Hannity gleefully promotes Birther soldier's get-out-of-service scam as legitimate
For two consecutive evenings this week, Sean Hannity has featured brief reports on the case of Maj. Stefan Cook, beloved as well by Lou Dobbs, as John just noted.
The involvement of Orly Taitz, as John says, is a dead giveaway. This is a woman with an online "Ph.D." and who is notorious for promoting far-right scams. As David Weigel at the Washington Independent reported, Cook is a Freeper who apparently cooked up this scheme with Taitz some months ago.
Indeed, this whole story that Hannity is promoting is a scam. Yet here's how he reported it last night:
Hannity: Now we told you yesterday about and Army Reserve soldier who challenged his deployment orders on the grounds that president Obama has not proven that he is a U.S. citizen. Now that soldier, Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook, who was supposed to deploy to Afghanistan in the coming days, has now had his orders revoked. According to his lawyer, quote, "They just said order revoked. No explanation, no reasons, just revoked."
Now, Major Cook and his lawyers expressed joy at this outcome, and they took it as an admission on the part of the military that the president is not, in fact, a legitimate citizen by birth.
Notice how Hannity gave the segment over entirely to promoting Orly Taitz's claims. But all you have to do is read the actual news accounts to realize that she's lying: The Army in fact gives a clear reason for his orders being revoked -- it's that Cook always had the option of requesting not to go on this duty.
U.S. Army Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook, the reserve soldier who says he shouldn't have to go to Afghanistan because he believes Barack Obama was never eligible to be president, has had his deployment orders revoked, Army officials said.
Lt. Col. Maria Quon, U.S. Army Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Army Human Resources Command-St. Louis, said Tuesday evening, Cook was no longer expected to report Wednesday to MacDill Air Force Base in Florida for mobilization to active duty.
... Earlier today, Quon said Cook submitted a formal written request to Human Resources Command-St. Louis on May 8, 2009 volunteering to serve one year in Afghanistan with Special Operations Command, U.S. Army Central Command, beginning July 15, 2009. The soldier's orders were issued on June 9, Quon said.
"A reserve soldier who volunteers for an active duty tour may ask for a revocation of orders up until the day he is scheduled to report for active duty," Quon said.
As the "milblog" Mudville Gazette notes:
In short - Cook never had to go in the first place. Unlike most soldiers who deploy as part of a unit, Cook - a reservist - had volunteered to go as an individual augmentee. The Army generally seeks volunteers to fill such assignments first - if no one does so then a non-volunteer is tapped.
... Even without going to court, the Army says - essentially - hey, no problem. You were the one who wanted to go in the first place.
Actually, there is one "Major" problem. Because Cook waited to the last minute to take this action, either someone is going to get a very short notice non-volunteer assignment, or else the unit in Afghanistan will have to get by without one soldier for a while. Since that soldier would be a field grade officer, it's likely that the position will be of some significance.
But hey, at least he got his name in the papers.
Yet over at the wingnut military site Military.Com, there was Taitz being treated as a credible source too:
"Do you know what this means?" Taitz asked in a telephone interview with Military.com Tuesday, about an hour after hearing from Maj. Stefan Cook, the officer fighting his deployment to Afghanistan. "It means the Obama administration has blinked. They have no cards to play with. The moment I filed a lawsuit, they didn't even fight!"
Then again, this is a website where 51 percent of the readers, when polled online about the Cook case, answer: "I'd need to see the long-form birth certificate before I followed any of Obama's orders too."
You have to wonder if Sean Hannity's audience polls about the same.
Day by day, marching further off into irrelevance
yes, and deeper into insanity.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
when dumbya was in office, holy fuckin hell there would have been rightwingers callin for his head on a pike!
But now that a soldiers tryin it while Obama's in office, this guys an "American Hero"...gimme a fuckin break!
who keep this stuff filmed, filmed YEARS AGO, I might add, and get copies of the BC? It's the copy the US govt accepts for passports. With the seal of the governing body affixed by an authorised person.
