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America's "Commander in Chief" AWOL on Veterans Day
America's "Commander in Chief" AWOL on Veterans Day
Updated: 7:52 AM, November 11, 2010 Comments: 319 Inside Washington WASHINGTON -- Today is Veter ans Day. Do you know where your president is? With his feeble flame of "hope" thoroughly doused here in the United States by last week's elections, President Obama has set out around the globe in search of throngs still enthralled by his flowery rhetoric. He found them, of course, in Indonesia this week by telling them about how Americans must stop mistrusting Islam. So that is why your president is halfway around the world instead of being here in the United States to celebrate the sacrifices American soldiers, sailors and airmen have made around the world to keep the real, still-burning flame of freedom alive...." |
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America's "Commander in Chief" AWOL on Veterans Day
"PJ O'Donovan HimSelf" wrote:
WASHINGTON -- Today is Veter ans Day. Do you know where your president is? He is talking to the 28,000 U.S. troops on overseas service in South Korea http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40120009/ns/world_news-asiapacific/. Where would you prefer him to be? |
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America's "Commander in Chief" AWOL on Veterans Day
On Nov 12, 7:53*am, Gordon Levi wrote:
"PJ O'Donovan HimSelf" wrote: WASHINGTON -- Today is Veter ans Day. Do you know where your president is? He is talking to the 28,000 U.S. troops on overseas service in South Korea http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40120009/ns/world_news-asiapacific/. Where would you prefer him to be? By BEN FELLER updated 11/10/2010 11:55:15 PM ET Share Print Font: SEOUL, South Korea — Celebrating America's Veterans Day Last I heard Veterans Day is celebrated on the 11th here ET, CT, PT and most veterans made it back home and still live in the USofA. |
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America's "Commander in Chief" AWOL on Veterans Day
"PJ O'Donovan HimSelf" wrote:
On Nov 12, 7:53*am, Gordon Levi wrote: "PJ O'Donovan HimSelf" wrote: WASHINGTON -- Today is Veter ans Day. Do you know where your president is? He is talking to the 28,000 U.S. troops on overseas service in South Korea http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40120009/ns/world_news-asiapacific/. Where would you prefer him to be? By BEN FELLER updated 11/10/2010 11:55:15 PM ET Share Print Font: SEOUL, South Korea — Celebrating America's Veterans Day Last I heard Veterans Day is celebrated on the 11th here ET, CT, PT and most veterans made it back home and still live in the USofA. Most U.S. troops did make it back home but 37,000 of them died defending South Korea. You will be amazed to learn that Korea is not on ET, CT or PT and that includes the 28,00 U.S. troops serving there. Perhaps it's not surprising that you and the blogger you quote have no idea where your President is or the time at his location. MSNBC classed the news as "Asia-Pacific" so maybe none of your local news services bothered to report it. |
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America's "Commander in Chief" AWOL on Veterans Day
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America's "Commander in Chief" AWOL on Veterans Day
"Earl Evleth" wrote in message ... On 12/11/10 13:53, in article , "Gordon Levi" wrote: Where would you prefer him to be? Veteran's day was originally armistice day and had to down with WWI. That holiday became a bit archaic, especially since the vets have all died off, except for Frank Woodruff Buckles I remember as a kid a few vets from the Civil war. The last verified Civil war Vet was Pleasant Crump borb 23 December 1847, died. 31 December 1951. My great grandmother, who was alive then remembers vets from 1812 # About 40 years ago I remember Alistair Cook mentioning the thousands of widows pensions still being paid out to Civil War veteran wives in America. It sounded impossible but it turned out that the veterans had married late to younger women and the women were still alive in the 1960s. |
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America's "Commander in Chief" AWOL on Veterans Day
On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 05:59:27 +1000, "SPierce"
wrote: "Earl Evleth" wrote in message ... On 12/11/10 13:53, in article , "Gordon Levi" wrote: Where would you prefer him to be? Veteran's day was originally armistice day and had to down with WWI. That holiday became a bit archaic, especially since the vets have all died off, except for Frank Woodruff Buckles I remember as a kid a few vets from the Civil war. The last verified Civil war Vet was Pleasant Crump borb 23 December 1847, died. 31 December 1951. My great grandmother, who was alive then remembers vets from 1812 # About 40 years ago I remember Alistair Cook mentioning the thousands of widows pensions still being paid out to Civil War veteran wives in America. It sounded impossible but it turned out that the veterans had married late to younger women and the women were still alive in the 1960s. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110721/ A great movie made for TV. Highly recommended. Planet Visitor II http://alt-activism-death-penalty.info/dictionary.html |
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America's "Commander in Chief" AWOL on Veterans Day
no one cares !!!
