And who is Bryan Fischer? .
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > You really have to wonder about these people at times. > > http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/11/bryan_fischer_weve_feminized_the_medal_of_honor_by.php?ref=tn > > Bryan Fischer, the "Director of Issues Analysis" for the conservative > Christian group the American Family Association, was unhappy yesterday > that President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to a soldier for > saving lives. This, Fischer wrote on his blog, shows that the Medal of > Honor has been "feminized" because "we now award it only for > preventing casualties, not for inflicting them." > > Here's how the AP described Medal of Honor winner Army Sgt. Salvatore > Giunta heroics: > > Giunta, the first living Medal of Honor winner of the Afghanistan and > Iraq wars, braved heavy gunfire to pull a fellow soldier to cover and > rescued another who was being dragged away by insurgents. > Fischer's take? "So the question is this: when are we going to start > awarding the Medal of Honor once again for soldiers who kill people > and break things so our families can sleep safely at night?" > > "We have feminized the Medal of Honor," Fischer wrote. He also quoted > General Patton: "Gen. George Patton once famously said, 'The object of > war is not to die for your country but to make the other guy die for > his.'" (Actually, Patton doesn't say anything about the other guy: > "The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the > other bastard die for his.") > > Fischer recently argued that it's time to get rid of the "curse" that > is the Grizzly Bear because of the number of humans who have been > killed by bears: "One human being is worth more than an infinite > number of grizzly bears. Another way to put it is that there is no > number of live grizzlies worth one dead human being. If it's a choice > between grizzlies and humans, the grizzlies have to go. And it's > time." > > Fischer is a favorite of social conservative Republicans, and spoke at > the Values Voter summit this fall alongside Mitt Romney, Jim DeMint, > and other big-shot Republicans. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:331887 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
