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To: markomalley

So is Barry Dunham going to use UCMJ Article 88 to kick them out?

In another country, people got sent to the GULAG under Article 58 for not applauding Comrade Stalin to the point of exhaustion.


3 posted on 01/26/2011 4:29:03 AM PST by Fred Hayek (FUBO! I salute you with the soles of my shoes.)
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To: Fred Hayek

Well.... Article 88 UCMJ prohibits “contempt toward elected officials” by commissioned officers. I first heard it about when I came back into the Army Reserve after a break in service, and was warned by my commander to restrain my anti-Clinton remarks while on duty.

Simply refusing to stand and applaud the POTUS wouldn’t fill the bill, IMO.

BTW, Article 88 was published in 1867 (not 1993 as some believe) and was intended to prevent Union generals with presidential ambitions from criticizing the incumbent President, who at the time was the unfortunate Andrew Johnson.


7 posted on 01/26/2011 4:44:50 AM PST by elcid1970 ("O Muslim! My bullets are dipped in pig grease!")
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