Every brief that is given to executive-level  types (Presidents, VPs, Senators, Congressmen, Flag officers, etc.) is written down and saved. Just for these types of situations. Someone needs to bring that fact up and demand that sanitized versions of those briefs be released to the public before November 6th.  This is not 1972 and Americans need the truth before they go to the Polls.

I’m old enough to remember Watergate and how the MSM was in full feeding frenzy. It was so bad that even the MSM noted that when Secretariat won the Triple Crown, it was celebrated as a needed break from the constant barrage of stories about Nixon and company. It was the heyday of the MSM. Cronkite was King, The NY Times  and Washington Post set the agenda and Time was the last word for that week’s news.

Fast forward 37 years, and desiccated remains of the MSM now lay gasping on the floor, wholly dependent and in thrall of the Democrat party Thugocracy, a willing partner in covering up unethical and dishonest behavior at the highest levels of our government. Just ask yourself, how long would it have taken the Alphabet networks and the NY Times to launch an all-out war if Bush had been caught brazenly lying to them?  The sad thing is, most of these so-called reporters actually believe they are not biased. That makes it all the more chilling.

Thanks God for the Internet. 20 years ago, a Democratic administration would have gotten away with this. The fools in the Obama administration think they can bluff their way through this. Hillary Clinton IS NOT Janet Reno and Barack Obama is not Bill Clinton. The microchip, communication satellites and the TCP/IP protocol have changed the way the World gets its intelligence in high-visibility  incidents. Folks in Alabama have at their fingertips more information on current events than the Clinton administration had during the nineties.

This investigation into this cover-up IS NOT going away. It is up to us, Joe and Jane Doe Citizen blogger (and reader!) to make sure this lie does not stand.

Release the Briefs. NOW!

I am not a real big fan of Connie Mack, indeed, I am quite indifferent towards him personally. He is not my congressman, nor is he really a statewide figure. What he has going for him is the family name and fortune. Nepotism has always been a major sin/flaw in American political culture (See Kennedy clan of Massachusetts, Bush family, etc.), and it can arguably be said that if Connie Mack was named Joe Smith, he would probably be doing something else for a living. But it is what it is. I’m going to vote for Mack so that Mitt Romney might have a more cooperative Senate when needed changes are proposed.

Seventy year old Senator Nelson has been a political animal since he was 30. He knows no other life other than being on the taxpayers’ payroll, like many supposed “public” figures.  He also holds the probable record for most expensive and worthless political junket in human history, his space shuttle ride of 1986.

While Senator Nelson has backed and voted every major spending bill put forth by Obama, for some strange reason, he is regarded as a “Moderate” Democrat. In addition, he has the complete backing and support for what passes for the MSM down here in Florida.

Connie Mack, on the other hand, has a MSM target painted on his back. Much to his credit and to my surprise, Congressman Mack openly told the most prominent and influential political reporter in Florida, Adam C. Smith of the Tampa Bay Times, to go, well, fornicate himself. Here is link to the video where he actually does it. You know, I sort of liked that move.

It’s not like Adam C. Smith tries to hide his political leanings. For example, here’s a screen shot of Adam giving a “Facebook” shout-out to his main man Obama. But don’t worry folks, remember:

Right now, If Connie Mack wants to win, he is going to need hammer Senator Nelson over the Benghazi disaster. Because so many members of the Obama administration have been caught in so many lies about the debacle in Libya, trying to document and organize their sins has become incredibly complex and unwieldy. (If you want just a taste of what has happened, here’s a link to Fox News recent Benghazi Timeline, updated on 10  October- before Biden’s debate performance- and yes, I know the MSM doesn’t consider Fox News as a legitimate news source, but then again, over 50% of the nation doesn’t trust the MSM…)

As I wrote earlier, this is the new gold standard for Presidential malfeasance. Now I don’t mean to brag, but I was once in the Intel game during my naval career. I can say, with approximately 100 confidence, if you gave any junior intelligence analyst access to the TS SCI Comm center at the Defense Intelligence Agency  with a sober Joe Biden as his assistant, he could probably detail exactly what went down at the Benghazi Consulate in 48 hours. (If he had a drunk armadillo as his research aide, it would take him 8 hours.)  Or, one could not reinvent the wheel and merely read the entire transcript of the State Department briefing held when they realized Obama was going to throw them under the bus: READ IT HERE. READ THE WHOLE DAMN THING. Yes, Adam, read this and then try to explain why this isn’t the top issue in the Senate campaign.  It’s about an administration that is profoundly corrupt and inept, a Florida Senator who is providing active cover for them by trying to avoid the subject and a press who cannot bring themselves to do their job against a President who has abused his office because they see themselves as part of his “team”.

