You can say that again, Mr. President
President Obama tells us this Memorial Day weekend that veterans have not gotten the respect they deserve:
President Barack Obama saluted veterans and urged his countrymen to do the same this Memorial Day weekend, saying the nation has not always paid them proper respect.
In his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday, Obama said people can honor veterans by sending a letter or care package to troops overseas, volunteering at health clinics or taking supplies to a homeless veterans center. He said it could also mean something as simple as saying “thank you” to a veteran walking by on the street.
“We have a responsibility to serve all of them as well as they serve all of us,” Obama said. “And yet, all too often in recent years and decades, we, as a nation, have failed to live up to that responsibility. We have failed to give them the support they need or pay them the respect they deserve.
Who is this “we?” Let’s name names:
Tell it to Janet Napolitano.
Tell it to the Gen. Betray Us smear merchants at Move On.
Tell it to the anti-military academics at Penn State and Columbia and every other ivy-covered institution.
Tell it to the anti-military recruiter thugs on campuses across the country.
Tell it to all the Winter Soldier fakers and phonies .
“We have a responsibility to serve all of them as well as they serve all of us,” Obama said. “And yet, all too often in recent years and decades, we, as a nation, have failed to live up to that responsibility. We have failed to give them the support they need or pay them the respect they deserve.
You can say that again, Mr. President.
More to the point: Does Obama know the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day?
Reader RJD e-mails: “I do believe that Obama means well, but Memorial Day is a day to remember our fallen. We have Veterans Day and Armed Services day to thank the currently and past service members. Memorial Day is specific to thank and remember those who have given the ultimate sacrifice. Why then does Obama ask us to thank service members on the street? While I think this is a good thing to do anyway, I am not sure he understands what the whole day is about!”
Well, remember that last Memorial Day, Obama said he saw fallen heroes in the audience:
Flashback 2008:
On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes — and I see many of them in the audience here today — our sense of patriotism is particularly strong.
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I wonder how many polls and focus groups they consulted before deciding on this message for Memorial Day?
Who’d he get to write that speech? Not one of the usual crowd, that’s for sure.
Thank you, President Barrack Hussein Obama, AKA “The Messiah,” AKA “The Savior,” AKA “The One,” AKA “Hope and Change,” AKA “Yes We Can,” AKA the Moral High Ground.
You are among those who have trashed our soldiers, and you are among those who went out of the way to go overseas and trash our nation to the entire world. Great going, Prez!
That is worse than a spouse or family member going out in public and trashing his or her spouse or family member in public. That’s supposed to be a good thing? Even when many other nations and peoples practice extremely oppressive, cruel, and inhumane action, dehumanizing others, torturing others, violating human rights till the cows come home, and practicing misogyny to beat the band?
Thank you for trashing our troops, for working to disgrace them and encouraging the world to see them as evil Nazi Storm Troopers who bang down doors in the middle of the night and drop bombs on innocent women and children, as if there is no legitimate reason for our military to exist, as if our military personnel are not out there defending our nation from hate filled blood and death cultists under the phony moniker “The Religion of Peace, Love, Tolerance, and Understanding.”
With “friends” like you, Prez Snob-of-the-Universe, who needs enemies?
Why not just volunteer to work with al Qaeda, Hugo Chavez, or some other nut case out there? You give them more love than you give your own nation, those who disagree with you, or even the US soldier.
Please just pretend you are president for a few years until you are kicked out of office on your ear, and stop talking out of both orifices, the one on your face and the one in the rear!
With thanks on this Memorial Day to our veterans (including my father, his youngest brother – WW II, my grandfather, his brothers, and all veterans, living and dead, etc.).
William, Veteran, US, Vietnam War era
et and WrshpMzshn,
You make some excellent points in your terse comment!
Bravo!
Michelle,
Thank you for sticking up for our troops, for the USA, and for conservatism, for family, etc., and thank you for making the effort to provide your Blog sites, as well as your books and commentary, on which you keep us informed and give a forum for venting our opinion.
William
I’m sure the speech was longer than those three paragraphs but even in those three paragraphs I don’t hear any of his gratitude.
Coupled with the Mrs.’s commencement speech the O’s are pretty good at telling others how grateful they should be for this or that and how to show that gratitude, but I haven’t heard much real gratitude for anything from them.
Must have been a rejected speech from last year’s Veterans Day. We remember our fallen, this weekend. We salute our veterans, this fall. I live surrounded by active military, here in eastern Virginia. Funny, like last year, I’m the only one with a flag out…so far. But, they always have my thanks,anyway. Obama reads the speech, and, without a 2nd thought, moves on to more important things…like controlling businesses and our country in his quest for power.
I think that it would show some real humanity if sometime over this weekend the Mrs. would give a meaningful public “Thank You” to all the fallen veterans of America.
You can tell it to Mr. AYERS, too.
It’s all well and good to be moralizing to the nation on the need for respect for our military [he's preaching to the choir here], on this Memorial weekend. But it rings very hollow when our military have been insulted and disparaged by his very own party for the past 7 years or more. The conclusion one logically comes to, is that respect only applies when the Dems are in control. Where was his message of respect then? As usual, politics trumps morality.
You just have to laugh at this dope of a President. No way he graduated from College, No Way.
What a Maroon
The TOTUS strikes again!
Although, if his speechwriting boy-toy Jon Favreau is the one putting this in front of him, then it’s to be expected. What’s a 26-year old liberal know about the difference between the two days outside of they’re both a chance for him to throw back a few cold ones and fire up his grill…?
