Led By The Nose, So It Goes
Apr 23, 2009 Political
You know, I must really be the last Idealist- yes, I am conservative in my core values, but I have always believed that no matter who we elected, that person would have the actual welfare of the country at heart, thus couldn’t or wouldn’t do anything that would tear the country apart at the seams.
At least, until yesterday, when I learned that the Democratic Party, allegedly led by Barama, in its most liberal, bone- headed move yet, (and that’s saying something, right there), has decided, in order to placate the foam- at the- mouth wing of liberals, to see if there is any trumped up charges they can throw at the Bush Administration regarding the detainees we still have at Gitmo.
Oh, Barama has given himself a CYA, by saying that the Attorney General would look into this, but we all know this could stop if Barry gave the word. He has not, and I do not think he will. This is most unfortunate. I guess that he wants to stay in good with John Conyers, who has some indictable back story, and Patrick Leahey, who is probably still mad that Dick Cheney told him where to go, in no uncertain terms. Don’t they know that people in glass houses do not throw stones? Apparently not.
This is a foolish move on several levels; One might be tempted to tell King Barama to keep his eye on the things he needs to get done, and not wander off like someone with ADD, looking for something new.
Also, I would remind him that this country is basically Center- right in its political makeup, and Barama didn’t so much win, as McCain lost. I mean, figure it out- the Republican brand was trashed, yet McCain actually won more states- just not the ones with the big electoral college numbers. If we had had a candidate that was serious about winning, the outcome might have been different.
But it is what it is in terms of the outcome. Barama should do well to remember what is Job One, as they used to say at Ford Motor Co., and that would be fixing the economy.
Yes, I know he is going at it bass- ackwards, but If he gets off in Lala land with the Daily Kos crowd, and MoveOn, very little will get done, and don’t care what kind of Halo you might think you have, if you aren’t getting results, don’t moveon- move over.
Add to this stew of righteous BS a cautionary note- what you do to others, so can be done to you, and is this the legacy you want? Endless hindsight hearings on who did what to whom, with shifting morals and questionable legalese- and BONUS!- this can occur every time a different party comes into power. Oh Joy.
Now, I know that the liberals say,” Oh my God, he ordered torture! I can’t believe it!” Don’t believe it. Bush ordered “Discomfort”. The big difference is, these people are still alive, and not all crippled up,(although I am sure they will play to the crowd, and the pansy libs will cry, and say how brave these “freedom fighters” were in the face of some discomfort). Look people, these terrorists (that’s right, Janet, I said the “T” word) were not randomly picked up , “driving while Al Queda”- they had to be fighting our troops. I say shoot them in their head, but the troops are better than I, and bring them in for questioning- if they are judged to be a high value detainee, then they get enhanced treatment.
Several facts here- (1)- the opinions were sought and received in the wake of 9/11, and if you do not remember how you felt then, just wait, with the Obamanators in charge, it will surely happen again- and, (2)- Medical staff were there at all times during the process, to oversee the discomfort levels. That makes it almost like going to the dentist, huh?
Now, you have to ask and answer a question honestly here- if your child was in imminent danger, and water- boarding a person would save your child’s life, would you do it? If your answer is yes, you need to cease criticism of this, because if you would save your child, would you not save your neighbors’? You absolutely cannot sanction the one, and condemn the other- that would be, let’s all say it together-hypocrisy.
See, I knew you could.
The fact that these levels of discomfort (I refuse to call this torture) even had to be argued by lawyers, says something strange about our system- I find it exceedingly bizarre that putting someone in a box with a caterpillar, in order to extract information, is called something other than “interesting”. That would be all I would think of it. The caterpillar couldn’t hurt the man, just scare him. Most of us might find that to be much milder than the visual scenes we get in horror movies today, but it worked.
Why we even have this discussion about people who cut off our heads (in real life, not movies), is probably the strangest twist in our moral confusion here. I, for example, would have no trouble ordering this menu of discomfort, not for enjoyment, but to extract information. There ARE times when the world is not shades of gray, to be debated ad nauseum, but black and white- this is one of those times.
You see, I still remember how I felt on 9/11, watching those planes fly into the towers in real time. I can sum it up in these words- No matter the color, no matter the race, you DO NOT mess with my brothers and sisters. You do not mess with my family.
Judging from Move on and the like, some of my family is vastly dysfunctional.
