Patriot Guard Riders

Many of my rants arise from my commute. Happened again today. Driving up the Gulf Fwy on this dark rainy night, I shared the road with a group of bikers, their rides fitted with flagpoles, their colors read “Patriot Guard Riders.” Why does that ring a bell?
I found their website and remembered their story. They are a service group promoting respect for those who serve in the armed forces. Some are vets, some not. Some are hawks, some doves. Some aren’t even bikers. They, at the request of the families of fallen soldiers, attend funeral services to discourage the insane demonstrations of the so-called Reverend Fred Phelps and his family cult, The Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka Kansas. Those excrements’ latest trick is to show up at military funerals with their “God Hates Fags” signs, saying that our war dead are God’s punishment of us for allowing homosexuality. The Guard Riders do a valuable service by getting in the face of Phelps and his creepy family. Say a little prayer that the IRS or some other plague put Phelps and his outfit out of business soon. Checking his website, (Godhatesfags.com) along with his usual trash, (Ford and Saddam, both in hell) I see “the truth about Morris Dees and the Southern Poverty Law Center.” This is a hopeful sign, Dees may get his scalp!