Obama flubs Medal of Honor...again

I'm starting to think he really hates this Medal. From Blackfive:

I had the great honor of seeing some of you because a comrade of yours, Jared Monti, was the first person who I was able to award the Medal of Honor to who actually came back and wasn’t receiving it posthumously." 

As we all know, SSG Sal Giunta, of the 173rd Airborne, was the first living recipient (2011) of the MOH who fought in Iraq/Afganistan. SFC Jared Monti, 10th Mountain Division, was KIA in Afghanistan in 2006. He was posthumously awarded the MOH by Obama in 2009.

So he mistakenly said that someone didn't win posthumously, when he actually did. What an insult. And to add to that insult, he, Obama, was the one who awarded the living recipient, so how could he mis-remember that??

If this sounds familiar, you may remember that Obama made a similar mistake on the day of the Ft. Hood shooting. During his live press conference, he gave a "shout out" to Jim Crow and said that he won the Medal of Honor. But Crow hadn't won it since it's only awarded to combat veterans. Crow won the Medal of Freedom which is given to civilians.

I believe Obama hates the military and does everything he can to undermine its traditions, history and honor by insulting MOH recipients. What a horrible president.

OBL's death brings questions on birth certificate release (for me)

Osama bin Laden's death is a relief to us all and an amazing accomplishment for our troops. The 10-year hunt is finally over. However, Obama's actions before and after this event have left many confused and feeling odd rather than happy. There was the Donald Trump show which seemed, to me, to unravel to a perfect end of Obama releasing his long form birth certificate. Very weird occurance for someone who has done everything imaginable to keep it hidden. Then a week later, Obama makes an announcement that OBL is dead and we killed him. I'm wondering why he even bothered with the birth certificate now. Was it because he thought people wouldn't trust him on the OBL death announcement? Did he know that he wasn't going to show the death photo, and then think that people would label him as hiding everything - the BC and now the death photo?
Not to get all conspiracy-theory on you, but Trump's call to release the BC came out of nowhere. And because of the insurmounting pressure of Trump's demand, Obama was forced to release the BC. See? He couldn't just produce the BC easily after two three years of hiding it. In literary terms, he needed an agent or external force to push him into this action. If you remember, for weeks before Trump made his demand, the corrupt media kept asking Republicans if they thought Obama was born here. Off the top of my head I know Palin, Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty were asked repeatedly in recent interviews and they ALL refused to take the bait. They ALL said it was a distraction from the real issues. Then Trump comes in coincidentally, poses as a Republican and demands it. Then Obama releases it.

And now Obama is refusing to release OBL's death photo. Obama's actions cause so much chaos and confusion. This is a moment where everyone could unite and be happy together. But Obama's weird actions, from not releasing the photo to treating the corpse with honor and according to Muslim tradition, have left most of us feeling empty, confused and second-guessing ourselves.

I've moved on and don't really care one way or another. It was just a thought in my head. But I do think it's very strange how this all happened given that Obama knew where OBL was for months. I'm just glad OBL is dead. It truly is a time to celebrate.

I'm sure he *thought* he'd be a hero, but instead he's going to prison

During the 2008 campaign there were a few people so crazy that they voluntarily fell on the sword for Obama, probably thinking that they would be national heroes or rewarded with a seat in his administration. For instance there was "Troopergate" and the myriad of baseless ethics complaints, and not to mention David Kernell, the son of a (Democrat) congressman, who hacked Palin's email account thinking that he would set the world on fire with its "scandalous contents." He thought he was going to win the Congressional Medal of Honor and be BFF with Obama.

Instead, the 22-year-old was found guilty of using criminal means to interfere with a federal election, convicted of a felony and will probably get some time in prison. Was it worth it?

