Why I care about Stolen Valor
I came upon this article on Facebook by Jack Murphy over at SOFREP. The article is titled “Why I do not care about stolen valor” piqued my interest to see where this was going. To be fair it was not what I thought it would be.
Perhaps the most popular issue among veterans on social media and various military-themed websites is stolen valor. You know, those sad, pathetic pukes who throw on medals and pretend to be soldiers. That SAS poser in Prague is a good example. We all delight in exposing these frauds for what they are. We like to examine their photographs on Facebook and use our keen military insider knowledge of AR-670-1 to critique what is wrong with their uniforms. Then we like to continuously point out how stupid these people are.
That and also have them on the internet so that when the same people try to pull the same stunts at a later time because they believe that no one will know or remember will be revived as frauds before rather then after being scammed. I mean stolen valor is just a watered down version of identity theft. Also it has helped in learning and remembering the correct wear for the Army uniforms from all the errors that they do.
But it doesn’t stop there. Not to be deterred in our search for the faux soldiers and with our insatiable desire to expose stolen-valor cases—we always need fresh meat for the grinder—we start turning on each other. Veterans are in such a hurry to “out” people they suspect of stolen valor, they take to social media and accuse real veterans of being fakers. We’ve seen this happen over and over again where veterans jump the gun, acting like keyboard commandos suffering from small-penis syndrome.
You know I would be happen to not see another story about someone not being guilty of stolen valor. Not because I do not want these cases being reported, but rather because these crime was not being done at all. Also I do not think that one has to look to hard to find people who want to play dress up (figuratively and literally) in public for their own benefit. I can see how Going back to the story above, I am curious if there are any updates on the Bronze Star with “V” device and the Purple Heart. Now before our favorite trolls get too excited over that last quoted statement, it follows up with this;
I actually respect many of the websites and individuals out there who expose stolen valor. Military frauds can do real damage to people. Using fraudulent credentials, they get hired for jobs they are not qualified for. Some of them lure in unsuspecting women with their fake war stories. Their stupidity in public can make actual veterans look like idiots. Some of these fakers even collect money for their fake military charities for personal enrichment. These are perfectly good reasons to call bullshit on the bullshitters.
Yep, so you can site back down now. Now on to his main point.
Do you know why I don’t care about stolen valor?
Because I have a life. You could work 24/7 trying to track down stolen-valor cases; that is how prolific these clowns are. The question you have to ask yourself is, is it worth your effort? Don’t you have professional and personal goals to meet in life? If I spend all my time writing about stolen valor, do you know what I’m not writing about? Real soldiers. I’ll be damned if I’m going to write about fake soldiers when I can write about real ones—some of them quite heroic.
The fake CIA-SEALs like Jamie Smith can say whatever they like, but it won’t take away a single thing that I, or any of my teammates, accomplished during our military service. Our actions speak a hell of a lot louder than the bullshit on the Internet.
For those that regularity read this site can say that we are well rounded in covering different topics such. The tags that help make sure that the actions of real service members get acknowledgement that they deserve over the frauds that do not. I also disagree in that these actions on and off the battlefield are going to have the effect that he states above. I believe that this mind set has lead to more people jumping on and riding the coat tails. It also does not help public in filtering out which is the fraud and the real deal due to not being familiar with military life.
So this is why I take a small amount of time to write about stolen valor and who is doing it.
Category: Veterans Issues
So, Murphy would rather spend all of his time writing about real soldiers? I guess that starts after he writes about not writing about phony ones. And Murphy here seems not to appreciate that writing about real soldiers or phony ones are not mutually exclusive exercises. TAH is a perfect example of doing both and doing both well. I never heard of Murphy before this morning. I will have forgotten about him by this afternoon, whoever he is.
His site that he writes on is not surprisingly on SOCOM units. I can understand his view about wanting to talk about real soldiers over frauds in the same way that a Commander would prefer to promote a quality soldier then have to deal with as shitbag one’s UCMJ and chapter paperwork. Some of his other articles are interesting as well, we have covered one by him before. The Commander has to and can do both, just prefers one other the other.
