Passing along an email I just received from a close friend in the Marine Corps.  I am redacting out the officer's names to protect them from retaliation as they are not supposed to make political comments outside the service.  This is not one of those that circulates around the internet without any way of verification, but was sent to me personally.  

Take it for what it is worth.  If you are an Obama supporter, and believe as he does, then you should vote for him, but if you are a supporter of our military this is something you should keep in mind.

Marines:

The following was forwarded by my college roommate,                , an Army Artillery Officer RVN.  It's visual confirmation of what most of us sensed. Good to know we are not paranoid.  Bad for those of us who  believe in America first (1.5 million in uniform right now, their families, and 90 percent of the those who served in RVN-still not enough to cause "Sophisticated Europe-o-philes" to worry about losing our vote).

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Date: Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 11:32 PM



   Subject: An Army Captain's view of Hussein Obama's Visit

   Subject: Obama's Visit

   


   Hello everyone,

   

   As you know I am not a very political person. I just wanted to pass along that Senator Obama came to Bagram Afghanistan for about an hour on his visit to 'The War Zone'. I wanted to share with you what happened. He got off the plane and got into a bullet proof vehicle, got to the area to meet with the Major General (2 Star) who is the commander here at Bagram. As the Soldiers where lined up to shake his hand he blew them off and didn't say a word as he went into the conference room to meet the General. As he finished, the vehicles took him to the ClamShell (pretty much a big top tent that military personnel can play basketball or work out in with weights) so he could take his publicity pictures playing basketball. He again shunned the opportunity to talk to Soldiers to thank them for their service. So really he was just here to make a showing for the American's back home that he is their candidate for President. I think that if you are going to make an effort to come all the way over here you would thank those that are providing the freedom that they are providing for you.

   

   I swear we got more thanks from the NBA Basketball Players or the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders than from one of the Senators, who wants to be the President of the United States. I just don't understand how anyone would want him to be our Commander-and-Chief. It was almost that he was scared to be around those that provide the freedom for him and our great country. If this is blunt and to the point I am sorry but I wanted you all to know what kind of caliber of person he really is. What you see in the news is all fake.

   

   In service,

   

   
   Battle Captain
   TF Wasatch
   American Soldier

Not wishing to make any political point--or any other point for that matter, but...

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Best,

George

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Thanks for the further info George.  The email I received was from one of our men in Afghanistan who had received the original.  I guess he was duped too.  

Sorry to have passed along incorrect info.

Jerry

I'm not clear. Did he see the kids in the hospital or not?

Charlotte

Callico wrote on Jul 26^th, 2008 at 11:11pm:

Subject: An Army Captain's view of Hussein Obama's Visit

This is all I need to know that a message is partisan at best, and most likely untrue. Don't give me that 'gosh, I thought it was true' bullshit. :(

Snopes is Awesome.   [smiley=headbanger.gif]  How can you not love Snopes?

wrote on Jul 27^th, 2008 at 7:10pm:

Snopes is Awesome.   [smiley=headbanger.gif]  How can you not love Snopes?

I never forward mass emails but I always check snopes and reply when snopes has information to add.  However, the people I forward it to never seem to check it the next time.

Charlotte wrote on Jul 27^th, 2008 at 6:20pm:

I'm not clear. Did he see the kids in the hospital or not? Charlotte

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Obama says the pentagon told him not to go, the pentagon says they only told him to not bring cameras.......No cameras, no Obama, its that simple!

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USA TODAY's Tom Vanden Brook reports that the Pentagon says it had made arrangements it thought would be appropriate:

Geoff Morrell, Pentagon press secretary, said the military had arranged for Obama to visit Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center as a U.S. senator but not as a presidential candidate. That's because Pentagon policy prohibits campaigning at military sites. The ground rules should be familiar to Obama since they governed a recent visit he made to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Morrell said.

The Pentagon arranged for Obama to visit Landstuhl and for his campaign staff and traveling press corps to be accommodated at a nearby airport, Morrell said.

"The Obama campaign was advised that Sen. Obama would be most welcome to visit Landstuhl or any other military hospital in his official capacity as a United States senator," Morrell said. "But his campaign staff would not be."

oh fine, whatever....

Have I had enough? I've had so much that I'm ready to turn the whole thing over to Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Hillary Clinton.

That oughta fix it.

Osama yo mama!

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vig, one could produce an equally long and reprehensible list of Democrats.  I think it is clear that the allure of power and privilege is too much for humans to resist for long, regardless of party affiliation.  It's time to clean house (and senate  LOL).  There are a lot of "Mr Smith's" out there who want to go to Washington.  I think it's time to get rid of the career politicians and vote in a new crop of people who will represent the people and not their own interests and ambitions.




...and then I woke up.  *sigh*

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old Texas rancher, whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man.

Eventually the topic got around to Obama and his bid to be our President. The old rancher said, 'Well, ya know, Obama is a 'post turtle'.'

Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a 'post turtle' was. The old rancher said, 'When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a 'post turtle.'