Please Mr. President, spare us the empty words, the eloquent prose that was ghost written for you, and the oh so proper phrases that you utter so politically correctly. As a commander-in-chief you are a disgrace, you will never “get it” no matter how long you are in office, and I am glad that I am retired and will never have to endure you. Please don’t insult my intelligence, don’t waste your time, just go away.
Thing is, they have no idea how to honor men and women in the military. They have been taught to hate them and lie about their actions for so long, is it any wonder why Der Fuhrer doesn’t know what Memorial Day is for?
All he knows, is that it is some kind of holiday in May that has something to do with the military and people who have served. Other than that, he is clueless.
Now, you think it is comical listening to him talk about it? Just wait until he actually goes to lay a wreath on “The Tomb of the Unknowns”. ANyone taking odds on just how badly Mr. Protocol screws up? That is, if he decides to go and do it at all. It isn’t like he has a great track record for such things as it is.
Tell me, just how does someone who has made the statements and carried out the actions concerning the American Flag, (Pledge of Allegiance, National Anthem, lapel pins, etc.) that Der Fuhrer has justify all these “flag waving” holidays and activities now that he is President and expected to do them?
How many members of Code Pink are going to heed their master’s words and do something other than offensive this weekend? How many Liberals are actually going to do something, or are they all in on the fact that Obama was merely paying lip-service to this holiday because he is supposed to…not because he wants to.
And who, if anyone, in Washington will have the cojones to come forward and make the statement to him that it is the Liberals who voted him in, the Liberals who are running this nation, that are the largest offenders when it comes to the military and honoring the service and sacrifice of it’s members? Because Der Fuhrer needs to understand, it is not those on the Right that need to be told.
Where gratitude for the sacrifices of our military is concerned, Obama is a real Sunday morning Christian.
He is incapable of the depths of genuine gratitude so many of us feel because he does not truly appreciate this country.
I had forgotten about the “fallen soldiers” gaffe.Thanks for the reminder.What a freaking genius we have for POSUS.
Didn’t he not go to see the Medal of Honor winners on inauguration day?
You have to consider that he’s a member of a political party that looks at cemeteries and sees voters.
lol backwoods. would be funnier if it wern’t true.
Yep. That’s the Hypocrite-in-Chief all right.
Why would he know the meaning of something he has spent his life ignoring? Honoring military members – fallen or not – is a new experience for Obama. Give him a little time to grow in office and learn these tiny details.
/sarc
Lefties are appallingly ignorant of military history and tradition.
I once worked with a leftwinger where a discussion of a co-worker’s father, who had recently passed away, came up. The deceased was a WWII vet who was awarded a silver star. The zombie lefty said, “Gee, he must have killed a lot of people to get that star”.
She actually believed there was a “point system” in which one gets medals, like 10 dead = Bronze Star, 20 dead = Silver Star.
Idiot.
Well, he DID promise not to send our soldiers out to fight in the future unless it is necessary. Unlike all those other times we sent them out just to “terrorize women and children and…and.. women… in the dark of night.” I’m sorry, that was the other John Kerry. But we still haven’t apologized to Japan for needlessly defending ourselves in WWII.
On May 23rd, 2009 at 1:19 pm, flmom said:
It’s all well and good to be moralizing to the nation on the need for respect for our military [he's preaching to the choir here], on this Memorial weekend. But it rings very hollow when our military have been insulted and disparaged by his very own party for the past
7 years or moreseveral decades. The conclusion one logically comes to, is that respect only applies when the Dems are in control. Where was his message of respect then? As usual, politics trumps morality.Agreed.
But, just had to fix it….
You have to the love the brazen arrogance of “dear leader” in paying lip service to veterans (living and dead) during this Memorial Day. I for one know how well the tolerant left treats those in uniform having been a recipient of their spit and insults as a “Baby Killer” during my early days in the US Air Force during the 1970s. The only baby killers I know are liberals and the TOTUS is one of their biggest cheerleaders in the wholesale slaughter of the unborn that has taken place in the decades since Rowe vs. Wade.
At least in the community we live in we really are appreciated by the local population. Yesterday the city placed an American Flag and a POW/MIA flag on every telephone poll up and down American Legion Drive as they do on every important American Holiday. You have to love living in flyover country! Many of the folks in this small city are veterans (mostly from the local Air Force Base), and are still less than impressed with “dear leader” and his cronies that have identified our demographic as a threat to national security, because we believe in the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law it is supposed to represent (not that we have seen much since the 2006 elections), most of us believe in God and our country writing a blank check to protect it up to and if necessary including our very lives.
Maybe if “dear leader” had paid more attention to the welfare of the troops when sitting in a comfortable chair in the Illinois Legislature and the US Senate by actually visiting them in the combat zone like our lovely hostess has when the issue in Iraq was still very much in question I would have some modicum of respect for him when allegedly caring for the troops, but his actions have shown how he really feels about the veterans and their families for their sacrifice, frequent separations, and suffering to preserve and protect this great nation.
To my fellow veteran’s have a safe and restful Memorial Day while we remember those that have gone before us, those that have been taken from our ranks, and the current generation of heroes betting on this country with their lives.
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE (mo-lone lah-veh) Translation: Come and take them!