All of that is well and good but why write about what he is not writing about? It strikes me as a swipe at those blogs and reporters who do focus, regularly or now and then, on valor thieves. I could be quite wrong in my perspective. It has been known to happen!
Jesus, birdbrain’s really on a tear. I think I’ll wait to see something in writing from my respective branch before I stop visiting TAH. But I’m not holding my breath, “never happen” happens to be a long time.
Well, for almost two years, Paul K. Wickre has promised to have me sent to Jessup prison, sue me in civil court, have me assaulted by himself and/or people working on his behalf, and to have me killed. As of this morning, none of those threats have come to fruition. So, with that being the case, I place Bernath’s threats to anyone’s career in the same catagory. And, since I know that Bernath is reading this, please stop asking to be my FaceBook friend. Until Facebook comes up with a Facebook stalker category, I will respectfully decline your request.
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Why on Earth would that moron think that you or anyone else on here would want to be ‘friends’ with him? I mean, why would he even waste his time doing that?
Just nuts, I guess.
The sad thing about alot of these losers is they want attention. Anybody with a brain outed as a fake would have remorse and slink away. But most of these low self esteem losers thrive on any attention good or bad. That is why these losers pretend to be someone. When you post pics and crap of them they thrive on it. Look at Bernath. That bald limp dick has not been laid in 30 years.
The pictures I really like of Buttnasty is him in Nam. Notice that there are no walking sticks in any of the pictures. And yet he has to use them or remain seated in Court. Joe
Maybe if he wasn’t huffing all of his aviation fuel, Bernath would have had enough to complete his flight. So, Daniel, how is that lawsuit against the aircraft manufacturer coming along? And as to (see what I just did there?) flying across the country to rescue a dog, I think that Rover has a better chance of survival in a kill shelter than getting into an aircraft with you.
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Hack, you should be asking him about his supposed “complaint” against Randy Rosenblatt, the lawyer that he originally teamed with in the second Yelp lawsuit. I wonder if Mr. Rosenblatt – who is a successful and respected lawyer in Ventura County – has taken any action against Bernath.
Maybe someone needs to arrange a meeting between Mr. Rosenblatt and Judge Hyatt?
Apparently, according to one of the sport pilot sites, it got pitched with prejudice (yet another one).
So much for that “never lost a case” claim that I saw somewhere else, Danny.
Did Bernath write “I never lost a case”, or “I never lost a case, over”? Because if he did not end with “over”, that means that he was not finished transmitting, over. The entire message was “I have never lost a case of scotch, over”, over.
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Looks like the NON CPO, Non Lawyer Daniel A. Bernath has been booted from the fb comments lol
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((Over))
So that’s what happened to Danny Boy. I thought he had blocked me from FB about an hour ago. Poor guy. Think I’ll send him some flowers. Heck, it’s almost Valentine’s Day, anyway!
Yep, it took me a while, but I figured out the FB comments and booted Bernath and his poodle, Dallas. They can comment, but they’re the only people who will see the comments.
YoooooHoooo Unfortunate Shaped Phallic Hedge, Fake, Never Was, Not Now, Nor Ever Will be, a CPO, Non-Legally Practicing Lawyer Daniel A. Bernath and Fartblossom Dallas Wittgenfeld~ I’m still here!!!
