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Terry's First Letter from Prison: Dec 21, 2010 (LTC Lakin)
terrylakinactionfund.com ^ | 01/02/2011 | LTC Lakin

Posted on 01/03/2011 11:20:18 AM PST by rxsid

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To: Little Pharma
TROLL: "A supernatural creature of Scandinavian folklore, variously portrayed as a friendly or mischievous dwarf or as a giant, that lives in caves, in the hills, or under bridges.

Are you really Scandinavian? lolol

61 posted on 01/03/2011 1:47:47 PM PST by verity
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To: rxsid

I thought about Lt. Col. Lakin throughout the holiday season, and compared his spending Christmas at Leavenworth to the community organizer’s time in HI. Absolutely disgusting. I had to comfort myself by alternately comparing it to Washington’s Christmas crossing the Delaware and then at Valley Forge.


62 posted on 01/03/2011 1:48:09 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: Little Pharma

Knock it off, retread! Keep it up you get the zot again.


63 posted on 01/03/2011 1:48:51 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Nuke the corrupt commie bastards to HELL!!)
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To: samtheman
"If Obama had any honor whatsoever he would commute this sentence."

I doubt the word 'Honor' is even in his vocabulary.

64 posted on 01/03/2011 1:53:36 PM PST by Godebert
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To: Jim Robinson; verity; Redleg Duke; Melas; tioga; Jackson57

My apologies.

When confronted with homo-insults in the future, I will alert moderators rather then lash out myself.

Again, I apologize and promise to mind decorum.


65 posted on 01/03/2011 2:22:49 PM PST by Little Pharma
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To: samtheman

I just wish Barry could be there with you to enjoy the prison experience. Cheer up he will be there soon enough and by that time you will be out and on with your life. Hopefully completely vindicated.


66 posted on 01/03/2011 2:39:52 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: cycle of discernment

“So when do Hannity, Limbaugh and O’Reilly shout out in protest and indignation for the treatment levied on this patriot in his self-sacrifice in trying to protect our Constitution?”

Never.


67 posted on 01/03/2011 2:41:44 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Little Pharma
If he accepts a commutation or pardon, then he recognizes Obama as Commander in Chief and walks away from his argument.

Not if he accepts a commutation from President Palin.

68 posted on 01/03/2011 2:45:36 PM PST by The Duke
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To: rxsid

No one else has brought this up, but I feel like I must. If I’m wrong on any count, please correct me, as it would change everything. Lakin didn’t protest any orders well into Obama’s presidency until he was ordered to deploy to the Middle East. If he truly believed that any orders he received were invalid because as he believed, Obama wasn’t the legitimate president, then why didn’t he immediately begin disobeying orders and refusing to cash his paychecks with Obama as CiC? He didn’t. It was business as usual until he was ordered to a war zone. Sorry, but the skeptic in me doesn’t believe that this was about patriotism at all.


69 posted on 01/03/2011 2:49:26 PM PST by Melas
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To: The Duke
Not if he accepts a commutation from President Palin.

I don't think you grok what the word "commute" means when it comes to the law. You can't commute a sentence that has already been served. As his sentence will be served at the end of May of this year, I don't see how anyone other than the sitting president is going to be able to commute this particular sentence.

70 posted on 01/03/2011 2:52:37 PM PST by Melas
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To: rxsid
You did not choose to be a hero but that does not change the fact that you are. Now it is necessary to do what you must and stay the course. Use your wits and much still can be accomplished. Not to cause you to become more of a hero, because you may, but to complete the mission in the fullest and most effective way.

First, you must be completely honest. If you have failed or fallen short in any way confess this to the public but let us know what is really in your heart. The public will forgive all short comings and they will actually endear you in our hearts if you admit them.

Second, DO NOT abort the mission. This is just an obstacle, and one that can be used, in it being carried out.

Third, you must still be a voice for the truth. You were loyal to your military pledge which consists with being true to the Constitution and following orders. The two in your case contradicted each other and you chose to be loyal to the Constitution which is your first duty. Do not be ashamed.