I wish I could give Iwon the benefit of the doubt on this but whenever he says something that I find myself tempted to agree with or at least be sympathetic towards, I become extremely worried. At once I start looking for the subtext: Where is he coming from? What is this leading to? What does he really mean?
At least when he is apologizing for America as he grovels before the usual foreign creeps, I can relax — the real Obama is on display for all to see. Share it, brother. But when he says something like this, something that kinda sorta sounds like it might be supportive or appreciative of America’s military forces, alarm bells go off. Sorry, but I simply do not trust this despicable man.
I hate to sound like I might (unintentionally, believe me!) be defending Obama but what he’s doing here is his job.
Part of the president’s function is ceremonial. He could have said, “Screw the military! I hate them!” And gone to shoot hoops for the day but he didn’t. He showed up and tried to do what was expected of him. He got it wrong but he actually showed up for work.
That’s a real improvement over his long history of voting “present.”
I see dead people. Hey, dumba** that movie has already been made. Try again.
No, I don’t think he does know the difference.
I get sick to my stomach thinking that this narcissistic Thug will be the one answering that 3AM phone call. May God the Almighty help us all.
But…DO NOT include anything of a religious nature if it isn’t about “understanding Islam.” To do so imperils your care package…the U.S. military command (or someone above them in the chain of command) decided to burn “donated” bibles written in various dialects to Afghanistan, rather than dispensing or returning them to the senders. Our leaders intended message to the Muslims?
“See! We Americans are so hep, cool, and sensitive to your feelings, that we will openly, desecrate our own religious text, to be politically, and Islamically correct! Aren’t we a wonderful, understanding people?”
Brilliant decision, morons!
Burning Christian scriptures; oh so copacetic!
Verbally disparaging Islam, or the Quran; death sentence, INFIDEL!!!
I stand corrected. Thanks, Granite.
Maybe just maybe he did see the fallen Hero’s, Coca can and probably did do some Brain Damage and his neurotransmitters may not be clickin on all 12 cylinders. Based on the first 100 days I’m guessing he’s hittin on 3 so to speak.
Laura calls him President Tennis Match, lol, back and forth back and forth. You get dizzy watching the Putz.
Have no fear Zorro, the terrorists are to busy laughing at the Admin to attack, why attack a person when it’s already been hit by a Train?
Their hypocrisy knows no end. I cannot get myself to look at the sycophant sites. Whereas they normally make me want to wretch…amongst other things, I do not even want to imagine what reading their filth concerning this issue will do.
Remember folks, “We support the troops” is their statement. They are actually able, in their mind to state, “We are against the war, against what the military is doing, they are killing millions of innocent men, women and children, they are imperialistic, they are nothing more that Bush’s puppets etc., etc., etc.,…but hey…we support them 100%” actually makes sense.
Der Fuhrer actually making the statement that he did concerning how the Military is treated and making it appear that anyone other than his own party, those people that elected him and support him are the ones that treat them that way is one of the worst things he has done so far. It actually angers me more than some of the monetary garbage.
Now, maybe he should pull Nanci Pelosi aside and call her on the carpet for what she has been saying and has said in the past.
Won’t happen, but hey…if he can say what he said, I can dream my little dreamy dreams.
It is? Showing up to fulfill Presidential protocol doesn’t seem much different than voting “present” to me…
Ah, Memorial Day. One of those few days of the year where some liberals will actually even pretend to respect the military.
Just until the buzz wears off.
Gad, talking out of both sides of his mouth. This guy doesn’t give a c*@p about the military and would cut the budget for them in a heartbeat if he didn’t have 2 wars going on. Question is, will he do something about counting the military ballots for the next election, or will he let them get thrown out because they didn’t arrive before the deadline? ACORN doesn’t insure that the military votes get counted.
Question to Obama from that great American Marine, Animal Mother,
“You can talk the talk. Can you walk the walk?”
The most likely answer to is “Foxtrot Foxtrot Charlie.”
More to the point: Does Obama know the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day?
That’s a very subtle dig, AJ. To the best of my knowledge, 12 cylinder engines are usually found in foreign made cars.
Speaking of the Obama administration and not getting it, I just received a letter from the VA today (complete with the recovery act logo) letting me know that as a disabled vet I will be receiveing a one time $250 payment next month (on top of the regular disability check I get) to help vet’s.
If he thinks this $250 bribe is going to gt me (and many other vets) to change my mind about the way he has treated the military his entire political career (it would not surprise me if it has been his whole life) he is sadly mistaken.
Flag Folding Ceremony
The flag folding ceremony represents the same religious principles on which our country was originally founded. The portion of the flag denoting honor is the canton of blue containing the stars representing the states our veterans served in uniform. The canton field of blue dresses from left to right and is inverted when draped as a pall on a casket of a veteran who has served our country in uniform.
In the Armed Forces of the United States, at the ceremony of retreat the flag is lowered, folded in a triangle fold and kept under watch throughout the night as a tribute to our nation’s honored dead. The next morning it is brought out and, at the ceremony of reveille, run aloft as a symbol of our belief in the resurrection of the body.
(Wait for the Honor Guard or Flag Detail to unravel and fold the flag into a quarter fold–resume reading when Honor Guard is standing ready.)
1. The first fold of our flag is a symbol of life.
2. The second fold is a symbol of our belief in the eternal life.
3. The third fold is made in honor and remembrance of the veteran departing our ranks who gave a portion of life for the defense of our country to attain a peace throughout the world.