Well Bumblebrain Bernath…I told you where to find me you Santorum Stained Molting Muscrat! It seems your PI’s investigative skillz rank right up there with your mad flying skillz. Too bad, so sad for you. How’s that Transdimensional Swamp Donkey of a wife doing? Still clinging by your side like a helpless whelp? The both of you, along with your Sky Clown and Bigoted Viking Wannabe should just pack it up. I hear you can get a heavy discount on a Disney cruise ship if you dress up as a Pop-Tart for the Kellogs’ European promotional tour. Of course Psul is apt to beat you to the best costume as I hear that Spandex was on sale. You may have to sue him for the right to the better costume. I’m sure your colon has shrunk a couple of feet after the emergency interwebsphincterectomy your getting these last few days, but a little voice has told me lots of great things are still to come…guess you will just have to wait to find out..better stock up on the candy corn… You two are certainly not the cleverest guys in a togas after all, are you? Its great to see you are still so intrigued with my “Tramp Stamp”, as you’ve referred to it a few times now. You certainly have a thing for people’s derrieres. Pray tell what is this fascination of yours with this particular part of one’s anatomy? Does it make your glittery gargoyle gonads all a quiver? Let me first disabuse you of you misconception of my tattoo. My husband’s Wings that are on my BACK are not now, nor where they ever a “Tramp Stamp”. Not to mention its not even in the location you think it is. Now that we’ve cleared that up, you perverted smegmatic, slimey pieces of excrement, keep this in mind, any person sufficiently intellectually advanced enough to not smear themselves in… Read more »
Some info for the FB commentators above on the NON CPO, Loser NON-Lawyer, Expert Plane Crasher Daniel A. Bernath, Sparkle Pony Extraordinaire… ┌∩┐(◣_◢)┌∩┐ Public Record: Filed: July 24, 1998 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON In the Matter of the Application of DANIEL ALAN BERNATH, For Admission to the Oregon State Bar. (SC S44863) On review of the recommendation of the Oregon State Board of Bar Examiners. Submitted on the record and briefs April 24, 1998. Daniel A. Bernath filed petitioner’s briefs pro se. Jeffrey D. Sapiro, Oregon State Bar, Lake Oswego, filed the brief on behalf of the Oregon State Board of Bar Examiners. Before Carson, Chief Justice, and Gillette, Van Hoomissen, Durham, Kulongoski, and Leeson, Justices. PER CURIAM Admission denied. PER CURIAM The issue in this case is whether Daniel A. Bernath (applicant) has proved by clear and convincing evidence that he “is a person of good moral character and fit to practice law” in this state. ORS 9.220(2)(a).(1) After de novo review of the record developed before the Board of Bar Examiners (Board), ORS 9.536(3) and 9.539, Rules for Admission of Attorneys (RFA) 9.60(5), and Bar Rule of Procedure (BR) 10.6, we conclude that applicant has not proved that he possesses the requisite good moral character and fitness to practice law in this state. Accordingly, we deny applicant admission to the practice of law in the State of Oregon. Applicant was admitted to the practice of law in California in 1984 and practiced in that state until 1994, at which time he moved to Oregon. In October 1994, applicant applied for admission to the Oregon State Bar. Applicant took and passed the February 1995 Oregon State Bar examination. However, following a character and fitness review proceeding, a three-member panel of the Board recommended that applicant be denied admission to the practice of law in Oregon. Thereafter, the full Board unanimously made the same recommendation to this court, forwarding that recommendation to the court on December 24, 1997. Applicant timely filed a petition for review of the Board’s recommendation. This court has jurisdiction pursuant to… Read more »
Not only that, but with Radio Shack filing for bankruptcy, the last organization willing to accept Bernath, the Radio Shack Battery Club, is going the way of FirsTech Solutions, over. That just leaves The Dutch Rudder Club, over.
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Danny, you’d better get that $20,000 back from that licensed private investigator. Hack and I drink beers together, and I can guar-en-tee that he’s not in Philadelphia.
Or maybe he is and I live in Princeton, NJ and we get together at Bitter Bob’s in New Hope (but we like to call it Bitter Paul’s for obvious reasons).
Only the shadow knows, and he’s not a PI.