Palin E-Mail Snoop Found Guilty on Two Charges

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Obstruction of justice and computer fraud convictions could carry hefty jail time.
Paul Mcnamara
May 3, 2010 3:33 am

A federal jury in Knoxville last week convicted David Kernell, 22, of two charges in connection with the 2008 episode where he accessed the personal Yahoo e-mail account of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and then initiated a worldwide rummaging of its contents.

Kernell was found guilty of computer fraud - a misdemeanor subject to a prison term of up to one year -- and obstruction of justice, which carries a maximum 20-year sentence. He was found not guilty of wire fraud and the jury deadlocked on a fourth charge of identity theft, according to a report by WBIR.com.

Obama to Palin: Sit down and shut up

Recently Palin appeared on Sean Hannity's show criticizing Obama's nuclear "strategy." The "strategy" being the controversial practice of telling the world that we won't use nuclear weapons on countries that sign a worthless piece of paper, or on countries who don't have that technology. Palin compared it to kids playing in a schoolyard and telling a bully that if he punches you in the face you won't punch him back.

The problem with the strategy, as Palin notes, is the fact that you're telling your enemies what you're going to do in response to being attacked. This makes us less safe and doesn't protect us. We have to keep our enemies guessing. We may or may not use certain technologies, and we may or may not use them to a certain degree - but we have the option to do whatever we choose. Telling our enemies (and we do have enemies) exactly how we will respond to a direct threat from them is very troubling.

Obama was on Good Morning America this morning interviewed by George Stephanopoulos and Stephanopoulos asked Obama about Palin's criticism. Guess what Obama's response was? A very arrogant, dripping with smugness: "Last I checked, Sarah Palin's not much of an expert on nuclear issues." Interesting response, Obama. I guess he thinks Americans are so stupid that we wouldn't notice that he didn't answer the question. He also brings attention to his own lack of experience in nuclear issues. Tell me your experience Mr. President, please. That should have been Stephanopoulos' next question. Sarah Palin's experience is not the issue. The issue is his dangerous and stupid nuclear strategy that leaves the US and our allies less safe. The issue is bullying our ally Israel into signing a worthless document that will make them less safe in the face of serious legitimate threats. If you take away Palin and listen to her argument on its own, it's a serious counter-point to Obama's strategy and it deserves a response. Obama is telling Americans: "Palin doesn't deserve a response. People who don't have nuclear experience don't deserve a response. People who hold Palin's same views on the subject don't deserve a response." I'm glad this is what my President thinks of Americans.

For the record, Palin does have nuclear experience, way more than Obama did when he was elected President. Palin was Governor of Alaska and there is a nuclear defense facility there. Also she was in charge of the Alaska National Guard - so Obama was wrong.

Here is the Smugness-in-Chief, if you have the stomach:

Palin on a roll with two FB entries today

In the first note she stresses our need to win in Afghanistan, and in the latest note she discusses our need for energy independence. While the administration is taking its eye off the ball with healthcare and the Olympics, Palin brings our focus back to issues that are really pressing right now.

She also calls out Obama for campaigning on Afghanistan as a candidate and now seemingly abandoning it after He Won. I was wondering if anyone voted for him because they agreed with his views on Afghanistan. I bet those people are crushed right now. It also seems like the Left is having a hard time admitting he is a fraud and slimey just like every other corrupt politician out there. He's no different. Just say anything to get elected.

Here are excerpts from her two notes:

Further Proof of the Need for Energy Independence
Today at 7:39pm
The British newspaper The Independent reported today that Gulf oil producers were negotiating with Russia, China, Japan and France to replace the dollar in pricing oil with a basket of currencies.[1] According to the Wall Street Journal, Arab oil officials have denied the story, but even the possibility of such a talk weakens the dollar and renews fears about its continued viability as an international reserve currency.[2] In fact, today a United Nations official called for a new global reserve currency to replace the dollar and end our “privilege” to run up huge deficits.[3] We can see the effect of this in the price of gold, which hit a record high today in response to fears about the weakened dollar.[4]



We Must Win in Afghanistan
Today at 4:57pm
For two years as a candidate, Senator Obama called for more resources for the war in Afghanistan and warned about the consequences of failure. As President, he announced a comprehensive new counterinsurgency strategy and handpicked the right general to execute it. Now General McChrystal is asking for additional troops to implement the strategy announced by President Obama in March. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, sisters and brothers in harm's way in Afghanistan right now. We owe it to all those brave Americans serving in uniform to give them the tools they need to complete their mission.

