THE IMPERIAL PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

Consider for a minute the implications what has just taken place in the United States of America . . . S.L.

The burning of the Reichstag in 1933 was the Nazi's final step toward total power

In the Oath of Office, the President of the United States swears that he will preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States to the best of his ability. That Oath was violated last night, in plain view of millions of people all over the world. That Oath was rendered meaningless. Cast aside as meaningless as a piece of confetti at a parade.

Also in the Constitution of the United States: the President of the United States shall faithfully execute, or see to it that the laws of the country are faithfully executed. That was also rendered meaningless last night. "Executive amnesty" - what President Obama actually did as a result of his executive order was to instruct law enforcement officials to ignore the law.

The law has not been changed. Congress has written no law that provides the President the power to enforce this aspect of it. Obama simply told everybody involved in law enforcement to ignore their duty. He told them to ignore crime when they come across it. He told them to not bother prosecuting violators of this particular law. Therefore, Obama is not only flouting the law, he's flouting the enforcement of the law.

The President of the United States is now demanding that these violators of our law not only be fully ignored by law enforcement, they will also be given work documents. Under existing law, they are not allowed to hold work documents, because they are here illegally. So the President of the United States is not enforcing a law; he's not changing, regulating, or otherwise. What we are witnessing is the President of the United States creating a new law out of thin air here. He is writing his own law.

There is no statutory foundation for this. The Democrats and their confederates in the Left-leaning Mainstream media are claiming that Reagan did it. Reagan did not do this. The Congress passed Simpson-Mazzoli in 1986 and Reagan signed it, and after that you've got a statute as a law. You've got a foundation, and Reagan then took some executive actions based on that statute.

Ronald Reagan didn't make up a law out of thin air. Reagan didn't create it out of whole cloth like Obama is doing. Obama, on the other hand, is actually instructing law enforcement to not enforce existing law. The President of the United States does not have the constitutional authority to do this.

Prosecutorial Discretion

The Executive Branch of our government DOES have the authority to prosecute, to determine when violators of the law are gonna be prosecuted. This is called prosecutorial discretion.

Prosecutorial discretion is exactly what it says. It's based on the fact that there's just too much law-breaking going on out there to enforce it all; there's just too much crime. We don't have the resources, we don't have the personnel, we don't have enough courts to enforce all of it, and so prosecutors determine which laws or crimes are going to be prosecuted based on severity, damage, any number of things.

But just because prosecutors choose not to enforce a law doesn't mean the law becomes legal or the act becomes legal. For example: the Treasury investigates deposits of $10,000. Therefore, just because a prosecutor somewhere might ignore you if you deposit $10,000 in cash, it doesn't mean it's legal to do it.

Just because a prosecutor chooses to ignore a particular act, just because a prosecutor decides not to go after a certain criminal, doesn't make that criminal act legal all of a sudden. What Obama is claiming is that there are too many illegals, and they're all over the place, and we can't find them. Understood; its a big situation - that doesn't make them legal, which is what he is doing. If prosecutors - and the President of the United States is the chief prosecutor - decides they're not going to prosecute particular crimes, it doesn't make the crimes legal. They are still illegal.

And yet Barack Hussein Obama has essentially said that any crime he doesn't choose to prosecute is legal now.


The President of the United States has exceeded his Legal Authority.

Under our system of government - as written in the United States Consititution - does not give that power to the President.

Article I clearly says: "The Congress shall have Power . . . to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof."

Only Congress is vested with the power to make new laws or amend or repeal existing laws. The President does not have that authority. No President has the authority to tell law enforcement to simply ignore the enforcement of a law because he's violating that part of the Constitution - the same document that the President swears to see that ALL laws are faithfully executed. The President of the United States is not even close to having that kind of power.

Another example: marijuana. As you know, prosecutors less and less pursue marijuana crimes, but it doesn't mean that marijuana is thus legal. Just because a prosecutor decides "I got better things to do than go after" doesn't mean that the law has suddenly been changed and marijuana is legal. Well, by the same token, just because Obama says he's not going to enforce the law on illegal immigrantion, doesn't make it legal all of a sudden.

It does not make these people legal. And yet Obama has told us that his action makes them all legal. The President of the United States simply does not have the power to do that. Only Congress can do that. Obama is using smoke and mirrors to confuse the American people and have us believe that because he's choosing not to enforce the law on four or five million people, that automatically confers legality on them. According to the laws of our nation, it does not.