4. The fourth fold represents our weaker nature, for as American citizens trusting in God, it is to Him we turn in times of peace as well as in times of war for His divine guidance.
5. The fifth fold is a tribute to our country, for in the words of Stephen Decatur, “Our country, in dealing with other countries, may she always be right; but it is still our country, right or wrong.”
6. The sixth fold is for where our hearts lie. It is with our heart that we pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
7. The seventh fold is a tribute to our Armed Forces, for it is through the Armed Forces that we protect our country and our flag against all her enemies, whether they be found within or without the boundaries of our republic.
8. The eighth fold is a tribute to the one who entered in to the valley of the shadow of death, that we might see the light of day, and to honor mother, for whom it flies on Mother’s Day.
9. The ninth fold is a tribute to womanhood; for it has been through their faith, love, loyalty and devotion that the character of the men and women who have made this country great have been molded.
10. The tenth fold is a tribute to father, for he, too, has given his sons and daughters for the defense of our country since they were first born.
11. The eleventh fold, in the eyes of a Hebrew citizen, represents the lower portion of the seal of King David and King Solomon, and glorifies, in their eyes, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
12. The twelfth fold, in the eyes of a Christian citizen, represents an emblem of eternity and glorifies, in their eyes, God the Father, the Son, and Holy Ghost.
When the flag is completely folded, the stars are uppermost, reminding us of our national motto, “In God we Trust.”
(Wait for the Honor Guard or Flag Detail to inspect the flag–after the inspection, resume reading.)
After the flag is completely folded and tucked in, it takes on the appearance of a cocked hat, ever reminding us of the soldiers who served under General George Washington and the sailors and marines who served under Captain John Paul Jones who were followed by their comrades and shipmates in the Armed Forces of the United States, preserving for us the rights, privileges, and freedoms we enjoy today.
Flag Folding
from The Sons of the American Revolution
A properly proportioned flag will fold 13 times on the triangles, representing the 13 Original Colonies. When finally complete the triangular folded flag is emblematical of the tri-corner hat worn by the Patriots of the American Revolution. When folded no red or white stripe is to be evident leaving only the honor field of blue and stars.
I know Memorial Day is when we honor our fallen who have given their lives in service to our country. I do honor their memory every day because I give thanks every day that I am an American and have the privilege of living in this great country.
But since I don’t know anyone personally who has died while serving our country, I also like to honor our living service members, too, on Memorial Day. They all KNOW someone who gave their lives for our country, and they all have their own personal sorrows as they remember their fallen comrades. My heart aches for them as well as for the families of the fallen.
Every time I see a service person in uniform in public, I go over and thenk them for what they are giving up while serving our country. If their family is with them, I thank the family members for loaning their loved ones to our country while they serve.
I just can not express enough how much I admire and love all of those who keep us free. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Don’t forget that Obama floated the trial ballon about forcing war-wounded veterans pay for care related to their war injuries out of their own insurance…
Will your abstract support for vets translate into concrete support? Where do you stand on health and education benefits? Obama ran on increasing spending on vets. Republicans from McCain and Palin on down ran against it.
That said, it’s good to see conservatives approving of something Obama said. To reciprocate, I’m upset that Obama is reneging on campaign promises regarding detainees.
While I’d like to give Obama credit for at least giving lip service to our veterans this Memorial weekend, I don’t believe he’s being sincere. He and his administration attack veterans when it suits their purpose, and then praise them the next day when they sense a political backlash.
But despite the forced praise, these people can’t hide their true feelings of distain for those who keep us safe. Not only has Janet dissed veterans, but Murtha has tried and convicted soldiers in the field. And Nancy has called the CIA liars, with Democrats in Congress standing firmly behind her. Obama, too, has chastised the CIA, our soldiers, and their former Commander-in-Chief over what he calls a lack of values in the way captured terrorists and other prisoners of war have been treated.
Now comes the media to join in on bashing the people who put their lives on the line to keep us safe. This time it’s the NYPD. Newsweek has a Web Exclusive titled “Why the NYPD heavily publicizes foiled terror plots” by Christopher Dickey. The message is subtle but clear if you read it carefully:
Does distain not seep through the words of this article? There’s really no need to be concerned about “Al Qaeda wannabes in the United States” because they are always too “stupid” and “clumsy” to be real threats. And besides, if it wasn’t for the presence of informants to lead them on and “help them on their way”, there wouldn’t be any terrorist plots in the first place.
So, if the police are doing their job and manage to prevent an attack like the NYC plot, the conspirators must be “clumsy” and “stupid”. But if the plot succeeds, the police will be the ones who are clumsy and stupid. These thankless liberals have created a no-win situation for the people on the front lines. Yet, they still expect them to do their jobs.
Approving??? Damn…you truly do have a reading comprehension problem, don’t you?
“We no longer have to make the false choice between celebrating Memorial Day as a tribute to our troops and as the kickoff to the summer season. Now that I am in office, we can do both. Yes We Can!” – President Barack Obama.
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Yes Obama campaigned on it and as of yet has not floated even an idea about benefits except making wounded vets pay for their own care. Plain and McCain do support vets and ran on helping vets through improving the vocational rehab program and improving helath care. Perhaps if you actually knew a vet or two you would realize that Republicans have been the most suportive of vets (hence one of the reasons that the military backs Conservatives more often than not).
