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Posted on 03/03/2007 1:16:14 PM PST by FARS
"Sad."
Yep.
Want to see how fast "citizen's arrest" becomes illegal in all 50 states and a federal district? And Republicans as well as Democrats would see to it. Anyone trying to organize to promote citizen's arrests on grounds of treason would be accused of racketeering and domestic terrorism.
Personally I think it's a swell idea. As long as you understand the outcome.
Thanks FARS.
This information needs to go to all the conservative talk shows so the truth can get out about this absurd breach of security and "in your face" affront to the American people.
Admiral Joe was one of the Clintoon's perfumed princes and promoted to Admiral during the Clintoon's raping and pillaging terms. He was fired. He is another prime example of why Rats in power in the military or congress are dangerous to America. This is another example of his arrogance and hatred of America.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17029533&BRD=1675&PAG=461&dept_id=18168&rfi=6
08/09/2006
Spencer: Joe Sestak: The man, the myth, the admiral
Gil Spencer , Times Columnist
Weldon vs. Sestak is being billed as one of the more hotly contested congressional races in America. Millions of dollars is being raised and Democrats see it as a chance to knock off a powerful 10-term Republican. The voters of Delaware County have gotten to know -- for better and for worse -- who Curt Weldon is over his 30-plus-year political career.
But just who is Joe Sestak?
He hasn’t lived in Delaware County in three decades. He has a terrific resume, but was sent packing from the Navy after a 31-year career in which he rose to the rank of three-star admiral.
Why?
The Navy cited "poor command climate" as the reason he was "reassigned." Sestak says it had more to do with his demanding work ethic and being a forceful agent for change.
"Change is very challenging," he told The Hill magazine last year. "It did not sit well with a lot of people ..I work hard, and I did not ask anyone to work harder than me."
He told me exactly the same thing this spring when he announced his candidacy. And he repeated it again Tuesday afternoon.
But some who worked directly with Sestak for months and years tell a different story.
They paint a portrait of a brilliant man, driven by ambition, whose outward charm masks a penchant for being nasty.
They say, make no mistake about it, Sestak was "fired" from his job because he couldn’t get along with others, subordinates or fellow admirals.
One retired Navy captain who worked closely with Sestak, described him to me as "arrogant," "narcissistic" and "Machiavellian."
"The joke (around the Pentagon) was you could tell where Joe Sestak was working by the people flinging themselves out the window. He was that self-serving and infuriating."
Another Navy colleague and critic was kinder, but admitted Sestak was awful to work with.
"There are few men who are as brilliant as Joe Sestak. He has the intellectual ability to be a national leader. But he has a dark side to his personality ..He has a nasty temper if people don’t do exactly what he tells them to do."
(Neither man would talk about Sestak without a promise of anonymity.)
Retired Capt. Mark Rogers, however, thinks such criticisms come from men who weren’t as smart and didn’t like working as hard as Joe Sestak made them toil.
"He never worked anybody any harder than he worked himself," said Rogers, who was Sestak’s commander on the USS Underwood.
Sestak, Rogers said, was brilliant and went on to surpass him in rank, but they remained good friends.
"I’m a die-hard Republican," Rogers told me yesterday. "I voted for George Bush. In the military we’re not Republicans or Democrats, we’re just sailors who serve. That was what Joe was all about."
Another colleague who’s more critical of Sestak, and who worked under him at one point in his career and has known him for 20 years, said he still considers Sestak a "friend."
"He could be very caring. But when he was in command of a unit he was hard to deal with."
So hard, the colleague said, he told the Navy, "I would quit rather than work for him."
The captain said he worked with many admirals in his career and while all were ambitious, none were as self-serving and as egotistical as Sestak.
"He would put his own interests above the interests of the Navy and the country. He was unique in that regard."
Rogers passionately disputed that. And so does one of the other ex-Navy guys I talked to.
"He (Sestak) was focused on self-advancement, but I have not seen him do things that are dishonorable."
Moreover, he said, if you busted your tail for him he made sure you "got the credit."
"Individually he was a great guy, a nice human being. For those people who stuck with him he would do the most remarkable things. He went to extraordinary lengths to take care of you."
But when it came to extending his own career, there was no getting past his abusive side, this source said. He’d keep fellow, but lower-ranked, admirals "waiting outside his office for hours" and be "verbally abusive" to subordinates if their work displeased him.
According to this source, it grew to be a serious problem for Sestak.
"Admiral Clark promoted him to Three Stars hoping he would grow up and behave as a better leader," he said. "He received (numerous) letters of instruction, plenty of warning. There were enough attempts to recalibrate him."
In the end, they apparently all failed.
Eventually he left the Navy.
Does any of this mean he couldn’t make an excellent congressman?
No.
More about Joe Sestak on Friday.
Gil Spencer’s column appears Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. E-mail him at gspencer@delcotimes.com
Yeah, I know--I was only proposing the general outlines for activism to get SOMETHING started to reverse or arrest this trend , which is the MOST DANGEROUS DEVELOPMENT IN AMERICAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE since 9-11/ Seems our political configuration and its players are currently finding it irresisitble to play politics and garner whatever political gain is to be had from such non-entity entities as CAIR, whose presence on American soil is a MISTAKE TO BEGIN WITH.
You rang?
That was fun. As I went to "new posts to you" your graphic suddenly stared out at me. Thanks for the smile.
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