Media, He has a tank. Be careful what you write about him.

Don’t say you haven’t been warned.

Yes, my panties are all in a wad.

Because once again, the media has stepped up and made total and complete asses of themselves.

This week, has been Marine Week in St. Louis.  Tuesday night, the Cardinals were playing the Phillies in St. Louis and it was Marine Night at Busch Stadium.  During the game one of St. Louis’s best known Marine, Colonel Shane “Rhino” Tomko, made the following comment:

Col. Tomko: I’ll tell you what, with that M1A1 Abrams we got across the street, if Halladay keeps on pitching well, we can fix that with one round pretty quickly.

That comment lead to the following headlines the next morning.

Lathered up Leatherneck jokes about killing Doc Halliday.

How do you stop Roy Halliday? Marine says use giant tank.

Jarhead Jeers Halliday; Jokes about Murder.

Marine lieutenant colonel offends gentle sensibilities of Phiilies fans.

Ok, that last one? Close to the truth, but they still owe Tomko the respect of capitalizing his rank.  But whatever.  They got their feelings hurt they can’t be expected to use proper English/grammar.

I heard on the radio last night, that there was another article titled St. Louis Marine calls for Phillie’s Pitcher’s Death.

Really?

REALLY????

How many times on Twitter do we say “I want to stab them between the eyes” or “I want to punch them in the face?”

Tomko went on to say:  I can say whatever I want because I’m a war fighter, and this is the Cardinals Nation the last time I checked.

He has a point.  There is such a thing as Freedom of Speech.   The irony behind this whole debacle?  Col. Tomko has done more than 10 tours of duty in his military career.  He joined the Marines right out of high school in 1982.  The military and the Marines are all he knows.  He has fought for these idiots right to say this stupid shit about him all over the country without even knowing the man, the Marine he is.