In updating my website this morning I saw one of the newly released names was from Illinois. This evening more info had been released. He was from my home town. The Patriot Guard Riders are meeting the plane tomorrow afternoon, escorting him to a funeral home about 2 miles from my house. Services will be at a church next to the grocery store we shop at, and interment in a cemetery about a mile away from my house.
http://www.patriotguard.org/Forums/tabid/61/postid/414583/view/topic/Default.aspxThe PGR are well organized, stay on top of this, have a website to mobilize local bikers on short notice. They only participate if the family agrees that they want them. When I saw they have a "confirmed mission" to provide escort throughout the weekend I checked to see if the westboro crowd had targeted this event. Their site doesn't list it - seeme they are quite busy these days what with so many of our kids getting blown away, and leaving families that deserve to be tortured in their moments of grief by these slimeballs. Heres a list of the ones they are harassing this week. Most of the ones on this list are from the last week of Jan. You can find photos of many of these folks on my website.
http://www.godhatesfags.com/fliers/pickets.htmlMy wife just told me she does not want me going any where near - says I'd no doubt get myself arrested if westboro shows up. She's probably right.