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Tags: 9/11, Bush, investigate, Obama, terrorists, torture
Maryland Guard Takes DHS Rightwing Report To Heart
Apr 17, 2009 Military, Political
On April 9th the Maryland National Guard put out an FPCON (Force Protection Condition) Advisory regarding the upcoming Tea Party Protests. The Advisory came out just about the same time as the DHS report on rightwing extremism and from the sounds of the Maryland Guard report, the same people wrote them.
HEADQUARTERS, MARYLAND ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
13620 Meuse Argonne Circle
Camp Fretterd Military Reservation
Reisterstown, Maryland 21136JFHQ-MDARNG-G3 9 April 2009
MEMORANDUM FOR SEE DISTRIBUTION
SUBJECT: Planned TEA Party Protests (FPCON Advisory 09-004)
1. (U) This Maryland Army National Guard (MDARNG) Force Protection advisory is in response to a nationwide planned protest activities scheduled for April 15, 2009. Although there is no known direct threat to MDNG facilities and MDNG members, they may become a target of opportunity during plan protest activities throughout Maryland.
2. (U) FORCE PROTECTION CONDITIONS.
a. (U) USNORTHCOM FPCON baseline for the continental United States, Alaska, and Canada remains unchanged at ALPHA.
b. (U) MDARNG is not recommending a FPCON baseline change at this time.
3. (U//FOUO) SITUATION: Numerous entities have formed recently to express displeasure/anger over recent federal/state government actions: more taxes, increased spending, higher deficits, a surge of borrowing to pay for it all, bailout of the financial institutions, and etc. This movement can be identified by different variations of “TEA Party” or “Tea Party.” Past “TEA Party” events have been peaceful. There was a “Tea party” event at Solomons, Maryland, on March 22, 2009. “TEA” stands for “Taxed Enough Already.”
4. (U) KNOWN LOCATIONS AND EVENTS: According various websites and open source information, planned protest locations and time on April 15 in Maryland are:
*Annapolis, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm, Campbell Park (Dock/Boardwalk), Annapolis Harbor
*Baltimore, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm, The Inner Harbor
*Bel Air, 12:00 pm, Bel Air Courthouse Plaza on Main Street
*Cecil County, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Elkton Christian Academy, 144 Appleton Road
*Frederick, 3:00 pm, City Hall then march to Winchester Hall
*Cumberland, 12:00 pm, Baltimore and Mechanic Streets
*Havre de Grace, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Tydings Park Gazebo
*Salisbury, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm, Downtown Salisbury
*Westminster, 6:30 pm, Legends Cafe off of Route 140 in Westminster
*Washington DC, 12:00pm-2:00pm, US Treasury Department – National Stage; 11:00am-3:00pm Lafayette Park – Grassroots Stage (not MD)
5. (U) FORCE PROTECTION RECOMMENDATIONS:
a. (U) Full-time personnel (i.e. armories) and recruiters need to be aware their surroundings. Contact local law enforcement when feel threaten by protesters or protesters trespass into MDNG property.
b. (U//FOUO) Commanders at all levels should establish relationship with local police in order to understand the local threats. Keep family members informed. Talk to other service personnel to share information. Practice OPSEC. Don’t provide personal information to anyone you don’t know. Avoid high risk areas.
c. (U//FOUO) Commanders are encouraged to update alert rosters and review emergency evacuation plans/rally points. Ensure all facilities have emergency phone lists posted (i.e. FBI, FIRE, POLICE, HOSPITALS, EMS, ETC…). Be aware of and avoid local protests. Report all potential protest activities to your next higher headquarters.
d. (U//FOUO) Continue implementation of RAM and a review of policies and procedures, especially in regards to cooperation or assistance with local emergency responders.
5. POC is Antiterrorism Program Coordinator, –[redacted- at (410) 702-[redacted] or by e-mail [redacted]@us.army.mil
[Redacted LTC author’s name]DISTRIBUTION:
ATOs
MSCs CDRs
[Source: Southern Maryland Online]
I spent 24 years in the Army and 14 of those were with the Maryland Guard. In all that time I cannot ever remember seeing this kind of message regarding citizens and protests. The old timers certainly knew about the violence of protests because they served during the Vietnam War when those screaming for peace ran around blowing things up and attacking people.