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Yes Obama campaigned on it and as of yet has not floated even an idea about benefits except making wounded vets pay for their own care. Plain and McCain do support vets and ran on helping vets through improving the vocational rehab program and improving helath care. Perhaps if you actually knew a vet or two you would realize that Republicans have been the most suportive of vets (hence one of the reasons that the military backs Conservatives more often than not).
No big deal because we’re out of Money!
http://www.drudgereport.com/flashocs.htm
Apparently, Obama is able to see Ghosts!!
Maybe that is why he is still fighting the War on Terror!!
Our fallen Veterans (Ghosts to him) made him do the right thing for once.
It is sad, how contemptible these Democrats are of America and our history. Sad and Disgusting!!
They call him Flipper, Flipper, faster than lightning,
No-one you see, is smarter than he,
And we know Flipper, lives in a world full of wonder,
Casting asunder, all others but he.
Ever so proper and cordial is he,
Tricks he will know when foreign dignitaries do show,
And how they laugh when he’s bowing low!
They call him Flipper, Flipper, faster than lightning,
There’s no-one you see, more indecisive than he,
And we know Flipper, can’t make his mind up,
Just check the polls, that change it constantly!
Hey lgm, you know what?
Obama thinks you’re a dirty Jew. He wouldn’t even make eye contact with Netanyahu during their chilly meeting.
He plans to betray Israel to the Muslims, and allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons to wipe Israel off the face of the planet.
You voted for him, you loser. And not only have you voted for him because you’re the fool you are, you keep on defending him.
To Obama, you’re nothing but a dirty Jew.
Charles Krauthammer has a great piece in the Washington Post titled “Obama in Bush Clothing“:
If you look at these two statements you will find the answer most on this blog have already discovered. He ran on a lot of platforms- he is delivering on none of them. You are closer to our position than you think- If only you would think.
Hey, Whoa.. All of you!!
Remember, When Obama took power, the whole world started to like the USA again.
We never have to fear another terrorist attack. As a matter of fact, I hear Osama bin Laden is dropping by the White House for tea..
Or, is he dropping by because Ole Blue Lips just realized he can’t print any more money to pay for his creeping Communism but OBL has plenty o’ cash from all of his East Praying supporters?
/sarc off
lgm, don’t try and identify with those of us who actually love the United States. You are a Democrat. You only make statements here to stir the pot and that’s fine – makes for entertaining reading. But don’t try to empathize or even agree obliquely with us. It’s disingenuous at best.
Obama’s version of “Support the Troops” – give them lip service while stabbing them in the back.
ha! prendad thats hilarious.
Here is the theme song. lmao!
Flipper aka Odopey
Thanks to all who have served, and expecially the ones who have given all they had to give. We pray that you have found your lasting peace, and pray for the families you have left behind!
and thanks to MM for printing my e-mail!
It is no surprise that Columbia University would be the host of faculty members who loath the US military. The President of Columbia (Lee Bolinger) only a year ago invited Ahmedinejad to be a guest lecturer at Columbia and then Boelinger gave Ahmedinehad a hero’s welcome. Incredibly the feckless Lee Boelinger bragged that he had removed the Coumbia University crest from the lecturn when Ahemedinejad spoke. Boelinger thought this was a great act of bravery on his own part. Boelinger bragged to the faculty that he had stood up to the right wing. To the outside world, Boelinger bragged about removing the Columbia crest.
I checked and learned that Columbia was the first university to remove ROTC from the campus. That was in 1968.
TOTUS maybe…definitely someone who has not been educated in this country or has ever served one single day in the military….
As the Lone Ranger and Tonto were surronded by Indians, Tonto turned to face the Lone Ranger and said ” Where do you get that “We’ stuff white man?
I seriously don’t think he knows what America is all about.
Must have been a screen writer from Hollyweird. The man doesn’t have a patriotic thought in his head, never has.
What a damn hypocrite! This is the leader of a Progressive movement that:
1. Slandered American troops in wartime on the House and Senate floors
– Sen. Kennedy
– Sen. Durbin
– Rep. Murtha
2. Slandered Gen. Petraeus in a full page ad in the NYT.
3. Long-standing alliance with Ayers who targeted American servicemen with lethal violence.
Not once did he or any other Democrat leader ever denounce these actions. Their collective silence over the past several years speak for their true sentiments.
For the first time in my adult life I am ignoring this Memorial Day. I am not interested with standing with wimps, cowards and the Touchy Feely Crowd.
Obama’s America, his Bill of negative Rights and such do not impress.
I hope you’re right AJ…
Your’re right, who needs the crowds. Get in your car. Go to a cemetary. Find a grave with a flag and no flowers on it. Put a flower on the grave, just a single flower and say, “Thanks, for all you did.”
You will honor one otherwise forgotten veteran. That’s righteous.
Have a Happy Memorial Day.
He is the biggest hypocrite out there. It was HIS supporters, the people who got him elected, that were the ones out there carrying signs that said they support the military when they shoot their officers. It is his supporters that blockaded the Marines in Berkeley. The list of things that the Democrats and Liberals have done against the U.S. Military and those that serve is far too long and far to offensive to list here. For Obama to make a blanket statement like that is just offensive.
Especially considering how he sat in the same church for 20 years and listened as his “Spiritual Adviser” lambasted America and made some of the most heinous, hideous statements around about the U.S. and the U.S. military.
Shame on Obama…but then, he knows none.
It’s Memorial Day, not Veterans’ Day. Why do people confuse these two holidays?
Let me guess…he’s just the feller to show us how it’s done, along with his ilk.
