Archive for January, 2012

Cortez Journal pulls Truitt story

| January 31, 2012 | 14 Comments
Cortez Journal pulls Truitt story

The other day, we wrote about Jason Truitt, the beached, tattooed Manatee who claimed to be a Navy SEAL and got a Weatherby rifle and a free elk hunting trip for his trouble. On a day which will forever be known for TAH-inspired retractions, the Cortez Journal, which printed the original article, has retracted the […]

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Fun Is Where You Find It

| January 31, 2012 | 5 Comments
Fun Is Where You Find It

According to two of my favorite people February 20 is the time and DC is the place to be? We, the founders of Veterans for Ron Paul 2012, Nathan Cox and Adam Kokesh, invite you to join us for a veterans and active duty march for Ron Paul on President’s Day, Monday, February 20th. We […]

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MSNBC fact checkers declared dead

| January 31, 2012 | 6 Comments
MSNBC fact checkers declared dead

TSO sends an article in keeping with our media fact-checking theme today. It’s about a veteran who depends on his disability check being declared dead by a dead government agency; The U.S. Veterans Administration has declared him dead four times, but Miller, a Brevard County resident, has refuted the claims. “To me, it’s stupid. I […]

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An Odd Confluence of Events

| January 31, 2012 | 0 Comments
An Odd Confluence of Events

NSOM sorta set the stage. without a direct reference to the date. Jonn, with his usual diligence has exposed several Vietnam related shitheads. I need not offer links… just scroll down. OWB reminds us geezers, in a comment,  of our duty with: Many of us declared some years ago that we would do whatever was necessary to […]

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VoteVets teams up with CAIR

| January 31, 2012 | 47 Comments
VoteVets teams up with CAIR

Yeah, if you didn’t not like VoteVets before, this might change your mind; VV and CAIR got together to protest General Gerry Boykin’s speech to cadets at a prayer breakfast. I don’t know enough about Boykin to give a rat’s ass what he’s said in the past, but you will never see an article about […]

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Smells like BS

| January 31, 2012 | 83 Comments
Smells like BS

Patrick and Alan both sent us a link to an NPR broadcast they heard on the radio on the way home about a guy who calls himself Leo Webb and claims he was a sniper. And “watched half my squadron die” – whatever the hell a squadron is, since he says he was in the […]

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S&S admits they were duped

| January 31, 2012 | 22 Comments
S&S admits they were duped

Stars & Stripes just published a follow up to the story we did yesterday about Larry Marquez who claimed to have served in Cambodia while he was 16. The word I’m getting from people in his unit is that when his first sergeant called him in, after word came down from the brigade commander after […]

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Tuesdays with Claymore

| January 31, 2012 | 2 Comments
Tuesdays with Claymore

The only thing you can count on anymore; Finger pointing The Hazzards of racism 110 volts of pure beige …assuming he’s not stoned. China: #1 in making crap Girl Scout kooky AP photog…shooting the truth ends Occupy? “I swear to God, I’ve had it with the religious people.” Steve Jobs, maybe not the left-wing demi-god […]

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