Duh. "Earl Evleth" a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion : ... On 12/11/10 13:53, in article , "Gordon Levi" wrote: Where would you prefer him to be? Veteran's day was originally armistice day and had to down with WWI. That holiday became a bit archaic, especially since the vets have all died off, except for Frank Woodruff Buckles I remember as a kid a few vets from the Civil war. The last verified Civil war Vet was Pleasant Crump borb 23 December 1847, died. 31 December 1951. My great grandmother, who was alive then remembers vets from 1812 |
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America's "Commander in Chief" AWOL on Veterans Day
On 12/11/2010 12:53, Gordon Levi wrote:
"PJ O'Donovan wrote: WASHINGTON -- Today is Veter ans Day. Do you know where your president is? He is talking to the 28,000 U.S. troops on overseas service in South Korea http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40120009/ns/world_news-asiapacific/. Where would you prefer him to be? Poor old peejay has never developed the art of timing but he has inadvertently provided an awful lot of laughs. |
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What is our Former Torturer-in-Chief Doing on Veterans Day?
On Nov 12, 5:22*am, "PJ O'Donovan HimSelf" wrote:
America's "Commander in Chief" AWOL on Veterans Day Updated: 7:52 AM, November 11, 2010 Comments: 319 *Inside Washington WASHINGTON -- Today is Veter ans Day. Do you know where your president is? With his feeble flame of "hope" thoroughly doused here in the United States by last week's elections, President Obama has set out around the globe in search of throngs still enthralled by his flowery rhetoric. He found them, of course, in Indonesia this week by telling them about how Americans must stop mistrusting Islam. So that is why your president is halfway around the world instead of being here in the United States to celebrate the sacrifices American soldiers, sailors and airmen have made around the world to keep the real, still-burning flame of freedom alive...." Obama spent Veterans day talking to some of our troops serving overseas. That seems entirely appropriate to me. On the other hand, what is our former torturer-in-chief doing on Veterans Day? It looks to me like he spent his time peddling his new book and claiming his optional wars were a great idea, and that sending our kids to die in Iraq and Afghanistan made us safer. "Former Pres. Bush even did his best to ruin our fighting force, because by breaking faith with our soldiers by advancing a war that should have never been fought, disgracing this country through Abu Ghraib, it’s difficult to inspire people to enlist, our standards having to be lowered because of Mr. Bush, a man who sullied his own service through unanswered questions. But to relive the full extent of Pres. Bush’s earned mantle of the worst president in U.S. history you have to relive the story of Valerie Plame and Joseph Wilson, two patriots who Bush and Cheney, Scooter Libby and Karl Rove, decided were expendable. Two true American patriots I have met and interviewed for whom respect is too small a word. For telling the truth Joe Wilson was hounded, his CIA wife cover blown and exposed, their lives upended and their family put in danger, all because Mr. Wilson dared to expose the facts. On this Veterans Day, as Mr. Bush parades himself on TV, acting as if being the Decider in Chief when compared to the decisions he made is anything for which he should boast, we owe it to our Soldiers to remember the truth. . . ." http://www.taylormarsh.com/2010/11/1...-veterans-day/ |
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