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[kyburg]

Cpl. Kenny F. Stanton Jr., 20, was killed in Baghdad on Oct. 13, when a bomb exploded near his vehicle. He was the third graduate of Hemet High School killed in Iraq, and his death came in one of the bloodiest months since the war began.

"The Plague that Hit Hemet," one of Stanton's acquaintances called it in an entry on the fallen soldier's MySpace website.

Hemet is a pathetically small place. When I was born, it had less than 12,000 people living in it. We wouldn't even get a McDonalds until I was in high school. ceolyn's grandmother knew me as my father's daughter at her wedding - yes, the town is that damn small. (Dad's been dead since 1967.)

I went back and looked at my high school yearbooks. Yeah, the name did sound familiar.

There are three Stantons in them. The ages make sense too.

This fucking fraud of a conflict is killing the children of people I went to high school with.

Leave no child behind, either. Go take a gander.

Pro-life, my ass.

(And livid hardly covers it. Just in case you hadn't guessed.)

Comments

Re: no child left behind

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

You coming to my calling party tomorrow afternoon/early evening? REALLY would appreciate seeing you. Instead of red. Yanno.

Re: no child left behind

[n6vfp.livejournal.com]

I get off work at 4 p.m.; how late are you gonna run the party? Right now I'm commuting from Anza to Santa Ana (the commute from hell). If I can I'll call you sometime tomorrow.

Re: no child left behind

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Late enough on Saturday - and you're welcome to crash on the new couch if that will help....