More Good American Acts of Kindness

As the United States slides ever quicker into the abyss of moral decay thank God there are still folks out there like these people. Men and women who understand that life is bigger than themselves and act in a selfless manner. Stories like this make me think there is still hope for this country yet.

A naval officer who died while serving in Afghanistan is being remembered for his bravery by those who never met him thanks to a note left at a bar. On March 28, Bennigan's waitress Hannah Hobbs posted a photograph of a beer with a note that read, "In Memory of Lt. j.g. Francis Toner USN. Killed in action 27 March 2009, Baikh Province, Afghanistan. Non Sibi Sed Patriae. Not forgotten."

Toner and another soldier were killed when an Afghan soldier opened fire on four officers who were jogging along the perimeter of Camp Shaheen in Mazar-e Sharif. According to reports, the unarmed Toner verbally challenged the shooter and was gunned down. Toner's act of bravery distracted the shooter, which allowed another officer to seek help for the wounded. He was later posthumously awarded the Silver Star, the nation's third-highest military decoration for valor. He was 26-years-old at the time of his death.

Hobbs said a man had come into the restaurant and asked to leave the beer and note at the bar for the rest of the day. However, Hobbs took the tribute to the fallen soldier to another level by taking a picture of the memorial and posting it to her Facebook account. She wrote, "I'm posting this pic so it can stay forever. So can I get some likes, people?" That is exactly what happened.

By Memorial Day, Hobbs's photo had received more than 1.2 million "likes" and had been shared more than 117,000 times! The gesture seems to be a growing trend over the past few years, with other bar patrons toasting America's soldiers in the same fashion.

Hobbs said it wasn't her intention for her personal gesture to go viral, but she wanted to keep the memorial tribute alive by posting it to Facebook. Hobbs said, "Several family and friends have served in the military, and I feel we don't do enough as a country to show our appreciation to those that put their lives on the line to keep us safe."

In response, Hobbs's employer started Bennigan's Wall of Heroes for customers to buy a beer and write a note to any former or current member of the United States military. The company also encourages Facebook posts to honor these heroes.

Through Memorial Day, the restaurant pledged to donate $1 for every photo to Operation Homefront, a nonprofit organization that provides emergency financial and other assistance to the families of U.S. service members.

Bennigan's is taking the kind gesture toward America's veterans one step further by offering a $10,000 discount to veterans who want to start their own Bennigan's franchise.

Panels and Investigations

You know it is kind of funny when I make up names for Obama but I am speechless, literally, since this Gulf oil spill. How do you react to something that has yet to be reacted to? Seriously, how after nearly 60 days does this, if I may say so, slowest moving oil slick of all time not get contained? The day after the explosion Florida Governor Christ declared a state of emergency. Holy crap could this jerkoff have hit the panic button any sooner? It took nearly a month and a half for the tar balls to reach the Pensacola beaches. Well, on the bright side, at least you can say he reacted. What has our president done? He has visited the Gulf region three times and has convened umpteen panels of investigation to find whose "ass to kick" all while doing absolutely nothing positive to help save the marshes of Louisiana and the beaches of the gulf coast. This is what happens when the fucking moronic population obeys the media and swallows hook, line and sinker the bullshit about him being the smartest most intellectual president ever. Understand this: academic presidents are fucking useless as are all academics in the real world. When life happens decisions have to be made this fucker makes no decisions, only threats of prosecution and panels of investigation. See in academia, where time moves like whale shit uphill on a cold day, you have time for panels and investigations and time wasting questions of people who actually work for a living. But in a world where we have a flowing oil well head, North Korean nukes, Iranian nukes, Venezuelan nukes, massive illegal immigration bankrupting our states, Israel and the Palestinians, etc., etc., and what his this administration's main focus today? Getting back to the health care debate. A bill which was passed months ago with no set laws. It leaves law making up to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. He cannot even make a concrete decision that will cost U.S. taxpayers over $1 Trillion dollars. That is how Barack Obama works; pass the health care bill and fill in the details later. With the oil spill it was "just plug the hole." This man is such a simpleton that even Jimmy Carter looks like Steven Hawking in comparison, I hope for their sake his daughters do not ask him for help with their homework.

Now the left and the liberal media is beginning to chide him about the spill and his and by extension, the government's lack of action. Hey, shitheads too late everyone knew this would happen as soon as the shit hit the fan. You all are way too late to the Obama is a useless turd party. Of course had you all not been lying sacks of shit during the campaign he would not even be the president but of course this is not all your fault of course there is the "independent" voters to blame also. Yes that is right these pussies who claim to have the center and are not slaves to a party are clearly slaves to popular opinion as set by the media, independent my ass. Lemmings is more like it. More bad things are coming down the pike Obama is asleep at the wheel and the media is going to continue to cover for him i.e the surge in Afghanistan and the number of American dead that the media is not reporting on. I do believe that the highest number of American K.I.A. has come under Obama's watch but has anyone heard about that. CNN used to count the dead daily and display pictures how come that has stopped we are still there and men continue to die. I guess they can't bring themselves to come out and fully blast this administration and thus making "the one" look bad. The left and lefties just suck. Is it 2012 yet?