Welcome to issue 309 of your Military. The latest to join the ranks of our lifetime subscribers are:
• LARRY A. HACKENBURG, MILLMONT, PA
• JOE S. HILLIARD, ODENTON, MD
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From Ken Williams of Rockaway, NJ, we received four wooden hand-carved and intricately detailed WWII U.S. Navy ships that were given to him by the wife of deceased WWII tin can sailor Frank Howard. In Ken’s note that accompanied the wooden ships, he says that Frank’s wife, Betty, gave most of the navy ships he carved to their Tin Can Sailors group. Ken is also a WWII tin can sailor who served aboard the USS Gregory (DD 802) as a Pharmacist Mate 2nd Class. The four ships include a WWI four-stack destroyer, a WWII Gearing-class destroyer, a WWII Landing Ship Mechanical (LSM-124) and a pre-WWII patrol vessel (AM-27).
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There certainly are a lot of things happening these days and from what I see, none of them are good. I believe this health care abomination being forced through Congress by any means is an attempt by the Democrat leaders to leave a legacy. They know they are in trouble with the American people and they know they have a very good chance of being voted out of office this fall. So, with that looming over their heads, I think this is partially the reason they are pushing to get this health care bill passed. I believe the other reason is that Obama wants to leave his mark and have this be his crowning achievement. His is the epitome of arrogance and elitism by insisting on leaving some mark upon America. In my opinion, it will be more like a permanent stain on the very fabric of our nation.
Did anyone notice Obama’s lack of anger in his press conferences regarding the failed terrorist attack on Christmas Day? He became much more hostile last year when demanding that his health care package be passed despite the public’s outrage at not wanting socialized medicine. He didn’t fire or even reprimand anyone for his or her ineptness at not identifying this terrorist before he boarded that plane.
It is my belief that Obama wants a terrorist attack to happen on our soil so he and his thugs can impose martial law, thereby negating the Constitution and our freedom. As Obama’s Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, has said, “Never let a serious crisis go to waste,” and I believe, in this case, a terrorist attack would further the socialist utopia they envision for America.
I believe their first step after declaring martial law would be the confiscation of all firearms in the possession of law-abiding citizens. This is what firearm registration is all about so Obama’s thugs will know exactly what houses to go to in order to collect the public’s firearms. Once we are disarmed we will no longer pose any kind of threat to the government and thus they can do whatever they want to us without fear of retribution. Our freedom to freely speak out against this atrocity will be gone and those who do speak out will likely be subjected to internment camps for re-education or eliminated entirely.
I know this paints a rather grim picture of our future, and one I hope would never come to pass, but given the behavior and actions of this administration, somehow it might. As the saying goes, actions speak louder than words, and judging by what Obama does and the words he speaks, his actions speak volumes about what his intentions really are.
Obama’s speech about a full investigation of the attempted terrorist attack is just another lame excuse for doing nothing. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the problem lies with this politically correct B.S. that doesn’t allow anyone to be profiled, even though we fully know who is chiefly responsible for worldwide terrorism. Obama’s ignorance and incompetence is going to get Americans killed.
— John D. Shank, Editor