Filthy Thirteen Member Passes On… Monday, Apr 12 2010 

Military and US Army and Veterans , , 1IDVET 16:11

RIP

Another member of the Greatest Generation passes on.

Member of Unit Linked to ‘Dirty Dozen’ Dies in Pennsylvania

John “Jack” Agnew belonged to the Filthy Thirteen, an unofficial unit within the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, that parachuted into France to take a bridge over the Douve River during World War II.

PHILADELPHIA — John “Jack” Agnew, one of the original members of a U.S. Army unit that operated behind enemy lines in World War II and is often credited with having loosely inspired the movie

“The Dirty Dozen,” has died at age 88.

Agnew belonged to the Filthy Thirteen, an unofficial unit within the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. He was pronounced dead Thursday at Abington Memorial Hospital after becoming ill at his home in the Maple Village retirement community in Hatboro, where he and his wife moved about a year ago, his daughter Barbara Agnew Maloney said.

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Obama is a Danger to America… Friday, Apr 9 2010 

Axis of Idiots and Buyers' Remorse and Comarade Obama and Democrats and Failure and Government and Neo-Marxists and Politics and Socialism , , , , , , , , 1IDVET 04:43

I really fear for America. I’m not the only one.

Here’s  a few links on this:

 

At Least He Gets This One Right… Friday, Apr 9 2010 

Afghanistan and Comarade Obama and Islam and Military and Muslims and Terrorism and US Air Force 1IDVET 04:24

President Obama is my least favorite person next to Pelosi, but I said if he gets one right, I’ll say so. The terrorists are terrorized by this winged spewer of death.

As an aside, there is only one in the US at the moment. It resides at NASA for use as a test vehicle for both civilian and military applications. I got a really in depth briefing yesterday on the Predator. It is an awesome little airplane.

This is one of those he’s gotten right:

The Power of “The Predator”

Life under the Hellfire missile [5] has not been a pleasant one for the Taliban and al Qaeda. A New York Times journalist [6], held prisoner for several months by the Taliban, reported that even in the remotest areas of Pakistan’s wild tribal regions, the terrorists constantly scan the sky where drones can often be heard flying overhead, searching out their targets.

The substantial losses they have suffered at the hands of the Hellfire missile have angered the Taliban, provoking desperate attacks like the one this week. Starting in 2008 with the accession of Asif Zardari to the Pakistani presidency, about 700 al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists have been killed in drone attacks. A New York Times [5] report states that Hellfire missiles have accounted for 90 Islamists in Pakistan’s tribal areas in the first six weeks of this year alone.

Particularly painful for the two terrorist organizations, according to military analysts, is the fact that among the dead are about two dozen top-level leaders and 100 mid-level ones. This quantity and quality of expertise and experience are not easily replaceable, especially the mid-level battlefield commanders. According to one estimate, half of the senior al Qaeda leadership has been killed or seriously wounded in the past two years.

Read it all here.

 

How to Speak Democrat… Thursday, Apr 8 2010 

Axis of Idiots and Democrats and Government and Lies and Neo-Marxists and Politics and Socialism , , , , , 1IDVET 17:22

It’s old, but still relevant:

 

Another Liberal Asshole Pushing Gun Control… Thursday, Apr 8 2010 

Axis of Idiots and Democrats and Failure and Government and Guns and Neo-Marxists and Politics and Second Amendment and Socialism , , , , , , 1IDVET 17:12

Just what California needs. Another gun control law. The fucking laws they have on the books haven’t done shit when it comes to crime in this state.
Nothing. You fucking liberals have no concept of the word freedom, or the fact that the Second Amendment gives every law abiding citizen the right to keep and bear arms.
A California Democrat is proposing a new law requiring residents to register their shotguns and rifles or go to jail, CBSNews.com has learned. Assemblyman Mike Feuer, whose district includes Beverly Hill and West Hollywood, this week introduced legislation ordering law enforcement to “permanently keep” records of anyone who buys a gun from a dealer or an individual. California already stores information about handgun purchases.
Read About It: CBS News

 

Army Birther Refuses to Deploy Thursday, Apr 8 2010 

Buyers' Remorse and Comarade Obama and Military and US Army , , 1IDVET 13:01

I don’t think this is the right way to go about this. He’s making a statement for sure, but he’s also disobeying the lawful orders of those officers appointed over him. Regardless of the President’s birth status.

The oath is as follows:

“I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.” (Title 10, US Code; Act of 5 May 1960 replacing the wording first adopted in 1789, with amendment effective 5 October 1962).

“I, _____ (SSAN), having been appointed an officer in the Army of the United States, as indicated above in the grade of _____ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter; So help me God.” (DA Form 71, 1 August 1959, for officers.)

He shouldn’t put the burden of someone else having to deploy because of his refusal to do so. That’s *Blue Falcon action in my book. At any rate, he is now derelict in his duty and has disobeyed a lawful order, despite his misgivings about the birth place of Obama.

I personally do not like Obama, or the ilk that surrounds him, but if I were still active duty, I would continue to soldier on for America. I guess that’s just my way of being a Soldier.

President Obama Needs to Prove His Constitutional Eligibility to Be Commander-in-Chief
By Terrence Lakin, MD

Last week, I entered Walter Reed Army Hospital to notify the Department of Defense that I would refuse to obey any orders from my commanding officers — including President Obama — until the president produces his original birth certificate. After nearly eighteen years of wearing the military uniform of the country I have proudly served, including overseas assignments in imminent danger/combat areas in Bosnia and Afghanistan, I felt compelled to take this step.

