I saw that flag too. Beautiful! A great tribute from Fayette County citizens to Sgt. Beale & his family. But still... it breaks my heart. Will this ever end?

Tug

I was at the St. Johns Crossings BP station, what a great and respectful showing by all of Fayette County. Very emotional indeed, I am very proud of my fellow Fayette countians.

"The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is".
Winston Churchill

I think the reason there are so few comments on this particular blog, is because there's no debate on it. It's a horribly sad situation for this man and his family. It's a request to all of us to show our support, and everyone is in agreement to honor this soldier's service and his family's loss. This story and request has been spreading very quickly. Hopefully we'll all see a very large turnout. My condolences to his family.

How dare you for turning this very somber article and request into a political platform for yourself!

This is specifically about this fallen soldier and his family. And a request to show our respect.

Not about you or your political views. You should be ashamed of yourself!

Lindsey has that last statement in quotations as his signature. Look it up, very similar to Kevin King's "Cheers". If he posts something, regardless how trivial, it shows up with that stuff as a signature.

And I am sorry for the loss of this soldier. But lets lament all of our losses. We have an all volunteer army. Each soldier has knowingly placed themselves in harms way. Each take an oath to "will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same." give Lindsey a break, he is a police officer and a patriot.

And go ahead an attack me for defending him. I have served with the 2nd ID, the 25th ID, and the Ranger Regiment. I have shown my respect by my service. More should do the same

Lindsey may be one heck of a guy. And, as a police officer, he must be a special person - as are you for serving in the military. And I do realize every soldier is there on a volunteer basis.

But I was not 'attacking' his patriotism, or yours. But his 'signature line', whether he uses it on all things or not, was in absolute poor taste in this particular case. I use signature lines on the occasion as well, and remove them when they are inappropriate.

As this story is being followed very closely with it being a local soldier returning home, an 'anti-Obama' signature line is in poor taste. He, and you, should be compassionate enough to realize that.

A police officer? Now that's scary - more information than is needed.

Happily...

""If you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world," Barrack Obama

I will not lower my standards.. So UP YOURS..

Thanks for your service guys. The odds were pretty good that we stood next to each other during this powerfully moving event honoring Sgt. John Beale and his family. One thing I do know..... regardless of where we stood along the route I realized how 'not alone' I really was today as I stood side by side with many wonderful Americans today. Perhaps there is some hope after all for this country and that we can actually survive these ridiculous times and politians that are overwhelming us at the moment. After what I witnessed today I actually sensed some 'real hope'.

Visualizing Obama's Budget Cuts

by it all...
You are right.. there might be some glimer of hope afterall..

""If you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world," Barrack Obama

I will not lower my standards.. So UP YOURS..

This "news article" is actually on someone's private blog. This is an ad hoc, hey tell everybody about it kind of thing. Blogs are no place for decorum. Get the point across and move on. I respect the family and I hope that lots of people show up, but I will not view it like our country has turned a corner or something.

Compassion? it is a blog. does the family read it, who knows? The gathering was communicated and that is all that needed to happen.

I have never taken Lindsey as savvy enough on a computer to make instant changes to his signature line.

And as I view these moments in the prism of history, I see our Congress standing on the steps of the capital joining hands after 9/11 and singing. Yet that moment didn't change hearts and didn't change minds. It will be nice for the family and that's about it. But that is good enough for now.

Very Well said

I will definitely be out there on the side of Hwy 74 this afternoon to honor this young man and for every young man or woman serving our country, I say THANK YOU. You are all heros.

BTW Jersey Girl, that's his tag line. It is on every post at the bottom. It was not part of his reply, just to clarify.

To the family of SFC Beale, my sincere condolences. To all the citizens of Fayetteville, my heartfelt thank you for all of your continued support. To my parents who were standing there along side the road to pay their respects and support a great fallen Soldier, God Bless You.

I'm a Fayette citizen serving as an MP at Ft. Drum and it broke my heart when my mom told me about the loss of SFC Beale. Though I am proud of my parents for being there for his procession, I only wish I could have been there as well.

It cuts like a knife whenever I hear another one of our citizens has fallen victim to the attacks overseas. However, from reading his history of re-enlisting in the Army during a time of war, it sounds like he died doing what he loved, defending this great nation. Therefore, he is vouchsafed a hero in my book. I can only hope to serve with the same courage and fortitude he displayed. It would have been an honor to have known him. God Bless you SFC Beale and may the citizens forever remember you as a hero.

SGT Melissa Overton

Who is this aimed at? I don't see anyone being disrespectful.

Just the signature line on Lindsey's blog. I've now been told, a few times, how it should be overlooked because his 'anti-Obama' signature line is on everything. Sorry. In this case it was inappropriate.

And, just for the record, if someone had an 'anti-Bush' signature line, I would have been responding the same way.

That tag line has been on ALL OF MY POST it is done automatically..
You should not be so sensitive and allow shallow small things to get your goat...(That's a Southern Colloquialism).. If you took the time to notice.. I said I will be there.. Meaning to pay my respect.. so are we supposed to remove all avatars and tag lines that might offend you to respond..?

I removed it for this post..OK.. geez.. See Wedge I am Savvy enough..

I am sorry to doubt your tech savvyness. No matter, I have seen enough of your posts and you have seen enough of mine to know that I mean no offense to you.

I'm used to back handed compliments....you should hear my better half...
p.s. I was going to put a smiley face on that reply to let you know no offense taken.. but thought Jersey Girl might take offense on that too..

""If you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world," Barrack Obama

I will not lower my standards.. So UP YOURS..

I will try to be somewhere to pay my respects too Tug. God bless and keep him. He's home now.

I could have been present to show my respect for this young man.

SALUTE...