I can't see where this was diaried anywhere at Kos, and I'll gladly delete it if its been covered. But if it hasn't I can't believe we aren't pounding the shit out of the Senate Confederates for this.
On September 15th Gold Star Dad, Carlos Arrendondo was participating in a peaceful protest against the Iraq War in which he carried a mock coffin which displayed a photo of his son, Alex who was killed in action. A group of republican war mongers, seeing the offending photo of a dead American Soldier first ripped the photo from the coffin and refused to return it. When they hadn't expressed their hate glands sufficiently, they thought it would be fun to beat the living shit out of this 47 year old, grieving father. Crooks and Liars has the photo.
A bystander named Ramesh witnessed the whole encounter and also retrieved the picture of Alex for Carlos. He was quite distressed at how he watched the men follow Carlos as he pulled the memorial, purposefully yelling epiphets and eventually taking Alex’s photograph. Soon, an ambulance showed up as well as many concerned activists. The paramedics provided first aid to Carlos but he did not seek further medical attention. Carlos sustained bloody cuts on his shins. He also reported bruises all over his torso and head where he was kicked.
What I would like to know and was given this notion as I listened this morning to the Young Turks' Cenk Uyuger, besides when these animals will be rounded up and put in cages, but when the Senate Democrats will present Sense of the Senate Legislation condemning this act, condemning the group to which these Confederate Republicans belong (I will not honor the group by naming it here), and insist that the Confederates in the Senate apologize for this attack and condemn it as well.
Perhaps after they do ... we can MoveOn.
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