Wednesday, September 17, 2008


UNCLE SAM'S MISGUIDED CHILDREN

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EVEN IN DEATH, A JARHEAD CAN'T HARDLY CATCH A BREAK

HAWAII HERO MARINE DENIED HIGHEST HONOR


Dubya Grabs Foto Op, Dumps "Wetback's" Body On Mom's Lawn

United States Marine Corps Sergeant Rafael Peralta, 25, of San Diego, California, with the Third Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Kaneohe, Hawaii, was denied the nation's highest honor today by George Dubya Bush, deserter, traitor and coward, and his minions in the Satanic Pentagon.

Mr. Peralta died in Falluja, Iraq, in 2004 after taking multiple gunshot wounds to the face and body, and then throwing himself on an enemy hand grenade to save his fellow Marines. He was successful in his last mission. By taking the initiative and sacrificing himself, he saved the lives of five other men. To those men, and their fellow Marines, and all their families, Sergeant of Marines Peralta will always be a hero, no matter what the Crotch says.
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The Commanding General of the First Marine Division took the initiative, also. Rather than simply honor the sergeant, General Natonski had the bullets dug out of Peralta's body and forensically identified. Since some evidently came from "friendly fire" by other U.S. troops, Sergeant Peralta's sacrifice was downgraded by the top brass, Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

This may have had something to do with the fact that Peralta was, in effect, from the Halls of Montezuma. Peralta was born in Mexico, and moved to San Diego with his family as a child, without proper documentation. He was dark-skinned and had Indian features, and probably spoke English with an accent. He did not become a citizen until after enlisting in the Corps, and his mother and sister only followed his example much later. His mother still does not speak English. Not exactly a Republican poster boy. In any case, he didn't get the Medal of Honor.

Peralta's Mother was shocked and hurt by the deliberate humiliation of her dead son. After all, Dubya himself had called her to try to clinch a few Hispanic votes in the next election. But, since most Latino's, like most everyone in America, are trending Democratic, the "President" dropped the pretense, and spit in Mrs. Perata's grieving face instead. Rush Limbaugh would be proud.

What difference it makes that a man who covered a live grenade with his own body was first hit by accidental fire from his own side, only Satan knows. God Himself is flummoxed on this one. Speaking as a former gyrene myself, all I can say is "F*CK THE SUCK!!!"

Semper Fi, Peralta. Guard those streets of Heaven well, Marine.


MARINE CORPS TIMES
"Peralta to be given Navy Cross posthumously"

' Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter will award the Navy Cross medal — the nation’s second-highest combat award for valor in combat — to Sgt. Rafael Peralta, who pulled an enemy grenade to his body before it exploded, the Marine Corps announced Wednesday. Peralta, 25, died Nov. 15, 2004, while he and members of Alpha Company of 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, were in the second week of fighting in the Battle of Fallujah when he barged into a house with a rifle squad. They immediately came under fire from insurgents inside the house. “Peralta was caught in a deadly crossfire between insurgents and his Marines, leaving him mortally wounded,” officials said in an announcement released by I Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton. “After the initial exchange of gunfire, the insurgents broke contact, throwing a fragmentation grenade as they fled the building.” The grenade stopped near Peralta’s head, they said, and “without hesitation and with complete disregard for his own safety, Peralta reached out and pulled the grenade to his body, absorbing the brunt of the blast and shielding fellow Marines only feet away. Peralta succumbed to his wounds.” '

YAHOO NEWS
"Marine praised by Bush won't get Medal of Honor "
' The family of Sgt. Rafael Peralta, who was posthumously nominated for the nation's highest military honor, told the North County Times of Escondido, Calif., they were disappointed he was not receiving the Medal of Honor. "I don't understand why if the president has been talking about him," his mother, Rosa Peralta, told the newspaper, which was the first to report the bestowing of the Navy Cross. Rosa Peralta said she was informed during a meeting with Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Natonski that a committee could not agree on awarding the Medal of Honor to her son, who Marine Corps officials say was first wounded by friendly fire. She said the general mentioned the friendly fire aspect as part of her son's death during the discussion. '

USA TODAY
"Some upset Marine sergeant won't receive Medal of Honor"
' A rare decision by Defense Secretary Robert Gates to reject a Marine Corps recommendation that one of its heroes receive the Medal of Honor has angered Marines who say Sgt. Rafael Peralta sacrificed his life to save theirs. Peralta's family was notified of the decision Wednesday by Lt. Gen. Richard Natonski, a top Marine Corps commander. Col. David Lapan, a Marine spokesman, said he was unaware of any recent award nomination that was denied in this way. '