Smoke and Mirrors

Barack Hussein Obama simply does not have the legal ability to do what he is doing. The Constitution of the United States is being violated in a fundamental way. This is the manner of Third World dictators and absolute monarchs.

So what the President has done is try to fool everybody by claiming 'prosecutorial discretion.' What Obama claims is that he's got the power to declare which criminal acts he will pursue and which ones he will ignore. Obama is saying that illegal aliens now have a right to be here because he has chosen not to prosecute them.

Obama is saying, "Yes, they are illegal aliens, but I'm gonna turn them legal by not prosecuting them," and he doesn't have that power. Just because you choose not to prosecute somebody doesn't mean what they did to get in trouble in the first place is all of a sudden legal. Somebody is caught with a bale of marijuana - much more than realistically considered for personal use - and for some reason the local jurisdiction choose not to prosecute does not mean that possession with intent to sell has become legal. Prosecutorial discretion is standard operating procedure. It's been used for centuries because it's simply not efficient, affordable, any number of categories, to go after all crime.

And just because a particular crime is pardoned, let's say, doesn't mean that that criminal activity all of a sudden becomes legal. And yet that's what Obama is is claiming. The President of the United States is ordering the Border Patrol, ICE and the rest of Federal Law Enforcement to stand down. And because there will be no prosecutions of these people here illegally, he is stating that they are legal. No, they are not. They're still illegal, and just because the Obama Administration chooses not to prosecute does not make them legal. What President Obama doing is unconstitutional, illegal and if Congress does nothing to stop him, then they are complicit.

Welcome to the Third World, America.

STORMBRINGER SENDS

CRY HAVOC!

. . . and let slip the Dogs of War! 

- William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

STORMBRINGER is about to fully enter the Culture War: the Left has become so inherently dangerous to the lives of ordinary Americans, and as such I can no longer simply regard the mob from my virtual ivory tower. I display the Snake flag on my blog and the Tea Party has become SO overwhelmingly huge - who'd ever imagine we'd be so POPULAR??? - its time for me to fish or cut bait.

In keeping with the military inspiration, I will dub this latest maneuver Operation OVERLORD because, like Eisenhower's mission in Europe, this is a Crusade in North America. This is especially apropos because America's most hated enemies call our soldiers (and those of our Allies) 'Crusaders'.

Starting today - along with the usual Conservative themes I will bring light upon leftist outrages, disinformation and political skullduggery from the Other Side - remember I was among the first to alert on Operation GunWalker
(which Obama's Justice Department under Eric Holder is stonewalling BTW).

Over the past three-odd years we have seen the Obama Administration pile up greater debt than the previous 43 administrations combined - 14 TRILLION! Our grandchildren will be paying for their share-the-wealth pipedreams, state-enforced redistribution of wealth and thinly-disguised political finance ponzi schemes. We have seen the tearing down of American power and pride around the world; witness an American President bowing and scraping to Oriental kings and potentates:

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This same President apologizing for American 'excesses' to crowds of foreigners - in BERLIN of all places to the GERMANS of all people (Hell-O-O-O - any of you clowns in the Left Leaning Lamestream Media ever hear of that Final Solution operation those people had going back in the groovy Third Reich days?). And remember Berlin is the same city we defended against tyranny for fifty years - more on that theme to come. Our manned space program is cancelled for the first time since 1961, and we're so lacking in national leadership we can't even knock over a tinhorn dictator even if we wanted to - has anyone noticed the air war against Gadaffi has gone on now for almost a month longer than the Kosovo air war?


Let us always remember that it's darkest before the dawn. Our enemy may seem unbeatable, of limitless resources, our task monolithic and daunting; still we must continue the good fight and never falter in our determination, for our cause is immaculate, and the alternative: Socialism, and the end of the last great shining hope of the world - America - this is simply unthinkable.


ROUNDUP:
(From Theo Sparks Last of the Few

Lies, Damned Lies and Jewish Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . by Dan Friedman

Yesterday I sent around a Gallup poll which showed Obama maintaining most of the overwhelming Jewish support he received in the ‘08 election. Political strategist Dick Morris did his own polling and comes to a different conclusion:

Obama is in the process of breaking the close relationship between his party and the Jewish community, a liaison first formed by Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s. In increasing numbers, American Jews and Jewish Democrats are leaving the president's side.