I certainly understand the need to be prepared but I can’t help feeling that citizens were targeted as terrorists because they wanted to protest. The report talks about military members and armories becoming targets of the crowds. The crowds were mostly right wing people who do not attack armories or military members. Still, I realize the importance of being prepared.
However, hundreds of thousands of people protested peacefully. No reports of violence, no reports of arrests and no reports of vandalism.
But still, the military must be prepared. Unfortunately, these guys were not this prepared during and after 9/11. I never saw these kinds of orders for any other protests like when ILLEGALS all marched around on May 1st and became violent. Never saw an FPCON Advisory warning about military members and armories being targets from the illegal immigration protest crowd.
But still, they need to be prepared.
For civil disturbance you jackasses. You have decided to treat Americans who are exercising their First Amendment right as terrorists. The Point of Contact for the Advisory is the ANTITERRORISM coordinator. If you did not think of the protesters as terrorists then why would you have the antiterrorism coordinator as the POC?
I served as a First Sergeant in two units in Maryland and I have to give some advice to these folks. You encourage units to update recall rosters and make sure that other contingent items are in place. All well and good but this should be at a high level of readiness at all times. If your recall roster is not up to date you are not doing your job. If any of the other stuff is not up to snuff then you are not doing your job. This stuff should be in a high state of readiness at all times. Armories have full time guard members so there is no reason for it to be out of date. If this stuff is not up to par then the First Sergeant needs to have his rear end kicked.
A piece of advice from an old soldier to the new:
It is easier to stay ready than to get ready.
I don’t know the names that were redacted but I bet I know the people. They should know better. Even if the antiterrorism coordinator handles all of this stuff as part of his duties, it is not smart to use that title when discussing who should handle citizens exercising their rights.
The cited article indicates that Col. Kohler of the MD Guard Public Affairs Office confirmed the memo. Sir, how about you guys get your heads out of the warm smelly place you are storing them (rectal cranial inversion) and realize that we are not the bad guys. We are not terrorists.
You would do well to discard that DHS memo and use some common sense.
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Tags: maryland guard, memo, tea party, terrorists
Those Nice Guys From Gitmo
Jan 13, 2009 Political
Barry Obama wants to close Gitmo in order to appease the moonbats who think it is wrong to imprison people who want to kill us. Some of them have been cleared but that does not mean they are good people, it just means they can’t be held or put on trial. Obama promised moonbats that he would close Gitmo because he does not mind lying and he is naive so he did not have a clue as to what really goes on there.
Then he was elected and people expected him to fill that promise. Only he found that it was more difficult than he imagined because now he has to find a place for the terrorists to go. Bringing them here would be a disaster and cost him dearly especially if one of them were to be involved in an attack. How could that happen, Big Dog? These misunderstood souls are good people who were wrongly accused by George Bush.
The Pentagon reports that 61 of the former residents of Gitmo have returned to terrorism. That is right, after we released them they got back in the game and are determined to kill us. These are the kind of people Obama now needs to figure out how to handle. However, his waffling on the issue leads me to believe that since he is now realizing he is out of his league and that things look a lot different from the inside he will “close” it on paper and it will remain open for quite some time.
I wonder if this brash egomaniac who knows so much now understands that he was way off base when he said he would close it.
Then again, this is the guy who said he would IMMEDIATELY remove our troops from Iraq. I bet he does not do that on inauguration day. I bet they are still there in four years.
Source:
al-Reuters
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What To Do With The Gitmo Residents
Jan 13, 2009 Political
It is no secret that we are holding people at Guantanamo in Cuba and if it were the New York Times would have told everyone. Some of the people are bad folks who were captured fighting against us. Others are people who have been cleared but who cannot go home because they fear for their lives (in peaceful Muslim countries?) and no other nations want them. Some of these people have been released only to be picked back up on the battlefield trying to kill Americans. Being cleared does not mean they are good people.
Barack Obama made a big deal out of Gitmo. He said he would close it and he might just do that but it won’t be any time soon. I heard on the local news here that groups are pressuring him and he could make closing Gitmo one of the first things he does in office (like within a week) which would give him a quick win with the Kool Aid drinkers. Problem is, he can order it shut but can’t physically close it until he finds a place for the residents to go. It will take some time so he might end up ordering it shut and it will remain open for years to come.
One thing that should not be tolerated and that is releasing these animals in the US. We do not need to introduce terrorists into our society any more than the open borders crowd is already helping in. I don’t care if they have been cleared or not, they do not belong here. Send them home and let them fend for themselves. The bad guys should be sent to countries that will give them the kind of treatment they deserve.