I mean WTF birthers? That's how I get BC copies in genealogy studies, public records and all.
Oh and here's a thought: Birth announcements in the local paper, generally held on film in public lie-berrys. Unless you are THAT fucking crazy and think the fix has been in since '61.
me-oww!
...that the guy got fired. He's employed as an IT guy by a military contractor. The military told his boss he wasn't welcome no more 'round here. Whereupon boss fired his ass.
Olberman talked about it last night in worsts but that's all I heard about his fireing. Sueing your employer is the same As saying "I quit". I don't agree with that but that's the way it is now. I can't tell if cook was used as a pawn or not.
was pulled. As an IT person he would need access to sensitive information. No security clearance, no military contract job in a combat area of operation. Sounds simple to me.
That's how security clearances work.
good riddance.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
with a warrant, of course.
He's been very up front about his plans to do all of this, he may have intelligence stashed at his house, on his computer.
On May 8, 2009, Major Cook voluntered to go to Afghanistan, at a time when Obama was the president. He then got his orders to go on June 9. He was to depart on July 15, but submitted is request not to go on July 14, which is legal.
So, what changed his mind? Did he suddenly become a Birther? or did he just not want to go?
... knowing that Obama would augment the Afghanistan mission.
Cook didn't want to serve, he just wanted a stage to air the 'birther' horseshit.
Yep.
like Major Cook volunteered for the express purpose of filing a law suit. How such a stupid man became a Major is the 'real' question. Heck, how he gets his shoes tied every morning is a puzzle. Probably wears loafers.
it would blow up in his face like that. Pulls a stunt like that -- you can bet the Army wasn't real happy about it so they pulled his security clearance and he then loses his civilian military contractor job. That was a pretty slick move by the Army.
Well, maybe if that flakey lawyer of his isn't married the two of them could hook up since they're both "birthers." They'd make a great pair.
If you have ever known any, you would not be surprised about the quality of the officer. Colonels are even worse, so he seems in line for a promotion.
From my experience, the major qualifications for being a Reserves Colonel are being a self righteous blowhard with an ugly mustache.
This was a set play from the beginning.
Look at your own time line.
Just like we are now finding out about the Ricci case, these people are being or are allowing themselves to be used yo create this false opposition to The President.
When you have nothing just make it up!
and show us what evidence they have of Obama being born somewhere else. Like: Where? Who was the doctor, nurse? Was it announced in another, foreign, newspaper?
http://msgboard.snopes.com/politics/graphics/...
is intended to be a factual statement
refuses to go there! It told me it did not like the taste of the cookies. Probably too much -um- BS. (baking soda)
Just a copy of his birth certificate from Snopes.
is intended to be a factual statement
It just seems like a terribly circuitous route for a Coward,obviously afraid to fight,to take.Rather than pushing this silly notion any further Cook should just admit that he's a total Pussy and be done with it.I mean going after the President?With such a hair brained charge? How "Patriotic" and classy.
"To me, truth is not some vague, foggy notion. Truth is real. And,
at the same time, unreal. Fiction and fact and everything in between,
plus some things I can't remember, all rolled into one big "thing."
This is truth, to me. "
-Jack Handy
... part of any military oath taken upon joining.
Because Cook just blew that one to hell.
rather the sentiment of he is a " pussy " , no he is not , men do not give birth so how would we know ? , how many times has that charged be applied to men as being weak , giving birth is not weak .
So to accuse a " man " of being a pussy is to accuse them of being strong , no , it degrades the process of birth and that of women in general , it could be there for argued that women are stronger than men for giving birth and putting up with our bullshit .
Just a thought from the peanut gallery .
every time you throw a little mud , you lose a little ground .
Let a liberal refuse service for any reason whatsoever and the right would label him a traitor. This guy is a Freeper. The same site that blatantly spewed their racism towards Obama's 11 year old daughter. Less than a year ago these same people were all about serving your county. Now they're proud of a man running from his service. Confusing? Nope. It's called conservatism. Obvious, typical? For sure.
is intended to be a factual statement
Its a red herring. Obama's cert has been provided. There was only one form. I'd like to see these chuckleheads produce on "long form" Hawaiian birth certificate from the same hospital, same year, for any other US citizen. Just so we know what one looks like, ya know.
