[TheForge] Fwd: Fw: Thank You Brandon, MS

[Chuck Robinson]

     > There is justice in the world.  Brandon, MS knows Justice.
     >
     >> Westboro Baptist Church Goes To Mississippi - And Loses
     >> Posted by: MacAoidh on Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 18:00
     >>
     >> On Saturday USMC Staff Sgt. Jason Rogers, who was killed in
    action in
     >> Afghanistan April 7, was buried in Brandon, Mississippi.
     >>
     >> That, by itself, is a sadly unremarkable - though certainly
    noteworthy and
     >> solemn - occasion for us to mark.
     >>
     >> And in fact when Sgt. Rogers' body returned to Brandon it was
    greeted by
     >> hundreds, or perhaps even thousands, of well-wishers who
    gathered at the
     >> roadside to honor the fallen American hero. The dashboard camera
    from
     >> Mississippi state trooper Elmo Townsend's cruiser gives an
    indication of the
     >> scene last Thursday.
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >> What is most notable about Sgt. Rogers' funeral in Brandon,
    however, is what
     >> didn't happen.
     >>
     >> You see, the troglodytes from Westboro Baptist Church had
    threatened to spew
     >> their poison at Sgt. Rogers' funeral.
     >>
     >> But the Westboro mob wasn't on the scene, and Sgt. Rogers was
    laid to rest
     >> without incident - thank God.
     >>
     >> Why weren't there protestors?
     >>
     >> Planning ahead by the locals, as it turns out.
     >>
     >> From an Ole Miss sports message board, a tidbit of information.
     >>
     >> A couple of days before, one of them (Westboro protestors) ran
    his mouth at
     >> a Brandon gas station and got his arse waxed. Police were called
    and the
     >> beaten man could not give much of a description of who beat him.
    When they
     >> canvassed the station and spoke to the large crowd that had
    gathered around,
     >> no one seemed to remember anything about what had happened.
     >>
     >> Rankin County handled this thing perfectly. There were many
    things that were
     >> put into place that most will never know about and at great
    expense to the
     >> county.
     >>
     >> Most of the morons never made it out of their hotel parking lot.
    It seems
     >> that certain Rankin county pickup trucks were parked directly
    behind any car
     >> that had Kansas plates in the hotel parking lot and the drivers
    mysteriously
     >> disappeared until after the funeral was over. Police were called
    but their
     >> wrecker service was running behind and it was going to be a few
    hours before
     >> they could tow the trucks so the Kansas plated cars could get out.
     >>
     >> A few made it to the funeral but were ushered away to be
    questioned about a
     >> crime they might have possibly been involved in. Turns out,
    after a few
     >> hours of questioning, that they were not involved and they were
    allowed to
     >> go on about their business.
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