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Thank you to the men and women who serve this nation

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America has its share of faults. We are from perfect. This nation still has the greatest freedoms in the world. Websites such as mine can exist. TV shows such as “Saturday Night Live” can poke fun at our politicians daily. People like Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert make a living poking fun at politics and our elected leaders. In some nations, these men would be arrested and possibly even murdered for this.

People in this nation can even burn our nation’s flag; refuse to sing the National Anthem and refuse to sing the Pledge of Allegiance. Our nation even allows people to join anti-American groups and hate groups. That is how great our freedom in this nation is. As long as you don’t break the law, you can pretty much do anything in the United States of America.

We as a people take way too much for granted. Most people have no idea what our men and women in the armed-forces give up. They are told when and where to be without a say. They eat, sleep and do what they are ordered to do. Many of them are thousands upon thousands of miles away from their families. They give up so much so you and I don’t have to.

Louisville’s Strange Brew wants to say “thank you” to our current men and women who are serving this great nation. We want to thank the veterans who fought or served this great nation. We thank our forefathers who fought and died for our freedoms. America is still the greatest nation on earth and I am proud to be an American.

Did Dakota Meyer actually save lives? Or is he a fraud?

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Asked by a reporter from McClatchy newspapers about her organization’s investigation — which concluded that “crucial parts of the story of Meyer’s deeds that the Marine Corps publicized and Obama described to the nation are untrue, unsubstantiated or exaggerated” — the White House Thursday stood by the Medal of Honor recipient.

“The president was very proud to present the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Meyer for his extraordinary service in Afghanistan,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said. “As the president said that day, in Sergeant Dakota Meyer we see the best of a generation that has served through a decade of war.”

The McClatchy newspapers story stated that Meyer “didn’t save as many people, kill as many enemy fighters or lead the final push to retrieve his dead comrades, as the record says. Moreover, it’s unclear from the documents whether the 23-year-old Kentucky native disobeyed orders when he entered the Ganjgal Valley on Sept. 8, 2009, as the record says he did.”

Carney said that the White House is not concerned and not looking into the Medal of Honor narrative.

“The answer to your question is no,” he said. “Everyone, even the reporter who wrote yesterday’s article, agrees the Sergeant Meyer displayed extraordinary heroism. Indeed, a subsequent article within, I think, hours by that same reporter last night, makes it clear that Meyer’s comrades feel he deserves the Medal of Honor. President Obama was proud to present it on behalf of a grateful nation.”

The writer, the well-respected Jonathan Landay, did note that, “What’s most striking is that all this probably was unnecessary. Meyer, the 296th Marine to earn the medal, by all accounts deserved his nomination. At least seven witnesses attested to him performing heroic deeds “in the face of almost certain death.”

Carney said “I would refer you to the Marine Corps. And the process of vetting for Medal of Honor — proposed Medal of Honor recipients is, as I understand it, quite extensive and thorough. Obviously that’s done at the Department of Defense and by the branch of the military that’s affected here, in this case the Marine Corps. The president was very proud to present the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Meyer. He was that day and he remains proud today of his extraordinary service.”

 

 

Speical thanks to our Armed-Forces

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Today millions of Americans will celebrate the 4th of July. People will BBQ and grill out. Millions will drink and get drunk. Sadly, most Americans use the 4th of July to party and act foolish. Thousands of Americans risked their life for our freedom. Men like George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and others risked everything to create a free Nation. Today we live in the greatest Nation on earth – The United States of America.

America is far from perfect. We still have the greatest free speech, greatest freedom of religion and greatest civil rights of any government. We have those rights due to the men and women who serve this great Nation. These people give up their freedom so we can have the freedoms I named above. This is why a website like Louisville`s Strange Brew can exist. We are very thankful for our military’s service.

Louisville`s Strange Brew wants to thank the men and women who serve in our Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard. We pray for you and your families. Come home safe and once again, thank you for your service and dedication to our Nation. God bless you all.