Just more of the same BS this loathsome group of slime always serves up. Well, the actual surprise is that there are still so many people who swallow every bite, and come back for more.
-for refusing to go to Iraq because it was and is an illegal war. I expect they'll spend a long time there. All Major Kook had to do was say "hey, I changed my mind".
What's going on here? I can see how the man is now recognized as hostile. I don't see why he get's to be treated any better than the next guy, but i do see why he might be treated more harshly than the next guy, since he doesn't object to war or the wars.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
is bad does that mean i don't have to pay income tax??? retards
... Taitz thinks this proves her claim or not.
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T CHANGE A THING.
Upon the death, incapacitation, or inability of the President to complete his term of office, the Vice-President ascends to the office. That's Joe Biden. This ain't a beauty pageant where the runner-up takes over, so freepers can forget seeing the Obama Administration being shown the door and having Maverick & The Quitter installed in their place.
Furthermore, Biden's position as VP would then be filled by either President of the Senate pro tem Robert Byrd, or by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. And if both of them decline, then next in line would be SecState Hillary Rodham Clinton.
As for Taitz' claim that the Army didn't fight, thus it proves the charge, she's full of shit. The Army is handling the matter administratively - because the alternative, for Major Cook, is to face a court-martial for disobeying an order in a time of war.
In the event that Biden became president, he would nominate a new VP who would then have to be approved by the Senate.
E.g: Gerry Ford, who was the House Minority Leader in 1973.
I was thinking of Rockefeller, who was simply former Governor of New York when he was selected as VP by Ford.
Also, it's not just the Senate, but the House too that has to vote to confirm an appointed VP. They're done separately, not as a joint session.
Furthermore, Biden's position as VP would then be filled by either President of the Senate pro tem Robert Byrd, or by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. And if both of them decline, then next in line would be SecState Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Um, no it wouldn't. After Biden became President, he would select who he wanted for VP, and that person would have to be confirmed by Congress. I'm not sure if that confimation is done by the House or Senate though.
... it doesn't remove a Democratic administration from power.
And the chain of succession is as stated. Biden could very well go right down the line, so both Pelosi and Clinton would be legitimate choices.
There is no "Chain of succession" for the VP. The Chain of Succession is only for the President, when both President and VP are removed from office, incapacitated or killed.
And the line of succession is Biden, Pelosi, Byrd, Clinton, Geithner, Gates ...
.... the chain of succession STOPS when Biden takes over for Obama, then RESUMES once he's picked someone to replace him, and that sequence is again VP - Senate pro tem - Speaker - SecState.
Not that there's a clear picture available on the internet, there's a lot of contradicting sources, some of which don't include the Senate pro tem position in the lineup.
The chain of succession doesn't "stop". If Biden takes over for Obama and then Biden can't handle the duties (incapacitated, dies, etc), the line picks right up again. If Biden hasn't picked a VP (that has been confirmed) it continues down the line. If Biden has picked a VP that has been confirmed, the VP is 1st in line again
Also, you have the line wrong. It was changed a few years ago and is now VP, Speaker of the House, President pro tempore of the Senate, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury ...
There are lots of "clear pictures" of this available on the internet. You just have to look for it.
... what I said was correct, except for Biden being able to choose someone outside the line of succession as his replacement.
We're still splitting hairs, because the birthers seem to think John McCain is a beauty queen who takes over when the winner of the Mr./Ms. Oval Office Pageant can't complete their duties, and we're both perfectly clear that this simply will not be the case.
except for Biden being able to choose someone outside the line of succession as his replacement.
Yeah, that's what I said, except you've continued to fight this. That and you had the line of succession wrong a couple of times.
As to the birthers and if McCain could be President. I'm sure it would become a Constitution issue and go to the Supreme Court, since they'd claim that since Obama/Biden were not "legal" McCain won the election by default. And that the line of succession doesn't matter.
