You will very rarely hear the Mad Duo admit they were mistaken. Mostly this is because it hardly ever happens. However, we just read the following post from our friend Max Mullen, and frankly it made us feel like dumbasses. So, we're repeating it here with our apologies for the jokes we internalized. Should her death overshadow those of the boys and girls killed on the sharp end? No. That doesn't mean we need to disrespect a talented patriot who in the end proved to be all too human. Nice call Max, we stand corrected. Glad we never shared any of the 'Whitney Who' posters, and we hope she finds some peace now. Anyone may find themselves challenged unto death...hero or coward, patriot or traitor, soldier or citizen. During a time when we decry the lack of patriotism, support and mindset of so many public figures, Hollywood types and musicians, maybe it wasn't too bright to mock the sad death of one who was a proven supporter of the United States military.

Whitney Who you ask? Houston. It was Whitney Houston.

I saw Whitney Huston funeral on TV last night, and must say it was a moving, touching and emotional filled tribute to an extraordinarily talented woman. I watched as people from all backgrounds shared fond memories of her life and how she touched them. I believe she is one of the greatest female singers of this decade. All last week I have seen her name get dragged through the mud, why? Because Governor Christy had the flag flown at half mast, I read about the Marine mother who was angry at the Governor for his act. For one, Whitney’s family never asks for the flag to be flown at half mast in her honor. And I believe if Whitney were alive she would not have approved of it. I read postings from a lot of my friends who served in the military, voice their opinion about how she should not get all this publicity.

Whitney Huston was an entertainer and she was doing something she loved to do and that is sing. She had an addiction that was her inner demon, that she has struggled and fought the last few years of her life. You never know what a person has been through until you walked a mile in their shoes; you never know what the families go through dealing with a loved one who is addicted to drugs. It’s easy to sit back and say this and that about a person who is struggling. My mom struggled with an addiction of nicotine. I watched through the years as my mom fought hard to overcome that addiction to cigarettes. She wrestled with that demon for over 50 something years, and in the end it took her life. I have seen what drugs did to love ones in my family, people I loved dearly who have passed from drugs.

So I can’t sit up here and bash Whitney, no one said anything when they flown the flag at half mast for Frank Sinatra. Out of all the singers out there, I have never heard of Whitney Huston bad mouthing the President, our country she deeply loved, or the troops she supported and sincerely loved with all her heart. When she sang the National anthem at the Super Bowl, it was the best rendition in the history of the Super Bowl. She didn’t get on stage and sing it in a awful way like Steve Tyler, or forget the words like Christina Aguilera, or better yet butchered the song like Roseanne Barr did and at the end of the song grab her crotch. She never disrespected the President like the Dixie Chicks. No, but Whitney sung it with grace pose, dignity and respect to our flag and country. And she wasn’t dressed like some street walker when she sang it.

She sung the Battle Hymn of the Republic, with glory and might, and always gave honor to her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And my God how she loved the troops, look at the attached tribute she did for our soldiers. Now ask those soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines who attended did she support them. Look at the soldier’s child she brought on stage and sang too, look at the troops who appreciated this woman, listen to her thankfulness and love she convey to our soldiers, families, and love ones. Not one time did she talk politics but showed how grateful she was to our service men and women as defenders of freedom.

They could have made it a grand spectacle by having her wake or what we call a Home coming Celebration at a coliseum and made it in to a musical tribute like Michael Jackson. But no they had it at church the place where it all started, where it was a church memorial service, for one time over a million people attended church service to share in the love the Lord had for her, and her grieving family. I love Whiney Huston regardless of all the baggage and struggles she has in her short life. Whitney Huston thank you for ht memoires you have gave us through your beautiful voice and talents

1 Samuel 16:7 “But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.”

Whitney Houston welcome home to the troops.