A tale of burial and betrayal

Cpl Bordoni’s casket leaves church after funeral on April 12, 2012

Cpl Bordoni’s comrades and wife as hearse leaves for cemetery on April 12, 2012

More photos @ http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=CB&Dato=20120412&Kategori=BORDONI01&Lopenr=204120803&Ref=PH

but I can’t see them. Too many tears.

I was confirmed into my Catholic faith in that church. I went to school and catechism classes with members of the Bordoni clan. Two of my kids have uniforms exactly like those in the photo. Two of my kids are on deployment.

How can I look at that flag-draped casket, grieving comrades, wife in black and not see one of my own? One of the pictures shows the mom. I couldn’t deal with copying that one. Waaaay too close to home.

And now, I must apologize for putting a political spin on this sad event. But it is precisely because this does hit so close to home that I feel more passionate than ever about getting true patriots into office in Washington.

First Lady Michelle has pranced around the country touting her alleged support for military families and, back in 2008, Barack speechified compassionately about the importance of upgrading services for our wounded warriors who deserve the best we have to offer.

Well … not so much “compassionately” as “sneering at Republicans for not having done enough, but Hope And Change Would Fix All That.”

Yet now, even as the DemocRats continue to shovel funding into their cronies’ pockets by the millions and billions, they are cutting funding and services for wounded warriors, supposedly because of the urgent need to “reduce the deficit.”  Yeah, right … just like how stealing millions from the food stamp fund to give to their bffs in the teachers union was all about job creation. Grab me a bucket. I think I’m gonna hurl.