Have a look at Morris’s numbers here. - Dan Friedman NYC


Pajamas Media: The Future of Obama's Stealth Gun Control



Homosexuality is no longer a kink or a sexual deviancy it is a fully acceptable lifestyle choice. How droll. So where does this take us? Is bestiality next? Stop enforcing the ban, U.S. told



And lastly, this - the lamestream media is so emboldened they don't even try to hide their agenda anymore:

Pumping Up Communists at the Los Angeles Times Business Section

Many thanks to all of you for your continued support. Oh, and one last thing: the Birds remain - they are my little way of remaining politically incorrect, a cheerful reminder of a time when images of sexy women graced wall lockers, barracks walls, the back cover of Soldier magazine, and the noses of our combat aircraft.


STORMBRINGER SENDS




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FINALLY A GUN FOR LIBERALS

They're coming out with a new pistol in honor of Obama. It will be named the “Union Worker”.

It doesn’t work and you can’t fire it.






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PRESIDENTIAL VEHICLES

A progression?


President Truman in the Lincoln made for President Roosevelt




1950 Lincoln with first bubble top - Eisenhower's idea




1961 Continental X100 - Kennedy was shot in this vehicle





1972 Lincoln - Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan




1983 Cadillac – Reagan




1989 - Used by President George H. W. Bush




1993 Cadillac - President Clinton




2001 Cadillac DTS - President George W. Bush




GUESS WHO ? ? ?




I can't lay claim to this piece of ingenuity: a friend & Charter Member of Team STORMBRINGER; Code Name CLADIDDLEHOPPER sent this in response to my piece on Racial Profiling:


I sent this in recognition of your post dealing with racial profiling. Of course, the Bernardine Dohrn questioning addresses a different aspect of profiling such as its fallacy but, oh well . . .

I think that like so many other things in life, profiling is a great thing in moderation. In Israel for instance, its highly depended upon for "initial assesments".


To those of you who like to throw the tired, old "racist" stereotype out there - be advised: CLADIDDLEHOPPER is an old comrade-in-arms going back to the early 90's, at one point he was the Equal Opportunity NCO for the US Army Special Operations Command, and without getting too personal I can tell you there is no way on God's Green Earth is he a racist - and neither is this post. In fact I bet right now there's a whole pack of soul brothers out there laughing their asses off because it's just . . . plain . . . FUNNY ! ! !


SEAN LINNANE SENDS


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THE PRESIDENT IS LOSING IT

WHITE HOUSE INSIDER ON OBAMA


A charter member of Team STORMBRINGER sent this in . . . I tried to find the source, found it; tried to find the author - did not find . . . therefore I share with you this fascinating piece in it's entirety . . . S.L.


A longtime Washington D.C. insider, and former advisor to the Obama election campaign and transition team, speaks out on an administration in crisis, and a president increasingly withdrawn from the job of President.




2008 gave America an incredibly charismatic candidate for President of the United States. Speech after speech showed a candidate with increasing momentum as primary race after primary race concluded. And then came the nomination, more speeches, culminating in an election night victory.

According to the person sitting across from me, those were incredibly exciting times, even for one who had been a participant with three previous presidential hopefuls. Barack Obama appeared to move from one city to the next effortlessly, gaining confidence and motivation with each campaign stop. He was remarkable to watch.

He took the script, elevated it with his oration, left the crowds screaming for more, and then would do it all over again, time after time after time. On the campaign trail, Obama is a machine.

When I asked this insider if the media gave candidate Obama an assist throughout his campaign, it elicits a sly smile.

Sure – we definitely had people in the media on our side. Absolutely. We went so far as to give them specific ideas for coverage. The ones who took that advice from the campaign were granted better access, and Obama was the biggest story in 2008, so yeah, that gave us a lot of leverage.

Could Obama have succeeded without the media’s help?

Yeah, I think so. As I said, on the campaign trail he is very-very good. The opposition didn’t have near the energy, or the celebrity attraction that Obama brings. Plus, the country was burned out after eight years of Bush. We knew that going in. We knew that if we won the Democrat nomination, we were likely going to cruise our way to the White House – and that is exactly what we did.”