As I see it, we've each corrected the other. And I accepted your corrections. You're making this out to be something other than it is, or expecting a pat on the head and someone to applaud you for being right.
I would dispute the claim of this being a Constitutional issue, since the election is not a beauty pageant, no matter how much the birthers would wish it to be otherwise. As far as I can tell, if it were determined Obama was not a citizen and therefore ineligible to become president, it doesn't matter - because Biden's credentials are undeniable.
I didn't it was a Constitutional issue, just that that's what they'd claim. And with the 5 on the SCOTUS ...
You had two points wrong
Yes, you were right. Three cheers. Baloons. Dancing penguins. Happy now?
I corrected/clarified when you stated that the line of succession magically STOPS when Biden becomes president, then RESUMES after he picks a VP. This cannot be correct in any sense, because the chain of command must be preserved throughout.
So you corrected nothing of mine. This is something you pulled out of who knows where.
I also don't need your cheers. Many people make mistakes when it comes to the President Line of Succession. I usually correct them on it, most aren't as hostile as you.
There is no "Chain of succession" for the VP. The Chain of Succession is only for the President, when both President and VP are removed from office, incapacitated or killed.
Even if the President is removed from office and the VP survives to take his place, that chain of command must persist throughout the process of selecting a new VP, which is what I've said from the start.
So I'm not the only one pulling stuff out of who knows where.
You said the VP slot IS FILLED from the Chain of Succession. It is not. You stated:
Furthermore, Biden's position as VP would then be filled by either President of the Senate pro tem Robert Byrd, or by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. And if both of them decline, then next in line would be SecState Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Not only is the VP not filled from the Presidential Line of Succession, you had the order wrong. The new President can choose whoever he wants, subject to confirmation. If the new President dies before a VP is confirmed, then we go back to the Chain of Succession to replace the President. Christ, it's time you give this up.
I've accepted your corrections, yet you want to argue about when and how.
Biden CAN pick his successor from the legitimate chain of command, which I acknowledge is not the same as automatically filling the position.
You're splitting hairs.
Who is splitting hairs?
Yes, Biden CAN pick the VP from the Chain of Succession, as I've said, he could choose ANYONE, subject to confirmation. But that's not what you said, you said the VP slot WOULD BE FILLED from the Chain of Succession, which it is not. That is a very big difference. It's not splitting hairs.
I seem to recall that in an event (such as a meteor hitting them) in which the President & VP were killed simultaneously, then the Speaker Of the House would become President. Being elected every 2 years S/He would be more a Representative of the People's preference.
Or I might have dreamed it, seen it on TV. I like those disaster shows "After People" and "When Buildings Explode!" and of course the "Meteor killed the Dinosaurs". I wonder if they'd say that if a meteor slammed into DC? If Krakatoa exploded again, would we have a year-long winter again? Could it reverse Global Warming, or just make it even more chaotic?
Sorry, I just took a double Dose of vicodin (legally). It makes me silly. Sillier.
Maybe Binden would choose ex-President Carter. Heh. Or Bill Clinton. What a mess that would make on the R side of the Senate & House. All those exploded heads. Of course a lot of the heads are empty, so perhaps the mess wouldn't be so bad after all.
I've always wanted him to be picked for the Supreme Court. We could damn well lose at least half of Planet Wingnutia with that one. heh.
Let it Happen. Chief Justice Bill Clinton, and his wife President Hillary Clinton. And Pres. Carter in charge of Israeli relations & funding.
This time a Willow, excellent idea.
I LOVE that idea. Can you imagine Insanity, O'Lielly and Glen Shrek behind that? It would be hysterical.
Their heads would explode just at the nomination.
...unless it's their ass getting shot at; Or unless your name is Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook and you're a Cowardly chicken hawk.