HONOLULU ADVERTISER
"Hawaii-based Marine who died in Iraq won't get Medal of Honor"
' On Memorial Day 2005, President Bush singled out Peralta for his valor, saying he "understood that America faces dangerous enemies, and he knew the sacrifices required to defeat them." Rosa Peralta previously said an undersecretary of the Navy had told her the Medal of Honor had been approved and needed the president's signature. "I don't want that medal," Rosa Peralta said yesterday, referring to the Navy Cross. "I won't accept it. It doesn't seem fair to me." The decision is "almost like somebody called me a liar," said Marine Sgt. Nicholas Jones, 25, who was with Peralta on the day of the firefight. Jones, a recruiter, said Peralta's actions have become part of Marine Corps lore, as drill sergeants and officer-candidate instructors repeat it to new Marines. "His name is definitely synonymous with valor," said Jones, who was wounded by shrapnel from the grenade blast. "My honest opinion (of the medal decision)? It's BS," said Robert Reynolds, a corrections officer and former Marine who credits Peralta with saving his life that day in Fallujah. "I was in that house. I was next to Sgt. Peralta," Reynolds, 31, said. "I saw him with my own eyes reach out and pull that damn grenade in." Peralta did exactly what other Marines did who have been awarded the Medal of Honor, Reynolds said. "You know honestly how I think it is (that he didn't receive the Medal of Honor)?" Reynolds asked. "I think it's because he's an immigrant. I think it's because he's from Mexico." Reynolds said the Corps never once called him to talk about his eyewitness account. "Last year, I got a call from Headquarters Marine Corps," Sabga said. "They were asking me, 'What's the immigration status of Mrs. Peralta and the rest of her family?' I thought it was kind of weird. Why would they be inquiring about that?" '

SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
"Feinstein, Boxer sign letter backing Peralta for Medal of Honor "
' “Eyewitness accounts verify that he knowingly picked up the grenade and absorbed the full impact with his body,” the members of Congress wrote in their letter, which is being delivered to the White House on Friday. “Clearly, Sergeant Peralta, as confirmed by the award citation, made a deliberated decision to absorb the grenade blast in order to protect the lives of Marines fighting directly by his side,” the letter said. The letters signers include Reps. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine; Susan Davis, D-San Diego; Bob Filner, D-San Diego; Brian Bilbray, R-Carlsbad; Darrell Issa, R-Vista; and Joe Baca, D-San Bernardino. '

UNITED STATES MARINE BAND
"The Marines' Hymn"
' From the Halls of Montezuma
To the shores of Tripoli
We fight our country's battles
In the air, on land, and sea;
First to fight for right and freedom
And to keep our honor clean;
We are proud to claim the title
Of United States Marine.
Our flag's unfurled to every breeze
From dawn to setting sun;
We have fought in every clime and place
Where we could take a gun.
In the snow of far-off Northern lands
And in sunny tropic scenes;
You will find us always on the job --
The United States Marines.
Here's health to you and to our Corps
Which we are proud to serve;
In many a strife we've fought for life
And never lost our nerve.
If the Army and the Navy
Ever look on Heaven's scenes,
They will find the streets are guarded
By United States Marines.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008


Why was Nino Scalia at …

(The pics that will make you hurl!)

A “Lady Liberty” dinner honoring long-term ACLU President Nadine Strossen?

First, we have Nino getting a hug from Nadine, while fellow Supreme Court Justice David Souter DOES look like he’s going to hurl. Or crap his pants. Or like he's already crapped his pants.

Or, maybe he's struggling to hold in a bad joke.

But, that’s not the best!

HERE’S the best. Nadine making love eyes at Nino.

Nadine, did you smoke a cigarette afterward? Did you use protection? Did you ask him to lock you up in a mock Gitmo cell? Did he offer to waterboard you?

Anyway, back to the rhetorical question:

Why was Nino Scalia at a “Lady Liberty” dinner honoring long-term ACLU President Nadine Strossen?

That would be like the Sierra Club inviting Dick Cheney to a Carl Pope dinner. (Of course, that, too could still happen, given the last six months at Sierra.)

OK, that would be like Defenders of Wildlife inviting Sarah Palin to a fundraising banquet.

I saw this with my own orbs on page 11 of the summer 2008 issue of “Civil Liberties,” the ACLU’s national newsletter, and then Google Imaged for the pics.

This is the same issue where hypocritical Executive Director Anthony Romero (after being hired as ACLU’s executive, he was teaching major U.S. companies how to comply with the Patriot Act, and when an ACLU board brouhaha broke out, Strossen supported him) has the P1 column entitled “Fighting for Justice at Guantánamo.”

Excuuusseee me, but hasn’t your biggest adversary in the judicial branch been Antonin Scalia?

Maybe if the ACLU had Dick Cheney’s shotgun to raffle, with part of the prize including a free shot or two at Nino, but otherwise …




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Sunday, September 14, 2008


WAR WITH SARAH

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EXACTLY HOW IGNORANT IS OUR SARAH?

