WWII vets storm another beachhead

David A. Lombardo

You know what frosts my oranges? Being disrespectful of the military. In fact, it's disrespect of anyone who puts on a uniform and goes in harm's way to protect others. So that would include law enforcement officers, fire fighters, paramedics and EMTs, auxiliary deputies, and... well, you get the idea. 

 And I don't care if they're Airborne Special Forces or a cook. When the Hun jumps over the fence, even the cook walks away from the pot of simmering SOS, picks up a weapon and ¡hola!-instant infantry rifleman. When you put on a uniform, you are writing a blank check to your country in an amount up to and including your life and for pay that in most cases an illegal alien would turn up their nose over.

If you ask why they do it, there's nothing I can say that you're going to understand. You either get it or you don't. But if you don't, at the very least respect the fact that they are the folks that provide you with a country in which you can, for the most part, jump in your Lexus SUV, hit the drive-through and grab that Big Mac with supersized fries, Coke and an apple pie on the way to the doctor's office to get your insulin shot.

Mind you, not for one minute do I think every citizen should serve in one of those roles. The fact is some people are suited for that life and some aren't; there's nothing wrong about it. I do think everyone should serve their country in some manner, but that's a topic for another day.

What's crawled under my skin today is the messiah jerking a bunch of World War II veterans around. Obama, pouting because the nasty Republicans have shut down the federal government as they try to derail Obamacare, came up with an idiotic plan. He closed the national monuments, including the World War II memorial, which he knew was slated for viewing by an Honor Flight of World War II vets, blamed it on the Republicans and said there was no money to run the national monuments. The plan was to turn the Republican's traditional military-minded base against them.

You know, for a community organizer Obama ain't the brightest bulb in the lamp factory. The World War II monument is a stone edifice that is accessible 24-hours-a-day with no restrictions at all. The Park Service had to truck in barricades and position them around the monument to close it, thereby actually expending time and money to close a monument that didn't require any time or money to keep open.

When the 80+ year old contingent arrived, those brave veterans who stormed the beach at Normandy and raised the flag on Iwo Jima, stormed the monument ignoring the barriers albeit a tad slower than they did in 1944.

The Park Rangers, who were stationed at the monument for the first time and only to prevent the vets from seeing it, didn't raise a finger. And the vets had a greeting party composed of both Republican and Democratic legislators who were on hand to be sure the vets got to see the monument unfettered. 

I'm not sure if even an ostrich egg was big enough to cover Obama's face. And it makes me wonder if the Obama Community Organizer monument was closed too. Oh wait, there is no Obama Community Organizer monument; he just got that silly old Nobel Peace Prize for storming the streets of Chicago - organizing. 

This week's On Target Radio will be discussing the criminal court system. You think you want your day in court? You'd better tune in Sunday evening and join WIND Radio hosts David Lombardo and Gretchen Fritz who'll be discussing this issue with David Carlson, Judge of the Circuit Court of Will County, and Vicki Cohen, Official Court Reporter of the Circuit Court of Kendall County.

We'll also have a concealed carry update from the Illinois State Rifle Association's Executive Director Richard Pearson. All that and more, this Sunday evening from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m. on AM560 THE ANSWER. 

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 CONCEALED CARRY UPDATE

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Opposition mounting against California lead ammo bill

Brandon Combs, Managing Director of the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), joined by California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees' Legislative Advocate Craig DeLuz, delivered 65,000 letters from individuals urging California Governor Jerry Brown to veto the 14 gun control bills currently on his desk. "We sincerely appreciate the thousands of people who have voiced their concerns to the governor on these anti-gun measures. 65,000 letters sends a very loud-and-clear message: Californians just don't want these horrible new laws," said DeLuz. Several California Sheriffs elected in rural counties also voiced their objection in a letter to Gov. Jerry Brown about the controversial bill that would institute a statewide ban on the use of traditional lead ammunition in hunting. The September 25^th letter said, "This bill would have a significant and negative impact on both the economic and cultural fabric of the people living and working within our jurisdictions, including our deputies and their families. While AB 711 may seem non-intrusive and insignificant to those from more urban-centers of California, it jeopardizes our communities' own longstanding traditions, way of life and rural culture."