The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain. 'You know he didn't get up there by himself, he doesn't belong up there, he doesn't know what to do while he is up there, and you just wonder what kind of a dumb ass put him up there to begin with.'

wrote on Jul 29^th, 2008 at 11:42am:

Have I had enough? I've had so much that I'm ready to turn the whole thing over to Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Hillary Clinton. That oughta fix it.

Throw in an eternal Robert Byrd and you got yourself a deal.

Obama’s Answer to Drilling Debate: Inflate Your Tires

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His words not mine.....LOL, this guy knows nothing about being a Typical American!....white or black

If you want to vote for someone just because they are popular, you might as well vote for Paris Hilton.....at least she good to look at.....LMMFAO! ;D

Suckers!  8-)

Yeah baby, this in Obamas Ipod?  :)

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Paris Hilton is also HERE :D

My mother-in-law thinks that Obama is the anti-christ.  I'm not kidding, she really does!   You all should meet my mother-in law.  LOL!

Jeannie

Ex-Senator Ernest "Fritz" Hollings has a new book out about his tiresome years in the Senate where all he saw was endless fundraisers and the like that had nothing to do legislation, the protection of the Constitution or work for the electorate. It's all he was asked to do from day one. Anybody that didn't play the game took a beating from their respective party. It's been on for 40 or 50 years.

As an aside, the last time two Senators ran against each other for President was 1960 when Nixon and Kennedy ran. Things are similar in that one is obviously experienced, while the other is a relative newcomer.....allbeit with a longer history. Nixon had the experience and JFK had the youngsters. There is a similar situation today. Normally Senators don't do well in these elections.

I'm pretty tired of the whole thing but no matter who wins, it will be nice to have a smidgeon of competence back in the White House and no more Darth Vador as Veep.

Charlie

Oh man, this is way worse than I thought!

Hes going to disable our fucking defenses!!!!!!!!!

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"I will SLOW our developement of future combat systems"

This fucking guy has no idea what the fuck he is doing!!!!

wrote on Jul 31^st, 2008 at 9:37pm:

Oh man, this is way worse than I thought! Hes going to disable our fucking defenses!!!!!!!!! START PRINTPAGEMultimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or END PRINTPAGE "I will SLOW our developement of future combat systems" This fucking guy has no idea what the fuck he is doing!!!!

[quote author=65404141562F0 link=1217128296/0#19 date=1217554662]Oh man, this is way worse than I thought!





"I will SLOW our developement of future combat systems"

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What's wrong with that?
I have a friend in the National Guard. "Two weeks a year and one weekend a month" right?? She's been gone for three years.

Thanks for the Snopes link George.

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Obama with troops.

No camera, NoBama.

I’m not sure he even exists. He’s a mythological creature that only appears when cameras are present.

Well, sometimes NO experience can be a GOOD thing... at least you can make DIFFERENT mistakes - not the same old ones...

I still think we need to UNELECT Congress and start over with ALL new faces.... Maybe get some MR. SMITH's in DC with some COMMON SENSE....

But we can all keep calling names and DOING NOTHING - whereas if we want to do something constructive we'd start on the local level and clean house and it'd work it's way up to DC, but it would take a little while and we just don't have the patience to see it thru, so we'll just keep bitching and griping and things will just keep on keeping on and we'll just keep complaining and doing nothing.

But until the time comes when we hold our ELECTED politicians RESPONSIBLE to US, they have no reason to change.

Hugs BD

Wise words Barbara

The way things have been going the last 48 years. I would like to see " None Of The Above" put on the ballot. Eventually we would get somebody worth voting for......I hope.
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I keep reminding myself of this: Hillary! has not terminated her campaign - she has merely suspended it (her words, not mine). And the way the democrats have written the rules for their nomination process, it is the superdelegates that have the ultimate say.

Things could get UG-LY in Denver.

It happened in 59 -- it could happen again... wouldn't bother me a bit.... Couldn't be much worse than what's going on now...

Hugs BD

I thought all that shit was cleared up last month with that big rules committee meeting and now Obama has the majority of delegates?  Wouldn't surprise me one bit to see about 4 'suicides' by the end of the month and Hillary wins the nomination.

She suspended it rather than terminated it so she could beg for money to pay back her personal loans.  If she terminates the campaign, she can't pay herself back.  

BarbaraD wrote on Aug 1^st, 2008 at 2:53pm:

Couldn't be much worse than what's going on now...

Barb,

He's done in just over 5 months. Let it go.

Ya know, people on both sides of the aisle have been extremely disappointed with the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Blvd. Some think he's too extreme, too much of a war monger, and others, like myself, think he panders to the middle, that he's not a true conservative. I'll be glad to see him go.

BMoneeTheMoneeMan wrote on Aug 1^st, 2008 at 3:03pm:

She suspended it rather than terminated it so she could beg for money to pay back her personal loans.  If she terminates the campaign, she can't pay herself back.

Whatever gets you through the night, B. ;)

You really think she still thinks she is gonna be President?  

I don't know.  I wouldn't think so.  
I think there is a good chance that she will be VP nominee.  I think Obama was instructed to pick her.

I give you....THE ONE!.....LMMFAO!!!!  ;D

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Move on doesn't like her, therefore she can't be president. Soros said so.