I think it is has been established beyond any reasonable doubt, that the administration has been actively covering up this failure of security and intelligence from Day 1. It’s time to put Senator Nelson on the spot. He is a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, so he has absolute access to the most secret and accurate intelligence traffic in the nation. HE KNOWS THE TRUTH. Time to make him come clean. All Connie Mack has to do is insist that the Florida Press, specifically Adam C. Smith, ask the Senator point blank: Is the Obama Administration lying about what they knew and when they knew it?

It will then be time for the Senator make a decision. Does he stand on the side of truth or the side of Obama?  If he chooses Obama, then it is the moral duty of Adam Smith and his peers to expose the Senator for the political hack he is. And Adam, if you are reading this, this is MUCH more important than who bought a suit for Connie Mack.

But who am I kidding? If the NY Times,  Network News and the vast majority of the MSM have decided it’s better to give Obama cover for his ineptitude, do you really think Adam C. Smith and the rest of the Florida Press have the integrity to do their constitutionally protected duty, regardless of where their political sympathies lie?

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It is also now being documented that there was a plethora of warnings the consulate was not safe.

This scandal now surpasses Watergate as the gold standard for Presidential malfeasance. Nixon had the decency to resign. Of course, Obama will seek to throw someone (probably Hillary), under the bus.

This is now a black-and-white issue for all candidates running for Federal office. If the candidate in question does not insist that Obama resign, or offer him support in any way, it should be grounds for not voting for that candidate.

I’m retired Navy Intel. A minor player in the great scheme of things. However, I always knew that the Intel professionals of the United States were aware all along what the truth was. They should feel betrayed and angry for the way the Obama Administration has used them.

In Florida, Connie Mack is running behind Bill Nelson in the polls. This issue should be put before Senator Nelson, and if he does not insist Obama resign, then he should be voted out. Period. Time for the Republican Party of Florida to get off their butts and do something.

It is also time for the MSM to prove they are not a fully owned subsidiary of the Democratic party. We will know the answer in a few days.

This issue IS NOT going away, even if Obama wins. So vote him out November 6. Spare our Nation the pain.

UPDATE: Here’s a report on the Conference call held late Tuesday, 9 October 2012.

I, for one, support the banning that blasphemous film, “Innocence of the Muslims”.  While I’m at it, I got a lot more demands for more things to be banned from our degenerate, crumbling Republic:

1. Any and all ads that try to make Obama’s conduct of our nation’s business abroad a legitimate political issue this election year.  We need to unite behind our President by ignoring all issues that happen outside the lower ‘48’ (or is it lower ‘55’?)
2. All ads made by companies that make a profit by producing hydrocarbons within the 57 states for profit and making us less dependent on wind power, solar power and Middle East Oil.
3. Any and all video recordings of Bill Buckner blowing it for Boston in the 10th inning of the 6th game of the 1986 World Series.
4. All Abbott and Costello films made after 1948. (They were just phoning it in starting with “Africa Screams”)
5. All porn movies that were not shot on film or Sony Betamax. There has been an appalling lack of production values since the move to VHS tapes and then HD digital.*
6. Anything with Steven Segal in it.
7. All video recordings of the Kennedy/Nixon Debate. We can keep the radio recordings. Nixon won when you listen to those.
8. All those “Weekly World News” photos of Aliens shaking hands with politicians. It’s all fake. We are alone in the Universe.
9. Senator Robert’s Byrd’s “White Nigger” interview with Tony Snow. Man was a Democrat and ipso facto, he is not racist.
10. Star Wars Episodes I, II and III. The ‘Force’ is not a result of ‘Midi-chlorians’. I know this for a fact.
11. Any and all remakes of “The Thing”.
12. Jägermeister
13. All things “Kardashian”. THIS IS NON-NEGOTIABLE
14.  Charles Krauthammer. If people start listening to him, Obama is gonna lose.  This is a tautology.
15. Rassmusen Reports polls.  They have Romney in the lead!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
16. Neapolitan Ice Cream. It’s racist.
17. Instapundit. That rat-bastard Glen Reynolds refuses to link to my brilliant, multiple 5 star reviewed novel “Scrambled Hard-Boiled” or my collection of short stories, “Cold Pulp Trio”. On sale for only 99 cents. You won’t regret buying it!
18. Any reference to the bloodbath that occurs on a daily basis in Chicago. Don’t you poor fools know making America like Chicago IS THE GOAL?????????????????
19. The Military Channel. My God, Allah, it will make the masses aware that the U.S. once was able to win wars.
20. Finally, The Jews.