But after Obama was sworn in, things began to change?

Almost immediately. Obama loved to campaign. He clearly didn’t like the work of being President though, and that attitude was felt by the entire White House staff within weeks after the inauguration. Obama the tireless, hard working candidate became a very tepid personality to us. And the few news stories that did come out against him were the only things he seemed to care about. He absolutely obsesses over Fox News. For being so successful, Barack Obama is incredibly thin-skinned. He takes everything very personally.

And you state he despises Joe Biden?

Oh yeah. That is very well known in the White House. Obama chose Biden for one reason – to have an older white guy with some international policy credentials. Period. If Biden has all of this international experience that Obama found so valuable, why has he buried him under the pile of crap that became the stimulus bill? What does Joe Biden know about budgets and economics? Not much – but Obama didn’t care. Give Joe a job and get him the hell out of my hair – that pretty much sums up the president’s feelings toward Joe Biden.

What about Hillary Clinton?

Obama is scared to death of Hillary. He doesn’t trust her – obsesses over her almost as much as he does Fox News. He respects her though, which might be why he fears her so much as well. He talks the game, but when it comes down to it, she has played the game on a far tougher level than he has, and Obama knows that.

How about Bill Clinton?

I never heard Obama say anything about Bill Clinton personally, though I was told he has cracked a few jokes about the former president since getting into the White House. I have heard that Bill Clinton does not like Barack Obama. That really started when Obama played the race card against him during the primary campaign. Apparently Clinton was apoplectic over that and still hasn’t gotten over it. If there is one thing I have learned in this town – don’t make an enemy of Bill Clinton.

So if Obama doesn’t appear interested in the job of president, what does he do day after day?

Well, he takes his meetings just like any other president would, though even then, he seems to lack a certain focus and on a few occasions, actually leaves with the directive that be given a summary of the meeting at a later date. I hear he plays a lot of golf, and watches a lot of television – ESPN mainly. I’ll tell you this – if you want to see President Obama get excited about a conversation, turn it to sports. That gets him interested. You start talking about Congress, or some policy, and he just kinda turns off. It’s really very strange. I mean, we were all led to believe that this guy was some kind of intellectual giant, right? Ivy League and all that. Well, that is not what I saw. Barack Obama doesn’t have a whole lot of intellectual curiosity. When he is off script, he is what I call a real “slow talker”. Lots of ummms, and lots of time in between answers where you can almost see the little wheel in his head turning very slowly. I am not going to say the president is a dumb man, because he is not, but yeah, there was a definite letdown when you actually hear him talking without the script.

That sounds like you are calling Obama stupid to me.

No – I am not going to call him stupid. He just doesn’t strike me as particularly smart. Bill Clinton is a smart guy – he would run intellectual circles around Barack Obama. And Bill Clinton loved the politics of being president. Obama seems to think he shouldn’t have to be bothered, which has created a considerable amount of conflict among his staff.

So how bad are things at the White House these days?

I don’t know about right now, because I have not been there in over a month. But I still hear things, and I know what it was like when I left. It’s not good. As bad as it might look to voters based on what they do know, it’s much worse. The infighting is off the charts. You got a Chief of Staff who despises cabinet members, advisors who despise the Chief of Staff, a President and First Lady having their own issues . . .

Come again – what about the First Lady? (The insider takes a deep breath)

Ok, look, just like any other marriage, folks have issues. The Obamas are no different, except of course they are very high profile. I was told they were having issues before the campaign, and they have even more issues now. Maybe that is why Obama seems so detached – not so much the stress of the White House, but the stress of personal issues. I can certainly relate to that kind of situation.

Care to clarify some more on the Obama marriage?

No. That is all I will say about that. Don’t ask again.

Ok, back to President Obama then. In just a few words, how would you describe him these days?

Like I said, it’s been a while since I was last at the White House, but I don’t have a problem saying that the president is losing it. I don’t mean he is like losing his mind. I mean to say that he is losing whatever spark he had during the campaign. When you take away the crowds, Obama gets noticeably smaller. He shrinks up inside of himself. He just doesn’t seem to have the confidence to do the job of President, and it’s getting worse and worse. Case in point – just a few days before I left, I saw first hand the President of the United States yelling at a member of his staff. He was yelling like a spoiled child. And then he pouted for several moments after. I wish I was kidding, or exaggerating, but I am not. The President of the United States threw a temper tantrum. The jobs reports are always setting him off, and he is getting increasingly conspiratorial over the unemployment numbers. I never heard it myself, but was told that Obama thinks the banking system is out to get him now. That they and the big industries are making him pay for trying to regulate them more. That is the frame of mind the President is in these days. And you know what? Maybe he is right, who knows?

