Leonard McQuown; reggaeton video star
We’ve talked on few occasions about Leonard McQuown, the fellow who has been accused by the state of Virginia, among others, of being a scammer. He was indeed a Marine for six years, but he spent 200 days of that time as a deserter. That was back in the 80’s. You can see his FOIA at the link above.
He was caught scamming the residents of Louisiana back in March when he faked a donation to local homeless shelter by PayPal when he was questioned by the local news station, but then after the interview he got the money refunded. There is little evidence that the money that “Mac” has had donated to him on his “Project Foot” and “Operation Walk America” projects.
Basically, McQuown has found a way to be homeless vet without all of the begging. He walks slowly from town-to-town and people give him stuff, stuff like money and food.
About a year ago, McQuown caught the attention of reggaeton performer, SABO, another veteran who wrote a song, The Walk, which he initially dedicated to Mac and his endeavor. Until folks started pointing out to him that Mac was a phony. The irony is that the song is about stolen valor thieves, and there’s Mac in the video, but that wasn’t SABO’s intention.
When SABO found out about Mac, he put a weak little disclaimer on his YouTube video;
This video was made prior to any knowledge of any malpractice and/or wrong doing that the dedicated party may or may not be involved in.
The video still portrays McQuown as a modern day hero for veterans, when the opposite is actually true. He’s a thief who prays on the honorable reputation of veterans under the guise of being a saint, but as I said, he’s just a homeless guy a few steps ahead of the law. His defense is that he doesn’t actually ask anyone for money, folks just give it to him.
Now, I happen to like reggaeton, generally speaking, but I don’t like folks who don’t own up to their mistakes. SABO and McQuown have made a mistake in this instance and they seem to be profiting despite their errors in judgement and they don’t really own up to those mistakes. So maybe I’ll give up reggaeton and switch to cumbia instead.
Editor’s Note (3:42 AM May 2, 2014): I just got word from Scotty that he’s working with Sabo to edit MacClown out of the video. They tell me that Sabo’s late mother is in the video and that’s why he doesn’t want to take it down completely. I can understand that. But since all we wanted was MacSlease out of the video anyway, I think this works for everybody. Now we just need to keep an eye on it to make sure it happens, and we have Scotty running that part of the op, so there should be no problems.
Category: Phony soldiers
I’m thinking that people like this should be beaten by members of the service they were a part of.
I’m too old and worn out to join the Marines. Can’t I just be an honorary one long enough to help with the beatings? I promise that in my honorary role I will not photoshop my likeness onto someone else’s body (like some other “honorary” puke).
How about I put you down as “Honored Guest” and I’ll hand you a bat?
While you’re at it, don’t forget to not photoshop yourself a promotion.
Can we get a FOIA on “SABO”.
I’d love to see that.
Good grief wtf did I just watch. Just piss all over the uniform and save the theatrics.
Indeed. Why not a familiarization with AR670-1 before donning the uniform? He had his ACU cap pulled down a la Beetle Bailey, and the dog tags worn outside the white t shirt made him look like a real winner as well! He acts like just another rapper punk if you ask me. To me, NO self-respecting NCO would use his uniform like that puke did!
I may be wrong, but isn’t SABO wearing a 1st Marine Division combat patch?
1st Calvary patch on one sleeve. I can’t tell what the patch is under the American Flag is on the other sleeve.
sigh….
http://i.imgur.com/NyL7D4F.jpg
Oh hell yea. 1st Mar Div all the way. Thank you FatCicle 0311. I get pissed about halfway through the video and turn it off.
I couldn’t stomach more than 30 seconds of it.
Sergeant Lilyea, Et Alii:
When I was a young soldier in the United States Army, Marine Corps combat veterans were permitted to wear their Marine Corps division patches on the right shoulder of the United States Army uniform, and I saw at least a couple of guys who did that, including one of my platoon sergeants in Germany.
I’m authorised the 2nd Marine Division patch, but I don’t wear it. My unit was under them in Rawah, Iraq.
I have been following this guy’s antics on Facebook, it’s sad that people still fall for this guy’s frauds. But it is funny reading when they get after him.
Thanks Scotty, for suggesting that page.
Merely perpetuating and reinforcing negative stereotypes.
Last week or so, someone posted a music video about Stolen Valor, is this the same group? I had thought it was a thread but it was posted in the comments.
This is the same guy who made the Stolen Valor video with RedCon1. Sabo knows he’s a fraud and keeps the video up? Where’s Solider Hard? Where’s Boone Cutler? Where’s the outrage?
Im here. We outted Mac on the air with Scotty Hughes and Sabo.
All the way, Boone
I figured Sabo was the Black male. I figured wrong. So, I checked out a site that had a link with him speaking and is he culture confused or what? Is he not white and was he reared on the streets of the inner city? I have no idea. And, really, come to think of it, I don’t care. Just curious.
Sabo is Columbian and he was street raised and military praised.
What the fuctk does “street raised and military praised” mean.
