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Title: Honor guard rallies crowd to Ark. veteran’s burial Mourners pay respects to warrior
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URL Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news ... -crowd-to-ark-veterans-burial/
Published: Mar 6, 2011
Author: unk
Post Date: 2011-03-07 17:37:48 by Mad Dog
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SHERWOOD, Ark. | More than 300 people showed up for the funeral of an airman most of them didn’t know Friday, drawn to the cemetery after members of an honor guard feared no one would show up to attend the burial of a veteran thought to be homeless and without a family. Leroy Earl Brumbaugh died two weeks ago at age 74, but until his relatives contacted the funeral home sometime last week, it appeared the only ones planning to attend Friday’s graveside service at the Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery were veterans, active members of the Army and Air Force and a patriotic group of motorcycle riders. “We don’t know what his circumstances were in life or how he ended up where he was, but it’s the same as someone killed in Afghanistan,” said Mark Taylor, a former captain of the Arkansas Patriot Guard Riders who still rides with the group. “We are strangers to them, and they are strangers to us, but for that one day, we’re brothers.” Jim Bradburn, funeral director of the Little Rock Funeral Home, said he had not been able to contact anyone who knew Mr. Brumbaugh, not even family. “Nobody had any numbers on the family, and the numbers they did have were disconnected,” he said. U.S. Air Force honor guard members carry a casket containing the remains of Vietnam veteran Leroy Earl Brumbaugh at Arkansas Veterans Cemetery in North Little Rock, Ark., on Friday. Hundreds of people attended his funeral. Mr. Brumbaugh served 20 years in the Air Force. (Associated Press) As it turns out, Mr. Brumbaugh did have a family, and they had heard about the airman’s death about a week after he died — reaching out to a bartender after not hearing from him for a while. “I would call him every week, and two weeks ago he wasn’t there,” said Mr. Brumbaugh’s daughter, Tina. “So last week I called the bar he used to always go to and they told me the news.” By the time the family made arrangements to travel from south Arkansas to Sherwood for the service, veterans groups had used a chain of e-mails to help the honor guard line up veterans from the Army and Air Force to attend. Mr. Bradburn said a family’s late discovery of a pending funeral is not that unusual, but that Friday’s service was by far its largest for a relatively unknown veteran. “I think a large part of why so many people came out was because they were honoring a soldier who had put 20 years in and felt it was the right thing to do,” he said. Bob Oldham, chief of public affairs at the Little Rock Air Force Base, said anyone who served in the military would agree that a veteran should never be buried without their comrades present, even if they were never acquainted. “You always want to see one of the nation’s warriors surrounded by friends,” he said. “If you’re wearing a uniform, you’re a friend.” Mr. Brumbaugh’s family said he had served 20 years in the Air Force as a flight simulator technician. He served during Vietnam and traveled briefly overseas to Japan. He exited honorably from service as a tech sergeant in 1975. He had been living most recently with a friend in Hot Springs. “He was a very kindhearted individual,” said his ex-wife, Gladys Popso. “He was the biggest jokester you’d ever met.” The funeral attracted the Arkansas Patriot Guard Riders, which attends funeral services of fallen veterans at the request of the veteran’s family and shields mourning families from protesters during a ceremony, if needed. The U.S. Supreme Court last week refused to bar members of the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church from protesting outside military funerals, but the Riders weren’t needed Friday as a shield as only mourners gathered.
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#2. To: All (#0)
. Not a word from you so called "patriots". Of course most of you libTURD filth, (and WE ALL know who YOU are), are just absolute FRAUDS.
Mad Dog resting in the Wisconsin Capitol after a hard day servicing Republican Wisconsin State Legislators in their private rest room.
. Faggot mikey, the self claimed CIB carrying "veteran", showing the TRUE level of "his" RESPECT and HONOR for the veteran who was the subject of this thread, because he wants to mess with me. Isn't faggot mikey "special"? I mean for a pitiful ass sucking LIAR, who never served in any branch of the US armed forces. On the plus side, little "man" et. al. think that faggot mikey looks pretty in spandex.