Feel free to add to my list in the comments below.

*I’ve been told this is true.

Jim Greer is literally fighting for his freedom.  He was Charlie Crist’s hand-picked Party Chairman. The result of Charlie Crist getting his way with Greer’s election to RPOF chairman was a massive misuse and waste of RPOF funds.  During his tenure, The Republican Elite of Florida treated the money as their own personal slush funds. Here’s a link to just one of many Posts I wrote about this prior to the 2010 election.

Unfortunately, for Rubio, he was a major player during Charlie Crist’s and Jim Greer’s “alleged” crime spree. Rubio was Speaker of the Florida House and was also accused of using RPOF funds as his personal piggy bank.

Bottom Line: If Rubio DOES NOT get the VP nod, then this trial and all the sleaze (a lot of it that will sadly prove true for the RPOF) will be, at best, an item of interest for the Florida MSM/Democratic Party and connoisseurs of all things political in Tallahassee (I’m talking to you, Adam Smith).  If Rubio DOES get the VP nod, then this sordid tale of political corruption and greed that borders on the bizarre will blow up into a full blown NATIONAL story, eagerly flamed to a boiling point by a MSM desperate to keep Obama in power. (Accusations of Charlie Crist trying to seduce a butt ugly Jim Greer and allegations of funds going to pay off Crist’s male lovers are just the tip of the iceberg).

Romney has just announced Rubio is being vetted for VP (to put the ABC story to rest).  If there is one thing that Mitt Romney has proven since he nailed down the GOP nomination is that he is focused like the proverbial laser beam on beating Obama in November. This story of Rubio was getting in the way…hence a simple statement by Romney to put it to rest within a single news cycle. (Brilliant).

This GOP moderate has proven (so far) to be capable of hardball, take no prisoners politics and will not choose as his running mate ANYONE who will detract from this task. If he chooses Rubio, then the “L’affaire Greer”  (GOP Sleaze and Sex on Trial!, New Revelations on Rubio!) will be splashed 24/7 on the news channels, MSM and the DNC.  If there is one thing that I have come to appreciate about Mitt Romney, is that he will not tolerate his campaign getting pushed off message.  If Rubio gets the nod, the news will NOT be about Romney’s quest to beat Obama, but WILL BE about asking if Marco Rubio broke the law with his possible mishandling of RPOF funds and an ongoing trial about admitted Republican Party sleaze, with allegations of Gay sex, payoffs and hookers in the Caribbean (just for starters) that will rival any twitter pictures of Anthony Wiener’s schlong.

Would it be hypocritical of the Obama campaign and MSM making a big deal out of this considering the history of “Turbo Tax Timmy”?  Yes…and your point is?

Finally, I am waiting for Charlie Crist to sue Jim Greer for libel.  I mean, Liberace did it and won!!  Of course, Mr. Liberace later died of AIDS, no doubt due to err….ughh…. let’s just say, “an unfortunate accident with a candelabra” and leave it at that….

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When an individual is given a security clearance by the United States of America, it means John and Jane Taxpayer have placed their faith on this individual personally. They are entrusting these individuals with a sacred obligation to keep information secure which help keeps John and Jane’s families safe at night. Lives, literally, depend on our nation’s intelligence team keeping their mouths shut.

I have seen good men’s careers ruined due to a moments’ carelessness or an honest mistake in handling classified material. No mercy was shown, nor was it expected. They knew the rules when they accepted the clearance.  In the Top Secret world, you have no privacy. Your finances, your social life, your family connections are all fair game.  You can be told to take a polygraph at any time, and if you refuse, your clearance is revoked, period. It also means that your life is then put under a microscope and what once passed for your “career” is finished.