In the military we don’t praise ANYONE but a fallen warriors’ God.
We HONOR!
So in short … KMRIA sock puppet!
http://baldmanbusted.blogspot.com/2014/04/supporting-scamming-fraud.html
Sabo is a hip hop / rap artist not reggaeton. Get your facts straight!
Who cares?
I do not.
Suck my dick!
OK so he ain’t Jamaica style … He be more like Brooklyn or LA … GFY!
The facts are pretty straight!
First off, I will speak for my brother in arms when I state Sabo has no ties to this man in any way, shape, form, or fashion. The lie that has been told here today makes me sick to my stomach for Sabo, myself, and the entire team has no affiliation with this man what so ever. The headline and the article has been sent to an attorney in order to begin the process of pressing charges in order to repair the damages you have brought to Sabo and his team with this slander. I expect a full apology for i will seek this IP address, trace it, and pin point your location in order to proceed in pressing charges for attempting to ruin our reputation and credibility with our family, fans, veterans, and all who support the cause for this is against the law with out concrete evidence. Again I speak on behalf of all my team when I say none of what is stated above is true. Secondly, Sabo is not a Reggaeton artist you uneducated journalist! Reggaeton is a style of music originated in Puerto Rico. Military hip hop has completely different sound and a completely different meaning. Even so, though this McGowan man you speak of shows up in the video, does not mean or represent we are portraying him as a hero or showing we have any ties to him. Unfortunately, you must get you fact correct. We ourselves didn’t know about McGowan’s stolen valor until after we recorded him walking and the video was already released. Thirdly, I expect a full apology written in the name of Sabo and his company for discrediting his name and attempting to slander it and his company with false accusations, which also is against the law. Please feel free to look into the laws for the freedoms of speech are also governed by states just as all our other amendments are. As a war fighter and a combat veteran I expect you to follow through and take responsibility for looking like a complete idiot. I ask please heed… Read more »
And here we go again.
Another one.
Turd.
Your the turd Green thumb! You lil cypress hill knock off…
“Thirdly, I expect a full apology written in the name of Sabo and his company…”. Don’t do it Jonn, he’s trying to get you for forgery!
Shut up. If McQuown didn’t have anything to do with the video. Then num nuts Sabo wouldn’t have put his feeble disclaimer up.
As for a law suit,We hear that shit at least once a week. Give it your best shot ass-clown. Sabo is supporting this con-artist & he hasn’t kept it a secret either. So we call them the way we see them. Good luck with trying to deprive me of my 1st amendment right.
Let’s analyze your statement – from one combat vet to another: “First off, I will speak for my brother in arms when I state Sabo has no ties to this man in any way, shape, form, or fashion” Sabo recorded the music and made a damn video dedicated to McFraud. McFraud promotes it twice a week. This ties them together! “The lie that has been told here today makes me sick to my stomach for Sabo, myself, and the entire team has no affiliation with this man what so ever.” Sabo is wearing a REDCON1 shirt! He’s also very friendly with McFraud’s sister and if you go back far enough on her Facebook timeline, the Mcfraud, his sister, and Sabo enjoy a cordial relationship! Give SoliderHard some credit – they distanced themselves away from Sabo. How’s that for a Battlebuddy? He knows stolen valor when they see it – what about Sabo? Concerning your legal threats: Remember John Gidduck? The same poser that was featured in SoliderHard’s “Stolen Valor” video? Ask him how his high powered attorney faired? Or Socnet.com – MANY posers tried suing them too. You FNG’s crack me the hell up. “Even so, though this McGowan man you speak of shows up in the video, does not mean or represent we are portraying him as a hero or showing we have any ties to him.” So why not take the damn video down? If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. The RIGHT thing to do is take the video down and stop hiding behind excuses. Also, refer to my first point… “Please feel free to look into the laws for the freedoms of speech are also governed by states just as all our other amendments are.” This shithouse lawyer statement is also the same damn excuse posers defend themselves. “As a war fighter and a combat veteran I expect you to follow through and take responsibility for looking like a complete idiot.” – Yeah numbnuts. Just like MacFraud & Sabo took responsibility. Your bullshit sounds eerily the same as McFraud and it… Read more »
Oh boy! Here come the lawers!
Who will it be? Maybe an oil and gas attorney? Maybe an estate planner? Not a 1st Amendment specialist, of course.
KMSA, COCKBREATH, SUE ME, and if you get anything, I’ll split it with you(Mighty liberal of me, ain’t it?)!
Sabo doesn’t have any connections or ties with McQuown . But yet McQuown list Sabo as one of his Sponsors. WTF is wrong with this picture ?? http://operationwalkamerica.webs.com/sponsors
order to begin the process of pressing charges in order to repair the damages you have brought to Sabo and his team with this slander. I expect a full apology for i will seek this IP address, trace it, and pin point your location in order to proceed in pressing charges for attempting to ruin our reputation and credibility
^ Good luck with that. I’ve actually been sued for defamation of character commonly known as “Internet butt hurt” and you are looking at a very LONG, and expensive road in exchange for an apology. BTW, slander is spoken – (you’re welcome) and isn’t it a bit hypocritical of you to serve your country to protect constitutional rights such as free speech and then threaten to silence it?
