Would Zimmerman Adorn The Cover?
Jul 17, 2013 Political
But the thrill we’ve never known is the thrill that’ll getcha
Rolling Stone Magazine has a new face on the August cover and it is Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the lone surviving Boston Marathon Bomber. Evidently the magazine did an article on the bomber and decided to put his picture on the cover.
When you get your picture on the cover of the Rollin’ Stone
This has not been well received by the commenting public as most see this as a slap in the face and an honor for the terrorist who murdered and maimed a number of people. You see, it used to be an honor to be pictured on the cover of the Rolling Stone.
(Stone…) Wanna buy five copies for my mother…(Yes)
I will admit that I have never bought the magazine and have only read a few articles from it when they were presented to me either online or by someone who had a copy.
(Stone…) Wanna see my smilin’ face
This guy, for some reason, has a following of people who appear to love him. He is a murderer who took the lives of a number of people and maimed many more. He disrupted the marathon, the nation, and the lives of the people involved. He is a puke who will be found guilty of murder and terrorism.
On the cover of the Rollin’ Stone…(That’s a very very good idea)
George Zimmerman was found Not Guilty of murder and manslaughter in the Trayvon Martin shooting. He seems to be more hated than the terrorist who took lives with intent to do so. People will make excuses for Tsarnaev (and blame America) while demonizing Zimmerman.
Do you suppose Rolling Stone would ever consider putting Zimmerman on the cover? I would bet if you asked them to do an article on him and put him on the cover they would think you were nuts.
How could we put Zimmerman on the cover? Why, that would turn our readers off? We would lose money.
But somehow the terrorist is OK?
I don’t get it. Like I stated, I have never bought it but the magazine has every right to put whomever it wants on the cover.
I just wonder how long this nation will survive when people like Tsarnaev are held in high regard by anyone at all while George Zimmerman lives in constant fear as a reviled murderer when he did nothing more than defend himself from the attack of a drug addled thug wannabe.
The embedded lyrics are from a song by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show entitled The Cover of the Rolling Stone.
CVS Pharmacy will not sell the magazine.
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Tags: cvs, dzhokhar tsarnaev, george zimmerman, rolling stone, terror, trayvon martin
McChrystal Learns His Fate Today
Jun 23, 2010 Military, Political
Though the outcome is in little doubt…
General Stanley McChrystal, the man Barack Obama hand picked to lead the war effort in Afghanistan, is on his way to the White House. He was summoned there by a very angry Barack Obama who was blindsided by a Rolling Stone article given to him late Monday evening by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
In the article, McChrystal and unnamed aides are quoted saying disparaging things about Obama, Biden and host of regime characters who are involved in the Afghanistan conflict.
McChrystal evidently allowed a Rolling Stone reporter to shadow him and his staff for about a month. The result was a story with quotes that are less than flattering.
What was the General thinking?
The reporter’s ideologies are left wing so it was unlikely that he would overlook anything that might be disparaging to Obama and his regime. Regardless, no reporter should have been allowed in because that is asking for trouble. Some of the things quoted could have context that is less disparaging and been made in a joking manner but that would not be accurately portrayed in any article. The things said are best left behind closed doors and kept among those who serve, joking or not.
McChrystal is a professional soldier and he should have known better. He and his people were wrong for publicly saying what they did and unfortunately this will end up costing the General his job. The rumor mill already indicates that he has tendered his resignation and though Obama does not have to accept it, the writing is on the wall.
Perhaps Obama called him back to DC to discuss this face to face but I think the fact that he was called back is a pretty good indication that he is not returning. If McChrystal is prudent, he brought all his gear back with him.
I can’t excuse what took place and what was said because it was said publicly and the entire incident undermines the command structure and the confidence in our military and civilian leaders. It was unprofessional and it commands a severe response. It pains me to say that because McChrystal is a smart guy who is needed in the war effort but he stepped on it big time.
There is an outside chance that Barack Obama will censure McChrystal, not accept his resignation and send him back to Afghanistan but I see this as very unlikely. That same rumor mill indicates that possible replacements are already being discussed.
Military people have all kinds of things to say about various leaders among themselves and that is where their comments should stay. In public the professionals in our military need to support the chain of command and ensure that the orders of their leaders, military and civilian alike, are carried out and that they project the appearance that they support those in charge of them. If they cannot support their leaders then they should resign (if they are officers) or not reenlist when their time is up (for enlisted).
McChrystal and his staff failed the test when they decided to make disparaging comments to a reporter.
General McChrystal has not denied anything reported in the article and I can’t find anything that was said that is untrue. The problem is he and his staff made the information public.
Not a smart move and one that will likely cost him his career.
I would like to give McChrystal and his staff the benefit of the doubt and see what he has to say about the article when he meets with Obama. I am sure he has been silent about the issue because he was ordered to keep his mouth shut but I doubt anything he can say now will change the course of events that will take place later today.
Related articles:
Telegraph UK
Politico
WSJ
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Wow! Rolling Stone Exposes Obama
Jun 12, 2010 Political
Rolling Stone Magazine, not exactly a conservative publication, has a lengthy exposé on Barack Obama with regard to the oil spill in the Gulf. While the publication lays a lot of historical blame on the Bush administration it slams Obama for allowing the lax culture to continue. Rolling Stone makes it clear that Obama said he would put an end to this before he was even elected and that he failed to do it.
Like the attacks by Al Qaeda, the disaster in the Gulf was preceded by ample warnings – yet the administration had ignored them. Instead of cracking down on MMS, as he had vowed to do even before taking office, Obama left in place many of the top officials who oversaw the agency’s culture of corruption. He permitted it to rubber-stamp dangerous drilling operations by BP – a firm with the worst safety record of any oil company – with virtually no environmental safeguards, using industry-friendly regulations drafted during the Bush years. He calibrated his response to the Gulf spill based on flawed and misleading estimates from BP – and then deployed his top aides to lowball the flow rate at a laughable 5,000 barrels a day, long after the best science made clear this catastrophe would eclipse the Exxon Valdez. Rolling Stone
Imagine that, a fairly liberal publication exposing that Obama failed to do what he said he would (which seems to be a pattern) and pointing out that the blame is his. He and his sock puppets can blame George Bush but if the claim is made that Bush set the process that allowed this into place and that Obama vowed to change it, and did not, then it is his fault.
Read the article. It is very good and shows how the reality is much different than the picture being painted by Obama and his toadies.
Lack of experience and lack of leadership are not what we need in the White House.
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