If you are caught handing over material to non-authorized parties  (a la Private Manning or Jonathan Pollard), you go to jail for life. (My opinion, Manning should face the firing squad, but I digress)

Make no mistake, crimes have been committed by the most senior members of our National Security team. If it had been limited to a low level military members or the equivalent civilians, those people would have been thrown in jail within hours of being accused of leaking info on the Bin Laden raid or the Stuxnet virus.

However, there seems to be a double standard when it comes to the members of the Obama administration.

That is not fair, that is not right, that is not the American way. We are supposed to be equal before the law.  We violate this principle at our peril.  Remember this when you cast your vote in November.

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For the apparently increasing majority of people who are convinced that Obama is in way over his head, the only real alternative we will have to replace him will be the GOP Nominee. Period.  There is no other choice.  A third-party candidate cannot win.

That means we registered Republicans had better a) Nominate a man who can win and b) Hope the man is going to be equal to the task.  The United States of America is going to have to re-invent itself or flounder into an economic malaise that will eventually provide fuel to the most radical elements of the totalitarian left and right. We need to make sure the man we elect is equal to the task.

Mitt Romney is the official “Next-in-Line” GOP heir. He has, with brutal efficiency, managed to front load the GOP primary season so that whomever wins most of the votes in the first 45 days of 2012, is the odds-on favorite to take on Obama.  He was aided in this “Front Loading” by Rick Perry’s Florida operatives, who were apparently under the mistaken impression that their man was capable of speaking English in a cogent manner. Make no mistake, The Florida GOP politicians quickly declared for Romney or Perry, and then they joined together to push the Florida Primary forward, under the very correct assumption that it would ensure that the front-runner in January will be the winner of the GOP Prize. It was a gamble that Mitt won and Perry lost. Big time.

Perry has proven himself to be an inept speaker. Bachmann has justly faded into obscurity, a victim of her own clichés and the fact she has no executive experience. Santorum is running for President because he was once a senator, and he has nothing else to do that he thinks is worthy of his out-sized and self-centered political ego.

Huntsman is also running for no apparent reason. His naiveté  when it comes to China is truly disturbing. I can only explain it as “Stockholm Syndrome” or he is being blackmailed by the Chinese Politburo. In any event, we cannot elect a man so subservient to the needs of the Chinese economy.

Ron Paul is a dangerous kook when it comes to foreign policy and his rabid supporters even more so.

As for Herman Cain, I present the YouTube clip of his total lack of knowledge on the subject of the “Right of Return” as espoused by the Palestinians. Skip to the 10:12 mark.

It’s Sunday, so let’s put it in NFL football terms. If you’re looking to draft a quarterback for your team, you must insist the guy you draft is physically qualified. So, you have a list of basic requirements your quarterback must meet. First of these is that whomever you draft must have both his legs and arms. If he is missing one or more of his legs/arms, you can safely assume the guy is not qualified to play quarterback.

Going on national TV as a Presidential candidate, and then demonstrating a total lack of knowledge on one the premier foreign policy issues of the 20th and 21st century pretty much the equivalent of trying to claim you are qualified to be a NFL Quarterback, even though you are missing an arm and a leg. (I, of course, exclude my beloved Washington Redskins from this analogy, as an one-armed QB might be an improvement…but I digress).

Bottom Line: Herman Cain is not qualified to be President.

That leaves Newt. Here was my opinion of Newt back in 2009. Not very pretty. However, we live in dangerous times that require truly “Outside-the-Box” thinking. Newt, for all his personal and political faults, is capable of innovative solutions to what ails our nation. His command of the English language and his ability to communicate ideas is without peer in the world of Republican politics.

Newt’s flawless performance in the GOP debates to date proves that there is still a segment of the American Public that will respond positively to passionate, and I emphasize this, informed rhetoric.

Whether Newt’s rising in the polls is too little too late, we shall see. Unfortunately, we will probably know by the time Florida votes in February. Mitt might not have rhetorical chops of Newt, but Newt doesn’t have the discipline and organizational chops of Mitt. (In the marathon that is US Presidential politics, organization beats rhetoric 9 times out of 10. Let’s hope that if Mitt wins the nomination, he hires Newt as his debate coach.)

Whomever we republicans nominate to take on Obama, let us hope he can win and then let us hope he can rise to the challenge of re-inventing the American Dream.

Finally, I leave you with two recordings of Edward R. Murrow. The first is his description of Chamberlain’s fall from power in May of 1940. The second is his assessment of Chamberlain’s successor, Winston Churchill. I’ll leave to you to draw your own conclusions as to how it relates to today.