If SABO has no ties to Mcquown in no way, shape, form or fashion…then Why did Mcquown post on his page 3 hours ago on one of SABO postings. so he has & still continues to the moment to affiliate with Leonard Mac Mcquown. Next you claim that even though Mcquown shows up in this video, does not mean or represent that that SABO is portraying him as a hero or showing he has any ties with him, yet SABO & Mcquown claim this video was written for his walk & about his walk. If this is not true, then why does SABO continue to allow Mr Mcquown to post this video on his SEVERAL pages claiming this video was written for him & about his walk. SABO continues to allow this & even endorses this claim. he has followed Mr Mcquowns page & liked on some of his posts & comments. so…SABO is very much associated in more then one way, shape,form & fashion with Leaonard Mac Mcquown FRAUD. look at your facts a little closer.
Is that chevy cheesedick or bernutsless writing that tripe?
Oh, please, fella, get a grip, will you? Threats don’t work on these people here. Most of them have already been shot at.
“i will seek this IP address, trace it, and pin point your location in order to proceed in pressing charges ”
You seem to be an absolute Interwebs Sherlock Holmes with all your IP tracing skilz… but let me help you out with this:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=thisainthell
Jonn makes absolutely no effort to hide his location. You need no ninja skilz to find him…
Dear Jonn Lilyea, First and foremost I want to state what I speak has no affiliation or ties to NSA entertainment, Sabo, and or any of the military hip hop community. What kind of journalist name is that? Are you a professional? Are you credited? Do you have a degree? Have you checked all your sources? Have you crossed all your T’s and dotted all your I’s? I served in OIF 09-10. I know personally what stolen valor is and to read this article makes me literally sick to my stomach with raging anger at your stupidity, your lack of knowledge, your disrespect towards this team you speak of, as well as your name which is unprofessional at that. Yes, McGouwen stole our valor. Did Sabo know about this issue? Negative! It wasn’t until the deed was done and the video posted that it ,McGouwen’s stolen valor was uncovered. You may claim it was a weak apology, but unless you have stared death in it’s fucking face you have no rights to tell a soldier what they have, have done, or been through. Sabo apologized to his family, fans, his team, and all who support him publicly via YouTube and all other social media networks. If you claim to be a journalist you better make sure your facts are straight. Sabo does not create Reggaeton. He defines military hiphop along with artists such as; SoldierHard, Jduece, Stephen Hobbs, Panda, BQ, Frankie Figgs, and many many more. This music gives us real veterans and combat soldiers who have seen hell with our own eyes a reason to continue living. And here You shit all over their true meaning? I will not tolerate that. You are a joke, probably in mommys basement, and pissed off probably because you could never be that of which we already are. If you did serve then you have embarrassed yourself, myself, and the entire war fighter community. I so do not appreciate being shitted on. You disrespected my brothers and sisters in arms, all veterans (past, present, and future), and all the fallen we represent who… Read more »
Yeah, I don’t know what you’re talking about. I didn’t question Sabo’s service, you know, being a combat veteran myself, I wouldn’t without proof. I do however have proof that Mac isn’t what he says he is, and, you know, they could have edited Mac out of the video just as easily as they edited him into the video instead of just putting up a disclaimer. By the way, my lawyer’s email address is in the “Contact Us” tab at the top of the page. Please direct your legal threats from your lawyer to him. [Drops microphone, walks off stage]
Ruh roh… The E-4 mafia has expanded its influence into barracks lawyr’n and, well, whatever the heck that post was supposed to convey… and because these people seem to resort to “staring death in the face” as a prerequesite to…something… like many here, I’m a combat vet (outside the wire version).
Hey SPC Sharp, KMSA while you DROP AND GIVE ME 50!!
F***in’ latrine lawyer!!
How about this Specialist Sharp, why don’t you go back to doing something you are proficient at like buffing a floor or painting some rocks white.
You haven’t a fucking clue, and all your barracks lawer training is proving this.
So go grab yourself a big steaming cup of shu the fuck up, and clean the sand out of your vagina.
Special(ist) Not so (Sharp)
Kiss my mutherfucking *ASS*.
Your tag should have been D(T)ain(t)
That’s Senior Master Sergeant to you…BOY..
USAF/USAFR 1984-2007
/go push the earth bitch, stolen valor supporter LOSER
Yeah, PRIVATE Sharp(not), karma does come back and get you, especially one so uninformed as you.
Give it a rest, will you? You are way off in the clouds of indignant whatever here. Please go shoot off your mouth at the target range.
Can I be in a video?
Gentlemen (and Ladies) if I may take the reins of this discussion for a few minutes please.
