Why is it that when ONE man dies, the whole of America loses their minds with grief. When a man dies, whose only contribution to the country was to ENTERTAIN people, the American people find the need to flock to a memorial in Hollywood , and even Congress sees the need to hold a “moment of silence” for his passing?

Am I missing something here? ONE man dies, and all of a sudden he’s a freaking martyr because he entertained us for a few decades? What about all those SOLDIERS who have died to give us freedom?

To answer that last question, we have our one day a year. It’s called Memorial Day. You know, the day that most Americans just look forward to a day off and completely miss the point. At least, that’s what our elected reps and boob-tube citizens would say. Anyway, read the rest of this letter from an active duty Soldier over at View From Under A Rock here.

In case you also missed this one, Ranger Up also ran a great post a few days ago about Col. Ed McMahon. Yeah, I didn’t know that Ed was a Colonel either. The following was written by Ed’s son, Lex McMahon:

Ed’s Marine Corps career began during World War II and lasted 23 years. At the end of it all, Ed was promoted to Colonel – he considered this to be one of the greatest accomplishments of his life; amazing when you consider the body of his work.
Over the years, Ed told me that he wanted to be remembered as: “a good entertainer, but a great Marine!” Considering Ed was an entertainment giant, this speaks volumes in regards to his love of the Marine Corps, with its inherent brotherhood and Corps values of respect, honor, and integrity – the defining elements of Ed’s character.

And yet, we have over a dozen gene pool cleansers out there killing themselves because a messed up pop star died after taking too many pills while contemplating his next underage sleep partner and they simply “can’t imagine life without him.”

Meanwhile, real heroes who have done nothing but good with their lives and refrained from controversy are simply buried without fanfare. Real heroes who served their country under some of the worst times get crapped on while Michael Jackson is compared to Jesus!

I’m speechless. Please make sure you read all of Lex McMahon’s eulogy over at the Ranger Up blog.