Prominent Democrats
* Rick Noriega, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Texas — joined the U.S. Army in 1979; currently Lt. Colonel in Texas Army National Guard, served in Afghanistan. (1)
* Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) — rifle platoon and company commander with the Fifth Marine Regiment in the An Hoa Basin west of Danang; was awarded the Navy Cross, the Silver Star Medal, two Bronze Star Medals, and two Purple Hearts. (1)
* Representative Tim Walz, D-MN – Twenty-four years of service in the Army National Guard, retiring in 2005.
* Representative Joe Sestak, D-PA – 31 years of service in the Navy, rising to the rank of Vice Admiral.
* Representative Chris Carney, D-PA – Lieutenant Commander in the United States Naval Reserve, Carney served multiple tours overseas and was activated for Operation Enduring Freedom, Noble Eagle, and Southern Watch.
* Representative Patrick Murphy, D-PA – extensive career in the U.S. Army from 1993-2004; earned Bronze Star and Presidential Unit Citation.
* Representative Phil Hare, D-IL – Served in the United States Army Reserve for six years.
* Representative Jack Murtha (D-PA) – distinguished 37-year career in the U.S. Marine Corps, Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts, retired from the Marine Corps Reserve as a colonel in 1990. (1)
* Former House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt – Missouri Air National Guard, 1965-71. (1, 2)
* Representative David Bonior – Staff Sgt., United States Air Force 1968-72 (1, 2)
* Former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle – 1st Lt., U.S. Air Force SAC 1969-72 (1, 2)
* Former Vice President Al Gore – enlisted August 1969; sent to Vietnam January 1971 as an army journalist, assigned to the 20th Engineer Brigade headquartered at Bien Hoa, an airbase twenty miles northeast of Saigon. More facts about Gore’s Service
* Former Senator Bob Kerrey… Democrat… Lt. j.g., U.S. Navy 1966-69; Medal of Honor, Vietnam (1, 2)
* Senator Daniel Inouye, US Army 1943-’47; Medal of Honor, World War Two (1, 2)
* Senator John Kerry, Lt., U.S. Navy 1966-70; Silver Star, Bronze Star with Combat V, and three awards of the Purple Heart for his service in combat (1)
* Representative Charles Rangel, Staff Sgt., U.S. Army 1948-52; Bronze Star, Korea (1, 2)
* Former Senator Max Cleland, Captain, U.S. Army 1965-68; Silver Star & Bronze Star, Vietnam (1, 2)
* Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) – U.S. Army Reserve, 1968-1975.
* Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) – U.S. Army, 1951-1953. (1)
* Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) – Lt., U.S. Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve, 1968-74. (1, 2)
* Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) – U.S. Army Ranger, 1971-1979; Captain, Army Reserve 1979-91 (1)
* Former Senator Fritz Hollings (D-SC) – served as a U.S. Army officer in World War II, receiving the Bronze Star and seven campaign ribbons. (1)
* Representative Leonard Boswell (D-IA) – Lt. Col., U.S. Army 1956-76; two tours in Vietnam, two Distinguished Flying Crosses as a helicopter pilot, two Bronze Stars, and the Soldier’s Medal. (1, 2)
* Former Representative “Pete” Peterson, Air Force Captain, POW, Ambassador to Viet Nam, and recipient of the Purple Heart, the Silver Star and the Legion of Merit. (1, 2)
* Rep. Mike Thompson, D-CA: Staff sergeant/platoon leader with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, U.S. Army; was wounded and received a Purple Heart. (1, 2)
* Bill McBride, Democratic Candidate for Florida Governor – volunteered and served as a U.S. Marine in Vietnam; awarded Bronze Star with a combat “V.” (1)
* Gray Davis, former California Governor, Army Captain in Vietnam; received Bronze Star. (1)
* Pete Stark, D-CA, served in the Air Force 1955-57
* Wesley Clark, Democratic Presidential Candidate – 38-year career of public service in the Army, culminating as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
* Representative Patrick McHenry, R-NC – did not serve. Saw fit to endanger American troops’ lives after a visit to Iraq by violating operational security and helping militias target their mortar attacks on the Green Zone.
* Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY – did not serve (1)
* Senate Assistant Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-MI – avoided the draft, did not serve.
* Senate Republican Conference Chairman Jon Kyl, R-AZ – did not serve.
* Senate Republican Conference Vice Chair John Cornyn, R-TX – did not serve.
* National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair John Ensign, R-NV – did not serve.
* House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-OH – did not serve.
* House Minority Whip Roy Blunt, R-MO – did not serve.
* House Republican Conerence Chair Adam Putnam, R-FL – did not serve.
* House Republican Policy Committee Thaddeus McCotter, R-MI – did not serve.
* National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Tom Cole, R-OK – did not serve.
* Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani – did not serve.
* Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney – did not serve in the military but did serve the Mormon Church on a 30-month mission to France.
* Former Senator Fred Thompson – did not serve.
* Senator John McCain – McCain’s naval honors include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross. Why did the Bush campaign smear him so in 2000? At least Senators Cleland (D-GA), Kerry (D-MA), Kerrey (D-NE), Robb (D-VA) and Hagel (R-NE) defended him.
* Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert – avoided the draft, did not serve.
* Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey – avoided the draft, did not serve.
* Former House Majority Leader Tom Delay – avoided the draft, did not serve (1). “So many minority youths had volunteered … that there was literally no room for patriotic folks like himself.”
