Obama's Bergdahl Waterloo

Obama's Bergdahl Waterloo

 

Long ago, an aged nun ranted that I would some day meet my Waterloo because of my recalcitrance and general classroom misbehavior. 

 

I understood and have diligently tried to correct my tendency to misbehave, with little success, but I never did understand Sister Josepha’s warning about meeting my Waterloo since I had no clue in seventh grade what or where Waterloo was and why I was threatened with meeting it.


As far as I know, I haven’t yet met it but I have come to understand what dear, old, nasty Sister Josepha meant.  Napoleon was soundly vanquished at the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium by Britain’s Duke of Wellington and the Prussian army, a battle costing some 22,000 British and Prussian casualties.

Sister Josepha may very well have witnessed and delighted in that mayhem and was strongly suggesting I, too, would eventually get my comeuppance.

However, that’s all tangential to the point that America’s President Barack Hussein Obama may finally have met his own well-deserved Waterloo following years of outrageously arrogant misbehavior, illegal, unconstitutional actions, and demonstrations of utter contempt for the American people, all of which have come home to roost as a  consequence of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.

The president’s desperation and the desperation of his designated administration mouthpieces over the fallout resulting from trading five of the worst of the worst terrorists captured and imprisoned at Guantanamo for an alleged turncoat-deserter-traitor have only been accented by the mad rush to defend Obama’s insanely dangerous decision by much of his still-devoted mainstream media.

—Last Sunday, National Security Advisor Susan “Benghazi Video” Rice told America on national television that Sgt. Bergdahl had served his country with “honor and distinction,” without specifying which country she meant or explaining her concept of “honor and distinction.”

—Last Monday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reminded a Denver audience that Bergdahl “was an American citizen–is an American citizen–was serving in our military. . . The idea that you really care for your own citizens and particularly those in uniform, I think is a very noble one,” apparently forgetting that Benedict Arnold was an American citizen, and a general to boot;

—Last Tuesday, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI issued a statement saying that members of Congress “should not be surprised that he [Obama] acted as he did in the circumstances that existed,” meaning the president had no other choice but to save Berdahl’s ass;

—Last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said the terrorists had been at Gitmo for “far too long” and that he was happy they were sent to Qatar and criticized Republicans for blocking attempts to try them in the U.S., presumably because he felt they were just freedom fighters who shouldn’t be tried at all?

On the other hand, there are definite signs that not everyone in the Democrat Party and the media thinks the president did the right thing in unleashing five Taliban terrorists in return for a likely defector, and therein lies the basis for the president’s long overdue meeting with his Waterloo.

For years, Obama’s entertainment-world sycophants, his obsequious mainstream buddies, and his partisan political cronies have blindly supported his every move, distorted the truth about everything he said and did, and outright lied when all else failed to cover for him. 

For the last year or so, though, with nothing to lose following the re-election they helped manipulate, like pissed off rats in a cage of their own making, some of his former idolators have been exposing their emperor’s lack of clothes and the chinks in his very fragile armor.

Chris Tingles Matthews, Bill Maher, Jon Stewart and a multiplicity of others who had thought Obama could walk on water–if he chose to–have all taken pot shots at him since the last election and those defections crescendoed after Obama’s terrorists-for-traitor trade:
—Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D, NH) . . . (Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=37586.)

Food4Patriots and Food for Thought

Food4Patriots and Food for Thought

 

Although I have often advocated for the Wounded Warrior Project, the Salvation Army, and other worthwhile organizations on this blogsite, I have very rarely–as in never–endorsed any commercial enterprise and this should not be interpreted as either a sales pitch or an endorsement.

Food4Patriots caught my attention with a full-page advertisement in the June edition of the popular conservative magazine, “Newsmax,” an ad beyond thought-provoking and more akin to a wake-up call to Americans who sense something is very wrong in our country today, something ominous and life-threatening for us and our families. 

Hopefully, the threat may never come to fruition but to ignore it could literally be hazardous to our survival.

The very name Food4Patriots for a storage food- survival food company is a turn-off to many Americans since it seems to suggest the company caters only to “patriots,” the people the IRS considers unworthy of tax exempt status. However, that’s not the case.

Its name doesn’t imply Food4Patriots is anticipating an imminent food shortage disaster or conjure up images of Depression Era food lines, food riots, and government manipulation and even seizures of America’s food suppliers and food stocks but that is precisely what the company’s founders fear.

