Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Don't believe anything the government tells you is the truth.


I've said it before and I'm saying it again. Don't believe anything the government tells you. They didn't even have the decency to tell the truth to the family of Pat Tillman; Good, hero stories are far too valuable a propaganda asset to let a pesky detail like the truth ruin a good story.


I find it funny that some actually believe what is being told to them from the people who control our purses and lives. If they are so desperate and conniving as to cover up and lie about something as regular as friendly fire, what makes you think the big things aren't just as easily covered up and lied about?

By SCOTT LINDLAW and ERICA WERNER
WASHINGTON (AP) - An Army Ranger who was with Pat Tillman when he died by friendly fire said Tuesday he was told by a higher-up to conceal that information from Tillman's family.
"I was ordered not to tell them," U.S. Army Specialist Bryan O'Neal told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
He said he was given the order by then-Lt. Col. Jeff Bailey, the battalion commander who oversaw Tillman's platoon.
Pat Tillman's brother Kevin was in a convoy behind his brother when the incident happened, but didn't see it. O'Neal said Bailey told him specifically not to tell Kevin Tillman that the death was friendly fire rather than heroic engagement with the enemy.


And this little tidbit is par for the course.


In questioning what the White House knew, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., cited a memo written by a top general seven days after Tillman's death warning it was "highly possible" the Army Ranger was killed by friendly fire and making clear his warning should be conveyed to the president. President Bush made no reference to the way Tillman died in a speech delivered two days after the memo was written.


Bush will tell us that he didn't know. Do you believe him? Do you believe anyone in government anymore?


Mary Tillman told the committee that family members were "absolutely appalled" upon realizing the extent to which they were misled.
"We've all been betrayed ... We never thought they would use him the way they did," she said.
The Tillman family has made similar accusations against the administration and the military before, but has generally shied away from news media attention. The family had never previously appeared together and summarized their criticism and questions in such a public, comprehensive way.
"We shouldn't be allowed to have smoke screens thrown in our face," Mary Tillman said. "You're diminishing their true heroism to write these glorious tales. It's really a disservice to the nation."
"Our family will never be satisfied. We'll never have Pat back," she said. "Something really awful happened. It's your job to find out what happened to him. That's really important."
Last month the military concluded in a pair of reports that nine high-ranking Army officers, including four generals, made critical errors in reporting Tillman's death but that there was no criminal wrongdoing in his shooting.

Thursday, April 19, 2007

I'm Not Sure

Click this link to watch a member of the house, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy D-New York, defend a bill that she really hadn't read. What else is new?

Monday, April 16, 2007

Make me safer!

More than one year before today's unprecedented shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, the state's General Assembly quashed a bill that would have given college students and employees the right to carry handguns on campus.
At the time, Virginia Tech spokesman Larry Hincker said he was happy to hear of the bill's defeat, according to the Roanoke Times.
"I'm sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly's actions because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus," the Virginia Tech spokesman said...................


The proposal, House Bill 1572, was initiated by Del. Todd Gilbert, R-Shenandoah County, on behalf of the Virginia Citizens Defense League.
But the bill didn't make it through its first stage, the House Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety.
The Roanoke paper said most universities in Virginia require students and employees, other than police, to check their guns with police or campus security upon entering campus.
Backers of the bill wanted to prohibit public universities from making "rules or regulations limiting or abridging the ability of a student who possesses a valid concealed handgun permit ... from lawfully carrying a concealed handgun."
Exceptions would have been made for participants in athletic events, storage of guns in residence halls and military training programs.
In the spring of 2005, a Virginia Tech student who had a concealed handgun permit was disciplined for bringing a handgun to class.
Second Amendment groups questioned the university's authority, but the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police argued against guns on campus.
In June 2006, Virginia Tech's governing board approved a violence prevention policy that reaffirmed the school's ban.


Colleges don't like students to defend themselves. We've seen how that turns out. And, don't expect anyone in the MSM to mention how a student with a personal gun stopped a shooter at Appalachian Law School from going on a similar rampage. The government is responsible for the deaths of the students at Tech. Any (one) could have ended the spree with a sidearm at his hip. But it is illegal to keep a gun on your hip in Virginia at a school of learning. Maybe we've all learned something about gun control today.

The Old Dominion Is in a State of Mourning


A great many students at Virginia Tech University were murdered today on campus. Pray for their families!

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Today, where I was born and live


R.I.P.
These two young girls were killed by an illegal alien who was drunk driving and had been arrested in Chesapeake, Virginia just prior to his homicidal drive.
The following is from the online version of the Virginian-Pilot
VIRGINIA BEACH - A man accused of killing two high school students Friday night in a car crash has a record of alcohol-related convictions in Chesapeake and Virginia Beach.
Alfredo Ramos, charged with manslaughter in the deaths of Allison Kunhardt, 17, and Tessa Tranchant, 16, was convicted this year of DUI in Chesapeake and of public intoxication in Virginia Beach.
Ramos, who admitted in court Monday that he is in the country illegally, also was convicted in Chesapeake last year of public drunkenness.
The allowance of Illegal immigration into this country by the Bush administration and every other jelly spined politician who agitates for less funding for and no protection of our sovereign borders killed these two young ladies. If this piece of scum was not here, or was deported when he was first arrested for DUI, these two ladies would be home right now. This is the legacy of illegal immigration. It isn't feel good words about diversity and multi-culturalism nor the "building a better community" garbage they use to rob us of our country; these two young ladies are the legacy of illegal immigration. They weren't the first nor will they be the last.