Longtime Military Guy, The Donovan, writes:

Trivializing the Presidential Medal of Freedom? Bad taste, dude. This
coming from a 3-dog family.
But not as bad as what the Senatorial Republicans are doing. (Man, send
someone a little money and they will NOT leave you alone – except NR, of
course). I recieved in the mail the “Senatorial Medal of Freedom” for my
support. Cheesy little thing. All they accomplished was offending me – and
a lot worse than your Cosmo remark did.
It might be all the Purple Hearts in the three generations of soldiery
around here… but aping the Presidential Medal of Freedom like that is just
asinine. Maybe I’m missing something here – but getting a ‘medal’ for
sending someone a check… well, feh! Oh, they still (even though I told
them) haven’t figured out my name isn’t really, “The Donovan,” that’s my
VRWC name assigned by the NRODT subscription department…
Cheers,
The Donovan.

Me: Lighten-up Dono. It was a joke.

Cosmo: Well, it shouldn’t have been. If my exploits are ever declassified this Donovan guy will eat his words. Unless, of course, those words are made of ham, or pork, or bacon….