What we know and what we can expect

I don't know if anything will come of Big Government's report that the White House was caught using the NEA for political ads for the Obama campaign. But for us Palin supporters what we know for sure is that Obama was caught creating Palin smear ads. He was caught making smear ads: (1) using a big PR firm; (2) the smear ads were made to look like they came from "grass roots;" and (3) it costs thousands of dollars, possibly tens of thousands to do it.

What we can learn from this is - Obama is a professional candidate. He will stoop to no low in getting elected. He's been deep in the trenches of ACORN for over a decade. He did the same thing to his opponents in Illinios in order get elected as a Senator.

Obama has deep pockets, friends in high places and a corrupt media that supports him. We have to expect more of these types of smear jobs if Palin continues to stay in the public eye or if she decides to run for any kind of public office. He works very hard to make sure nothing is traced back to him. This is only one tiny shred of evidence but it's something we can learn from.

Developing story: Palin smear ads could be traced to Obama

Ace of Spades is again on the trail following the latest Breitbart uncovering of the culture of corruption in Washington.

Unfortunately I'm at work, and they block certain websites so I cannot see what happened with the NEA Conference Call. I believe what's going on is that certain people in very close proximity to the president could be caught spending federal money (through the NEA) on political ads for Obama. At least that's what I can gather. I'm not able to visit those sites to make sure and Ace is the only one I can see right now.

This is what Ace says:

September 21, 2009
HmmMMMM!: Winner & Associates Was on NEA Conference Call
A bit of backstory.

Before the election, My Pet Jawa found that very-professional style supposedly "grassroots" nasty hit job videos on Sarah Palin were being posted on YouTube.

He discovered that these were created by a Democrat-connected California ad agency named Winner & Associates.

The suspicion was that the ads had been created, covertly, with Axelrod's connivance, to create a fake "grassroots viral video" that couldn't be traced to Obama.

But it couldn't be proven. In the end it was smoke but no fire. A lot of smoke, and yet no smoking gun.

Ethan Winner confessed to making the video, but claimed he hadn't had contact with David Axelrod for ten years, it was all just something he felt like spending thousands of dollars on himself. As a goof.

Well.

Okay.

What was a rep for Winner & Associates doing on that conference call?

You know, the one where White House official Buffy Wicks thanked everyone for helping them win the campaign?

I don't know about this yet -- I really do not know if I can say this significantly advances the case. Need to mull it.

But it sure seems... coincidental.

Please go to Ace to read all about this angle and the rest of the story.

With resignation, Palin gets to keep her accomplishments intact

In March, I wrote here and here about Obama's sudden interest in AGIA. There was talk that he was trying to funnel federal money into it, turning it into a "federal works project." My fear at the time was that he was going to swoop in and pretend that Palin wasn't running it successfully, take it over as one of his federal energy projects, and then take credit for its success (because Palin already did everything right and all the hard work in the first place). He could say that Palin needed help in getting it done and use that in his campaign if she ran against him in 2012. But she didn't need any federal input or money to get it done, thankyouverymuch. She started working on it the first day in office and everything was complete by the time she left.

So an added bonus of her resignation at this time is that the pipeline is up and running, the contracts and players are in place, the financials are all worked out, everything is done and now it just has to run its course. Obama can't say anything about having a hand in this. This is all Palin's accomplishment and will forever be. When she sets out to do something, it gets done. Unlike the President who voted "present" whose ideas turn out to be monumental failures - Palin will always have this as her crowning success, and she got it done in less than one term.