Nah, I'll let yout doggie owner bag your 'messes." Besides, what are you complaining about? I mean, it was you who asked where I was given the CIB and I merely answered you. That is hardly a boast. ;-D
. No it's not a "boast" faggot mikey it's a flat out LIE. SOP, (that means "standard operating procedure"), for YOU faggot. Gee a picture of a CIB! That really PROVES alot faggot. Faggot mikey, the self claimed CIB carrying "veteran", showing the TRUE level of "his" RESPECT and HONOR for the veteran who was the subject of this thread, because he wants to mess with me. Isn't faggot mikey "special"? I mean for a pitiful ass sucking LIAR, who never served in any branch of the US armed forces. On the plus side, little "man" et. al. think that faggot mikey looks pretty in spandex.
You know what was the interesting thing about that award was I was somewhat annoyed by it. I mean, they gave the combat patch and CIBs for only two stinking months in country for a very small war. I was one of several in my unit who criticized them lowering the time lenght standard for such awards. I was so late in getting my BDUs redone with the new patchs I had the Unit's Sergeant Major dogging me. I actually liked my CIB better. I had to study and practice for the testing for this, and flunked it the first time because the standards are unforgiving, and at that time most of my time in service had been in a support unit working on and crewing a UH-1H helicopter. Had I done a year in country in Vietnam or Iraq, I would feel better about that award. So criticize away. I agree, it was dumb giving us Panama vets this award just to create combat vets walking around with these awards. Something that in this time before Gulf War one was a rare sight indeed. ;-D
YAWN ... the faggot LIAR LIES! Imagine THAT! . No it's not a "boast" faggot mikey it's a flat out LIE. SOP, (that means "standard operating procedure"), for YOU faggot. Gee a picture of a CIB! That really PROVES alot faggot. Faggot mikey, the self claimed CIB carrying "veteran", showing the TRUE level of "his" RESPECT and HONOR for the veteran who was the subject of this thread, because he wants to mess with me. Isn't faggot mikey "special"? I mean for a pitiful ass sucking LIAR, who never served in any branch of the US armed forces. On the plus side, little "man" et. al. think that faggot mikey looks pretty in spandex.
I used to look better when I raced and couldn't fit my muscular legs in Levi 501s with my waist size, but yes indeed, I still look studly when I dress to go out on a morning ride around Eugene, OR. ;-D
Is the pilot light indicating "truth", (as you "know" it of course), ON now faggot mikey? Otherwise ... YAWN ... the faggot LIAR LIES! Imagine THAT! . No it's not a "boast" faggot mikey it's a flat out LIE. SOP, (that means "standard operating procedure"), for YOU faggot. Gee a picture of a CIB! That really PROVES alot faggot. Faggot mikey, the self claimed CIB carrying "veteran", showing the TRUE level of "his" RESPECT and HONOR for the veteran who was the subject of this thread, because he wants to mess with me. Isn't faggot mikey "special"? I mean for a pitiful ass sucking LIAR, who never served in any branch of the US armed forces. On the plus side, little "man" et. al. think that faggot mikey looks pretty in spandex. Living in mouth breather's empty noggins 24/7/365 totally rent free!
You mean, 'a lot.' It does help indeed to post a pictur,e Dawg. When one posts in a forum, ne must be mindful not everyone understands military jargon. The picture was for them, not you. ;-D
That's why I explained "SOP" to you faggot. Is the pilot light indicating "truth", (as you "know" it of course), ON now faggot mikey? Otherwise ... YAWN ... the faggot LIAR LIES! Imagine THAT! . No it's not a "boast" faggot mikey it's a flat out LIE. SOP, (that means "standard operating procedure"), for YOU faggot. Gee a picture of a CIB! That really PROVES alot faggot. Faggot mikey, the self claimed CIB carrying "veteran", showing the TRUE level of "his" RESPECT and HONOR for the veteran who was the subject of this thread, because he wants to mess with me. Isn't faggot mikey "special"? I mean for a pitiful ass sucking LIAR, who never served in any branch of the US armed forces. On the plus side, little "man" et. al. think that faggot mikey looks pretty in spandex.
YOU explained SOP to me? Not hardly. You don't even know how to write a proper OP order buddy, so be careful about writing a check with your mouth your ass can't cover. ;-D
What you going to do about it faggot? TALK me to death? I'm REALLY enjoying showing what a dishonorable LYING libTURD creep you are cornflake gurl! Even the slack jawed drooling libTURDS might be able to see what a foul fraud you are faggot. But the libTURDS at DU sure don't think much of you LIAR. LOL! THAT'S really got to sting, when DU thinks that you are a LYING faggot creep you've got a real problem, well IF you are a craven LYING libTURD like you are faggot. Is the pilot light indicating "truth", (as you "know" it of course), ON now faggot mikey? Otherwise ... YAWN ... the faggot LIAR LIES! Imagine THAT! . Faggot mikey, the self claimed CIB carrying "veteran", showing the TRUE level of "his" RESPECT and HONOR for the veteran who was the subject of this thread, because he wants to mess with me. Isn't faggot mikey "special"? I mean for a pitiful ass sucking LIAR, who never served in any branch of the US armed forces. On the plus side, little "man" et. al. think that faggot mikey looks pretty in spandex.