Cook Got cold feet at the last second or a set-up to bring this birther crap back.
my guess is that "babygate" was started by neocons eager to counter or retaliate for the very real doubts most everyone has regarding the legitimacy of the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections.
i wouldn't be at all surprised if rogue, far-right idealogues in gov't or intelligence helped generate all the "hoopla".
yeah, a conspiracy to create a conspiracy theory; that's what i'm suggesting...
it's a pretty good scheme, if that's in fact what it is, because obama himself doesn't remember being born and his parents are both long since dead.
it plays into all of the fears of the far right base, as well. especially the fundie nutter butters.
They did it with Kerry too. He really was a war hero, and W, the draft dodger, couldn't compete, so they tore Kerry's rep apart. It's very Rovian.
I can't wait until some or all of those 51% hire this fraud and end up in the slammer with huge legal bills. Hahahahahahahahhaha hahahhaha lolololol "But she told me I didn't have to go because Obama bin Ladin was not a citizen." Hahahahah.
I just cannot believe how STUPID people are. It boggles the mind. Now this fucking idiot has no job. Hehe
they are just THAT STUPID! In the last 48 hours the RWNJ have been as giggly and gleeful on various sites on the internet as Hannity was on Faux over this bullshit. They are thinking this as just the tip of the iceberg and that there will be class action suits filed on behalf of other military personnel who are also birthers. The freepers have been all over this story. They want Obama gone, but they also don't want Biden or Pelosi in the oval office. Although they think if Biden was put in as President he could be "controlled". Their big wet dream in their delusional thinking would be that a new election would have to be held and that Sarah Palin could actually be elected. Honestly, I knew there were people who aren't very intelligent, I just didn't realize there were so damn many!
if these far-right nuts really believed this crap, they never would have gotten behind john mccain, who really was born in panama.
can this crazy person Taitz file before something is done about her?
To wit, the same fate that met anti-videogame activist Jack Thompson. After filing an endless parade of lawsuits, the Florida courts told him he needed to have a co-signer - a member in good standing who was willing to put their name on the documents alongside Thompson's.
Thompson complained, calling the court corrupt and accusing (IIRC) then governor Jeb Bush of conspiring against him.
The Florida Bar disbarred Thompson entirely.
to practice law in California. Seems she got her JD from a "long-distance" learning institute that is not certified by the ABA. I think she also claims to be a dentist. She sounds like a definite certifiable Nut Case.
Maybe she is a psychiatrist too. Then she could certify herself to be perfectly sane.
I never noticed it before - but Hannity's full baby cheeks - either side of that squenched up little round mouth - is reminiscent of a different body part altogether.
Not only is the man an ASS - but he wears it on his face for everyone to see.
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Rush Limpgag's mouth looks like an anal cyst. O'Riley's, well, let's not go into that.
This is a great time to be a Progressive while watching the Conservatives slowly suffer in denial and delusion. You know these fools are truly hurting as they hold on to tooth fairy hope that a racist miracle will occur and rescue them from this dreaded Negro President.
Ya, Shaun "at least one soldier" Hannity want's to see "more than one soldier" refuse to go. Let's all laugh at Shaun Hannity's support for the troops.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Hannity is getting his wish. According to USAToday Cook was joined in his controversial lawsuit by a retired Army two-star general and an active reserve Air Force lieutenant colonel. Where is the rest of the story on these two?
why are neocons even wasting their time w/ babygate?
don't they realize that if their fringe movement actually somehow succeeds (it won't), the rest of america will retaliate by finally throwing open the cheney floodgates?
I love how this guy requests to go while Obama is President and then doesn't want to go because Obama is President. Nothing changed there and these allegations are hardly new.
This is extremely fishy and it bothers me that the media isn't looking into that aspect of this more.
must be would know if Obama really was not born on American soil THE REPUGS would have found out long ago.
was brought up on a timeline by Ed Schultz on his show tonight on MSNBC. He also showed a clip of this Orly Taitz and the Major who was in full dress uniform. He just babbled on like the rest of the nutbags, but I'm sure he looked like a real Amercun hero to his fans.
I would just like to know how is this not considered unpatriotic?