Supporting the implication of government attempting to corner the food market and stockpile food for re-distribution when it sees fit and to whom it deems qualified, the Food4Patriots website features a recent letter from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, offering to purchase the company’s entire inventory, an offer the owners adamantly refused to accept even if they expect FEMA to go elsewhere to buy up food stocks.

Their website also includes a lengthy, compelling video detailing the company’s rationale for existence as well as an historical perspective on past and current governmental involvement in food re-distribution. . . (Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=37570.)

Professor Walter E. Williams Exposes "White Privilege"

   Professor Walter E. Williams Exposes "White Privilege"

If he has accomplished nothing else, President Barack Hussein Obama who has often touted our “post racial” society has succeeded in dividing America into two separate racial camps pitted against one another in what seems to be an intentional effort to cause strife between the black and white races.   One of Obama’s primary tools in that sinister campaign has been the educational establishment which he has enlisted as his frontline troops in promoting the ideas of “white privilege” and its closely related cousin, “white guilt.”   Dr. Walter E. Wiiliams, the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University, economist, political/social commentator, prolific libertarian author–and an African-American–believes the whole concept of “white privilege,” the idea that white people in America and throughout the rest of the world are undeservedly accorded rights, benefits, and privileges denied people of color, is not only anti-American but anti-capitalism and anti-Christian as well.   The professor was inspired to expose those little-known features of the burgeoning radical movement against white privilege at last month’s the 15th annual workshop for 2,500 educators and students in Madison, Wisconsin titled, “The White Privilege Conference” and ostensibly dedicated to “Understanding, Connecting, & Respecting.”   Basing his opinions on the MacIver Institute which was in attendance, Prof. Williams reveals that the organizers and participants at that conclave are dedicated to everything except understanding, connecting, and respecting.   Williams believes “The average parent has no idea of the devious indoctrination going on in classrooms in many public schools,” a devious indoctrination now being taught and reinforced at every educational level from kindergarten through university levels.   According to the always-suspect Wikipedia, ”White privilege” is the set of societal privileges that white people benefit from beyond those commonly experienced by people of color in the same social, political, or economic spaces (nation, community, workplace, income, etc.). The term denotes both obvious and less obvious unspoken advantages that white persons may not recognize they have, which distinguishes it from overt bias or prejudice. . . . The concept of white privilege also implies the right to assume the universality of one’s own experiences, marking others as different or exceptional while perceiving oneself as normal.”   More succinctly, the leftist-liberal oriented Wikipedia gibberishly defines “white privilege” as nothing more or less than the antiquated notion that  blacks have largely failed to succeed and prosper in America due to white discrimination and bigotry and alleges that whites are so ignorant that they may not even recognize they’re racial bigots.   Some very curious examples of the conference’s “understanding, connecting, and respecting” . . .

(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=37557.)

Sgt. Bergdahl and the Impeachment of Barack Hussein Obama

Sgt. Bergdahl and the Impeachment of Barack Hussein Obama

 

Although impeachment of government officials in America–most often federal justices–is not at all uncommon, impeaching the President of the United States is a grave undertaking which, due to its gravity, has rarely been attempted in our 225 year history; only two of our forty-four Chief Executives, Andrew Johnson and William Clinton, have been successfully impeached and both were acquitted.

Often misunderstood, impeachment is actually nothing more than an accusation, an indictment brought against a federal official which, in the case of a president, is tried in the U.S. Senate with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presiding and requiring 66 2/3% of senators present for conviction.

Much as I have never favored impeaching President Barack Hussein Obama for his many egregious  ”high crimes and misdemeanors” and, most recently, treasonous acts he has been accused of committing over the course of his five plus years of his presidency, it may now be time to consider that momentous and dire step in order to preserve what is left of our Constitution and the constitutional protections of American citizens.

The chief reason many concerned Americans, far more astute than I, have opposed the impeachment route to remove Obama from office has been, frankly, fear for our country’s safety and survival should he be convicted and forced to resign the presidency.

Due to the usually blind, unquestioning allegiance of Obama’s chief constituency, African-Americans, there is a significant  possibility the United States would face unprecedented upheaval, rioting, and literal insurrection by that community who would be incensed over the impeachment and conviction of the first black president.

Supplemented in those upheavals by malcontents who have long agitated for our downfall, they might just succeed in effectively destroying the country.

However, as risky as it is but in view of recent demonstrations that the Obama administration has utter contempt for the Congress, the Constitution, and the American people, it’s time to seriously consider indicting the president for his high crimes before he goes any further down the path to dictatorial rule. . . . (Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=37516.)