Will Obama run again in 2012?

I don’t know. That subject was never brought up again after 2008, at least not around me. If he does, I think it would have more to do with allowing him another year and a half of campaigning again. He just loves it so much. He really needs the crowds, the cheering, the support of the people.

Can he win in 2012?

Oh – absolutely. Who else campaigns as well as Barack Obama? Nobody. What politician is more loved and supported by the media? Nobody. I don’t see the Republicans offering up a candidate as powerful as Obama. I mean, Sarah Palin? Really? Obama would defeat her by a 20 point landslide! Romney? The Republicans will enjoy these midterm elections, but 2012 is Obama’s year if he chooses to run again. As a president, Obama has many flaws, but as a candidate, he is near flawless.

But would another four years of an Obama presidency be the best thing for America?

(Long pause) Now that is a much more interesting question right there, and a question I think more and more Democrat Party insiders are asking themselves these days, myself included. I am going to come right out and say it – No. Obama is not up to the job of being president. He simply doesn’t seem to care about the work involved. You want to know what? Obama is lazy. He really is. And it is getting worse and worse. Would another four years of Obama be the best thing for America ? No it would not. What this country needs is a president who is focused on the job more than on themselves. Obama is not that individual. I actually hope he doesn’t run again. Looking back, as much fun as the campaign in 2008 was, Hillary Clinton should have been the nominee. Hillary was ready to be president. Obama was not ready. He had never lost a campaign. Everything was handed to him. He doesn’t really understand the idea of work – real, hard, get your heart and soul into it work. And frankly, that is very disappointing to a whole lot of us . . .


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MY DOGS

This morning I went to sign my dogs up for Welfare.

At first the lady said, "Dogs are not eligible to draw Welfare".

So I explained to her that my dogs are of mixed color, unemployed, lazy,
can't speak English and have no clue who their Daddy's are. They expect me to feed them, and provide them with housing and medical care.

So she looked in her policy book to see what it takes to qualify.

My dogs get their first checks Friday.

Damn this is a great country!


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YOU MIGHT BE A TALIBAN

Some interesting observations on the Taliban by that great American philosopher, Jeff Foxworthy:


"YOU MIGHT BE A TALIBAN IF . . . "




1. You refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to liquor.


2. You own a $3,000 machine gun and $5,000 rocket launcher, but you can't afford shoes.


3. You have more wives than teeth.


4. You wipe your butt with your bare hand, but consider bacon "unclean."




5. You think vests come in two styles: bullet-proof and suicide.


6. You can't think of anyone you haven't declared Jihad against.


7. You consider television dangerous, but routinely carry explosives in your clothing.


8. You were amazed to discover that cell phones have uses other than setting off roadside bombs.




9. You have nothing against women and think every man should own at least four.


10. You've always had a crush on your neighbor's goat.


11. Your cousin is President of the United States.


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ARMY: IGNORE OBAMA's MESSAGE, OF COURSE COMBAT CONTINUES IN IRAQ

This message provides clarification on the awarding of wartime awards and badges for Operation New Dawn (OND). Effective 1 Sep 10, OND began signifying an end to combat operations in Iraq. However, combat conditions are still prevalent. Due to the nature of combat conditions, wartime awards will continue to be issued in theater until a date to be determined. Commanders will continue to process retroactive award recommendation through their peacetime chain of command to . . ."




Read the original Foreign Policy post HERE


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LEFTIST MEDIA DOUBLE STANDARDS ON SOCIALIST 'ONE NATION' RALLY REPORTING

Devastating overhead comparison shots and excellent event coverage from our friends AMERICAN POWER and Old Retired Petty Officer

Beck Rally versus Commie Pro-Obama Rally: photographs don't lie

Several other interesting pictures of participants to include labor unions,the National Education Association, socialist and communist organizations, etc.

THE COWBOY SOLUTION

In the past, OBAMA said he wants us to cut the amount of gasoline we use . . .

