I Am Outraged
I was listening to the news this evening and there was a story that there would no longer be a live bugle player at our nation's service member funerals. It seems the $25 to $50 cost for having a live bugler was too high a price to pay to honor one last time, a person that gave their life in service to our nation. Lets see $50 or one's life, who paid the greater cost. I think that is totally apparent and demonstrates once again how much the government cares for those who have served it. It is high time that we as a people get our values back in line or things will only continue to get worse.
posted by Jim at 6:39 PM
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Jim, Publisher 
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They will still play Taps except now it will be a recording.
Over 5 years ago the military acknowledged having problems with enough buglers in the military to play Taps at funerals for all of the veteran that passed away each year. They began testing an electronic bugle to substitute for the live bugler. I believe the news story Jim refers to is about the Missouri National Guard about being able to afford a live bugler at veteran funerals. I hope this does not apply to the active duty soldiers that have been killed in the line of duty. Please post a comment if you have any further details.
Check out these web sites form more info about the Missouri National Guard and the use of electronic bugles.
ttp://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/6E40D35EAC67FF2C8625735600108C36?OpenDocument
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=42573
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,71404,00.html
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