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kpete

(71,996 posts)
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 01:24 PM Jan 2015

Who Did NOT See This Coming?: Texas Governor to declare ‘Chris Kyle Day’ in honor of sniper

Texas Governor to declare ‘Chris Kyle Day’ in honor of sniper
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Friday he would officially declare Feb. 2 “Chris Kyle Day” in the state, in honor of the late Navy Seal sharpshooter portrayed in the film “American Sniper.”

The movie, starring Bradley Cooper as Kyle who was killed by a disgruntled U.S. veteran on a Texas gun range in 2013, has been a box office hit as well as a flashpoint of debate between liberals and conservatives.

Abbott, a Republican, made the announcement during a speech at the Texans Veterans of Foreign Affairs Mid-Winter Convention in Austin, according to a statement from the governor’s office.


“In honor of a Texas son, a Navy SEAL and an American hero – a man who defended his brothers and sisters in arms on and off the battlefield – I am declaring February 2nd Chris Kyle Day in Texas,” Abbott said during the speech, according to the statement.


http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/texas-governor-to-declare-chris-kyle-day-in-honor-of-sniper/











Peace,
kp

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Who Did NOT See This Coming?: Texas Governor to declare ‘Chris Kyle Day’ in honor of sniper (Original Post) kpete Jan 2015 OP
He bragged about murdering poor Americans, of course he is a hero, right? NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #1
Right on cue... n/t 2naSalit Jan 2015 #2
I think Kyle is a mixed bag--not a villain or a hero. TwilightGardener Jan 2015 #3
He was 9, he should remember Charles Whitman. Downwinder Jan 2015 #4
He even sits within view of the tower. Action_Patrol Jan 2015 #9
"America is the first country to have gone from barbarism to decadence Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2015 #5
Texas once again defines itself by its "heroes." dixiegrrrrl Jan 2015 #6
Go figure he's pushing worship of a uniformed serial killer. backscatter712 Jan 2015 #7
America, where sociopaths are heroes... AZ Progressive Jan 2015 #8
It's remarkable how many news items are about moves in the culture war. Ron Green Jan 2015 #10
Jessie Ventura Generic Brad Jan 2015 #11
Happy Sociopath Day! Matrosov Feb 2015 #12
Well, Texas does love their liars... Tom Ripley Feb 2015 #13
I'm a Texan. And I was in Austin in 1966, the day of Whitman's killings. Paladin Feb 2015 #14
 

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)
5. "America is the first country to have gone from barbarism to decadence
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 02:44 PM
Jan 2015
"America is the first country to have gone from barbarism to decadence without the usual intervening period of civilization." -  Oscar Wilde

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
7. Go figure he's pushing worship of a uniformed serial killer.
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 05:13 PM
Jan 2015

Chris Kyle was Ted Bundy in desert camo. Just the kind of guy that gives the right wing a raging boner.

 

Matrosov

(1,098 posts)
12. Happy Sociopath Day!
Mon Feb 2, 2015, 09:59 AM
Feb 2015

Either he was a serial killer if his stories about events like Katrina or true

Or he was a pathological liar if the stories are not true

Not to mention he was mentally disturbed for how he relished killing A-rabs/Mooselims in a combat zone

Which Chris Kyle is Texas celebrating today?

Paladin

(28,264 posts)
14. I'm a Texan. And I was in Austin in 1966, the day of Whitman's killings.
Mon Feb 2, 2015, 10:23 AM
Feb 2015

I had school friends who lost family members that day. And I am thoroughly outraged by the whole "Chris Kyle Day" thing.

I thought you ought to be informed of the foregoing, given the broad brush with which you're smearing the entire state of Texas.

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