. . . maybe you'll recall his genius solution was to keep your tires inflated.

Well, I have a better idea:

The best way to stop using so much gasoline is to deport 15 million illegal immigrants! That would be 15 million less people using our gas. We've already seen that this will cost us nothing; because all we have to do is put the word out on the street that we're going to enforce a few existing immigration laws - like the good folk did in Arizona - and the illegals will pack up and move all by themselves.

Fifteen million fewer people at the pump means more gas for the rest of us - this is the law of supply and demand - the price of gas will come down . . .

Bring our troops home from Afghanistan to guard the borders, and when they catch an illegal immigrant crossing the Border, hand him a canteen, rifle and some ammo and send his ass to Afghanistan . . .


Tell him if he wants to come to AMERICA, he must first serve a tour in OUR military . . .

Give him a soldier's pay while he's there and tax him on it . . .

After his tour, he will be allowed to become a citizen since he defended this country . . .

He will also be registered to be taxed and be a legal resident....

This option will probably deter illegal immigration and provide a solution for the troops in Afghanistan and the aliens trying to make a better life for themselves . . .

If they refuse to serve, ship them to Afghanistan anyway, without the canteen, rifle or ammo . . .


Problem solved!


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WHO's IN YOUR WALLET?

TURNS OUT I WAS RIGHT

HE WAS COACHED:

Obama's Evolution as Commander-in-Chief

Never a soldier himself, but suddenly their commander-in-chief, President Barack Obama wanted to learn the job from the ground up. Including the salute.





"That attention to detail, that focus on the outward manifestation of what we expect, is compelling," said retired Gen. Paul Eaton, who advised Obama during the presidential campaign. "Whoever worked with him on that did a pretty good job."


AND I CALLED IT ! ! !





OF COURSE I'M RIGHT!

The second I looked at those photos of The One saluting flag-draped coffins planeside at Dover, I could tell he'd been coached.

This is why I called him on his ghoulish photo stunt. He may be able to whip out a snappy salute, but any shred of class he might have had left him that day . . .


THE MEDIA SPINS IT:

Under the guidance of an expert, aides say Obama privately repeated his salute over and over again until he got it down. In a testament to how sensitive the White House is about the commander in chief practicing this basic military gesture, aides would not say who taught Obama how to salute. But every time he uses it, Obama is trying to convey an insider’s respect for the armed forces without saying a word.



This has GOT to be some kind of Rahm Emmanuel-generated press release, something to make the Big Guy look good after the worst week of his Presidency . . .


White House Nightmare Persists


Dow Suffers Worst Week Since Last March


I love this Drudge headline best of all, borrowed straight from Legendary Bluesman B.B. King:

THRILL IS GONE



The Winter Blues just set in . . .


We don't do politics here at Blog STORMBRINGER - "Not my bag, baby" - but when it intersects with soldiering and international security, I won't hesitate lay it on thick and heavy . . . so enjoy it while it lasts . . . your comments - pro or con - are welcome below . . . . . . . S.L.


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SHOOTING VICTIM AT FORT HOOD

(See picture below after reading the short story.)


A man had a TV on in his office when the news of the military base shootings came on. The husband of one of his employees was stationed there. He called her into his office and the minute he told her what was going on, she got a text message from her husband saying, "I am okay."

The cell phone started ringing right after that. It was an ER nurse. She said , "I'm the one who just sent you a text, not your husband. “She thought the message would be comforting, but she immediately knew she had to let the wife know what was going on.

She said, "I am sorry but your husband has been shot 4 times and he is in surgery."

The wife left Southern Clinic in Dothan and drove all night.

Miraculously, here is the photo I just received from my brother that was taken today in the hospital room. He is awake and will recover. His wife, who lives in Dothan , made it to Ft. Hood about the time he was waking up. He had visitors.







It was NOT Obama!!!


This is not the kind of story that is carried on the state-controlled media. The Bushes are "real people."

SEAL UPDATE

Since my earlier posting regarding the situation with the SEALs charged for turning in a HVT prisoner with a fat lip, a disturbing aspect of this situation has surfaced.




My source is a retired SEAL who like myself still serves in other capacities. The feeling going around the Special Operations community at Fort Bragg is that this latest development is a kneejerk reaction to the situation a couple months ago when SEAL operators rescued Captain Phillips - Captain of the Maersk Alabama - off the coast of Somalia.