Sebastian first and foremost let me get one thing clear here up front…I personally do not give one flying fat f*ck what type of music Sabo pretends to record as that is not what this issue is about.
Now onto the main issue with Sabo…
I am the owner of the Baldman Busted blog linked above and I have also posted a piece regarding Sabo and his support of this fraud McQuown. In case you did not notice the video linked above Sabo’s support is front and center once you begin the video. Sabo was asked to remove that specific part of the video, and yes it can be done, but he refused to do so despite knowing the truth about McQuown. How can you sing/rap about stolen valor and then support a fraud? Sabo has the evidence and if he wishes he can call Ravens Outreach in Baton Rouge about McQuowns so called “donation” to them.
You speak as if you know what you are talking about regarding the law. Unfortunately your shithouse lawyer degree don’t mean much around here.
Sebastian I’d suggest you go crawl back under whatever rock you came out from under and you may wish to remain there. Some of these folks have been known to get cranky when they don’t get their coffee and medications. This Ain’t Hell has been threatened by better men than you Sebastian and they are still around so perhaps you oughta go back to Momma and leave the adult conversations for the adults.
p/s I’m a combat Veteran as well in case the name didn’t give it away.
Wow – talk about butt-hurt. It appears that Sebastian and his little gilligan buddy Sharp have taken offense to somebody busting on some folks interested in making music money using puffed up deserter McClown. If you want to get on McClown’s circus wagon, more power to you, but coming over here to pick a fight makes you NO-GOs at this station. Just shows you’re true colors. One of you did ask Jonn for an apology. I can’t speak for Jonn, however – I, myself am sorry that you guys are a couple of dumbasses. I’m sure that your parents are proud. Bye-bye.
What was that? And why??
I don’t personally care what anyone else’s entertainment choices might be as long as they are legal. You don’t have to listen to mine and I don’t have to listen to yours. Or maybe we accidently make the same selections. Who cares?
But, when you start showcasing valor thieves in videos, then make money from having done so, I don’t care who you are, you have stepped over a line we vets (among us here who have served in just about every possible military branch and job specialty plus more than a few family and friends who understand the military) have determined as inappropriate, and are supported by the US Supreme Court in telling that truth loudly and proudly.
Got it? If you have indeed served in the military in ANY capacity, then you should understand that coming here, telling a bunch of folks who out ranked and out served you ANYTHING is just stupid. This here is a BTDT crowd. Seriously BTDT over the past 5 or 6 decades.
Arrogant pricks. Probably why they are no longer IN the military.
Yeah, Jonn, are you “credited?” What kind of journalist are you!
Hey, Great Dain, go lick your own…ah, screw it. just go the hell away before you get us pissed off.
May be too late? 😀
I actually just read all of that outlandish hyperbole penned by the Great “he-himself- who-chose-to-be-educated-so-he-did-his-own-research” Dain and it got worse after the point at which I stopped reading the fitrst time around. I’m glad music saved his life. That noise I heard on that video damn near killed me–but it may a generational thingy.
Geez, 2/17AirCav, you outdid me.
I could not get past the first few sentences without giggling at the fiery, furious indignation.
Hey, disdainmaster, here’s a clue about posting comments in a thread online:
TRY HITTING THE ‘RETURN’ BUTTON OCCASIONALLY.
Single paragraph entries that make up lengthy comments do not do well, especially when the author of those comments is foaming at the mouth in rage.
Take a chill pill and do it right. Or, as someone else suggested, get a big cup of STFU.
What is Military Hip-Hop anyway?
Guess I missed that one.
I was probably to busy shooting pool, chasing skirts and drinking beer when these “Mafia-Gangsta” types were hanging in the barracks playing Nintendo on the weekends.
Losers.
See above comments concerning Sabo.
Was this “SABO” ever in the service?
And if so, what did he do?
I assume he’s another self-proclaimed badass along the likes of “Blobfish” Chevalier, the Round ranger, “Frankenweenie” Visconi, Phildo,…
For those that keep asking if Sabo is a genuine Veteran I can honestly say I think so. I have seen someone post on FB that he is a PH awardee as well. That being said it still does not excuse his support of the fraud Shitstain McQuown.
We know Leonard trolls this page and Sabo won’t admit he’s screwed. Sabo’s only complaint is he’s not a reggaeton. Missing the point much? Hey Leonard, what about Raven’s Outreach? Does Sabo support that too? Does Sabo pay for hotel rooms for you and those depressed, lonely “larger than life” ladies you hook up with?
Oh, and Alice/Lynn whatever the fuck you call yourself these days: Make sure you post this on that troll anti bully page of yours. You realize Mac’s been cheating on you, right? Of course you do! You’ve been through this before and said so yourself. Why do you think he’s silent for the past week? Dumbass. Everyone but you knows it.
Roll it man. Roll it.
Oh, here we go. This should be good.