ABOUT THE SAME AS DUBYA. AND JUST AS READY FOR WAR. ANY WAR.

YOUTUBE: ABC NEWS
"Palin ABC interview - Part 1 -- September 11, 2008 -- Sarah Palin interviewed by ABC's Charles Gibson"


"Palin ABC interview - Part 2 -- September 11, 2008 -- Sarah Palin interviewed by ABC's Charles Gibson"


YOUTUBE: NBC
"Miss Teen USA 2007 - South Carolina answers a question"




Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia, China, Palin's Ready To Fight 'Em All

Unfortunately, she has no clue about the situation with any of these countries. Unfortunately for us McCain will be almost certainly be dead within a year. Look what the job did to far younger men. He seems to be relieved that he doesn't have to really run or prepare or pretend to be the President now that Governor Barracuda has stepped into his tired old shoes. All she had to say was: "WOW! WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY!"
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Unfortunately, the 'Cuda just ain't up to the job. (She couldn't even handle college on the Big Island of Hawaii, at lame-o rich kid tanning university HPU.) Being Commander in Chief of the planet's most deadly military machine, and enforcer for its' increasingly monstrous economy, the job of President of the United States of America, the richest and most powerful country in the history of the world, is a teeny bit more complicated than following orders from the oil companies and the Alaska Republican Party (population 100,000) while skinning a moose.

Unfortunately, the job requires that you take an interest in economic, trade, diplomatic and military strategy and tactics. It's not enough to be able to say, like a precocious five year old, "Oh, Russia, I know where that country is! It's right over there!" You have to know what it means to be playing chicken with them in the Black Sea, and now the Caribbean. It's not enough to be able to parrot the notions, "Bush good," and "terrorism bad."

Unfortunately for Sarah, and the world, you have to actually know what the so-called Bush Doctrine (more like a cocktail napkin) did to warp and wreck our military and foreign policy in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, Israel and Turkey, Poland and Georgia, North Korea and Burma. You have to read a few headlines, and maybe even a couple of paragraphs of the news stories that they put under them sometimes. You know, the wordy things next to the pictures? Or maybe you could even read one of those book thingies they used to have in the lieberry before you closed it down and burned all the books, in your dreams.

Unfortunately, this will all come out when Joe Biden debates Sarah Palin on national TV. Unless, as usual, they have one of those softball not-hardly-in-the-same-room affairs where no one actually says anything for a whole hour or more. If they did get to exchange ideas, once she ran out of "zingers" and pat phrases, Palin would be easy pickins for Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Biden. She could barely handle herself with warm and fuzzy Good Morning America eunuch Charlie Gibson. She kept calling him "CHAR-lie," like a first-year kindergarten teacher trying to control her class, and her anger at her class.

Unfortunately, the Repukelickin's have run raw rank incompetents and arrant fools for high office before. In fact, that's what they usually run. And they win. Stupid people love 'em, smart people get too disgusted to vote. But this time, the even lamer half of the ticket has the background of a bowling champion, and she WILL have to do the Biggest Job In The World for real in a matter of months. She crows arrogantly that she's ready for it. "Never batted an eye" when McCain asked her to run with him. That's her idea of wise consideration of complex problems fraught with danger: Never bat an eye. What's the female equivalent of ignorant stupid macho bravado? Macho bitcho?

Unfortunately, we may be about to find out. The illiterate beauty queen's "moose in the headlights" act may not play so well when she tries it on Hu or Putin, Kim or Khamenei. And they will come a-knockin' soon as McCain croaks. They're right next door, dontchya know?


THE NATION
"Palin Channels Cheney's 9/11-Iraq Falsehoods"

' When everyone's attention was focusing on Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's less-than-reassuring interview about foreign policy with ABC News anchor Charlie Gibson, the Republican nominee for vice president was off delivering a speech in which she suggested a dramatically greater ignorance of recent history and international affairs than was on display in the interview. Speaking at Alaska's Fort Wainwright on Thursday, where she hailed the combat deployment of her son's Army unit to Iraq as a "righteous cause," Palin explicitly and repeatedly renewed the discredited claim that the invasion and occupation of Iraq was initiated as a necessary and credible response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. '


YOUTUBE: ABC NEWS
"Sarah Palin 20/20 ABC Interview II September 12, 2008 With Charlie Gibson Part 1/4"



YOUTUBE: ABC NEWS
"Sarah Palin 20/20 ABC Interview II September 12, 2008 With Charlie Gibson Part 2/4"




YOUTUBE: ABC NEWS
"Sarah Palin 20/20 ABC Interview II September 12, 2008 With Charlie Gibson Part 3/4"




YOUTUBE: ABC NEWS
Sarah Palin 20/20 ABC Interview II September 12, 2008 With Charlie Gibson Part 4/4




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