BMoneeTheMoneeMan wrote on Aug 1^st, 2008 at 4:09pm:

You really think she still thinks she is gonna be President?   I don't know.  I wouldn't think so.   I think there is a good chance that she will be VP nominee.  I think Obama was instructed to pick her.

I think she still has a trick or two up her sleeve.

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and I recieved that same message in another group... I hate politics... problem being no one is honest anymore...

ree

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Nice find, Brew......even Bush aint that big of a buffoon!

Now, just how many states are there in America?.......lets see if the buffoon knows, shall we?  :)

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Becareful of the change you want.....LOL  ;)

My problem is with the people who will be running the teleprompter if this moron gets elected by the tree huggers! [smiley=yikes.gif]

I hope that someday I can afford broadband. I probably haven't downloaded more than 3 YouTubes or the like. It takes hours to do it. Damn. I can only guess at the polemics you people have found that have little to do with reality....a case in point is that there is no evidence whatsoever that Obama didn't visit hospitalized soldiers because he was told no cameras were allowed. None at all.

Charlie

Charlie wrote on Aug 2^nd, 2008 at 6:31pm:

I hope that someday I can afford broadband. I probably haven't downloaded more than 3 YouTubes or the like. It takes hours to do it. Damn. I can only guess at the polemics you people have found that have little to do with reality....a case in point is that there is no evidence whatsoever that Obama didn't visit hospitalized soldiers because he was told no cameras were allowed. None at all. Charlie

Actually, it nothing to do with that. My link showed Obama stuttering and stammering his way through some warped explanation of how much it costs to take a kid to the emergency room for an asthma attack. In the end, he said absolutely nothing.

Sorry, Charlie, but this guy is completely and utterly lost without a teleprompter. No wonder he said no to a series of weekly town hall meetings with McCain. Hillary must be totally flummoxed. "I can't believe I lost to this guy."

  OK Charlie, I agree with you on this one. It is all just a coincidence that once the right honorable Senator Obama was informed that no cameras were allowed in the military hospital. That an hour later he read a statement to the press that the military had denied him access to the wounded soldiers. And he was canceling his visit there. Its all a Liberal Facist conspiracy to smear the man.
  All this time all the military has said, is that the Senator is perfectly welcome. So long as he doesn't bring a bunch of photographers along.
  So it can't be the Neo-Cons and Georgy pulling this off. They're too stupid by your book.
  It can't be the Socialists. They are even less believable as Progressives, than they were as Liberals. And twice as funny. No one believes them anymore.
  Oh wait according to his writings, and voting record. Obama is a Liberal Facist. He can't be doing this to himself. So who do you think is trying to frame the guy Charlie?
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Schadendfreude, Kirk.

The only "evidence" that it was because that no cameras were allowed comes from the right wing fantasty blogosphere. Even with the love affair with Obama, the NYT and other papers would report it if there was a real story.

You have to give the lunatic right wing bloggers credit. They get attention because their tabloid entertainment is now and then picked up as filler new stories by real media. It's not journalism and has nothing to do with it. It's a town square full of the brightest lights and the dimmest creatures who delight supplying fodder for prople that revel in other peoples misery based soley on gossip.

Charlie

  Sorry Charlie, the only blogs that I read are over on the Linux forums. I have no idea what is being written on the political blogs. I just read the military statements from the AP wire, And Obama's statements from the same source. Neither side has denied their accuracy.
  If you're getting your info from the people writing blogs you'll end up as crazy as they are. Or like Jonny. :D A Vidiot.
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Kirk wrote on Aug 4^th, 2008 at 8:10pm:

Or like Jonny. :D A Vidiot. [smiley=smokin.gif]

8-)

BMoneeTheMoneeMan wrote on Aug 1^st, 2008 at 4:09pm:

You really think she still thinks she is gonna be President?   I don't know.  I wouldn't think so.   I think there is a good chance that she will be VP nominee.  I think Obama was instructed to pick her.

From today's Canada Free Press:


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No one has ever accused Hillary Rodham Clinton of being slow on the draw, or of being too meek for the rough, tough world of presidential politics.   Indeed, having lulled Barack Obama into believing that the party’s nomination is his inalienable birth right, Hillary abruptly switched gears and now says that she might allow her name to be introduced for consideration at the Democrat Convention. Hillary’s chicanery came after Obama announced his daily flip-flop, this time calling for full participation by the Michigan and Florida delegations at the convention. Obama was no doubt seeking to heal old wounds when he declared, “I believe party unity calls for the delegates from Florida and Michigan to be able to participate fully alongside the delegates from the other states and territories,” in a letter to the co-chairs of the Democratic National Convention’s Credentials Committee. Hmm--wonder why that unselfish thought did not occur to the Anointed One back in April or May?

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I'm tellin' ya, the convention in Denver is going to be a zoo.

I dislike all politicians, none of them are honest. I live in Colorado, my wife works in downtown Denver, and I can tell you we're not looking forward to the DNC. Just going to muck things up, and cause everyone to raise prices!!!!!   :'(

One step closer:

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This is like driving by a car wreck.  You can't help but watch!


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Vidiot

I love this word!! ;D

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Charlie