To the writer if this why don’t you research better before you accuse. SABO of stolen valor or running a scam and all you other trolls need to research SABO before you cast your judgments and he is a real vet…not no stupid ass rick ross trying to be hard ass clown
You should go to remedial reading class, Charles. I didn’t accuse Sabo of stealing valor, I accused him of supporting Macandcheese who steals valor from honorable Marines who didn’t desert for 200 days. Your friend Sabo features him in a video like he’s someone to emmulate. He is also a sponsor of MacFuckstick. But, I’ll tell you what, I may start checking on Sabo if you wet-nosed assholes don’t stop.
+1
Jonn you were kind with the “remedial reading”. Charles I would suggest going all the way back to Reading 001. Then again that whole, “Dick, Jane and Spot” business will absolutely outsmart some folks. Like you.
Chas…..
Learn yous sum goodly Engrishes, how bout that, puppet of the socks legend and hows about you keeps workin’ on thems GEDs.
/Ow…hurt myself. 😀
+1
This hatred shown to my battle buddy Sabo is dispicable. The man has an impeccable reputation and like it or not he has countless times saved my life through his music and his countless charitable acts have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that Sabo is a man beyond reproach and nothing you people say about him will damper his spirit or his mission to help and support his veteran brothers and sisters everywhere. I stand with Sabo and all of his team in this heinous attack on his character
Dumbass. Learn to read.
And they come out of the woodwork.
Matt,
Reeding Comprehenshun…does yoo has it?!??!
STOP. SUPPORTING. STOLEN VALOR. ASSHOLES.
/simple enough for you Private Window licker??
He needs to learn how to spell too, Jonn.
— break —
Hey, “Matt” – three suggestions for a bit of self-improvement.
1. Learn how to use spell-check. It’s spelled “despicable”, fool.
2. Learn to write coherent sentences vice run-on paragraphs.
3. Take Jonn’s comments to “Charles” above to heart – e.g., invest in some instruction in comprehending written English. You make the same error in your screed that Jonn tore “Charles” a new anus for making.
At least I think you made the same error. Your comment is only marginally comprehensible, and maybe I didn’t decrypt it correctly.
Hay Matt, may be yoo neeed tuh go bak too skool and lern to reed becuz yur reeding comprehension SUKS!!!
WAIK UP, STOOPID!!
OH, and how about your boy strutting around with a white t shirt with ACU trousers and cap? Can you say AR670-1?
Punctuation is your friend.
“he has countless times saved my life through his music”. Wow Matt that touches my heart man. I mean really. There we were, ass deep in the bush about to get pounded by the VC and I heard the music too. The most beautiful sound in the world and it was true “music to my heart and soul”. It was two Cobra Gunships coming over the hill ass wipe. That’s music that saves your life. If hip-hop, phony military, crap that I won’t even dignify by calling music, saved your life, then you have never been in any real danger son. You, Charles, Sabo and his new “battle buddy”, Macandcheese can all kiss my ass in the county square!
I’m sorry did you say I have never been in any real danger? Allow me to clue you in here. Though I won’t question your service or say anything you have done to be untrue, I took a bullet from a sniper in Ballad, Iraq… so tell me again how I haven’t been in any danger.
I am not going to say anything on what you said. This is based on the FRAUD committed by Leonard McQuown, who has taken money donations and kept that money to himself instead of giving that money to vets like you and me.
You say that stolen valor is no big deal, comming from someone whom has been engaged by the enemy, I kind of find that hard to believe. Take the time and study our stolen valor list above, and you will find that over 90% of those we have exposed here have much more serious criminal back grounds.
Now then, I understand that your friend SABO went through a lot of time and money to produce that video. What has happened is that SABO was also taken in by McQuown’s scam, and if you cannot see that, then I will question the above statement that you have made.
Really? When were you over there, and what unit were you part of on that tour? PLENTY of posers outed here on TAH claimed to have been shot by Snipers, I myself came back in after a nine year break in service knowing that would get me deployed, and I leave plenty of young pups like you far behind me on runs and road marches!
Matt, & all of the Sabo supporters, you are missing the point to this whole thing. Sabo was also conned my Mac Mcquown. but Sabo was shown the fraud mac has committed & all of the scams. He was politely asked to undedicate this song to mac & edit him out. He chose not to. he was asked more then once & provided the proof of macs scams, but he still chose to ignore them. several people have been scammed by mac & several are upset. But as a veteran you would think Sabo would choose not to associate with mr mcquown due to the many scams he has done. this began because Sabo choose to ignore the proof & the polite requests & choose to continue to support a con artist that is not only conning innocent people in the name of our veterans but stealing money from them as well as our veterans! any true veteran should be pissed about that!
Maybe it is FOIA time for SABO.
No one here accused him of stealing valor. It was Lenard McQuown. So one more time for the sock puppets that can’t read. It was Lenard McQuown that is accused stealing valor, not SABO.
SABO does nothing but help his fellow vets and looks after everyone, that man is more family to me than most of my blood is. And Sabo is in no way ,shape or form supporting this asshole as yall claim.
Sabo in my two-hole.