I think this thread has a scratch in it. Here let me lift the needle.
Actually, if you are a detail oriented person, you will note that at each "skip" there has been new information, all supporting the premise that weasel gurl is a liar. Some people cannot learn in a normal way. Some people NEED the "koan" and the monk's bitch slap when they offend the truth. Weasel gurl can dish it out but "he" cries when it's turned back onto "him". I'm not doing anything to "him" that "he" hasn't done, repeatedly, to others all over the web. There is only one effective response to a bully and that's to stand and give them what they wanted to give you. Like ALL libTURDS cornflake boy is a whiny HYPOCRITE COWARD. Do you want me to quit making "him" cry here?
Heh, you sound like Custer being happy at being surrounded because now his men can see the enemy clearly. Your knowledge of combat arms Acromyms is seriously hurting if you think SOP is a difficult thing to wrap one's brain housing group around. ;-D
Is that like SNAFU or FUBAR????
And if you see a AAWSSC, which is an 'Army Atomic Weapons Systems Safety Committee,' and it is made up only of 'butter bars' (Second Lt.s), run for your life. As we said in the Army, there is nothing more dangerous that a Butter Bar with a map and compass leading the patrol. [I had to mine my copy of AR 310-50 for that one]
LOL! This is where faggot mikey tries to talk like "he" knows anything, and TRIES to pull his little coven of pre teen gurl gambit. Where the tutu wearing little gurls gossip and "talk trash" just as if they had a pair, kinda. Faggot mikey is like a book, each page is numbered, and it always "reads" in order. the faggot LIAR LIES! Imagine THAT! Faggot mikey, the self claimed CIB carrying "veteran", showing the TRUE level of "his" RESPECT and HONOR for the veteran who was the subject of this thread, because he wants to mess with me. Isn't faggot mikey "special"? I mean for a pitiful ass sucking LIAR, who never served in any branch of the US armed forces. On the plus side, little "man" et. al. think that faggot mikey looks pretty in spandex. Living in mouth breather's empty noggins 24/7/365 totally rent free!
Sixty posts, I'm ready for at least a hundred; you game?
LOG TRUCK faggot. LOG TRUCK to unload. But, I'll be BACK faggot. Don't cry. LMAO!!!!!!!!!
Ewwwww....... Shit M. Doggie Dawg, go pinch your loaf without the announcement next time.
? You pitiful faggot, you just can't help yourself, can you faggot? Excrement is your "god". SPRUCE LOG TRUCK TRUCK LOADED WITH SPRUCE LOGS LOGS DEAD and DYING TREES LIMBED topped and STACKED in LOG BUNKS You foul excrement ingesting libTURD faggot.
Goldi if this is really bilge de dildoe, you are a hypocrite and a LIAR. Your "word" means NOTHING. I don't want anything to do with a site that allows posters to call other posters "child molesters" and "child murderers", let alone sexualizing them like sneakyTRASH does. Let me make it easy for you Goldi since your word means nothing. Billie you are a foul cunt, I hear that you love to kidnap little children from your local malls and that you love to rape and torture them before you murder them, and then you make suits from their skins and cups from their skulls. It is also rumored that you like to eat their "tasty bits" pan fried with fava beans and a nice Old English 800. According to my sources you are banned for life from being within 1000 feet of any minor child, and that the next time you go down for child rape, you will be a three time loser and shift to your new career sucking the block's dicks and taking their dicks up your big fat ass. PHUCK you bilge, and PHUCK you Goldi. BAN me you miserable cunt. Do it NOW! Goodbye and good luck to yukon, and ALL of you good people who aren't foul, lying libTURD WHORES, TOOLS, FOOLS and idiots. Keep slapping the enemies of America and truth down! I won't purposely be part of a site such as this. Mad Dog posted on 2011-01-03 22:09:57 ET Reply Trace" Oh yeah ... "dear" bilge de burger, EAT SH!T AND DIE, YOU VILE, INSANE, LOW LIFE SCUM . (THAT ought to work.) Mad Dog posted on 2011-03-07 16:40:08 ET Reply Trace She still has not taken down your re-opus. Bet you can even still log in. Guess you just are not worth taking seriously M. Doggie Dawg. ;-D
YAWN ... I'm deeply touched by your concern faggot. /NOT! You pitiful faggot, you just can't help yourself, can you faggot? Excrement is your "god". You foul excrement ingesting libTURD faggot.
