If you had been paying attention - Rumsfeld rescued him and restored his salary and medical - and shut down the harrassment.
Geeeee .. does that sound like the Bush admin is trying to stall this thing ..?? Not to me!
I missed this. Did he also restore his security clearance and lift the gag order? I happen to think Rumsfeld is one of the good guys in all this, but he's probably not thrilled with Weldon making his life more difficult.
Thank you for your energy, optimism, and words of encouragement.
Yes, those of us who have been beating our proverbial heads against the wall for years now sometimes get frustrated, disapointed, and a bit jaded by what seems like our cause sliding two steps back for every one taken forward much of the time.
And I sometimes use FR and similar forums to vent on, and you serve to remind me that my angst and sarcasm (I should have used the "[/s]" thing, I suppose) oft comes accross as fatalistic pessimism and could be discouraging to those not familiar with my style.
You are right; I should be more careful about that - not only in here but in my role as a radio talk show co-host on a local station.
But in spite of my frustration, I can't just cower in my foxhole and wait for the enemy to show up to administer the coup'-de-grace; Just last night I showed up at a local Republican Town Committee meeting where we are working on recruiting and supporting local and State Candidates.
And although the Republican Party leaves a lot to be desired by us conservatives now and then, it sure beats the alternative.
We do call our Reps and Senators on important issues - although I think that they are getting pretty familiar with us and I'm not sure just how seriously they take me any more.
And I intend to call again today about this monkey business with our ports going to Arabia and China; Just when it seems that things might be turning around - like being able to get Justice Alito nominated and confirmed, against all odds - some landslide of corruption and deciet like that comes rolling down from Capitol Hill.
That can indeed be frustrating; but giving up just isn't an option, is it?
Re. the Scheaffer situation; I do try to stay up to speed on these things, but obviously missed that one.
After I posted, I did notice a brief mention of Sec. Rumsfeld's coming to his rescue in another posting.
Thanks for the update on that.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1579776/posts
Read this blog post from someone in the intelligence ocmmunity. Seems the thinking is to give Weldon a little bit of room to appease him.