At the time of the capture, the media played up the angle that President Obama himself gave the order to the SEAL snipers to open fire. Having done extensive time in anti-terrorist units myself, I can tell you from personal experience this is ridiculous, a total fabrication. Nobody except those with "eyes on" the targeted individuals can make the judgement call to open fire.




The truth of the situation was that the SEALs were held off from infiltrating the AO (Area of Operations) for over 36 hours. There was a lot of resistance from the Whitehouse in letting them in theater in the first place; once they were in place they were given very restrictive ROE (Rules Of Engagement); so restrictive that they really couldn't engage their targets. There were two previous opportunities to rescue Captain Phillips, and they were not allowed to engage their targets.

When they finally did execute, they did it by liberally interpreting the ROE; the onsite commander finally had enough with the situation and gave them a weapons-free command and they were able to engage and rescue Captain Phillips. The fallout from the National Command Authority was immediate and extremely unpleasant; the White House did not want the rescue to be conducted in the way that it was.



Richard Phillips, right, the captain of the U.S.-flagged cargo ship Maersk Alabama, after his rescue with Cmdr. Frank Castellano, commanding officer of the destroyer USS Bainbridge.

I guess the Community-Organizer-in-Chief envisioned some kind of cross-cultural kumbaya-singing group encounter session, followed by photo ops of him hugging the poor, oppressed under-employed Somalis, maybe even practicing his bow on their leaders. Instead what he got was THIS:




So the word on the street is that this latest development is payback for the SEALs violating the ROE in rescuing the captain of the Maersk Alabama. The Chain of Command is asserting itself, letting everybody know what's going to happen to you if you don't follow orders.

As this was expressed to me, this opinion is based on very good, solid inside information. In my personal experience with Navy brass I have found they are very political and very politically correct. The Naval Command's reaction to the prisoner situation was so overblown and out of proportion that I somehow find this latest angle quite believable. Unfortunately.


I'll keep you posted with updates as information surfaces.


. . . S.L.

DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP

NOT ! ! !





"A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later."


"Do everything you ask of those you command."


"Do not make excuses, whether it’s your fault or not."


"Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men."


"No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair."


"No one is thinking if everyone is thinking alike."


"Say what you mean and mean what you say."


"Take calculated risks."


"The more senior the officer, the more time he has to go to the front."


"The only tactical principle which is not subject to change; it is, “To use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wounds, death and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time."


"War is simple, direct and ruthless."









- General Patton's Maxims

BOWING & SCRAPING

I spent more than half my life in the Orient. In Thailand, they bow but slightly different from the Japanese. When I was stationed in Okinawa I did my time in the karate dojo and that included a formal class in bowing, because we gaijin didn;t know how to bow properly. A common theme is the person of lower rank bows lower; how low he or she goes depends on the relative rank of the other person.





There is a whole dynamic going on with Obama’s bow- the President of the United States is equal (if not superior) to the Emperor of Japan. If Obama wanted to execute a courtesy bow, a slight bend forward at the waist followed by a slight nod of the head while maintaining eye contact would have been appropriate.





Westerners are not accustomed to bowing, and we are generally ignorant of the nuances of this custom. It’s not that we’re considered rude for not bowing- we’re considered savage hairy barbarians to begin with, the fact that we don’t bow or don’t know how to bow just compounds the issue.

There is a right way and a wrong way to do it. What Obama did has the Japanese (and the rest of East Asia) rolling in fits of laughter, because it is the bow an employee gives to his boss, or a child gives to parents. He went WAY too low; it is only one step above a kow-tow.

Compare Obama’s bow with how he conducted himself in the company of the Queen of England, and then contrast this with the way he leaned forward to bow and scrape before the King of Saudi Arabia; this certainly leaves a lot of room to wonder about which direction this man’s sentiments lie.





I am an American. The only King I bow and pay homage to is Elvis.





S.L.

WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM, PEOPLE

If I’ve been quiet for the past couple of days it’s because I’ve been in a state of shock.


An old friend of mine who is also my professional mentor – Deacon of Doom – once told the Sergeant Major: “You can only beat down the dog so many time, Sergeant Major – sooner or later you gotta throw him a bone . . .”