... an American citizen really is allowed to disagree with the President and/or his policies. It's only George W. Bush and idiots like Hannity who insisted we had to shout Zeig! Heil! all the time.
That's true, but it's also about unity of purpose, troop moral. Hannity's argument has nothing to do with the welfare of the troops or the successful end to war.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
... but my comment was about flinging the label 'unpatriotic' about, because it's damned certain I have a different definition than Hannity.
Cook's refusal is dishonest, disrespects both Obama as NCA (National Command Authority) and the existing and legitimate chain of command, and impacts troop morale. When it crosses the line and is established as providing aid and comfort to the enemy, then I'll consider calling it unpatriotic.
Until then, dishonest, disrespectful, and stupid will do just fine.
As if to illustrate how little he really cares about any of this besides how it might hurt Obama, idiot Hannity can't even get simplest of facts straight. In the first sentence of his report, he refers to Cook as a "sergeant." In fact, he's a "major." It goes downhill from there of course.
First he's palling around with Orly. Then he gets his story on the teevee machine and Sean demotes him to sergeant. Sean called him US Army Sergeant Cook the first time and Major Cook the second time. Sean, they're not the same.
probably thought Major Cook is a cook. I wonder if there are Army cooks who are sergeants? Possible, but I doubt a Major would be.
If it suits him, Hannity will believe anything.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
First, re the guys who refused to go because they said the war was illegal. The difference is that Cook volunteered, and was entitled to unvolunteer any time before leaving. He knew that, and so did his lawyer. The whole thing is a stunt. He's not stupid. He's immoral and unethical.
Second, even if the birthers held the certified birth certificate in their own hot little hands, they would still deny its legitimacy. They'd invent a new conspiracy theory about forgery.
They'd invent a new conspiracy theory about forgery.
ding-ding-ding ... you've won the prize for today. They've got a meme and they're sticking to it, doesn't matter how much evidence proves otherwise.
just today I had someone close to me tell me that there is a monument to Obama at the actual hospital in Kenya that Obama was born at, so that proves he was born in Kenya, not Hawaii. Jesus help me!
Obama mama was an American citizen so Barack is natural no matter where he was born. http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_citi.html
is a fraud. He knew when he VOLUNTEERED to go to Afghanistan that Barack Obama was President. The questions that the birthers have about Obama's birth certificate have been around since September or October of 2008. He knew Obama was Commander-in-Chief since January, yet he still volunteered if he really thought Obama was not legally C-i-C. This was merely a political stunt and he should be court-martialed and stripped of all his rank to a private. He should also be immediately charged for bad conduct and conduct unbecoming an officer so he receives no military benefits. What a slug and a disgrace.
The Army is being rather nice, addressing the issue as an administrative one.
If Taitz and Cook continue to shoot their mouths off, Cook could very well face a court-martial and a BCD.
being nice by handling this administratively. It's clear to me this was a set-up. Cook should face a BCD -- this is graceful.
Pure and simple. I hate saying that cause it gets thrown out there so much BUT if Obama wasn't black would he be questioning his citizenship? Did he Question Bush's citizenship? NO
Late,
QSE32
Come on home now Taitz. You can't fool us. We saw Tim Burton's "Mars Attacks" and we know where you got that do. Peel a little cheek for us, that's it.
Actually, she's one of the Crab People. They tried this before with The Jeffersons and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.
I can't believe he's still on about that. Hannity needs a good kick in the pants.
Hey he has Lou Dobbs on his side too. I wonder when CNN will see that they are going to be put in the same heep with Faux if they keep Dobbs around much longer. They must be beside themselves. They just got rid of Beck and now Dobbs is officially off the deep end. (I know, I know it's CNN and all but they do have some credibility. Or at least they did.)
If this was a few years ago, Sean would call this guy unAmerican.
What a moron.
NOBODY 2012
Hell, if he spoke out against George Bush chickenhawk Hannity would be swiftboating the hell out of the guy.
They'd take this Kook guy and say "OK, no deployment to Afghanistan. Instead, we'll deploy you to (the worst possible hell hole that is Siberia for Army folks that are totally incorrigible and un-rehabilitatible)."