Josh Espinoza…Let me help you out here. So you’re saying…
“SABO helps his fellow vets and looks out for everyone else. He’s been more like family to me than most of my blood relatives. Sabo does not support this asshole in any way, shape or form, as y’all are claiming.”
There, now that sounds better. I think I understand you now. Josh Espinoza, reading is your friend. The libraries are free and open late most nights.
But it’s music, man! Like just sit back and listen to the vibes, dude! You’re harshing my buzz. And just cause we sponsored a Stolen Valor dweeb in our video and all over the interwebs doesn’t mean that we like, like him or anything. Duuuude!
/sarc
Hehe! My inner hippie lives on! TeeHee!
I have known SABO my whole life. We met in middle school and our families have been very close ever since. Before judging him get to know him. Listen to all his music and see what his motives and goals are. He served and did his tours, yes he’s a veteran. Regardless what anyone has to say unless you know him personally you can’t judge him.
Bummer.
Marlon…Well, sure I can judge him. That’s what this is all about. I don’t give a shit if SABO won the Afghan war all by himself. He put a poser, loser, piece of shit in his video. Why? I know. To make money dipshit! You think he’s giving all his money to the “Wounded Warriors Project”? Shit NO! I don’t care how long you’ve known him or if you were twins separated at birth. He supported a loser. If he wants to redeem himself then tell your buddy SABO to take down the video, return all money made from it and call the “loser” he put in it the loser that he is.
Like it really matters what you all think. You want to attack someone without first getting your facts straight. Then attack someone for misspelling a word… wow grow the hell up. I didn’t know this is what our so called journalism has turned into. Blah Blah Blah bullshit. You all know nothing about the guy or you wouldn’t be doing this. Sabo supporting Stolen Valor is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard of so when you all decide to come down off your petty high horses then go strangle yourselves and make the world a better place for us all
Then why are you coming here with your third grade grammar?
You say he’s not supporting Stolen Valor. And yet he’s (1) featuring a known military fake prominently in one of his videos, (2) knows the guy is a fake, and (3) refuses to edit the video (yes, that’s possible) in order to remove the stolen valor practitioner.
There’s an old saying, “Matt” – “If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck – then it’s probably a duck.”
Tell your “friend” Sabo he needs to clean up his act. Until he does, he’s giving the appearance of supporting Stolen Valor – whether that’s his intent or not.
“Like it really matters what you all think.”
Yet, here you are.
Sabo’s fans prove their reading and comprehension skills are severely lacking. Scotty’s page was updated and shows proof Mcnugget was involved with the iPad scam, and his girlfriend admitted no money is going to veterans. The rest of us knew it, the page proves it.
Sabo needs to understand the constant promotion of the video and his open friendship will further divide his friends and fans. There’s even a statement from Boone Cutler stating the obvious: Mac used Sabo.
http://scotty-stolenvaloroffendersexposed.blogspot.com/2013/09/leonard-dale-mcquown-mac-usmc-embellish.html
“I have known SABO my whole life. We met in middle school and…”
Well, which is it, your whole life or middle school, brainiac?
Everyone chill … there is only one issue on the table: Leonard McQuown!
SABO is a honorable and decorated Soldier no doubt.
He plays cool tunes.
Maybe there was a mix up or not!
But for anyone to walk into this blog believing they are going to read any of us the riot act after we DID get the facts … well that is just unfortunate.
So … everyone take a chill pill for Baby Jesus’s sake … we have MUCH bigger fish to fry (I say that figuratively of course).
It doesn’t matter how much good Sabo does elsewhere , He is enabling and supporting McQuown by continuing to approve of the use of his The Walk video on all of McQuowns pages and his OWA Website .
Sabo knows McQuown is a scammer or he would not have posted the disclaimer . Its sad that Sabo simply can’t admit he got scammed by McQuown ( Don’t feel like the Lone Ranger on that one ) and take the appropriate actions to distance himself and the great work he does from the McQuown Fiasco .
“Regardless what anyone has to say unless you know him personally you can’t judge him.”
Yeah, that’s the way most of us felt about Jeffrey Dahmer, Usama Bin Laden, Hitler, and a host of others. We didn’t know each of them personally, so we recognized that we could not make any judgments about them. Makes sense.
I couldn’t give a shit about Seabee or whatever his name is. It’s these clowns that are pissin’ people off. And he may play cool tunes, as you say, MCPO, but I would love to know whose tunes they are. Any insight on that?
I have no idea …
It’s not about Sabo and his music.
It’s about the video and who stars in it plus the fact that Sabo is sponsoring McQuown even after learning that he is a crook and a Deserter.
You sock puppets are just making asses of yourselves by trying to turn the tide on what the main purpose of this blog is about. It’s nice to see that Sabo has loyal supporters. But if you also support McQuown . Then you’re just another problem to the solution.