On top of all the madness and insanity of the current occupiers of the Whitehouse, our man Obama goes overseas and does his bowing and scraping bit in front of the Emperor of Japan. As if it wasn’t gut-wrenching enough to see the President of the United States grovel before an Oriental potentate, he follows up by holding an “America is Bad” rally in Shanghai, China.



He's actually mooning his own country . . .

But wait there’s more . . .

Obama’s Attorney General Eric Holder chooses this convenient moment to announce his decision to bring the terrorists held in Guantanamo Bay up to New York to stand trial in a civilian court of law.








Khalid Sheik Mohammed, 9-11 Mastermind and murderer of thousands.







This is bad, really bad. Bad on a level of 10,000 megatons of bad. Holder obviously hasn’t looked deep into the consequences of this altruistic notion that we can apply some kind of “fair play” let-everything-be-equal-for-everybody sentiment to dangerous unrepentant criminal terrorist masterminds.

We have military tribunals for a reason; scooping up war criminals on a battlefield denotes extraordinary circumstances. Hold them in prison camps and if they are guilty, hang them or shoot them; the Hague and Geneva Conventions endorse this.


Let us consider for a moment the possible consequences of Holder’s decision:

o What if Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his buddies choose to be their own defense? They will be entitled to demand to see all the evidence against them – to include highly classified sources and collection methods. I guess the Attorney General didn’t think that one out.

o The Guantanamo crew were never read their Miranda rights until years into their interrogation process. What do we do in our judicial system here in the United States if the cops don’t read you your rights?

o The Guantanamo crew will be able to claim they were tortured – by the current administration’s own admission (which I don’t agree to by the way). Does this not negate the charges against them?


So what are we going to do? Let these assholes WALK ? ? ?


I was going to explore this fully, delve into the legal minefield of potential consequences; but before I had the opportunity to examine the historical record in dealing with these kind of extraordinary situations, a couple of issues developed:

Holder read my mind. Right in the middle of my busy day I caught a glimpse of the news and the running script across the bottom of the screen announces: “Attorney General Holder states that if Khalid Sheik Mohammed or any of the 9/11 conspirators are acquitted, they won’t be released in the United States.”

What – is this guy taking double-extra-stoopid pills on a daily basis?


But wait it gets better . . .

Jane Fonda: Obama Funder Jodie Evans Met With Taliban; Code Pink Gives Terrorists Direct Line to Obama

Top Obama donor and Code Pink founder Jodie Evans met with the Taliban in Afghanistan on a recent trip there, according to a report by Jane Fonda of a discussion she had with Evans last month. The meeting with the Taliban took place just weeks before Evans was videotaped directly handing to President Barack Obama a package of information about her trip to Afghanistan at a high dollar fundraiser in San Francisco.


Jodie Evans and fellow American-Traitor-Bitch Jane Fonda



I am not a pundit and I do not enjoy delving into the area of politics; in me it generates Dark Energy. I am a professional soldier and a philosopher, and so I will address this young lady in the manner that I am sure Socrates would have done:



IS THIS DUMB CUNT OUT OF HER MIND ? ? ?







People, we’re talking about the TALIBAN here ! ! ! The way these cretins treat their own people put them in the same category as the Khmer Rouge ! ! !




The Taliban - NOT nice people . . .


A little reminder here: the Taliban – the same people this girl is lobbying on behalf of – engage in the following delightful practices:


o Female circumcision

o Sex-slavery

o Corporal punishment (to include amputations by sword) in the soccer stadium

o Ban all forms of dancing, joyful expression, games, sporting events, etc . . .

o Anything related to the modern Western world – to include modern medicine, technology, education for women, you name it . . .



And then on top of all THAT they gave shelter and state-sponsorship to the organization that flew airplanes into our buildings and killed 3,000 innocent men, women and children.







Oh wait a minute, that was George W. Bush who did that – the same guy they like to portray as dumb and dumber was somehow evil genius enough to be able to pull off the crime of the century and not even leave a fingerprint.








Never mind that Khalid Sheik Mohammed confessed and proudly admitted to that crime and many more . . . oh wait a minute that doesn’t count because he was waterboarded-I-mean-tortured and because we never read him his rights he’s going to walk . . .


. . . . am I the only one around here who feels like he just walked through the looking glass into some kind of sicko version of a Alice-in-Wonderland reverse parallel universe?


S.L.

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