Living dangerously, indeed.

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George LeMieux is a man of formidable talents and intellect.  He is acknowledged, by friend and foe alike, as an excellent lawyer, public speaker and debater.  That said, if he is nominated as the Republican Candidate for the Florida U.S. Senate seat in 2012 you can bet your bottom dollar Senator Bill Nelson WILL win re-election.

Why?  Four words: “L’affaire Greer” and “Charlie Crist”.  George LeMieux is in up to his neck in one of the most tawdry and destructive political scandals to hit the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) in recent memory and was, for lack of a better word, the doppelgänger of that most notorious of political turncoats, Charlie Crist.

First, let’s talk the “Charlie Crist” problem.  Can anyone forget the picture taken on 11 February 2009 of Charlie Crist embracing President Obama and his subsequent  endorsement of the Porkulus bill?  It was the beginning of one the most spectacular political suicides in American history.  Charlie Crist lost all of his Republican base, literally,  in a matter of minutes on that day.  Grassroots and local Republican leaders were screaming bloody murder over this betrayal.  From George Lemieux, not one word of criticism. He was Charlie’s man.

Just how much he was Charlie’s man became apparent when Mel Martinez resigned his Senate Seat in August 2009.  I was still active in my local county party and during a meeting during that timeframe,  our county chairman announced that Charlie Crist had called her and asked her to canvas the local Republican Executive Committee for suggestions as to who should replace Martinez.  A lot of names were mentioned in the meeting, but I assure you, not once did George LeMieux’s name come up.  When Crist then announced that LeMieux was to replace Martinez in the U.S. Senate, it quickly became apparent that Charlie’s phoning all the Florida County Republican Chairman for advice was so much crap.  Crist’s “Political Coffin” got a lot more nails driven into it that day, and not with hammers, but with nail guns.  George LeMieux was openly acknowledged as a Crist “Crony”  by practically everyone and he was expected to be a loyal place holder until Charlie won in 2010.  And LeMieux WAS loyal all the way up to the day that Crist abandoned the GOP in 2010 when it became apparent he couldn’t beat Marco Rubio in the GOP primary.

Bottom Line” from this:  It is a very plausible argument that George LeMieux is a man whose values are based not on principle, but on personal aggrandizement. And before you argue with me otherwise, consider his actions during the RPOF/Greer money scandal.

The Republican Party of Florida elites are about to be raked over the coals next year when former RPOF Chairman Jim Greer goes on trial.  Here is some background on the issue from a post I wrote back in 2010: Who do You Believe: “Sammy the Bull” Gravano or Jim Greer?…Answer: Both

Note that Jim Greer has explicitly stated Lemieux was intimately involved in the possible criminal misuse of party funds.  Indeed, Greer claims that LeMieux was the guy that came up with the scheme to allow Jim Greer and Delmar Johnson to set up their political consulting firm in order to siphon off RPOF funds and get around campaign finance law in order to support Crist’s run for the U.S. Senate.  George LeMieux insists he was a simple private citizen at the time, but that is simply so much BS.

Fact: George LeMieux (who recommended Greer for the RPOF Chair) was getting TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH in “consultation fees”  from the RPOF starting in 2008.  (Not a bad payday for a part time job during one of the most difficult economic downturns since 1929). Make no mistake, Jim Greer and Charlie Crist approved and made possible this lucrative arrangement for LeMieux.

Both LeMieux and Crist use the same words when addressing the charges by Greer.  Here is a link to how LeMieux addresses Greer’s charges.  And here is a link to how Crist denied Greer’s accusations. Both men use eerily similar language.  If someone was accusing me of major crimes, I’d be much more emphatic than just saying “It’s sad…”.

Emmett Kelly is “sad”.  What Jim Greer is doing is accusing both Crist and LeMieux of  committing full blown felonies that can send both men to the “Big House” if proven in court.

So, let’s summarize: George LeMieux picked Jim Greer to be RPOF chairman; It is alleged that George LeMieux was the guy who came up with the idea for Greer to set up a scheme to siphon funds from the RPOF; George LeMieux was getting paid more for a part time job at the RPOF than a U.S. Navy Captain is paid FULL TIME to command a Cruiser or Aircraft Carrier.

