TURNING OFF THE RINGER
Re: John R. Guardiano’s
Free General McChrystal:
Well, I think General McChrystal is doing what he has to do to
keep our boys alive in Afghanistan. We are witnessing what
MacArthur and President Truman went through during the highpoint
of the Korean conflict. General MacArthur was replaced by General
Ridgeway and the war was called a draw.
Truman like Barack Obama let Americans die on the battlefield
because he was afraid of political infighting in his party and
political base.
Truman let over 90,000 Chinese regular. Army troops come over the
border into North Korea and overrun our troops because he
wouldn’t let the general at the time, bomb military installations
in china which were being used in killing our Marines and Army
troops. Truman was afraid of the Chinese and backed down —
costing lives.
Yes MacArthur wanted to drop nukes because that was our force
multiplier being we were out numbered 3-1 against Chinese and
north Korean forces.
Truman’s policies left us in a stalemate for past 50 years. Just
look at North Korea now: a radical, unstable government with
nuclear weapons.
Now let’s fast-forward to the present. Obama replaced the
American General in charge of forces with McChrystal, and
McChrystal is asking for more troops to defeat the enemy and he
has been asking for the past 2 1/2 months and Obama just said we
have to strategize while our boys bleed, get overrun and die by
the enemy. This is happening because we have a president who is
incapable of sophisticated thinking and decisive decision-making.
So when is Obama going to start blaming President G.W. Bush for
his failed policy?
Godspeed on General McChrystal in trying to save the lives of our
Marines and Army grunts fighting to keep us safe at night by
getting more troops. When the public calls 911 and the police
pickup the phone do they tell the public sorry can’t help you we
are short? No they respond. Well our boys are calling for help
and the president has turned off the ringer.
— F.J. Trabakino
President Obama’s flagrant disloyalty to General McChrystal is
simply astonishing and it is a very poor indicator of the
character of Obama as a man and as a President. Obama came into
office insisting that the war in Afghanistan was important and
had to be won and General McChrystal was appointed to do that. As
with other things, within weeks Obama has changed his mind and
now the general is being slandered for trying to carry out his
mission and do his job of winning the war. The message to anybody
with an IQ of more than 50 is simple — don’t trust anything
Obama says, he is a coward and a liar who will lead you up the
creek, leave you there and say it was all your fault. Eight
months into his already lamentable Presidency and he has shafted
Poland, the Czech Republic, Israel and now General McChrystal,
and the war in Afghanistan as well. And for what? What pay-off
has been achieved? The answer is none. It won’t be long before
America runs out of friends and allies if this nonsense
continues. America’s enemies can hardly believe their luck.
Obama is a creep, he was no guts and no judgment, he is already
surrounded by toadies who will never tell him the truth and now
every officer and man in the military and every friend of America
knows that they are expendable, they will be thrown under the
nearest bus to save the skin of this mendacious poltroon. The
result will be that everyone will make sure their backside is
covered when this guy is in town. How can a disaster be avoided
when this is going on? I suspect that before the next election
comes around we will all know that it can’t and it wasn’t.
— Christopher Holland
Canberra, Australia
HEROES AND ZEROS
Give me a general
with stars on his shoulder,
And I’ll show you a leader who’s braver and bolder
Than most any politician you can name.
He knows war is not a gotcha game.
Playing with the lives of our military heroes
Is fun only for our congressional zeros.
White House wannabes flip and flop
Pretending comprehension they haven’t got.
The worthies surrounding our Commander in Chief
Consistently astound us with their belief
That the men and women in full battle dress
Are pawns in their endless machinations of chess.
True patriots, whose understanding’s on track:
It’s time to take America back!
— Mimi Evans Winship
POPPYCOCK
Re: Bill Barnwell’s
Is Your Bible Too Liberal?:
What a bunch of poppycock. What gives anyone the right to
“reinterpret” God’s Holy Word to suit a particular political
agenda? (example: The Jesus Seminar, which has the audacity to
definitively say that in their opinion and by the vote of their
colored beads, whether Jesus actually said or did not say certain
things — that is positively breathtaking in its arrogance) One
treads upon dangerous territory when one tries to tilt the gospel
toward anything but the truth inspired by God Himself. Bible
translators have for generations attempted to translate or
paraphrase Scripture with the best scholarship and resources
available. Certainly there are Bibles that show a bent to one
direction or the other, and what is more dangerous to me, are the
current efforts to use politically correct and/or inclusive
language so as to avoid “offending” anybody’s sensibilities. Good
grief! If you are offended by the Truth and don’t know any of the
history of Scripture and its writing, then you will fall into the
trap of thinking as the short-sighted ones who are trying to sell
Bibles and not really concerned with the integrity of God’s Word.
