Jindal Snubs Veterans After Obama Pledges Support.

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Tuesday February 24, 2009 · 8:07 PM PST

2009/02/24 · 20:07

Also available at VetVoice.

In an address to a joint session of Congress, President Barack Obama had much praise and pledged much support for Veterans and Servicemembers:

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Tuesday October 14, 2008 · 10:45 PM PDT

2008/10/14 · 22:45

Cross posted at Rock the Boat.

This will be brief. Yes, I know Zogby sucks. But news outlets still report their numbers as if they are reliable, so I signed up to take Zogby surveys in order to help shape the narrative.

Today, I got my first survey, and the questions are a bit peculiar:

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Friday September 12, 2008 · 12:21 PM PDT

2008/09/12 · 12:21

Just a week ago, even Fox "News" was frustrated that Sarah Palin had so far refused any questioning from the media, prompting McCain campaign manager to tell Chris Wallace that Palin would be interviewed after she had some time to cram with the wonks in the campaign.

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Thursday September 04, 2008 · 7:12 PM PDT

2008/09/04 · 19:12

This will be brief, because its pretty cut and dry.

A few minutes ago, Cindy McCain began her speech by introducing all of her and John's children. The children, including son James or "Jimmy", appeared on stage at the Republican National Convention.

Sound harmless? Well it's illegal.

4.1.2. A member of the Armed Forces on active duty shall not:

4.1.2.1. Participate in partisan political fundraising activities (except as permitted in subparagraph 4.1.1.7.), rallies, conventions (including making speeches in the course thereof),
management of campaigns, or debates, either on one’s own behalf or on that of another, without respect to uniform or inference or appearance of official sponsorship, approval, or endorsemetn. Participation includes more than mere attendance as a spectator.

Will this be reported? Or will the media overlook it like every other McCain misstep?

More at VetVoice.

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Tuesday August 19, 2008 · 9:47 PM PDT

2008/08/19 · 21:47

UPDATE: Admittedly, this isn't the finest blog that ever existed. Can we all please swallow our Veepsteaks edginess and take this with a grain of salt and some humor?

Earlier tonight I made this comment suggesting that Barack Obama "Rick Roll" America just prior to announcing his Vice Presidential selection. Now there is an official Rick Roll Us, Barack! facebook group!

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Friday August 08, 2008 · 1:46 PM PDT

2008/08/08 · 13:46

First of all, I'd bet if you had the ability to know the sex life of every viable candidate that ever ran for president, you couldn't fill two hands worth of fingers with ones that weren't cheating on their wives. Its what rich, powerful people do. Not saying its right, but its true. I'm not saying it is wrong either. Why? Because I'm not John Edwards' wife or Elizabeth Edwards' husband, that's why.

And why would it be a campaign issue if he had been the nominee? Because people like most of you feel the need to make an issue out of it. If no one gave a shit what consenting adults do in their spare time then it wouldn't matter if John Edwards was doing the entire Tar Heels cheerleading squad, so long as he could campaign and govern effectively.

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Wednesday July 09, 2008 · 11:35 AM PDT

2008/07/09 · 11:35

May 24, 2007:

Q: Thank you, Mr. President. You say you want nothing short of victory, that leaving Iraq would be catastrophic; you once again mentioned al Qaeda. Does that mean that you are willing to leave American troops there, no matter what the Iraqi government does? I know this is a question we've asked before, but you can begin it with a "yes" or "no."

THE PRESIDENT: We are there at the invitation of the Iraqi government. This is a sovereign nation. Twelve million people went to the polls to approve a constitution. It's their government's choice. If they were to say, leave, we would leave.

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Monday June 30, 2008 · 10:41 AM PDT

2008/06/30 · 10:41

No rest for the ridiculous:

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Sunday April 13, 2008 · 7:49 PM PDT

2008/04/13 · 19:49

Last week, a fellow Soldier approached me and informed me of a deeply disturbing situation. The Soldier had an appointment with behavioral health (mental) at Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina this week. Friday, the Soldier got a call from the hospital saying that due to "schedule adjustments" her appointment had be cancelled and that they would be "unable to reschedule anytime soon". She was given no window for when to expect to hear from them again and no referral to any other DoD or civilian agency or service.

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Thursday March 13, 2008 · 1:54 PM PDT

2008/03/13 · 13:54

That is if we want to be. First, let’s address the fallacy of the argument. Of course you can be pro-troop and anti-war. You can be anything you’d like to be. As a matter of fact, I’m anti-cold but pro-ice cream; anti-snoring but pro-sleep; and even anti-Sting but pro-The Police. To argue that any of these two ideas are mutually exclusive is just as ignorant and ridiculous as arguing that one cannot be anti-war and pro-troop.

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Sunday January 20, 2008 · 11:13 AM PST

2008/01/20 · 11:13

If you haven't been following this story, Bill O'Reilly has claimed on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor" that there aren't many homeless veterans in America.

According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, on a given night in 2006, 195,826 veterans were homeless. Overall, 336,627 veterans were homeless in 2006.

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Monday January 14, 2008 · 1:33 AM PST

2008/01/14 · 01:33

(Cross-posted at VetVoice.com)

I’m sure we all remember when the admistration got this egg on their face:

A new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) released today concludes with "high confidence" that "in fall 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program." From the report’s findings:

We assess with moderate confidence Tehran had not restarted its nuclear weapons program as of mid-2007, but we do not know whether it currently intends to develop nuclear weapons.
We continue to assess with moderate-to-high confidence that Iran does not currently have a nuclear weapon.
Tehran’s decision to halt its nuclear weapons program suggests it is less determined to develop nuclear weapons than we have been judging since 2005

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