I'm just sayin...: Picture Time!!!

Know Your Medal of Honor Recipients:

Second Lieutenant Allen J. Greer (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on July 2, 1901, near Majada, Laguna Province, Philippine Islands. His citation reads:

Charged alone an insurgent outpost with his pistol, killing 1, wounding 2, and capturing 3 insurgents with their rifles and equipment.

Private Joseph O. Gregg (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on June 16, 1864, near the Richmond and Petersburg Ry., Virginia. His citation reads:

Voluntarily returned to the breastworks which his regiment had been forced to abandon to notify 3 missing companies that the regiment was falling back; found the enemy already in the works, refused a demand to surrender, returning to his command under a concentrated fire, several bullets passing through his hat and clothing.

Second Lieutenant Stephen R. Gregg (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on August 27, 1944, near Montelimar, France. His citation reads:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty on 27 August 1944, in the vicinity of Montelimar, France. As his platoon advanced upon the enemy positions; the leading scout was fired upon and 2d Lt. Gregg (then a Tech. Sgt.) immediately put his machineguns into action to cover the advance of the riflemen. The Germans, who were at close range, threw hand grenades at the riflemen, killing some and wounding 7. Each time a medical aid man attempted to reach the wounded, the Germans fired at him. Realizing the seriousness of the situation, 2d Lt. Gregg took 1 of the light .30-caliber machineguns, and firing from the hip, started boldly up the hill with the medical aid man following him. Although the enemy was throwing hand grenades at him, 2d Lt. Gregg remained and fired into the enemy positions while the medical aid man removed the 7 wounded men to safety. When 2d Lt. Gregg had expended all his ammunition, he was covered by 4 Germans who ordered him to surrender. Since the attention of most of the Germans had been diverted by watching this action, friendly riflemen were able to maneuver into firing positions. One, seeing 2d Lt. Gregg's situation, opened fire on his captors. The 4 Germans hit the ground and thereupon 2d Lt. Gregg recovered a machine pistol from one of the Germans and managed to escape to his other machinegun positions. He manned a gun, firing at his captors, killed 1 of them and wounded the other. This action so discouraged the Germans that the platoon was able to continue its advance up the hill to achieve its objective. The following morning, just prior to daybreak, the Germans launched a strong attack, supported by tanks, in an attempt to drive Company L from the hill. As these tanks moved along the valley and their foot troops advanced up the hill, 2d Lt. Gregg immediately ordered his mortars into action. During the day by careful observation, he was able to direct effective fire on the enemy, inflicting heavy casualties. By late afternoon he had directed 600 rounds when his communication to the mortars was knocked out. Without hesitation he started checking his wires, although the area was under heavy enemy small arms and artillery fire. When he was within 100 yards of his mortar position, 1 of his men informed him that the section had been captured and the Germans were using the mortars to fire on the company. 2d Lt. Gregg with this man and another nearby rifleman started for the gun position where he could see 5 Germans firing his mortars. He ordered the 2 men to cover him, crawled up, threw a hand grenade into the position, and then charged it. The hand grenade killed 1, injured 2, 2d Lt. Gregg took the other 2 prisoners, and put his mortars back into action.

The NCAA announced their punishment of Penn State yesterday. As I expected, I thought they went too far. For any of you out there who read that and want to gasp and ask me if I think it’s ok to fool around with kids, shut up. That’s just stupid. No one thinks that’s ok… but that’s not the issue. I know people are mad at Penn State, but the people who were in the wrong in this situation have already been punished (and are not there anymore). Fact is, with their decision yesterday the NCAA managed to severely punish everyone except the guy who was actually fooling around with kids. And for all of you holier-than-thou jackwaggons out there, me feeling bad for the Penn State football players does not mean I don’t feel bad for the kids that old pervert molested. I’m big enough and complex enough that I can feel bad for different people in a situation for different reasons.

Speaking of college football, let me go on record as saying the 4 game playoff is nice but not enough. Nothing short of a playoff involving all conference champions will make me happy. But Greg, some of you will say, you don’t have to be a conference champ to win a national championship in basketball or baseball… why should you have to in football? That true, you don’t have to be a conference champ to win a national championship in those other sports… but every conference champ has a chance to win a national championship in all of those other sports (at least in basketball… I’m pretty sure the same is true for baseball). Sure, it sounds great to “just pick the 4 best teams” and let them play in the playoffs. Problem is, that’s all opinion. And when opinions are involved, things go bad. Well everyone knows that Team A is a far better team than Team B. Then when Team B beats that great Team A, everyone makes excuses (Well, Team B wanted it more because this was their “Super Bowl” and they could never make it through a season in Team A’s much better conference). You know what they say about excuses, right? They’re like assholes and you’re being an asshole for making that excuse (or something like that… I could be wrong, but I think I got that right).

I think they should do away with “celebration” penalties in college football. If a guy scores a TD, let him have fun. Heck, I’d even go far as to say let them taunt… maybe that will make the defense try harder to stop them next time. I just don’t like old men deciding how much celebrating is too much for a 18-22 year old. Having said that, if a team is down by 40 with 2:00 left in the game and their starting DE gets a “sack” because the 3rd string QB on the other team slips and falls… that DE should be kicked out of the game.

The pre-season All SEC Team has 20 players from the SEC West and 6 players from the SEC East. Does this mean SEC West speed is faster than SEC East speed?

Some people will tell you they blog to keep in touch with friends and family… others will say they do it to help people or to educate people. Make no mistake, I do it for the kids (and by “kids”, I of course mean me). You have to have what I call a “healthy ego” to put your thoughts on the internet (as if anyone in the world would give a crap about what you think). Judging from the blogs I follow… it looks like my ego is a little healthier than my friends and family. Haha.

Oh… I just saw this headline on the internet: Boston mayor vows to keep Chick-fil-A out of city. It’s like God’s sending me a message letting me know my support of Chick-fil-A is the right thing to do.

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