Save The Flag-Folding Recitations at Military Funerals

October 31, 2007 on 1:32 pm | In Military, Veterans  Email This Post

This is a “huzzah” to a bunch of Democrats for doing the right thing, and we have to join them. 

A group of Congressmen has asked the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to reconsider its obnoxious, disgusting, and horrible ban on the flag-folding ceremony at military funerals, after the agency decided last month to “streamline” burials at Federal cemeteries.  It gets worse. Continue reading Save The Flag-Folding Recitations at Military Funerals…

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My Weekend With the Wonderful People of Norfolk

October 22, 2007 on 2:23 pm | In Charity, Clark Howard, George Noory, Glenn Beck, Harley-Davidson, Military, Norfolk, Operation Family Fund, Sean Hannity  Email This Post

      I was thrilled when the good folks at WTAR AM in Norfolk, Virginia invited me to join their annual Talkfest and chose my favorite charity, Operation Family Fund, to be the recipient of all the fundraising events.  Well, I am reminded of that expression, “Be careful what you ask for because you might get it!”
      I spent the better part of the last week flying to Norfolk, flying around Norfolk and flying back from Norfolk.  This weekend I felt I was a whirling dervish, swept up in a crush of activities to raise awareness and funds for Operation Family Fund.  For those of you who haven’t listened to my radio show in the last 4 years, OFF (OperationFamilyFund.org)is a non-profit which gives 100% of every dollar donated to the families of our fallen or severely injured military heroes who served in the War Against Terror. Continue reading My Weekend With the Wonderful People of Norfolk…

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Independence Day

July 3, 2007 on 12:00 am | In Freedom, Military  Email This Post

231 years ago, the Declaration of Independence was signed, but it wasn’t until seven years later, in 1783, that the war was over and the United States of America was officially free of British rule.  We commemorate a lot of things on July 4th - the signing of that most important document, the birth of a new nation, and the freedom that we’ve been able to enjoy since Thomas Jefferson wrote of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”  For this holiday, I’m turning my blog over to my listeners - below are excerpts from letters and emails I’ve received reminding us all about what it means to be an American, and how we should value those who defend those rights we hold so dearly. Continue reading Independence Day…

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Setting The Record Straight On Military Wives

May 14, 2007 on 11:19 am | In Military  Email This Post

On Friday, May 11th, I was in Salt Lake City doing my radio program at Fort Douglas to honor Military Moms for Mother’s Day.  Just before the three-hour live broadcast, I was interviewed by Matthew D. LaPlante for the Salt Lake Tribune; ostensibly about Military Moms.  I don’t remember him asking me even one question about that.
     His article was published the next day with the headline, “Dr. Laura to G.I. wives: No Whining.”  Although this interview went over one-half hour, and I covered a wide range of subjects pertinent to military families and the war, he chose a comment, one that I’ve made before many times on the air, to make the primary focus of his article - and, he took it out of the entire context of my remarks. Continue reading Setting The Record Straight On Military Wives…

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A Lesson From The Massacre At Virginia Tech

April 20, 2007 on 11:01 am | In Guns, Military, Muslim Terrorists, Virginia Tech  Email This Post

     I am “the proud mother of a deployed American paratrooper,” and because of that fact I have, perhaps, a unique perspective on the massacre at Virginia Tech.  
     As a mother I, of course, thought about how horrendous this whole nightmare is to the families of the victims as well as all the emotional damage to the survivors.  From listening to the reports on this heinous occurrence, I heard repeatedly that the shooter had to reload several times and went from classroom to classroom.  As a military mom, I immediately wished that our young people had the same obligation and experience that all young folks in Israel have: two years of military training and service.  Those reloading and trolling periods were windows of opportunity that only young folks trained militarily would have been able to use to subdue or terminate the perp and save many lives. Continue reading A Lesson From The Massacre At Virginia Tech…

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What Kind Of Creeps Would Burn In Effigy A U.S. Soldier?

March 28, 2007 on 12:54 pm | In Burning Soldiers In Effigy, Military, Muslim Terrorists, Rosie O'Donnell, Suicide Bombers, War  Email This Post

I got an e-mail recently which just about made me throw up. I don’t throw up easily. I like to keep what’s inside of me there, unless it’s supposed to leave, but this pretty much almost put me over the edge, because my baby’s over there.This is from Kathleen. She says:I hope you inform your listeners about the anti-war protestors in Portland who burned in effigy a United States soldier. I can’t even find the words that would be printable to describe how I feel. Well, I have the words, but let me finish her letter:

A car was allowed to pass through a checkpoint in Iraq, because the car had two children in the back seat. The adults got by the checkpoint, left the car, and blew it up, with the children in it. Continue reading What Kind Of Creeps Would Burn In Effigy A U.S. Soldier?…

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