I’d suggest that you hop in your daughter’s plane and fly out to Psul’s house. Then to two of you can start in Maine and drive one of his crappy Jags down to Florida (and maybe stop off to see your daughter, if she’ll let you in the door) and see how many of us that you can find. Hell, you can even bail Witless out of jail just for old time’s sake while you’re down there. You’ll never find us. The bitch of it is, you’ve made such a public ass out of yourself in order to get into as many newspaper articles as possible, that we all know where you live, and Psul’s address is accessible by looking at his multiple arrest records on line. When you keep your moth shut and your ears open, you learn a lot without people knowing who you are, but it’s too late for the DRC. All of you have a pretty well established, and negative, public history.
So, Daniel Bernath and Paul K. Wickre continue to find Hack Stone. Hack Stone is like Visa; he is everywhere you want him to be. Or maybe Hack Stone is like Santa Claus; deep down inside, there is a little bit of Hack Stone in everyone. This futile pursuit could be the inspiration for a low budget holiday movie, “Hack Stone Conquers The Dutch Rudder Gang”.
Just caught this one – “The military members who used to come here are now ALL GONE.”
That is fking hilarious. Danny, Tom Walsh, to whom you were responding, identified himself as a JAG officer, hence a military member. Honesty, man, you’re so stupid that I’m surprised that you know how to breathe. A good portion of us here are military members. A good portion of those who aren’t currently military members work for the federal government and post here from government computers.
Have you wife talk to someone and up your meds. You’re delusional.
“A good portion of those who aren’t currently military members work for the federal government and post here from government computers.”
Busted! Retired US Navy, now a civvie Fed working for the Department of the Navy. I visit here from my government computer every day during my lunch break. There is no restriction on this site, Danny- boi; it exists only in the vast emptiness of your mind. Seek professional help, ’cause you need it.
First off, I just want to thank you for taking the time to write that report. It begs the question, how did this man, if he even is a man, ever become an attorney to begin with? I wonder, does Bernath still hold a concealed carry permit/license?
My comment was in reply to Toasty Coasty’s comment posted at 11:38am. Sorry for the mixup.
@Friend S. Wilkins
I didn’t actually write up that report…Its from the Oregon Bar Association which is public record. Also, I believe Jonn or MCPO posted it before on one of the other Bernath Threads. I should have also noted that at one point he was disbarred in California for being a Deadbeat Father…..Now if only we could get the CA. Bar to bar him permanently
Not sure about the CCW, but should be easy enough to find out…Little birds and spiders have been and still are very busy…as has been said before regarding this buck tooth swamp donkey…patience my dear…patience
I understand, but it was still a great read. Thanks again.
The CA bar will take action.
The package is conmplete.
There will be only one decision.
FRANK VISCONI WRITES THE FOLLOWING TO ME AND MY RESPONSE FOLLOWS BELOW: From: Frank Visconi To: sam.killeffer@hotmail.com Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2015 7:25:28 PM Sam: I’m not getting all gushy on you now but today I happened to run across a boot Marine. We chatted and when we parted, he shouted out the phrase: “Once a Marine, Always as Marine”. Remember that. WE, you and me and all the other Marines took that attitude when we became Marines. What it means to me and should to you and all the others is that we carry that code with us wherever we go for the rest of our lives. We are supposed to live and act like Marines every day. Well, right now neither you NOR I are living up to that tradition…that code. I’m no less guilty than you. I’ve tried to project the image of a Marine everywhere I’ve gone from the day I enlisted and I know you have too. These past MONTHS we have BOTH dishonored that code. I for one am done. I AM a Marine and I will be one until I die and even after that and I am not going to continue on with this crap of cutting each other off at the knees every day. It’s old and it’s not who I am and I hope not who you are. NOW, down to the “Valor” issue. I know you don’t and never will believe anything I say about that issue. But that is MY fight with the Naval Records Department, not yours. If THEY want to find me guilty of some kind of stolen valor or of disgracing the Corps or whatever it is, then THAT IS UP TO THEM! It is not up to you or me or any of the guys on TAH or TWS or anywhere else. Fighting back and forth with you will get me no where nor will it get you anywhere. IF, and I mean IF, I am guilty of any wrongdoing, the Naval Records Department and the Marine Corps will find it out. If that… Read more »
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