I can't think of such a place right now, but most major businesses have such places, where careers go to wither and die on the vine. He is definitely a candidate. Then, after a few years, dishonorable discharge, and then the private business firing. Sorry if my revenge fantasies upset a few, but really, karma is a bitch.
He volunteered to deploy as a reservist ... he has the right to back out up until the day of deployment.
because he threw a hissy fit and isn't going now, somebody else may be called up unvoluntarily to take his place. So why don't they just unvoluntarily call this jerk up and send him anyway (other than the fact that real soldiers don't want an insane person in the foxhole with them.)?
But I don't know what the rules are for "drafting" in a reservist. So I'm not sure they'd be able to do that. And you're right, I wouldn't want that nutter in a foxhole with me.
Unfortunately, there are way too many of them being forced to serve even as we speak.
I have to listen to the BS from a Marine wife at my work, who shouts about how Obama is hurting the troops because he released a terrorist and how it was PROVEN that he had gone back and killed more American troops (this was the day after it had been announced he would be released, but nothing had actually happened yet).
And the Repugs cry and whine when liberals compare them to Nazis. The Repugs hypocrisy makes me SICK. If anybody who signed up for military duty says that they are opposed to war, they scream bloody murder about how you signed up voluntarily (although recruiters lie about what they will be doing). Then this guy comes along and pulls this $4!t. They whined during the early years about how soldiers who were going AWOL to Canada to keep from being deployed were traitors.
If I were the military, I would say fine...we won't deploy you. Give him about two weeks, and then send him a letter saying, "You disobeyed your Commander-In-Chief. Duly elected by the people. You are hereby dishonorably discharged from the Reserves. By doing this we withdraw any benefits that you receive due to your Reservist status. This is effective immediately."
troops to see the President's birth certificate before following orders.
Then again, perhaps *everyone* serving should refuse to serve; the money saved from war spending could be diverted to health care. Libs could then embrace Maj. Cook as a health care reform advocate.
By dog thats UN-american ,
Wanting to put all those bomb builders out of work , really what other MFG do we have left ? .
every time you throw a little mud , you lose a little ground .
Hannity, your waterboard is waiting.....and waiting.
Soft doughy chickenshit coward.
There is pretty lively discussion going on re this topic, and many, I'd say most, posters are less than happy with Cook and the birthers. Speaking of the latter, there are some prime examples of these folk posting there. Yikes!
The thread link is
http://forums.military.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f...
just object via your conscience sir as so many before you have, and relieve us from this childish 'oh he's not the Prez because of his birth certificate being false' or some such petulance. instead you resort to this craziness with that c-word shyster you have for a lawyer representing you. you signed up to serve in the military, and whomever is president (factually so) is irrelevant, as you do what you are ordered to do by your superiors. this silliness makes you out to be a coward, and you are. i dont want you defending this country either, so i agree you should be kicked out. you are clearly useless and again, a coward.
As a retired combat vet and past evaluator of the National Guard and reserves (active), the only thing shown by the COWARD cook was as the promoter of the story a COWARD. The real purpose of the story was to destroy the credibility of the President and spread yes again more FEAR. I personally went off on a troop when he turned around and quit and yes that is in their contract so other than trying to sabotage my President with Hatred Cowardice and Lies the ONLY option is political motivation of Fear by a COWARD. The CLOSET QUEEN as usual panders to the Hate Mongers on the Right with half truths and misquotes but what do you expect SHE is a member of the right(LOSERS).
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Maybe with some good talc.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Why didn't he just go to Canada?
The simple truth is Cook is a coward. An innovative coward, I'll give you that. But he's still a coward.
As this is a time of war, he should be court martialed and if found guilty of dereliction of duty or treason, set him up for a firing squad, let him soil his diapers and just before they squeeze the triggers have the President intervene to stop the execution. That would give the Freepers a little pause about what authority the President has.
Democratic Party progressive, Vietnam veteran and proud Union member for 41 years
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