Flag at half staff in Pennsylvania for Joe Paterno

[AIRBORNEVET]

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Unbelievable. We don't even give our fallen troops from this state this honor. Another attempt for Corbett to backpeddle and make the peace with his constituents after supporting the Penn State Board of Trustees in their firing of Joe Paterno.

[rgrokelley]

Legacy = enabler of pedophiles

History is a bitch

[AIRBORNEVET]

In the interest of fairness I need to clarify what I said about Pennsylvania not giving our fallen troops from this state this honor.

Governor Tom Corbett announced the state's flags at all state facilities would be lowered to half-staff through Paterno's burial, which basically means Monday through Thursday or 4days.

For the passing of military veterans, the flag is only lowered in the Capitol Complex and at the commonwealth facilities in the county that the soldier resided, and then for only one day. On Memorial Day the flag is only flown at half staff from sunrise until noon.

Major Dick Winters, WWII soldier and hero, who was brought to most peoples attention from the Band of Brothers book and movie was given no such honor. He was born in PA then after the war resided here until his death last year. He did a lot more to earn this honor than Joe Paterno. I contacted the local news agency here in my area as well as FOX news to request they run this story but evidently it's not important enough. Makes me sick. Guess I'm just out of touch with where the real priorities are and who I see and taught my children are true heroes and legends of this country.

[AIRBORNEVET]

Legacy = enabler of pedophiles

History is a bitch

It certainly is. The Paterno Blue and White Kool Aid drinkers are so blinded by their worship of this man they can't deal with the fact that when the time came to actually put the words he preached to others into action he failed miserably. He talked the talk but in the end couldn't walk the walk. I needed to ask myself only one question after reading everything out there on this. If Paterno was informed this was his son or grandson that was seen being raped in the shower would he have waited the amount of time he did to call his superiors and then only reported it to the people he did? Of course not. What makes another persons child worthy of anything less. Zero Tolerance Policy for me when it comes to this. The thing that astounded me the most is when he said he had no idea there was such a thing as man on man rape when informed about this. Really Joe? You have a degree from Brown University an Ivy League school and considered going into law after your college graduation as well as lived on this planet for 85years and you never heard of a pedophile. Unbelievable.

[Headoutdaplane]

All that is necessary for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing.