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WE LIVE IN A WORLD GONE MAD (What the heck is happening with those who are defending this country?)
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| 11/13/2012
| John Hindraker
Posted on 11/13/2012 7:40:33 AM PST by SeekAndFind
In the post immediately below, Scott recaps some of the recent developments in the Petraeus scandal. I want to add one or two more, and also elaborate a bit on one of the items that Scott mentioned.
The most significant of the recent bombshells, I think, is the report that Eric Holder knew about the scandal as of late summer, when the FBI contacted his office to get permission to interview Petraeus and Paula Braodwell. Holder apparently claims that he never mentioned this potentially election-derailing news to his boss and good buddy, Barack Obama. I find this claimthat, while many others in Washington knew of the Petraeus investigation, including Congressmen like Eric Kantor, Obama himself was blissfully ignorant until three days after the electionwholly implausible, just as I find implausible the claim that it was sheer coincidence that the scandal didnt become public until then.
The least significant development, but one of the weirdest, is the replacement of the FBI agent who began the investigation on behalf of the bureau. The agent, whose name apparently has not been disclosed, was removed from the investigation after he grew obsessed with it, and specifically with Jill Kelley, to whom he sexted shirtless photos of himself.
Jill Kelley
The story I want to return to is the one involving another general, John Allen, who succeeded Petraeus as the commander of American and allied troops in Afghanistan. As a form of collateral damage, apparently, the FBI has found that General Allen, like the FBI agent, is obsessed with Jill Kelley. She must be quite a woman! Allen can be printed, in most editions, in under 1,500 pages. So what on earth were General Allen and Mrs. Kelley writing so as to fill up 20,000 to 30,000 pages? Poetry? Love notes? The longest military treatise ever? Assume it took General Allen a mere five minutes to either read or write one pageno doubt a low estimate, when it comes to writingand use the mid-point of 25,000 pages. That would mean that Allen devoted 125,000 minutes to his correspondence with Mrs. Kelley, or 2,083 hoursin other words, a full work year (40 hours times 52 weeks). No wonder we arent winning in Afghanistan!
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: affair; benghazi; jillkelley; military; navyseals; resignation; threatmatrix; threatmatrixbenghazi
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To: SeekAndFind
To quote Van Jones, "TOP DOWN, BOTTOM UP, INSIDE OUT, CHAOS."
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posted on
11/13/2012 7:53:59 AM PST
by
liberalh8ter
(If Barack has a memory like a steel trap, why can't he remember what the Constitution says?)
To: SeekAndFind
Does anyone watch the show ARMY WIVES? people have affairs.. They’ve had then since the beginning of time. I am not saying it’s right, but why is everyone shocked?
By then way, I am surprised the Clinton Analogy isn’t talked about more.
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posted on
11/13/2012 7:55:56 AM PST
by
Hildy
(hen the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser." - Socrates)
To: SeekAndFind
Does anyone watch the show ARMY WIVES? people have affairs.. They’ve had then since the beginning of time. I am not saying it’s right, but why is everyone shocked?
By then way, I am surprised the Clinton Analogy isn’t talked about more.
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posted on
11/13/2012 7:55:58 AM PST
by
Hildy
(hen the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser." - Socrates)
To: Berlin_Freeper
RE: The only way to fix this whole mess is to attack Iran.
Beware the Iranian Femme Fatale posing as an American Journalist...
To: SeekAndFind
in reply to the title...all branches of government have become an arm of the left wing...that means loyalty to the left wing of the Democrat party first before loyalty to the USA or its citizens. Party firs comrads.
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posted on
11/13/2012 7:56:50 AM PST
by
dalebert
To: SeekAndFind
I believe we are witnessing the beginnings of a culture decaying from within because it has replaced the Judeo-Christian worldview with secular humanism.
Let’s look at what America has become and what is coming soon. First, we have killed off ONE-SEVENTH of our population! And we not only acknowledge it but call it a constitutional right. And one of our major political parties is completely beholden to it.
Second, we can no longer say that it is only courts that have redefined marriage. Several legislatures-elected representatives of the people-have done so, with more to follow. The ultimate effect will be destruction of the institution of marriage, the most necessary institution to keep civilization from collapsing. Research the statistics on what happens to children born in a 2 parent nuclear family versus a single mother.
Our current rate of illegitimate births is in excess of 40% and trending upwards. Also, our overall birth rate is declining which is an indicator of a country in decline. So, we have an even greater percentage of children being born outside the family, with the resultant increase in criminal behavior, sexual promiscuity and other social pathologies, and decrease in educational achievement and professional success.
The behavior of Petreaus et al is merely in line with what the culture of America has become.
Now that I’ve livened up everyone’s day, go take on the world.
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posted on
11/13/2012 7:56:50 AM PST
by
almcbean
To: SeekAndFind
The least significant development, but one of the weirdest, is the replacement of the FBI agent who began the investigation on behalf of the bureau. The agent, whose name apparently has not been disclosed, was removed from the investigation after he grew obsessed with it, and specifically with Jill Kelley, to whom he sexted shirtless photos of himself.This is getting more interesting every day.
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posted on
11/13/2012 7:56:53 AM PST
by
TruthWillWin
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
To: Ken522
“I think someone in this adminisration is releasing this information to the media to bring the military hierarchy down ...”
I agree. Cleaning house, and revenge. A coup.Or, as oblahblah would say, “A coupe.”
To: SeekAndFind
When will guys like this learn? If you don’t want the problems, then keep yourself zipped up.
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posted on
11/13/2012 7:58:02 AM PST
by
alarm rider
(I took the pledge, I will never vote for another RINO, not now, not ever.)
To: TruthWillWin
RE: This is getting more interesting every day.
It would be even MORE interesting if secrets were leaked as a result of a GAY relationship. Now that would be DADT also (DO ASK DO TELL ).
To: Ken522
I think someone in this adminisration is releasing this information to the media to bring the military hierarchy down ... My thoughts exactly. This is looking like a purge.
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posted on
11/13/2012 7:58:53 AM PST
by
6ppc
(It's torch and pitchfork time)
To: SeekAndFind
Hmmmmm Wasn’t it a sex scandal that put Obama in the U.S. Senate?
Obama knows how to use scandals against his enemies while keeping his own scandal on the “Down Low:.
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posted on
11/13/2012 7:59:19 AM PST
by
Venturer
To: SeekAndFind
We've become so "open-minded".....
....our brains are (finally) falling out.
jmho....
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posted on
11/13/2012 8:02:42 AM PST
by
Wings-n-Wind
(The main things are the plain things!)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
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posted on
11/13/2012 8:05:51 AM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(Obama: "If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.")
To: Ken522
The Administration is successful in their ‘fundamental transformation’ of the US. With all the corruption, who would consider this a great nation worthy of sacrifice? How fast this has all changed! I do not recognize this as the nation where I grew up. Shoulda took those ‘red baiting’ alarms more seriously. You can never go back.
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posted on
11/13/2012 8:06:06 AM PST
by
griswold3
(Big Government does not tolerate rivals.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Great and Lovely Idea!
Aint going to happen
Not as long as the MB control the White House, judicial and Military.
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posted on
11/13/2012 8:08:25 AM PST
by
himno hero
(hadnuff)
To: SeekAndFind
I don’t doubt Holder never mentioned it to obama. obama is a puppet and is only told what to do and say. He’s never asked for an oppinion.
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posted on
11/13/2012 8:09:49 AM PST
by
Terry Mross
(I haven't watched the news since the election. Someone ping me if anything big happens.)
To: RoosterRedux
Remember when you print from email, you get all the downstream crap, including previous responses. Obviously lots of emails, but probably reams and reams of duplication. In an investiagation, they'd have to analyze all of it.
Powerline estimated it would take over a year's worth of time to write 20,000 pages, such that one would have time for nothing else
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posted on
11/13/2012 8:13:02 AM PST
by
chiller
(Do not consume any NBCNews;MTPTodayNightlyNewsMorningJoeMSNBCBrianWilliams)
To: SeekAndFind
Our own little Mata Hari. I’m so proud of my country.
To: chris37
"Well, I think what we are witnessing is the simultaneous suicide ad murder of a once great nation by awful, awful people.
And there isnt going to be any stopping it."
This should come as no surprise. Obama & the RATS hate the military & Obama is doing his best to dismantle & degrade it.
When we elect a Commander In Chief - who could not even pass a background check, himself, there is temptation to 'follow the leader'.
Think about it. Is their behavior any worse than what Obama has been doing to our country?
Their behavior is about sex - Obama's behavior is about TREASON.
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posted on
11/13/2012 8:20:41 AM PST
by
LADY J
(You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have. - Author Unknown)
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