* Former House Majority Whip Roy Blunt – did not serve
* Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist – did not serve. (An impressive medical resume, but not such a friend to cats in Boston.)
* Rick Santorum, R-PA, formerly third ranking Republican in the Senate – did not serve. (1)
* George Felix Allen, former Republican Senator from Virginia – a supporter of Nixon and the Vietnam war, did not serve. (1)
* Former Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld – served in the U.S. Navy (1954-57) as an aviator and flight instructor. (1) Served as President Reagan’s Special Envoy to the Middle East and met with Saddam Hussein twice in 1983 and 1984.
* GW Bush – decided that a six-year Nat’l Guard commitment really means four years. Still says that he’s “been to war.” Huh?
* VP Cheney – several deferments (1, 2), the last by marriage (in his own words, “had other priorities than military service”) (1)
* Former Att’y Gen. John Ashcroft – did not serve (1, 2); received seven deferment to teach business ed at SW Missouri State
* Jeb Bush, Florida Governor – did not serve. (1)
The wealthy have never yet sacrificed themselves upon the altar of patriotism. Graphic courtesy Bartcop.com. Thanks, Bartcop!
* Karl Rove – avoided the draft, did not serve (1), too busy being a Republican.
* Former Speaker Newt Gingrich – avoided the draft, did not serve (1, 2)
* Former President Ronald Reagan – due to poor eyesight, served in a noncombat role making movies for the Army in southern California during WWII. He later seems to have confused his role as an actor playing a tail gunner with the real thing.
* “B-1″ Bob Dornan – avoided Korean War combat duty by enrolling in college acting classes (Orange County Weekly article). Enlisted only after the fighting was over in Korea.
* Phil Gramm – avoided the draft, did not serve, four (?) student deferments
* Congressman Ron Paul – active duty flight surgeon from 1963-65; Air National Guard from 1965-68. (link)
* Former Senator Bob Dole – an honorable man. http://www.bobdole.org/bio/wwII.php
* Chuck Hagel – two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star, Vietnam. http://www.senate.gov/~hagel/Information/bio.htm
* Duke Cunningham – nominated for the Medal of Honor, received the Navy Cross, two Silver Stars, fifteen Air Medals, the Purple Heart, and several other decorations Recently entered plea bargain on felony charges of bribery, etc. etc.
* Senator Jeff Sessions U.S. Army Reserves, 1973-1986
* Colin Powell. What are we to make of Powell? On the one hand, a long career as a military manager. On the other hand, accused of covering up the My Lai massacre. Back on that first hand, one of the seemingly sane voices in this administration when it comes to Iraq (or at least he used to be). On the other hand, a clear hypocrite (”I am angry that so many of the sons of the powerful and well-placed… managed to wangle slots in Reserve and National Guard units…”)
* Representative Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), served in USMC in Vietnam; wounded in action.
That clears it up.
Yeah, he had some other gig at the same time and couldn’t be bothered.
Typical. Clueless. Liberal.
Awe look…someone can cut and paste.
now, can we look at the REAL things that we are talking about?
Hmmm?
yes, we have all seen that tired old garbage that got drug out over and over again back in 2002.
But the real thing would be the thousands upon thousands of Liberals and Democrats who took to the streets with their anti-military messages for everyone to see.
What? You suddenly don’t remember?
Well here are a few just to jog your memory. Then I want you to find the ones of Conservatives and Republicans saying similar things.
And by the way…you do not need to serve in order to support the military and the men and women who did. The list you cut and pasted has absolutely NOTHING to do with anything. Except for a brief moment, it made you feel all warm and fuzzy, and it tried to make it seem like you were saying it is OK for the vast majority of Liberals to spit on the military merely because some that served are now in the Congress with a (D) after their name. Actually, all that does is demonstrate further the claim of hypocrite towards the Libs.
Thanks for playing.
That’s the point. Thanks for playing.
I know what you mean.
Don’t worry. They will be released soon to be back on the battlefield killing soldiers.
How much have you given, monetarily and directly, to support our Veterans? I’ll guess, ZERO.
For Veterans? I’d like to appropriate ALL the money currently spent paying for the health and education benefits going to illegal immigrant families. That money would provide benefits for our Veterans and their families and honor their service and sacrifice to our country. God knows they deserve it. I’m sure you’re all for it, too, as long as “the rich” pay for it, huh?
The man is a narcissistic liar who said many things simply to gain votes. He has no intention of increasing Veteran spending, and you know it. The Democrat Party has had ample time to address, and correct the VA deficiencies (among a vast array of other things), and have done little. This is NOT an Obama priority. Like the Clinton’s, he loathes the military, and his history with them proves it. You should know, being a idealistic progressive, that talk is cheap.
Why is it that spineless liberals are so helplessly compelled to inject provable lies into a discussion? Your assertion is laughable. A crippled Veteran, former POW…an American hero…is against increasing funding for Veteran benefits? A sitting governor…the CIC of her state’s National Guard, and mother of a soldier, is against increasing Veteran benefits? YOU ARE A MORON.
Obama, the current Commander-in-Chief, believes we are an Arrogant Nation! (I’m sure lgm agrees with him.) Since neither seem to be great fans of military history, here’s a small reminder that might help explain that asinine assertion.
In alphabetical order…and just Europe .