Nobody is more conservative than I on matters theological and
political, but this goes too far. No conservative in his right
mind and no liberal who is honest would endorse such drivel as
this. These people have too much time on their hands.
— Richard B. Miller
Harrisonburg, Virginia
I read the translators manifesto. Of course, it seemed appealing.
Then I went to part of the Scripture being translated. I started
with Matthew — I got as far as Mary becoming pregnant by the
“Divine Guide.” Divine Guide replacing the King James Version
“Holy Ghost.” Why they chose “Divine Guide” instead of “Holy
Spirit” is beyond me. Sorry for them, to my ears “Divine Guide”
sounds awfully liberal! In fact it sounds “New Age.” I am afraid
I might laugh at the rest of it like I do the “Living Bible.” I
think I will stick to the Geneva, KJV, RSV, NIV, or NASB. I
sympathize with what they are trying to do, but after your
article and my brief encounter I am suspicious of the
outcome.
— David Bartlett
NOT NEARLY AS TOUGH
Re: Quin Hillyer’s
Pentagon in the Tanker:
Some of the article by Quin Hillyer baffled me. It read like a
press release from Air Bus and seemed out of touch with what has
gone on in American defense.
First, I do know split contract production. Nobody who knows the
first thing about the split of Submarine production between
Electric Boat Corp and Northrop for the Seawolf and Virginia
class would stand for doing it with something as dynamic as an
Airplane contract. Second the description of the Northrop plane
that they won the bid contract is mystifying: “…more
versatile…?” “not nearly as tough” would be my description.
There certainly will be politics involve but there always will be
in a Government bought item.
— Gregory Franke
THE MINIMUM
Re: Wayne Crews’ and Ryan Young’s Price
Fixing:
I am very curious to know if the writers were referring to
Minimum Advertised Pricing agreements in their references to
“Minimum Pricing.” Minimum Pricing and Minimum Advertised Pricing
(MAP) are two very different things. Since many readers have
probably encountered MAP during online shopping, this should be
clarified.
— Dan B. Yntema, Jr.
UN-PATRIOTISM
Re: Lisa Fabrizio’s O-lympics:
How about “Oh-limpics”?
By the way, whatever the apologizer-in-chief has been doing, it’s
not lecturing about patriotism. It continues to be in-our-faces,
here and abroad, a display of un-patriotism.
The White House occupant has no idea of what patriotism means,
unless he thinks it’s complete deconstruction of America, or
fiscal collapse and movement into second- or- third-world
status.
— C. Kenna Amos Jr.
JOINED AT THE HIP
Re: Matthew Vadum’s SEIU
Divorces ACORN?:
Well, not likely. This so-called “divorce” is more like those
cases where a couple divorces, but continues to live together in
order that both parties receive their Social Security, Medicare,
whatever, while had they remained married, their benefits would
have been slashed.
Divorce my Aunt Fanny. These two criminal operations are joined
at the hip, which sort of indicates some sort of incestuous
relationship going on. Which only makes sense, considering one of
the founding members, Wade Rathke (the equally grotesque twin of
Dale Rathke, who embezzled ACORN money), went on to found SEIU.
No, the footsy-playing between these dirtbag organizations will
continue out of our sight. These cockroaches will continue their
activities in the dark, as usual.
— Jim Bjaloncik
Stow, Ohio
SEIU divorces ACORN? Sure. And Barack Hussein Obama really does
love America and will protect and preserve the
Constitution.
— C. Kenna Amos Jr.
EXCELLENT PIECE
Re: W. James Antle III.’s
Kerry’d Away on Cap and Trade:
Excellent piece on the Cap and Trade plan from Kerry-Boxer. Do
you know the estimated time frame of when this is expected to be
voted on in the Senate?
— Brett
