Posted on 07/27/2008 6:46:01 AM PDT by connell
Most have now heard about the emails from soldiers in the field who were less than impressed by the fact that the Obamessiah failed to grace them with his holy presence. We posted on it yesterday.
Well, one of the first emails to travel around the net has now been "recanted" by the sender. The email itself was genuine, but now he is asking that people stop sending it around and posting it. He said it was meant only for his family.
The odds are good that what happened was that it got around, and since his name was attached, he caught a load of flak from his superiors. Military people are not supposed to show political preferences openly. Even though 75-85% of them are conservative, they're not supposed to let anyone know.
Snopes, of course, has used this as an excuse to discredit the entire theme of Obama's failure to visit the troops.
Concrete Bob has been communicating with Blackfive, and together, they are staying on top of the subject.
That Snopes would bend over backwards to defend a Democrat candidate should not come as any surprise. They've done it several times before.
Over the last few years, we (and others) have kept track of a few of these instances. We feel confident that a complete survey of Snopes' entries would reveal much more. In the meantime, read these articles and posts and add them to the list of evidence showing a left-leaning bias Snopes.
Bias at Snopes? (Facts in evidence not dispositive, but suggestive...)
Snopes' bias, Part II (The case is building...)
Online Rumor Mill Spins Its Own Myth(Snopes.com's leftwing bias undercuts its credibility)
Snopes: "T Kerry donates millions to fringe political groups through the Tides" = Urban Myth
Bush home v. Gore home (and Snopes' cute little bias)
Good investigating. Thanks and Keep it up.
[Mr] T
Thanks, and bump for later read ................ FRegards
Same thing on Truth or Fiction.....
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/o/obama-afghanistan.htm
Yes, snopes is biased. I was a member there until I posted links to evidence of saddams wmd program.
These 2 bolded sections from this email sets off red flags for this 22 year USMC veteran. This is supposedly about a "MUDMARINE" which means infantryman (grunt), but lists a unit name that is nothing like a Marine unit of Vietnam era; "147th CH47-CE". The US Army has units that are named with a 3 digit number and a 'th'; then whoever created this unit name added the US Army's heavy lift helicopter, CH47-CE.(the ones flown in Vietnam were CH-47C's).
USMC ground units are usually identified by a combination of Company, Battalion/Regiment, ie: "India 3/9" (I Company, 3rd Battalion/9th Marine Regiment) and helicopter units (composed of the aircrews and maintenance guys) who flew the grunts and their gear around were designated like this: "HMM-364" (Purple Foxes) or "HMH-361" (Flying Tigers).
Lastly he says he served 12 months in Vietnam. Marines were assigned 13 month tours of duty, not 12.
I am throwing the BS flag on this one.
Is there any other hoax checker upon which we can rely?
Barbara Mikkelson and her husband.
The left infiltrates almost everything (The American Psychiatric Association, Pediatrics, Libraries...associations and groups you would think should be neutral). The associations they don’t control, they crank up a drone of anger against (the Federalist Society, e.g.) or they slowly infiltrate (FOX News).
Blackfive is great on keeping up with this stuff. Thx!
Actually, I think there is a law somewhere that all organizations not emphatically Conservative will eventually become Liberal. Don’t remember what its called, but it seems to be accurate.
bttt
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