I see the sock puppets screeching that Sabo is a Vet. If he is, then why is he disrespecting the Uniform of the US ARmy by using it as a stage prop? IM A VET, and some of MY Buddies died overseas while wearing that uniform!! Another thing you sock puppets need to realize is that most of those of us who pat here are Vets as well, and plenty of us have done tours overseas as well! I’m sure these sock puppets were either sucking on a bottle and shitting in diapers or were just barely yard apes when I first enlisted!!
This interchange is sadly representative of the worst problems we now have in society. Part of it is apparently a generational thing, something that every society has managed, or perished.
Meanwhile, count me in the number who actually congratulated the maker of the video under discussion here when another of his vids was posted elsewhere. Just because his heart seemed to be in the right place even though it was not said in a way that I would have said it. The point was articulated well enough, and it warmed my heart to see someone so young doing what we do here in an imaginative way.
The fools who are now coming here defending the indefensible are nearly forcing me to rethink that original impression of this young man. Still, I will stick with that original impression of him and hope that he learns from this experience and do much better next time.
I was with A Co 3/8 Cav… I was shot while running a Small Kill Team operation in Balad, Iraq on 25 May 07 feel free to look it up. Now to clarify how his music has saved my life. His message speaks to ppl that have gone through what he has gone through it helps me cope at my low times
And something similar has happened to many of the posters here. We recognize how important it is to have mechanisms for connecting veterans with each other.
As much as you may want to believe that this is the first time it has happened to anyone, vets have connected through music and used music to assist in recovery for many generations. It probably doesn’t serve you well to pretend otherwise and to insult others who have experienced what you have and much worse.
I know some sharp words have been exchanged Matt, but you belong here and we hope you stay. You are a veteran and you have something to say here.
I just got word from Scotty that he’s working with Sabo to edit MacClown out of the video. They tell me that Sabo’s late mother is in the video and that’s why he doesn’t want to take it down completely. I can understand that. But since all we wanted was MacSlease out of the video anyway, I think this works for everybody. Now we just need to keep an eye on it to make sure it happens, and we have Scotty running that part of the op, so there should be no problems.
Hopefully he’ll follow-through and do exactly that. It’s all most of us here wanted.
Our beef isn’t with Sabo as an individual, or with his music. It’s with the fact that Sabo is featuring a known scammer/deserter/stolen valor type in one of his videos; that he knows the guy is a fraud; and that after finding out the guy is a scammer, Sabo has done nothing so far to fix the situation.
When Sabo fixes that problem (and quits sponsoring the guy, if he’s still doing that), we’ll have no issue with Sabo.
Glad that Sabo has decided to do this. As a female veteran, my concern is the number of suicides in recent times compared to the Old Navy. Sabo may have a way to reach out that us older veterans can’t. Him supporting McSOS was not a wise move, but he has learned from that and to better himself and his business he needs to learn from his experiences. We have to find a way to reach out to the oyunger generation of veterans. Sabo and the others that i have heard of Redcon 1 may be just that. Doesn’t work for me, but what worked for us older veterans obviously is not working for our younger ones. We need to come to common ground and find something to help the younger veterans cope and return to society. Anyone wanting to help with that and have ideas, let me know. Let’s use this as POSITIVE instead of NEGATIVE. BUT still shut that POS McQuown DOWN! He is taking from our honest hardworking veterans and I really just want to go smack the crap out of him. He failed to be at his appointed place when in my area or it would have been done Sept 2013. Thank you all for your service and let’s work together to keep the # of veterans here instead of feeling alone! Scotty knows how to reach me as well as many others on this page!
Good. Vets helping vets – it’s what we do.
You see all good. SABO fixes it as he should … Then he thrusts forward with his message to his audience … No harm no foul!
Everyone wins!
Well, MAYBE I SPOKE UP To DEFEND SABO a little early. I feel he is playing all that have defended him now. McQuown makes a sob story i love you bro comment on his page after Sabo says he has cut off ties—ALL BS. McSTUPID still has the posts on his webpage and on his many other duplicate FB posts. He thinks we know about only 3, well we know the other ones also. SABO claims he does not support McSTUPID, but he refuses to clean off the dedication to him. IT IS ALL LIES from them BOTH and if i have to spread the word about the both I will. I am know nationally and i can make or break a veteran by listing the TRUTH in my organization! SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT SABO! You will be next on the list with McStupid!
A Co 3/8 Cav 1CD I was shot 25 May 07 at 0943 while part of a Small Kill Team operation. What else you wanna know? I was an infantry Team Leader. Would you like to know my Squad Leaders name also?
I thought that they were called “Troops” in the Cav, not “Companies”.
you’re right John, back in Nam they were “Troops”. In the MODERN Cav the Infantry units use BN/Company now instead of Squadron/Troop. Back in the 90s I was assigned to 1Bn 9Cav Reg, Alpha Co. But when I would read about our units history in Nam it was always 1SQDN 9 Reg Alpha Troop.
Why would you even post that?
EASY Now, just your Division would’ve sufficed.
