Category: Obama

President Obama Declares U.S. “Zero Civilian Casualty” Policy

During his speech to the 2014 graduating class at West Point President Obama said; “There are times when those actions [here he’s speaking about unilateral direct military action against terrorists] are necessary and we cannot hesitate to protect our people.  But as I said last year, in taking direct action, we must uphold standards that

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President’s “Climate Change” Remarks at West Point Graduation

There’s been a lot of criticism of President Obama’s remarks at the 2014 West Point graduation on 28 May.  Among the more controversial statements he made were his remarks on “climate change.” Here are his full remarks about the subject; “That spirit of cooperation needs to energize the global effort to combat climate change, a

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Really?

A million individual insurance plans have already been cancelled by major insurance companies across America because of ObamaCare.  Millions more are pending cancellation.  Overall there may be as many as 10+ million individual insurance plans cancelled. Documents recently released by the Department of Health and Human Services under the Freedom of Information Act show that

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An Open Letter to President Obama

Mr. President:                                                                                                            26 Sep 13 I be Captain Shivers, the Blind Pirate, and I wanted to take some time out of me pillaging this morning to write to about the recent attacks in Kenya I’ve been watched on the news. Having heard you recently state your belief that the forces of al Qaeda are “on the

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Obama’s 10-Step Playbook

“He acts as if he’s suddenly stumbled on the scene of an accident and is trying to catch up” – Charles Krauthammer, Fox News contributor of President Obama’s remarkable response to the plethora of scandals he faces; he simply claims that he has no idea what happened! In the midst of the IRS scandal, the AP/Fox

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Obama; “al Qaeda is Nearly Defeated”

At a time when al Qaeda and their numerous splinter groups are quite active all over the world, at a time when homegrown Jihadist terrorists are springing up in places like Boston, London, Paris and many other places, our President gives us this… “President Obama said Thursday that al Qaeda is nearly defeated and the

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So What Will You Do Today Mr. President?

A friend of mine recently replied to my “Battalion Commander” rant by directing me to the White House website where the President’s daily schedule is posted at… http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/president/ As my friend remarks, “The President starts his day around 10:00 am and ends it about 2:00 pm, usually with an hour or two lunch in the

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Our Battalion Commander

Here in Afghanistan thousands of miles from America we do something that some of you will be familiar with but many of you will not.  It’s called a Battle Update Brief, or “BUB”, and it happens every day here. The purpose of a BUB is to brief our Battalion Commander on the things going on

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Leave No Man Behind… Four Hours Out

The phrase “leave no man behind” has long been a foundational concept among America’s fighting men and women.  The Army’s Warrior Ethos states “I will never leave a fallen comrade.”  The Air Force’ Airman’s Creed pledges “I will never leave an Airman behind.”  The Army Ranger’s Creed proclaims “Never shall I fail my comrades,” and “Readily will

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