Perusing the web I ran across this commentary by John Ransom over at Town Hall…
Lost amidst the White House he-said-she-said of finger pointing, scandal, incompetence, venality, hubris, vanity, error, greed, gluttony, embarrassment, cover up, stupidity, amateur bungling, brownnosing, grandstanding, photo-opting and hearings as the result of a few minor mistakes made by the Obama administration- an administration which rode roughshod over a several outdated laws, certain small parts of the Bill of Rights written by irrelevant white dudes; an administration that got people killed, violated civil rights, harassed government employees, ignored it’s basic responsibilities and common sense- are these small, little, niggling details: The folks in charge are freaking hypocrites; and because the are hypocrites they have nothing to offer the American people.
There is an email floating around about the Air Force Academy graduation this year that says POTUS refused the invite. Not quite, but it IS correct that the T-Birds, like the Blues are grounded…
Here’s the email I got and below that is a video of the flyover by the Texas Air Force…
Actually, this is partially untrue (my daughter graduated last year when, much to our regret, it was POTUS’s turn to be the speaker.) They rotate through the four (incl USCG) academies on a scheduled basis, with the pres, VP, SecDef, and Sec’y of the academy’s service being the speaker. (except when someone must be substituted). So it was not a case of declining invitations, just normal rotation.
The sequester is being used as an excuse for the T-Birds not being there, just as the Blue Angels were not at Annapolis, and just as 14 (?) OPERATIONAL squadrons have been grounded. (Sure could have used that $50 million of IRS party money, couldn’t we?)
What is remarkable and great is that the vintage aircraft conducted the traditional flyover, thanks to private donations, corporate sponsors, and dedicated graduates and pilots. Also, last year, POTUS left immediately after the ceremony and before the T-Birds flyover, thus causing the graduates and parents to have to wait until after he and his entourage left the stadium and cleared the airspace, so the T-Birds could show up and they could finally toss their hats up in the air. Weather was moving in, and they barely got the show in . The year my daughter was there that Biden was the speaker, the teleprompter blew over during his speech, and he made some remark like “It’s a good thing the president isn’t here. He’d be at a loss for words.”
As another aside, after the graduates move off to greet parents and friends, the kids in attendance are allowed to run down and grab one of the hats to keep (my grandson was allowed to do so last year). Inside that hat, they will find that the graduate has placed $20.13 for them (class of 2013)
Best to all,
Bxxxxx (proud dad of 2nd Lt. Cxxxxx C. Bxxxxx, USAFA class of 2012)
What if government officials have written laws that apply only to us and not to them? What if we gave them the power to protect our freedoms and our safety, and they used that power to trick and trap some of us? What if government officials broke the laws we hired them to enforce? What if they prosecuted others for breaking the same laws they broke?
Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon a great crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers in arms on other fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world.
Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle hardened, he will fight savagely.
But this is the year 1944! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man to man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our home fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to victory!
I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory!
Good Luck! And let us all beseech the blessings of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — U.S. border agents should continue to be allowed to search a traveler’s laptop, cellphone or other electronic device and keep copies of any data on them based on no more than a hunch, according to an internal Homeland Security Department study.
One more… The whole Tom Donilon is resigning and will be replaced by Susan Rice thing is interesting… So does this mean Donilon can’t be called to testify on Benghazi? And is replacing him with Rice a slap in the face to the Pubs for refusing to confirm her for SECSTATE???
Security was a ‘little’ different than today. A number of folks have sent me this link, and I’ll put it up for those who are interested. It’s about moving the A-12 from Palmdale to Area 51 back in the day…
Nobody with cameras, cell phones or any of that ‘stuff’… Years ago one of the tech reps at NAS Moffett was a former Lockheed Constellation flight engineer for Lockheed and flew from Palmdale to Area 51 on a regular basis. He ‘hinted’ at strange things that went on, but as he said something like, “I’ve signed my life away for what I did, and I ain’t about to go to jail just to humor y’all.”
Warning, that web site is a TIME SINK!!! You get to nosing around through the various pages and you can waste HOURS! But you’ll learn a hellva lot of history from those who were there…