The furious indignation of supporters of SABO makes it clear that they missed the point of the original post, which was that McQuown, a deserter, has been taking advantage of everyone around him, including SABO.
I don’t care for that kind of music myself, but SABO’s intentions were good, and he is apparently doing what he can to correct his own mistake.
As Old Navy said, the suicide rate in this generation of veterans is higher than it was in hers or mine (or ours, if she was a WAVE like me) and finding a way to put a stop to such hopelessness is more important than anything else.
So to the Big Fans of SABO, please learn to read for comprehension and context, and stop assuming the author of this blog was attacking him. He was not. SABO made a mistake, plain and simple, and he is correcting it.
Enough said.
Gaaaaaaad Damit.
“I’ll take Whiney Babies for 200, Alex.”
“The Daily Double!” [APPLAUSE]
“I’ll wager it all, Alex” {APPLAUSE]
“Here’s the answer. His music saved countless lives, according to Matt the Music Martyr.”
“SUBARU?”
“Oh, I am sorry. That reduces your total to zero. Who is SABO is the answer we were looking for.” [GROANS]
2/17 Air Cav…You’re killin’ me man! Subaru? LMAO. Thanks.
Maybe SABO could do a video with Dan Choi?
Green Thumb…That would make Dan Choi so happy he would have to go smack his pee-pee! Same outcome as this video, different underwear.
Better said…Same outcome, underwear stains in other than usual locations.
It bears mentioning that McClown doesn’t seem to think that he needs to respect his “friend” Sabo and remove his video from the various FB pages as well as related items from his main website. I think it’s time someone woke the fuck up and slapped this dumbass McQuown with the facts.
As for you pinheads who wish to come here and fail to understand what we are saying. Google “Mac” McQuown and read how he was AWOL/UA for 200 days. In basic military terms that’s DESERTION to us Veterans. Is this what you want Sabo associated with? Sabo knew as he had been informed several times about McQuown’s scamming game. I understand the video also features his Mom but the fact is that he can edit it. It takes time and someone with the knowledge but it can be done.
If you asshats want to be irate at someone take it out on the person who suckered Sabo into this situation and continues to play games despite what Sabo wants. If that is how McQuown treats his friends I’m proud to be counted among his “enemies”.
So fucknuts grab yourselves by the short curlys and go bust on that deserter McQuown.
I hope Sabo is sincere and is not playing games when he said he was cutting all ties with McQuown .
Quite frankly if I were Sabo I’d be asking McQuown to account for any monies made from the video.
McQuwn has been “walking” since 2011 and so far he has done NOTHING to help anyone .
He took part in 1 event in 2012 to raise funds in Georgia . That small task was so strenuous that he had to stay in someone’s RV for 3 weeks to recover.
McQuown has also claimed numerous injuries and illnesses that have required him to spend approximately 8 weeks holed in hotels in 2013.
There is also the matter of the 3 month vacation he took at the end of 2013 into beginning of 2014 ( October 15th to Jan 14th ) Since McQuwn has no job and hasn’t had one in 3 years all the travel( Pearl Ms to Ocala Fl , Ocala Fla to Baltimore MD , Baltimore MD to Pearl MS ) , lodging and food expense was paid for from the royalties, (Illegal not a 501c ) bracelet sales and donations.
Sabo needs to realize that McQuown is playing him (and everyone else who donated or bought bracelets) to fund his (3 years so far )vacation/panhandle schtupp across America .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVw5QawPuNo&feature=youtu.be
McQuown scams a charity devoted to Homless Veterans to get a screen shot of a paypal receipt, he touts his “good deed ” all over FB , when the truth is as soon as he had the screen shot he requested a refund .
What happened to Sabo’s defense team?
*Crickets*
*Rustle Rustle*
*Crickets*
*Rustle Rustle*
But what happens when he tries to “walk” with Dan Choi and he is handcuffed to the White House fence?
It will probably not make good footage for his next “video”.
Also, what part of the military and occupational specialty did “Sabo” hold/serve?
Sabo made the statement on his F/B page ( set to friends only ) that he no longer has any association with L.D. McQuown. This was not a public announcement !
Since then McQuown has not been edited out of the video . Nor has McQuown taken Sabo down as being a sponsor on his web-site.
My six sense is telling me that we’ve been played. So as it stands now. Sabo still supports and sponsor’s Leonard Dale McQuown.
Actions speak louder than words. If Sabo really meant what he said. He would take the video down until MeQuown is edited out of it.
It’s apparent that Sabo doesn’t give a damn what his fellow Veterans think. It’s also apparent that the shithouse lawyers who came running to his defense have nothing to say in regards to this. I do think it’s time to let Sabo know, as well as his groupies, that the Veteran community has a very loud voice when it comes to the bullshit he is trying to play. Sabo has his music on I-Tunes and I do think that if enough Veteran’s express their outrage via that media his music sales, little that they are, will probably plummet to zero.
I feel that a FOIA needs to be done on SABO if one has not been done already.