I made this decision from much deliberation, after lengthy consultations with many friends, family members, and colleagues, and I firmly believe that all servicemen and women, and the American public, have the right to know the truth about President Obama’s constitutional eligibility to serve as Commander-in-Chief.

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Leveling the Playing Field Thursday, Apr 8 2010 

Axis of Idiots and Buyers' Remorse and Comarade Obama and Democrats and Failure and Government and Health Care and Lies and Neo-Marxists and Politics and Socialism and Stupid People , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1IDVET 12:59

The real reason for health care reform keeps coming out. Whenever a dumb shit Democrat opens their collective pie holes about health care, pay attention, you’ll actually hear the truth.

Victory Lip?
By Ken Blackwell

Byron York of Washington’s Examiner has done us all a great service. His column draws on the unguarded statements of Sen. Max Baucus and former Gov. Howard Dean. (Well, Baucus, maybe. It’s hard to say whether Howlin’ Howard has ever made a guarded statement.)

Both of these men’s statements might have been lost in the clamor following the passage of President Obama’s historic health care bill. What York has done is dash into the fire and pluck out some of these red-hot quotes.

“Health reform is ‘an income shift. It is a shift, a leveling, to help lower income, middle income Americans.’” Baucus, normally seen as a Democratic centrist, let the Marxist cat out of the liberal bag.

Dean, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is no marginal figure. He told CNBC: “The question is, in a democracy, what is the right balance between those at the top … and those at the bottom? This [health care bill] is a form of redistribution.”

Sen. Baucus and Gov. Dean perhaps unintentionally revealed the real reason for ObamaCare. It was not to bend the cost curve (price controls) or to provide access to health care for all (they already have it and cannot be denied care). It was to level.

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More Lobbyist Crap… Thursday, Apr 8 2010 

Axis of Idiots and Buyers' Remorse and Comarade Obama and Democrats and Failure and Government and Lies and Neo-Marxists and Politics and Socialism , , , , , 1IDVET 12:56

Obama has another lobbyist that is actually pushing for his former bosses. Check this out from Blackfive:

Google bomb in the Obama administration
Posted By Uncle Jimbo

We have learned of an apparent conflict of interest for a senior Obama administration official already in hot water over questions about his communications with his former employer.  Andrew Mclaughlin is the Deputy Chief Technology Officer for the Office of Science & Technology Policy at the White House. His prior job was as the top lobbyist for Google.

Last week, Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government reported that privacy flaws in Google Buzz’s social networking tool exposed McLaughlin’s Buzz account to the public.  Breitbart’s analysis showed that McLaughlin’s Gmail included more than two dozen senior lobbyists and lawyers from Google with whom he is apparently still communicating.  Following a consumer group’s FOIA request for all of McLaughlin’s communications with his former employer, his Google Buzz account was deleted.

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NASA News… Wednesday, Apr 7 2010 

NASA , 1IDVET 16:27

Since I work for NASA, I thought I’d start sharing news that I hear/see about NASA.

Disclaimer

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NASA extends space contract with Russia on ISS

NASA announced Tuesday that it signed a contract with the Russian space agency to shuttle US astronauts to the orbiting International Space Station.

The 335 million dollar contract extension is for the “transportation, rescue and related services” of US crew bound for the ISS in 2013, NASA said in a statement.

The contract “covers comprehensive Soyuz support, including all necessary training and preparation for launch, crew rescue, and landing of a long-duration mission for six individual station crew members.”

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Black Conservatives Bad Rap… Wednesday, Apr 7 2010 

Axis of Idiots and Buyers' Remorse and Comarade Obama and Conservatism and Politics and Racism , , , , , 1IDVET 16:20

Black Conservatives getting a bad rap from other blacks. Seems that those black folks that can’t see through their own color are the ones with issues. As in racist issues. I see more racism coming from black Democrats, and Democrats in general, than from Conservatives, or Republicans.

The Democrat party is the party that tried to block the civil rights movement. The Democrats were the ones voting against every civil rights issue that came to bear. It was a reluctant Johnson that signed the Civil Rights Act, which came from a Republican Congress. It’s high time for black people to see the Democrats for who they really are, racists.

Black conservative tea party backers take heat
By VALERIE BAUMAN

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – They’ve been called Oreos, traitors and Uncle Toms, and are used to having to defend their values. Now black conservatives are really taking heat for their involvement in the mostly white tea party movement—and for having the audacity to oppose the policies of the nation’s first black president.

“I’ve been told I hate myself. I’ve been called an Uncle Tom. I’ve been told I’m a spook at the door,” said Timothy F. Johnson, chairman of the Frederick Douglass Foundation, a group of black conservatives who support free market principles and limited government.

“Black Republicans find themselves always having to prove who they are. Because the assumption is the Republican Party is for whites and the Democratic Party is for blacks,” he said.

Johnson and other black conservatives say they were drawn to the tea party movement because of what they consider its commonsense fiscal values of controlled spending, less taxes and smaller government. The fact that they’re black—or that most tea parties are white—should have nothing to do with it, they say.

“You have to be honest and true to yourself. What am I supposed to do, vote Democratic just to be popular? Just to fit in?” asked Clifton Bazar, a 45-year-old New Jersey freelance photographer and conservative blogger.

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