Today We Are All Long Islanders

The Rhino and I will oft argue about the state of New York athletics past and present.

As a man, I will point out the domination of Central New York in Lacrosse, the fastest game on two feet and ancient Iroquois war game.

As a man wrastler, Rhino will do the same with his Long Island locale's supremacy in lycra wearing ass-grabbing, known to some as "wrestling".

However as much as we may disagree on that subject at the end of the day we are both New Yorkers and more importantly....Americans.

So on that note we would like to give a shout out to local boy and fallen American Hero, Lt. Michael Murphy. Its men like him, that provide the freedom for The Aurora to have non-sensical arguments about games like lacrosse/wrestling or whether or not Kenny Loggins deserves to be in the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame. Although we may be knuckleheads we do not take that sacrifice for granted.

Thank you!

Fallen SEAL to receive Medal of Honor

By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Oct 11, 2007 17:20:59 EDT

SAN DIEGO — Two years after his death in a harrowing firefight on an Afghanistan mountaintop, Lt. Michael Murphy, a Navy SEAL officer from Long Island, N.Y., will be bestowed with the nation’s highest combat honor, the Congressional Medal of Honor, Navy officials said.

Lt. Ligia Cohen, a Navy spokeswoman at the Pentagon, confirmed the award.

The announcement of the Medal of Honor — the first awarded to a Navy officer or sailor for combat actions in Iraq or Afghanistan — came Thursday during a White House briefing.

The medal will be presented to Murphy’s family during a 2:30 p.m. ceremony Oct. 22 at the White House, Cohen said. In addition, the late officer will be honored at two other events: the inclusion of his name on a wall at the Pentagon Hall of Heroes at 11 a.m. Oct. 23, and the presentation of the Medal of Honor flag at the Navy Memorial at 6 p.m. Oct. 23.

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