Honoring Our Veterans

Not too long ago, Illinoize' John Ruberry took a hard look at legislation backed by Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn that would limit protests at funerals for Illinois veterans, a move I commend.

Unfortunately, another equally serious problem regarding our veterans' honor has fallen by the wayside.

Instead of sending our fallen veterans home with the honor they deserve, the Administration is shipping them home as freight in the belly of commercial airliners, alongside suitcases stuffed with Uncle Ted and Aunt Marge's cheap plastic souvenirs. See the two minute clip here.


On another note, Quinn is asking folks to help the family of Pvt. Christopher Alcozer, who lost his life in Iraq Nov. 19. The Alcozer family's tragedy was compounded on Dec. 27th:

On the evening on December 27, 2005 the family had a candle burning next to the photo of Christopher and forgot to extinguish it before going to bed. The candle caught the photograph of Christopher on fire and set the living room a blaze. The family was alerted to the fire by the smoke detectors and were able to get out safely, but the home is a loss. While the home was blazing Jesse (Pvt. Alcozer's father) told the Fire Department that the US Flag that draped his sons coffin was still in the home. The Elmhurst Fire Department went back into the home and retrieved the flag.

Hats off to the Elmhurst firefighters. The rest is up to you.