#78. To: Mad Dog (#76)
Actually M. Doggie Dawg, I was taunting you. Seeing as how you are a human tempest in t teapot and a legend in your own same as a human brain only smaller mind.
Goldi if this is really bilge de dildoe, you are a hypocrite and a LIAR. Your "word" means NOTHING. I don't want anything to do with a site that allows posters to call other posters "child molesters" and "child murderers", let alone sexualizing them like sneakyTRASH does. Let me make it easy for you Goldi since your word means nothing. Billie you are a foul cunt, I hear that you love to kidnap little children from your local malls and that you love to rape and torture them before you murder them, and then you make suits from their skins and cups from their skulls. It is also rumored that you like to eat their "tasty bits" pan fried with fava beans and a nice Old English 800. According to my sources you are banned for life from being within 1000 feet of any minor child, and that the next time you go down for child rape, you will be a three time loser and shift to your new career sucking the block's dicks and taking their dicks up your big fat ass. PHUCK you bilge, and PHUCK you Goldi. BAN me you miserable cunt. Do it NOW! Goodbye and good luck to yukon, and ALL of you good people who aren't foul, lying libTURD WHORES, TOOLS, FOOLS and idiots. Keep slapping the enemies of America and truth down! I won't purposely be part of a site such as this. Mad Dog posted on 2011-01-03 22:09:57 ET Reply Trace" Oh yeah ... "dear" bilge de burger, EAT SH!T AND DIE, YOU VILE, INSANE, LOW LIFE SCUM . (THAT ought to work.) Mad Dog posted on 2011-03-07 16:40:08 ET Reply Trace It's still there, and they are posting in that thread as if you were only a whineo that popped into the popstand to do a drunken urination on the store floor. Bet you still can sign on. Too bad you are too chicken to post a thread blasting Sally for having the nerve to not take a tundra toad like you seriously. You knew Sally only gets really pissed at threads like that so you posted this re-opus to show your balls are the size of sweet peas. Well sailor?
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#5. To: Ferret Mike, ALL (#3)
#8. To: Mad Dog (#5)
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"...mikey, the self claimed CIB carrying "veteran", showing the TRUE level of "his" RESPECT and HONOR for the veteran who was the subject of this thread, because he wants to mess with me."
#10. To: Ferret Mike (#8)
#11. To: Mad Dog (#10)
#12. To: Ferret Mike (#11)
#15. To: Mad Dog (#12)
"On the plus side, little "man" et. al. think that faggot mikey looks pretty in spandex."
#18. To: Ferret Mike (#15)
#20. To: Mad Dog (#18)
"Gee a picture of a CIB! That really PROVES alot"
#23. To: Ferret Mike (#20)
#24. To: Mad Dog (#23)
#28. To: Ferret Mike (#24)
so be careful about writing a check with your mouth your ass can't cover.
#29. To: Mad Dog, Ferret Mike (#28)
#41. To: A K A Stone (#29)
I think this thread has a scratch in it. Here let me lift the needle.
#43. To: Mad Dog (#41)
"Do you want me to quit making "him" cry here?"
#46. To: Ferret Mike (#43)
if you think SOP is a difficult thing to wrap one's brain housing group around.
#54. To: CZ82 (#46)
#58. To: CZ82 (#54)
#61. To: Mad Dog (#58)
#65. To: Ferret Mike (#61)
#67. To: Mad Dog (#65)
"LOG TRUCK to unload."
#70. To: Ferret Mike (#67)
#73. To: Mad Dog (#70)
"#171. To: Bill D Berger, Goldi-Lox, yukon, ALL (#162)
#76. To: Ferret Mike (#73)
Replies to Comment # 76. "I'm deeply touched by your concern...."
#79. To: Mad Dog (#76)
"#171. To: Bill D Berger, Goldi-Lox, yukon, ALL (#162)
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