The Un-Curious Case of Sgt. Bergdahl's "BaghDad"

The Un-Curious Case of Sgt. Bergdahl's "BaghDad"

 

The idiomatic “You ain’t seen nothing yet!” doesn’t come close to describing the stuff hitting and about to hit the Bergdahl family fan, stuff the sergeant’s daddy seems to be reveling in during his fifteen minutes of undeserved fame.

Call Robert Bergdahl ”BaghDad” or “BaghDad Bob,” the father of Sgt. Bowe Robert Bergdahl, the soldier “released” by the Taliban after five years in “captivity,” is proving the truth of the adage that nuts don’t fall very far from the nut tree.

As the Bergdahl saga continues to unfold and as the transparent Obama administration continues to lie, hide, and obfuscate the truth, we should, of course, withhold a verdict on what really happened five years ago when Sgt. Bergdahl mysteriously disappeared from his post in Afghanistan and ended up in Taliban hands.

We should also disregard, for now, the four-year-old Taliban claim that Bergdahl wasn’t simply a deserter but a traitor as well who converted to Islam and taught jihadists how to construct bombs and ambush convoys in order to kill Americans. (WND.com)

And we should overlook, for now, reports that his fellow soldiers had orders to shoot him on sight as a deserter. (See Facebook page “Bowe Bergdahl is a  Traitor.”)

And we should not consider, for now, that the military’s hunt for him left U.S. outposts undermanned, leading to the loss of eight American lives in the battle of Kamdesh, according to a Pentagon official. (DailyMail) 

Let’s not forget, though, that President Barack Hussein Obama declared this alleged deserter and traitor a “hero” during a Rose Garden reception for his parents last Saturday announcing Sgt. Bergdahl’s release in exchange for freeing five of the most dangerous terrorists in Gitmo, terrorists Obama later conceded would probably re-join al-Qaeda in its quest to rid the world of “the Great Satan.” 

But, back to Bergdahl the senior. . . (Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=37502.)

Outrages in America's Schools: Part Two--Public Schools

Outrages in America's Schools--Part Two: Public Schools

 

Unfortunately for their victims and our country, political correctness, religious discrimination, anti-Americanism, and blatant immorality are sweeping America’s colleges and universities, all of which are expected given the liberal-leftist professors and administrators who govern those institutions.
 
However, those same evils–and worse–have now infested our formerly a-political public school systems that once were educational models for the world, and that is far more intolerable.

Whichever came first, the corruptions of the academia chickens or the corruptions of the public school eggs, is irrelevant.  What matters is that many primary and secondary school “educators” have become leaders of the lib-left pack determined to indoctrinate rather than educate our young people.

Instances of such activities abound.

They range from the amazingly racist declaration by Chicago Teachers Union organizer Karen Lewis that Chicago “belongs” to African-Americans and not white people to disciplining Houston ISD bus driver Cynthia Cormier and four fellow drivers for daring to pray on a bus radio system for another co-worker’s 12 year old who died walking to school to the whole panoply of Common Core’s outrages against America’s children to the concerted efforts by school districts to downplay school violence and accent student self-esteem in lieu of accomplishment, etc.

Those exercises in twisted political correctness have frequently been examined in this space so, instead, let’s consider the merits of Michael Snyder’s February 25, 2014 article, “Sex and the Public Schools” in TheEndoftheAmericanDream.com.
Snyder launches his piece with the seemingly hyperbolic statement that, “You are going to have a hard time believing some of the stuff that you are about to read.  Children in America are being sexualized at younger and younger ages these days, and our public schools play a major role in that.  As you will see below, even kindergarten students are getting naked and trying to have sex with each other in our schools.”

He supports that actually non-hyperbolic contention with detailed proof of its unsettling truth, a sick reality confirmed by many others including CommercialFreeChildhood.org which recently posited, “Today, even young children are internalizing sexualized images and appropriating sexualized behavior–long before they are able to understand what it means to be a sexual being.”

The following should not be considered either the most disturbing or the only examples but merely a few more examples of what’s happening to kids in public schools:

–In Madison, Wisconsin in late March, a conference was held for educators nationwide, called “Examining White Privilege and Building Foundations for Social Justice Thinking in the Elementary Classroom.”  Led by teachers Rosemary Colt and Diana Reeves, the confab has been accurately described as ”nothing more than a brainwashing festival designed to make people feel guilty for being white. Not only that, but it taught them how to make their students, some still in elementary school, feel guilty for being white as well.”

