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Name: Chris Christie
Age: 49
Occupation: governor of New Jersey
Last Seen: Trenton, NJ
Bee-otched For: honoring Whitney Houston... the wrong way
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Last weekend, a few folks in Wyoming, MI, near Grand Rapids learned what a burning New Jersey flag smells like.
John Burri, whose 20-year-old Army Specialist son Eric was killed by an IED in Iraq in 2005 burned the flag in protest to its governor. Chris Christie honored fallen pop star Whitney Houston by ordering all flags in his state lowered last weekend. Houston, a Newark native died over a week ago and her funeral was held at the church she grew up in, New Hope Baptist in Newark.
Burri felt that Christie's honoring of Houston was nothing short of inappropriate, especially since his fallen son died for this country while Houston supposedly died of a drug overdose.
"She was a great singer. That's true and I won't deny that. But lowering the flag is for somebody that has given their life and service to their country. Our son was killed in Iraq June 7th of 2005. This just opened the wound again, hearing about this," said Burri to local NBC affiliate WOOD-TV. "If I was a person from the State of New Jersey, I would be embarrassed. I would be ashamed. I would tell that Governor to get out of office. That's just wrong, just wrong."
Christie, who has more chins than a Chinese phone book stood by his decision to keep flags lowered, stating "What I would say to everybody is there but for the grace of God go I." However, many are claiming on Facebook and Twitter that Christie's honor wasn't necessary. After all, Houston's career was marred with drug addiction and a stormy relationship with Bobby Brown that ultimately killed her career.
As I posted on Facebook and Twitter this past weekend, when Kurt Cobain died in 1994, did Washington state lower their flags for the Nirvana frontman? Nope. I don't think Indiana did the same for Michael Jackson, either. Both singers - like Whitney - battled drug problems that ultimately ended their lives. Yet, Whitney was no different from the two.
What Chris Christie did was compare a burned-out druggie to our men and women who died for this great country. Personally, I hope that this will be his sole term in office. Maybe the run-off from the chemical plants in Newark fucked his brains up.
Republicans and our troops: a lousy combo.
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