If Obama and the Democratic toadies insist on releasing them here then I say they go home with Democrats. A few of them can move into the White House with Barack And Michelle and the little girls. Lets see how Obama feels about that. A few can go home with Pelosi, Reid, Boxer, Feinstein, Kennedy and the rest of the pants wetters. Let them be burdened with the bad guys. There is no way the American public should be exposed to potential danger.
Our government already allows illegal aliens in and they are killing and murdering Americans left and right. There are avoidable deaths occurring every day along with avoidable crimes all because our government refuses to get a handle on the illegals. We do not need the terrorists released here so that they too can prey upon us.
I have read in a number of places that they should be released here. If any government official allows this and one of them murders a citizen then that public official should be executed and I don’t care which one it is. We need to hold these people accountable. If they cause death then they should die.
Until these elitists are affected like the rest of us they will not understand nor will they care. It is easy for them to want to ban guns, they have armed protection. It is easy for them to want to raise taxes, they exempt themselves (or don’t pay them ala Rangel). It will be easy for them to release these people here because the unwashed masses will be affected, not the politicians who made the decision.
If Obama wants to close Gitmo that is his choice but releasing those animals here would not be a particularly smart move.
It might not be safe either.
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Tags: animals, gitmo, Obama, terrorists
Hamas Issues Death Threats To Jewish Children
Jan 7, 2009 Political
One thing that is true about Islamic terrorists (and some Muslims that are not terrorists) is that they love to play the victim. People get on planes and make comments about the plane blowing up and then get ticked off when they are removed after the plane is evacuated and searched. They wear shirts with threatening words and then sue when forced to cover them up. The terrorists attack, attack, attack and then when there is retaliation they complain that they are victims and beg for intervention.
Hamas launched rockets and mortars into Israel for a long time and Israel finally had enough. The response was quick, brutal and lethal. Israel targeted only items of military interest and has gone out of its way to minimize civilian casualties. Hamas intentionally tries to kill non combatants. In all reality, if Israel wanted to intentionally target non combatants then Gaza would be a pile of rubble littered with dead bodies. Israel has the capability to wipe out all life there but has chosen to only target the terrorists.
Now that Israel is kicking the snot out of Hamas, the terror group is complaining about civilian casualties and the “holocaust” inflicted by Israel. Of course it has the useful idiots in the media and those who protest the acts of Israel all bent out of shape but the reality is, Hamas started it and Israel, we pray, will end it.
A Hamas leader has warned that Jewish children around the world are legitimate targets and will be killed because Israel has killed children in Gaza. The deaths of the children in Gaza, while tragic, are the result of the cowardly acts of Hamas who sets up its rocket launchers in populated areas. Their deaths do not however, legitimize the targeting of Jewish children. Their deaths legitimize hunting down and killing Hamas members like the dirty little mangy dags they are (no insult to dirty mangy dogs intended).
Hamas is up to its same tricks. It is using children as props to show off the wounded. This has been seen before where the same dead kid is pulled from debris in different locations, often by the same guy, to make it look like many children are dying. The pictures are staged photo ops to garner sympathy from the world and to have it exert pressure on Israel to stop.
The threat against Jewish children around the world clearly demonstrates why Israel must continue until every last maggot in Hamas is annihilated. These animals do not fight like men. They hide behind women and children and they cry when some of them are killed.
I want to know why the terrorist friendly media even give the deaths any mention. Hamas has stated that they want to die and that it is the goal of all Muslims to die for Allah. They have told us that dying in the fight for Allah makes them martyrs and that it is their dream to become martyrs. Some of them even send their children, the very children they are crying about now, to be suicide bombers so they martyr themselves for the cause. What is it they say, they embrace death more than we embrace life (or words to that effect)?
If this is the case then why do they not just embrace the deaths of their people and move on. If it is so glorious to die for Allah then why do they all get on camera and shed crocodile tears over the deaths of those who they want to be martyred in the first place? As far as I am concerned, Israel is just helping them reach their lifelong dreams.
No matter what, it would be a good idea for Jews to be extra vigilant. These savages are not beyond attacking Jewish children if the opportunity arises.
That is, unless Israel can send them all to hell real soon.
Source:
Times UK
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Tags: children, hamas, Israel, jews, targets, terrorists, war