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Ordinary Majesty, Extraordinary Failure
Special to FreeRepublic ^ | 7 Nov. 2008 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)

Posted on 11/07/2009 7:45:08 AM PST by Congressman Billybob

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The residents of FreeRepublic have been all over this story from the beginning. So, it's hard to offer new thoughts and perspectives.

But not impossible. Hope you find this worthwhile.

John / Billybob

1 posted on 11/07/2009 7:45:08 AM PST by Congressman Billybob
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To: Congressman Billybob

“Events intervened. A devout Muslim, or a radical Muslim, take your pick, went onto the Fort Hood base Thursday and shot 43 people, killing 13.”

I am still unaware of the distinction...IMNSHO, these soldiers were killed in combat...


2 posted on 11/07/2009 7:51:48 AM PST by jessduntno (TOTUS fails and POtuS becomes a phuttering stuck.)
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To: Congressman Billybob

Indeed! This administration has long since proven it cares naught for America, the extraordinary decency of its citizens, and the Patriot Heart that beats within.


3 posted on 11/07/2009 7:53:17 AM PST by MestaMachine (One if by land, 2 if by sea, 3 if by Air Force 1, 4 if by Thread.)
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To: Congressman Billybob
Quite similar situation to many in the UK and Europe.

Second Generation muzzie born in the Westt of immigrant parents. Turned "devout" to the religion of Jihad. Sold on the Islamic tenets of Jihad, Moslem running dog imperialism and global hegemony by non-bomb belt wearing Whabbist imams. Buys weapon and trains for Jihad at the range. Performs Jihad.

Happens all the time these days.

MSM can't connect the dots.

4 posted on 11/07/2009 7:56:30 AM PST by Paladin2
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When Gen. Washington was faced with desertions he actually resorted to having some of his soldiers tried & shot. It was an emergency. His army would have melted away had he not taken extreme action, and he took it.

Today ‘General’ Obama is faced with a similar situation. We have some 15,000 Muslims reportedly serving in the US military. At the very least a general review of those personnel records needs to be done. Malcontents need to be separated, fast. New Muslim recruits need to be carefully screened.

I would suggest going even further. In light of the Koran’s countenance of oath-breaking where obligations with infidels are concerned, I would probably bar Muslims from military service entirely. It would probably take a nuclear explosion for us to reach that point. I’m not even sure that would do it.


5 posted on 11/07/2009 7:56:36 AM PST by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: Congressman Billybob
-----Do we really have a President now? Or merely someone who plays the President on TV? --

--we all know the answer--

6 posted on 11/07/2009 7:58:25 AM PST by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the MSM tells you about firearms or explosives--NRA Benefactor)
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To: Congressman Billybob

What could happen in a man’s mind to make him take Islam’s dictates seriously. This is what the liberales are asking. This is the punch line of the joke on the liberales. How long until Glenn Beck takes this up?


7 posted on 11/07/2009 7:59:03 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America.)
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To: Tallguy

In more recent history, Japanese-Americans were never sent to fight Japan in WWII because of questions about where their loyalties might take them should direct combat occur.


8 posted on 11/07/2009 8:02:35 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America.)
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Excellent as always, John.

Do we really have a President now? Or merely someone who plays the President on TV?

Yes, and poorly at that. (Shout Out to the Failure-in Chief! )

9 posted on 11/07/2009 8:02:43 AM PST by Mygirlsmom (I'd like to meet that mom..you know the skinny one with the white teeth that makes $80K from home.)
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To: Congressman Billybob
From Freeper "autumnraine", posted early today:

"Had the shooter yelled “Go to hell you N*gger” or “Die you jew b*stard”, finally “Go live in hell you f&ggot” we would have known “fully” what the motive was. But since it was a muslim, yelling a familiar phrase that suicide terrorists yell, or head lopping off terrorists, some how it’s a mystery."

10 posted on 11/07/2009 8:04:39 AM PST by jaz.357 ("If the present tries to sit in judgment on the past, it will lose the future." W.Churchill)
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"Doesn’t the Army have security personnel who deal with possible threats from soldiers or officers who go off the rails? Doesn’t anybody pay attention to what active duty personnel post on the Internet? I’ve read this Muslim’s internet posts. Anyone who merely glanced at those would realize this Muslim was about to go off."

Maximum BUMP!

11 posted on 11/07/2009 8:06:19 AM PST by Enterprise (When they come for your guns and ammo, give them the ammo first.)
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To: Congressman Billybob

No, we do not have a president at this time. Nor will we as long as he remains in office.


12 posted on 11/07/2009 8:10:58 AM PST by Bahbah (Only dead fish go with the flow)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Did you know that Japanese-Americans DID serve in the Pacific as translators? They served well. Each had an Anglo soldier assigned to him to keep him from being shot by his own allies.

Also, they served with great distinction in Italy as the “Christmas Tree” Regiment because they were the most honored regiment in WW II.

P.S. My book, Manzanar, concerns the Japanese-Americans in WW II.

John / Billybob

13 posted on 11/07/2009 8:52:54 AM PST by Congressman Billybob (www.TheseAretheTimes.us)
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Thank you for clearing up some details. Yes that would make sense, to have Japanese speakers available in Japan. And of course they could serve elsewhere.

It was not always clean and neat; due to the fear of Japanese-American collusion in Japanese attempts to attack the mainland, fear which was borne out by intelligence programs secret then but public today, the Japanese-Americans in some geographical areas had valuable property seized and corralled with only token compensation. When Congress made a blanket apology payout years later, ignorant of this intelligence which was still classified at the time, it enraged thousands of Pacific veterans who had seen vicious cruelty at the hands of the Japanese. These were not exactly connected issues, but the very term Jap had become a curse word for a reason.

Anyhow, back to this guy, it seems that we were PC blind to the signs of trouble brewing. And I’d bet that Bummer tries to cover over any similar signs rather than ferret them out.


14 posted on 11/07/2009 9:06:29 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Thanks for your reply.

Sadly, I think your final remark is right on. The Obama Administration will most likely try to sweep the missed clues under the rug, rather than fire people who missed the signs and seek to spot others in the future.

John

15 posted on 11/07/2009 9:27:20 AM PST by Congressman Billybob (www.TheseAretheTimes.us)
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To: Tallguy
Totally agree....

We have enemies within the parameter.

BROKEN ARROW..!!!

16 posted on 11/07/2009 3:51:30 PM PST by Osage Orange (Obama's a self-made man who worships his own creator...............)
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To: Congressman Billybob

Good post and spot on.........


17 posted on 11/07/2009 3:53:13 PM PST by Osage Orange (Obama's a self-made man who worships his own creator...............)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Also a good post.......

Thanks!

18 posted on 11/07/2009 3:53:47 PM PST by Osage Orange (Obama's a self-made man who worships his own creator...............)
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To: Congressman Billybob
We cannot fully know what leads a man to say such a thing...


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

19 posted on 11/08/2009 12:32:43 PM PST by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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To: Mygirlsmom

New Tagline


20 posted on 11/12/2009 5:08:47 AM PST by Dustoff45 (Do we really have a President now? Or merely someone who plays the President on TV?)
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