Happy Memorial Day 2007
WARRIORS GATE At theAirport earlier today there was tons of traffic rolling through theTerminal Ramps. It was my day off but I was earning Over Time pay, so for once I was happier about working. I saw theHearse and, at first I thought it was a commercial Limo vehicle, but no. It was a hearse. And it was parked in theCenter lane, and another pickup was parked behind it, a soldier walked quickly from thePickup up to theHearse. Oh no... a Soldier is inconvenienced by theHearse blocking him and he's going to yell at theHearse driver....Or so I thought. As at theAirport, this very thing happens about ever two days, various drivers ticking each other off and arguing with each other if not arguing with US security. But this situation was different.theSoldier was speaking quietly with theHearse driver and as I stepped up to listen to theConversationI looked in back of theHearse, looked past theDrivers shoulders and observed an American Flag-draped Coffin. A soldier was on his way home an...