On May 26, the president of the United States of America commented on Memorial Day, the day we Americans honor those who died in the service of our country.
It is a day of remembrance. It is a day that we honor "Those few, those happy few, the band of brothers [and sisters]" who gave their lives for our country.
It is a day when we all take a moment to reflect on the blood of faraway places like Normandy and nearby places like Gettysburg. It is day we recall those portions of distant fields that will, in the style of poet Rupert Brooke, forever be America.
It is a day that calls for us to become Americans, not members of a political party or religious sect.
It is one of the most sacred days of the year for American patriots.
It is a day for somber reflection and remembrance.
It is a day that demands our noblest instincts.
Proving once more that there is no bottom to his insidiousness, here is what the president of the United States of America spewed upon us:
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