February 28, 2007

American Idol's Antonella Barba - Disrespecting the World War II Memorial?

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There is a sign at the National World War II Memorial that reads as follows: "Please Respect The Memorial - No Wading - No Coins"

You wouldn't think that a sign like this would be necessary, but apparently it is. Apparently, there are those folks who would seriously consider using a memorial to our veterans as a swimming pool.

Now, like most red-blooded American males, I generally have no problem with a hot young girl frolicking around in a fountain in a white t-shirt. (In fact, I might even go so far as to say I'm generally in favor of that sort of thing.)

I do, however, have a problem when the fountain in question is a memorial to our nation's fallen heroes.

If the young lady splashing about in our National World War II Memorial in these pictures is American Idol's Antonella Barba, I'd say she has some explaining to do.

UPDATE : The original post gave the benefit of a little doubt as to whether it really was the memorial fountain in the pictures. As Good Lt. notes, there really isn't any doubt as to whether it is the memorial fountain, so I changed the post to reflect that.

UPDATE by Rusty: I've been to the WWII Memorial only once. I described it in this post:

Cried as I found my grandfather's name at the new WWII memorial.
Those tears, by the way, were shared with my mom, who I called as soon as I found her father's name. My mom never knew her father. He was killed fighting the Japanese when she was just a toddler.

The Japanese not only robbed my grandfather of his life, they robbed my mother and myself the chance to ever get to know him.

Just thought I'd throw that in there. I am someone who has little problem blaspheming that which is held as sacred, but which isn't. But if there is such a thing as a place that is sacred, then the WWII Memorial surely is one of those places. The blood of my grandfather, if it is worth anything, has made it so.

By Ragnar Danneskjold, Typical Bitter Gun-Clinger at 11:37 AM | |