Fourth, be a vehicle for the media. Do everything you can to get into the media. This is our greatest weapon as the truth has been almost completely blocked from the media and thereby the public at large. Be smart about this and make the biggest impact you can. I know that you are not in this for the publicity and notoriety and that you would rather not be famous but want to merely carry out your life quietly but you must put aside your own desires for the good of our Country.

Fifth, when you come out of prison you must than make the biggest impact you can in a way that exudes integrity. Be yourself and people will understand that you are not in it for the wrong reasons. When you get out you stand to become a national hero, at least for many. Even though this is not your personal desire it is what is best for the USA, your family and yourself.

By standing tall and continuing on the course you will reclaim your life and it will be more meaningful and dynamic than you can possibly imagine.

71 posted on 01/03/2011 3:21:53 PM PST by Bellflower (All meaning is in The LORD.)
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To: rxsid
You did not choose to be a hero but that does not change the fact that you are. Now it is necessary to do what you must and stay the course. Use your wits and much still can be accomplished. Not to cause you to become more of a hero, because you may, but to complete the mission in the fullest and most effective way.

First, you must be completely honest. If you have failed or fallen short in any way confess this to the public but let us know what is really in your heart. The public will forgive all short comings and they will actually endear you in our hearts if you admit them.

Second, DO NOT abort the mission. This is just an obstacle, and one that can be used, in it being carried out.

Third, you must still be a voice for the truth. You were loyal to your military pledge which consists with being true to the Constitution and following orders. The two in your case contradicted each other and you chose to be loyal to the Constitution which is your first duty. Do not be ashamed.

Fourth, be a vehicle for the media. Do everything you can to get into the media. This is our greatest weapon as the truth has been almost completely blocked from the media and thereby the public at large. Be smart about this and make the biggest impact you can. I know that you are not in this for the publicity and notoriety and that you would rather not be famous but want to merely carry out your life quietly but you must put aside your own desires for the good of our Country.

Fifth, when you come out of prison you must than make the biggest impact you can in a way that exudes integrity. Be yourself and people will understand that you are not in it for the wrong reasons. When you get out you stand to become a national hero, at least for many. Even though this is not your personal desire it is what is best for the USA, your family and yourself.

By standing tall and continuing on the course you will reclaim your life and it will be more meaningful and dynamic than you can possibly imagine.

72 posted on 01/03/2011 3:23:12 PM PST by Bellflower (All meaning is in The LORD.)
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To: Melas
LTC Lakin explained that he disobeyed Barry's strategic order to deploy troops to Afghanistan (i.e. the surge). No military commander, nor SecDef Gates has the Constitutional authority to do such a deployment "on their own". The President of the United States, was given such authority by Congress. If Barry isn't a legit POTUS/CinC, then Barry's order to deploy those troops to a foreign country would be illegal. All his other orders to that point, nor his paycheck, required Barry's authority as Commander in Chief of the armed forces.
73 posted on 01/03/2011 3:41:42 PM PST by rxsid
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To: Melas

b.t.w. the question you raise has in fact been brought up a number of times on FR alone.


74 posted on 01/03/2011 3:45:34 PM PST by rxsid
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To: rxsid; Melas

You are still horribly misinformed.


75 posted on 01/03/2011 3:49:30 PM PST by verity
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To: rxsid; Melas

You are still horribly misinformed.


76 posted on 01/03/2011 3:49:33 PM PST by verity
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To: Little Pharma

To follow your logic, as Commander-in-Chief Obama is the ultimate authority over the military, so if LTC Lakin should not accept a pardon or commutation of sentence he is within the same logical paradigm as to assert wrongful incarceration ... and therefore go free.


77 posted on 01/03/2011 3:51:13 PM PST by Jackson57
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To: verity; Melas
"You are still horribly misinformed."

Care to significantly elaborate?

78 posted on 01/03/2011 3:52:11 PM PST by rxsid
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To: rxsid
This has been addressed ad nauseum by posters far more eloquent than me.

Despite all your assertions, Lakin will remain locked up. Now we need to lock up Obummer.

79 posted on 01/03/2011 3:58:02 PM PST by verity
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To: Jackson57

According to Lakin you have as much authority to commute his sentence as does Obama as neither of you is C-in-C, so why don’t you do the guy a favor and send him home to his family.


80 posted on 01/03/2011 3:59:43 PM PST by Little Pharma
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