1. The American Cemetery at Aisne-Marne , France . A total of 2289 of our military dead.
2. The American Cemetery at Ardennes , Belgium . A total of 5329 of our dead.
3. The American Cemetery at Brittany, France . A total of 4410 of our military dead.
4. Brookwood , England American Cemetery. A total of 468 of our dead.
5. Cambridge , England . 3812 of our military dead.
6. Epinal, France American Cemetery. A total of 5525 of our Military dead.
7. Flanders Field , Belgium . A total of 368 of our military.
8. Florence, Italy . A total of 4402 of our military dead.
9. Henri-Chapelle , Belgium . A total of 7992 of our military dead.
10. Lorraine , France . A total of 10,489 of our military dead.
11. Luxembourg , Luxembourg . A total of 5076 of our military dead.
12. Meuse-Argonne. A total of 14246 of our military dead.
13. Netherlands , Netherlands . A total of 8301 of our military dead.
14. Normandy , France . A total of 9387 of our military dead.
15. Oise-Aisne , France . A total of 6012 of our military dead.
16. Rhone , France . A total of 861 of our military dead.
17. Sicily , Italy . A total of 7861 of our military dead.
18. Somme , France . A total of 1844 of our military dead.
19. St. Mihiel , France . A total of 4153 of our military dead.
20. uresnes, France . a total of 1541 of our military dead.
Our servicemen and women, throughout the history of this great nation have fought and died for our freedom…and for many ungratefully free European statists.
Ya Think?
Everyone I know, does.
ret fireman #70, spot on.
Obama is a dolt. Truly, the dumbest human being that has ever served in such a capacity. It is always painful when you meet a person so stupid that they no naught.
The wounded did not get the respect they deserved in Germany, basketball practice won out if I remember right while you were staring in the “Citizen of the World tour”.
And what about that first-ever skipped Medal of Honor reception at inauguration time?
“Words…. just words,… just speeches!”
Sorry Mr. President—I believe none of them when it comes to you honoring our vets and fallen!
America’s Memorials
You just gotta love the convinient supporters of the military on the Left, don’t you? That list really gets me po’ed. It is meant as a way to embarrass Conservatives by trying to say that “Look, all the Democrats are the ones who served, thus the Democrats are the real supporters of the military”.
But, like everything Liberals do, it is all fluff. There is nothing behind it. So their false god gets on the telepromter and reads someone’s words…not his…and makes the claim that the military has been crapped on for decades now by this horrible nation of ours. Forget that what he did was yet another example of showing disdain for America, he makes this statement as if he and the Democrats are free of guilt.
When you look at the track record between Conservatives and Liberals, Republicans and Democrats, who is it that has a VAST history of support of the military and the men and women that serve(d)? Please, I want you to show me the evidence of Conservatives and/or Republicans demonstrating AGAINST the military, what the military is doing/has done. Where is the proof that the Right has said or done ANYTHING anti-military?
The list of members on the Left who have served only makes the point that Liberals and Democrats are the most heinous of hypocrites. Here you are trying to insinuate that they are the only ones who serve, but at the same time they spit on their fellow members of the military CONSTANTLY be it in legislature or in agreement and jpoining in with those that protest against them, like Code Pink, ANSWER, and all the rest of the seditious, traitorous slugs who selfishly live in this country and crap all over those who give them their freedoms.
Obama is worse than the Clintons when it comes to the military and the support therein. Whereas Hillary had open disdain for those serving, Obama conceals his hatred and, like the way he was raised in the ideals of his father, deals with them by smiling to their faces, while stabbing them in the back.
So don’t even attempt to preach to us about supporting the military and those who serve. Don’t sit there, with your, “Oh, but will you support such and such” when there is NOTHING in the past that would ever demonstrate anything BUT our support of any and all programs to better the lives of those currently serving, have served, and their families. Our concienses are clean. How many, “Support the Troops, End American Imperialism” stickers have YOU owned?
Actually, I believe it was a shopping trip.
Columbia U was the 1st U to kick out ROTC?
No wonder duh1 chose to attend there!
Well put Right_On,
I drive by the remains of Nazi bunkers on my way to work. Those 8000+ dead Americans in the Netherlands lay about 30 miles from my house. I cross the rivers they did during Market Garden on a weekly basis. What those Men did just in getting across was a miracle. There is no such thing as “cover” in Holland. It is flat as a pancake and no trees to speak of. You can’t dig in because we are below sea level so the sandy ground fills in with water every time you hit it with a shovel. What American Soldiers did here and everywhere else around the world they have been called to action is incredible.
I would like to think that Liberals might someday understand the sacrifice people make when they serve our country. I would be fooling myself and I know it. I just wish there was a way to make them understand.
It isn’t just that Blue Lips represents the Berkeley/Columbia/Soros/Commie mindset. He ran his campaign using their money. They own him. If he ever tried to deviate from their wishes, they would simply cut off the cash and he withers on the vine.
#72 silkyinfamous,
Hmmmmm, according to Janet Napolobingobongo they would be on the Home Grown Terror watch list.
I wonder if putting an American flag outside my house, this Memorial Weekend, classifys me as a “right wing extremist”? I may already be on the “neighborhood watch” list. Maybe I’ll put out the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag too, and really rile up the city council.
Hey Gray might as well fly this Flag.
I just raised mine a few minutes ago…
love this Country,
Odopey, not so much.
lol, mine meaning the U.S. Flag.
Also…who is the first people group to get dissed every election by not getting all of their votes counted by making excuses and setting unreasonable timelines and absentee voting rules that are very difficult to comply with?