Now, I ask anyone reading this:  Does anyone REALLY believe that George LeMieux was totally out of the RPOF loop while Jim Greer was in charge and had NO IDEA about the actions of Jim Greer that resulted in Greer being indicted for six felonies ?

If a person is of the opinion that George LeMieux was armpit deep in the RPOF quagmire and is still going to vote for him, I say that person is implicitly endorsing the corrupt, “good ole boy” politics that Florida is famous for.

If one feels that George LeMieux had absolutely no knowledge of Greer’s GOP shenanigans (while at the same time getting paid TEN GRAND A MONTH to advise the RPOF) and is worthy of one’s vote, then I say that one is voting for a man who must be a complete simpleton.

Now I readily admit being a “simpleton” does not disqualify a citizen from being a U.S. Senator (indeed, from some of the current crop, it seems to be a requirement…I’m talking to you Barbara Boxer). However, in these trying times, I would hope one would vote for someone who has some sense of personal honor, would work to do the right thing for the people and be somewhat smarter than Barbara Boxer.

Jim Greer is now fighting for his freedom.  He faces prison and complete personal ruin. He has been cast adrift by the RPOF elite, but if the newspaper reports are true (and if conservative news sites are to be believed),  Jim Greer is going to go down fighting.

And I will be honest with you, I hope he does.  Jim Greer DID NOT act alone and there is hard evidence that points towards Charlie Crist and George LeMieux as being intimately involved.  Rest assured Greer will be provided an ample megaphone from the local MSM press when this scandal/trial comes to a head on 2012, just in time for the election.

It stuns me that many of the Republican Establishment are backing LeMieux.  It is as if all sins are forgiven for the hell Charlie Crist, George LeMieux and Jim Greer put our party through and it’s time to support for a candidate that the “good ole boys” of the RPOF can depend on.

Remember, if LeMieux gets called in to testify at Greer’s trail, then it will be very hard for him to explain all the inevitable “I don’t recall” answers he may have to give so he doesn’t place himself into real legal jeopardy.  Bottom Line: Bill Nelson will hammer LeMieux bloody over  “L’affaire Greer” and rightly so.  Floridians do not hesitate to split their vote between parties during general elections and Bill Nelson will benefit from this fact.

When “L’affaire Greer” takes center stage in 2012,  It will be a no-win situation for LeMieux.  He can only claim that he was completely clueless as to the inner workings of the RPOF, while at the same time he was getting a TEN GRAND a month stipend from the RPOF coffers while all this was happening.  Couple this with the “Prima Facia” fact of his close, intimate relationship with both Jim Greer and Charlie Crist and what you have is a situation that simply doesn’t pass the smell test.

I have voted Republican since 1980 (I voted for Carter in my first Election, but in my defense I was a sophomore in college and had sobered up by 1980). I never missed voting in an election during my time in the Navy nor in the time since I got out.   I have voted for the likes of Ronald Reagan, Jesse Helms(!!), Charlie Crist (He was the Republican nominee for Governor) and Marco Rubio.  I’m one of the guys Republicans could always count on to show up at the polls and vote the party line.

If George LeMieux is the GOP Candidate for the Florida U.S. Senate race in 2012, that will change. I will not vote for Bill Nelson but nor shall I vote for George LeMieux.

You see, I know that George LeMieux is not a stupid man.  However, in my opinion, he is a profoundly sleazy, if not corrupt, political hack.  If he wins the GOP Nomination, I assure you,  Bill Nelson’s political machine will make sure a large majority of registered voters between Pensacola and Key West have the same opinion as well.

Here is my first Post on the “Colonel”: On Whales, Satan Worshiping, Bordellos and US Senate Candidate Colonel Mike McCalister

Here is my second post on the “Colonel”: On “End of The Rainbow” and “Colonel Mike McCalister Has No Clothes!!”

And here is the last post I did on the Subject: Of Popinjays and “Colonel” Mike McCalister

It turns out that the good Colonel’s former campaign manager (who plays an integral part in my first two posts) has decided to re-enter the political arena and has sent out a campaign letter on behalf of his former candidate. Here is a link to the full letter. It is quite long, but to true Connoisseurs of Florida Panhandle Politics, well worth the read. Here is a short excerpt of this truly remarkable political “cri de coeur”:

…..Most of the people trying to hurt the Colonel are Hasner supporters. In fact one critic stated he trashed the Colonel (and me) in a blog then gave Hasner $100.00 donation. I was even called the bastard son of the grim reaper by a so called retired Naval Officer. Get real. My parents were married. What a sorry excuse for a Naval Officer to call a retired Senior Chief names lol. Thank God his ass is retired and not in charge of anything.

