Today I found an email in my mailbox from the American Gold Star Mothers. of all people. Ms. Young, (their 1st VP), made a very poor attempt to cover their collective shame with a layer of what Grandpa Homer would have called “gom“.
Personally, I keep thinking of that old line: “If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullsh*t.” Fitting. Very fitting.
Anyhoo, here are the emails in order from the one of my many they decided to reply to, on to The Bull’s reply to their crap. Enjoy!
The Bull wrote:
America is still waiting on that apology to Ms. Lagman.
While you’re at it, you should include that Gold Star with the apology.
In case you’ve not noticed, we bloggers are a particularly diversified and tenacious bunch. We will not go away and we will not forget. The negative press will continue until you do the right thing and honor Ms. Lagman – whether or not she has an active application. She deserves it as the Mother of an American Hero.
Still disgusted with you all,
Mark T. Jones
American Gold Star Mothers finally replied:
The Gold Star Lapel Button is under the Department of Defense guidelines. The AGSM’s do not issue the Gold Star, nor as an organization have an organizational pin. The Casuality Officer assigned to the family is responsible for issuing any pins, citations, awards, medals, etc. Moms who want to serve the veterans and have their hours counted with the Veterans Administration are the ones who join the AGSM’s. Please so not discredit the millions of hours the VA has received all these years from these volunteer women. Thank you.
Judith C Young (NJ) PMM
lst VP
Bull’s reply to Ms. Young:
Ms. Young,
I am a Veteran. I am also a Veteran who has received more care from the VA than I care to remember. There have been many more sacrifices in my family for this country than most – all the way back to before the Civil War. That all being said, please stop trying to dodge the situation and cloud the issue with dung.
Fact: A mother of one of Our Fallen Heroes has been treated badly by your organization. Period. End of Report.
I’m just wondering when you guys are going to remove your collective heads from the sandbox and notice that America isn’t all White Anglo-Saxon Protestant. As a Navy veteran, I can’t begin to count the number of Filipinos I served with in one form or another. Yet you seem to discount those servicemen and their families without a moments thought. Sad. Very bloody sad…
Even more disgusted – if possible,
Mark T. Jones
When will they learn? Better question: When will they Honor Ms. Lagman as she deserves? When will they become concerned with their own honor?
Remember, If it looks like shyte, and it smells like shyte, it’s probably shyte.
Omar, out!
As a Vietnam veteran and son of a World War II veteran I am disgusted by your organization’s failure to recognize and honor Ms. Lagman. Her home is no less empty, and her pain is no less felt because she does not fit your guidelines. Shame on you. Shame on you all. You are a disgrace to this nation.