illegal alien criminals and violent street gangs that are overrunning our cities, towns and communities threatening our sovereignty

    IMPEACH THAT WASTE OF SPACE IN THE OVAL OFFICE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    I would much rather he honored our heroes by doing what is necessary to perserve the country they died to protect.
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    Bush needs to make a personal call to Wal-Mart's CEO and remind them how to honor our military men and women.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dixie
    Bush needs to make a personal call to Wal-Mart's CEO and remind them how to honor our military men and women.

    Dixie
    I agree, I went on the Mex-Mart site and did a search in a few different zip codes, almost all of the south west states had that ad. The east and north east did not. Guess they figure word doesnt spread. I emailed them about it. I've never shopped at Mex-mart because it has always been a gathering hole for mexicans pushing around 4 kids and 3 running wild in the store, besides not hearing english in mex-mart pisses me off to the point of exploding. I avoid it alltogether....

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    Anger.

    No anger here. While I watched the President's sound bite on TV tonight, found myself saying bad words to the TV. Classical music time.

    He evidently hasn't figured out yet THAT WE KNOW HIS PLANS, doggone it!

    Have to get ready for the next push with the House.
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    The best way to pay respect is to value why a sacrifice was made
    Bush and his rinos have shown their respect by granting amnesty to tens of millions of criminal illegal immigrants.

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    Bush honors the War Dead by not protecting the Country they died for. He is the only President in my life time (from Truman to now) that did not stand up for our country....the only honor he needs to do is to resign!

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