Let me tell you something folks, these liberal left wing communist, ass kissing Obama brown nose reporters at the Tampa Tribune and the Saint Petersburg Times and the like are scared of Colonel McCalister. They fear that he has the ability to toss Senator Nelson out on his ear and start returning this nation back to a Republic form of government. This is the plan ladies and gentleman. Take a look at the alternatives who are running. Tree hugging RINO’s or a Communist named Nelson who supported Obama Care…..

Geoff Ross
Senior Chief Petty Officer USN (Ret.)
Signing off from the Bunker
Latitude: 30-22’46” N
Longitude: 086-51’44” W

First Geoff, and let me make this perfectly clear, I never said you were the actual “bastard son of the grim reaper”.  My exact words were you “gave the impression of being the bastard son of the ‘Grim Reaper’”.  In addition, I never meant to imply that your parents were not married when you were born.  However, I cannot help but observe that procreation between even the most upstanding of Homo Sapiens is, at best, a crap shoot.

As for your descriptions of the staff of the Tampa Tribune and St. Pete Times, I assume it also applies to the Staff of the Miami Herald.  All I can add is that thank God there are no Right Wing Communists on the staffs of these fine newspapers.

For all my readers, please feel free to judge the merits of a candidate by the people he surrounds himself with.

Finally, Geoff, a word of caution. One of the key features one wants in one’s “Bunker” is that it’s location remains secret so that when the Left and Right Wing Communists take over the nation, they can’t find you.

Your Pal,
Royce

Now let us discuss Mayor Bloomberg’s decision not to have allow prayer at the 10^th anniversary of 9/11 ceremony to be held at “Ground Zero”.  Instead, as in the past, there will be “moments of silence” to reflect on those lost in the terrorist attack.  Apparently Mayor Bloomberg is afraid of insulting a religion by excluding any one clergy during the prayers.  There is a solution to this quandary.  Let a prominent lay person (hint, maybe you Mr. Mayor?) lead all at the ceremony and those watching it on television in a non-denominational prayer.  There is a precedence.

On June 6^th, 1944, when it became obvious to the American People that the Normandy landings were underway and the need for operational silence was now over, Franklyn Delano Roosevelt LED THE PEOPLE UNITED STATES IN PRAYER OVER THE RADIO.  And not just any prayer.  He wrote the prayer and had the Mass communication outlets (radio and Newspapers) publish it or read it BEFORE he read the prayer the evening of 6 June 1944 so that all Americans could copy it down and join him in prayer that night.

Want Proof?  Here is the radio broadcast made by NBC where the announcer reads the prayer very slowly so citizens could write it down in anticipation of FDR’s actual public reading of his prayer.

And just to prove he did it, here is FDR leading the Nation in prayer for the safety and success of our troops in harm’s way.

While I have my issues with FDR as far as his economic policies went, he was, after Lincoln, our greatest “War Time” President (he made the big picture decisions and left the rest to George Marshal).  FDR knew that as Commander-in-Chief, he was personally responsible for sending many men to their death in order to achieve a greater good.  While the next few days would bring martial glory to a nation at war, it would also bring unimaginable pain and loss to mothers, fathers, wives and children across this truly blessed nation of ours.  FDR was aware that while the sacrifices that were being made were necessary and right, he also aware that the best he could do for those about to suffer terrible loss was to give them the only gift possible to help alleviate this loss.  A simple, heartfelt prayer.

Mayor  Bloomberg:  Why is it right for you to ban a simple prayer at  the 10^th anniversary of an event that is every bit as historic as 6 June 1944?  FDR knew prayer was called for.  Is it your opinion FDR was wrong to lead a nation in prayer on D-Day?

A simple, eloquent non-denominational prayer would give those who lost loved ones on 9/11 a sense of peace and would give a nation a sense of hope for better days to come.

To deny this simple gift to our nation is just not a wrong decision made by you.  It is a disservice to the people who died, to those that survived and to people of our nation as a whole that, 10 years later, still remembers that earth shattering day that did not destroy us, but rather, united us for an all too brief, transcendent moment.