–In Pleasant View, Utah, Weber High School teacher Ashleigh Williams thought it an excellent motivational device in her “Adult Roles and Financial Literacy” course, designed to prepare students to “understand the nature, function and  significance of individual and family relationships integrated with general  financial literacy,” to have students brainstorm on slang terms for their genitalia . . (Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=37485.)

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl: Things Are Not Always What They Seem

After five years as an apparent prisoner of the murderous Taliban, 28 year old infantryman Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the last known American POW in Afghanistan, was released on Saturday to the great joy of his parents, President Barack Hussein Obama, a thankful nation--and the Taliban.

The elation of Bergdahl's parents was obvious and expected: They finally had their son home again.  The president was overjoyed that he finally had something to crow about: He could now say he really did care about the troops.  The nation breathed a sigh of relief that a soldier so long imprisoned had finally been returned: We all could thank God for His munificence.

The Taliban, who had sheltered and supported al-Qaeda before and after September 11th, 2001, was most delighted of all: They had scored a major victory, exchanging one American soldier with very questionable loyalties to his country for five of their most vicious  Talibaners who had still been jailed in Guantanamo.

Shortly after Bergdahl's capture on June 30, 2009, Taliban commander Mulvi Sangeen gleefully claimed his troops grabbed the drunken American as he stumbled toward his car, an allegation disputed by the US military and Bergdahl later said he was captured while on patrol.

Those accounts may be debatable.  There's a very strong possibility if not a probability that Bergdahl wasn't drunk and he wasn't "captured" but rather surrendered in a pre-arranged deal with one of America's most committed enemies.
  That plot thickens, starting with his father Robert Bergdahl who posted, then, coincidentally deleted on the very day his son was released, "I am still working to free all Guantanamo prisoners.  God will repay for the death of every Afghan child, ameen! (sic)."

Apparently, good old dad cared a great deal about Afghan kids, the Gitmo terrorists like those freed, but not nearly so much for the security and policies of the country Bowe was serving.

Using euphemisms instead of calling our military liars outright, Robert Bergdahl explained, “We were given a fictitious picture, an artificially created picture of what we were doing in ­Afghanistan,”

As it turns out, long before his capture, the younger Bergdahl seemed to share the senior Bergdahl's questionable loyalties.

According to statements made to Rolling Stone in 2012 by former Spc. Jason Fry, a member of Sgt. Bergdahl's platoon, “He spent more time with the Afghans than he did with his platoon.”

At age 20, Bergdahl had attempted to join the French Foreign Legion, was rejected, became a drifter serving coffee at Zaney's Coffee Shop near his home in Hailey, Idaho, and considered moving to Uganda to help militia-terrorized villagers before ultimately deciding to join the Army, dreaming of helping Afghan villagers, according to his father.

Less circumspect than his dad, perhaps because he had already decided to become a renegade, Bowe reinforced Spc. Fry's oblique suggestion that his fellow platoon member wasn't exactly on America's side when he emailed his parents just 3 three days before he was captured.

In that communication, which may indicate that Sgt. Bergdahl anticipated his "capture" and was further stroking his "captors'" egos and supporting their goals and thereby insuring a comfortable internment by viciously attacking America, he wrote, “I am sorry for everything here. These people need help, yet what they get is the most conceited country in the world telling them that they are nothing and that they are stupid.”

He also bitched about his fellow troops, calling his battalion commander a “conceited old fool,” said that the only “decent” sergeants were planning to leave the platoon “as soon as they can,” and that he planned  “to do the same.”

As if that were not sufficient criticism to demonstrate his antipathy toward his comrades and our nation, he added, “I am ashamed to be an American. And the title of US soldier is just the lie of fools.  I am sorry for everything. The horror that is America is disgusting.”

His father obligingly responded to his son's invective by emailing back, “OBEY YOUR CONSCIENCE!”  (http://tinyurl.com/py7cndy)

Like any other great nation, the United States of America is a flawed country deserving of constructive criticism offered by well-meaning critics when necessary.  What we don't need are anti-American zealots such as Robert Bergdahl and his son Bowe Bergdahl.  Nor do we need opporutunistic presidents like Barack Hussein Obama who claim credit for freeing someone like Sgt. Bergdahl who obviously loves America even less than Obama, assuming that's possible.