Below find an email I sent to Carly Fiorina for having the "cajones" in bringing up the Benghazi cover-up as sufficient to question why the American public should trust president obama. Ms. Fiorina, “Carly”, Thank you for having the Leadership “Cajones” (you know what I mean), for bringing attention to the NBC viewing audience; your comments this morning on Meet The Press, the issue being presidential “trust” or in the case of president obama (no caps intended), a president for whom I have no trust! As a retired veteran, I and others stand ready to support any and all actions you will develop over the coming days to point out the cowardice and criminal conduct exhibited by the president, the vice president, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State and anyone else in the chain of command who were derelict in their duties in allowing four brave American heroes to die needlessly in Benghazi in the service of our country. I further state that David Gregory is a coward and a hack with no journalist integrity to cut you off in your remarks critical of the obama administration’s conduct in the Benghazi coverup! Where is the “media” on this cover up of facts relating to the deaths of the Ambassador and three other American heroes? Leon Panetta is a disgrace in the eyes of every American fighting man when he claims he didn’t have sufficient intelligence to act. Tyrone Woods had battlefield intelligence and he acted upon it giving up his life in the process. How dare this Secretary of Defense, the man with the most powerful fighting force known in history, lie to America about his cowardice in the face of hostilities! When lives are at stake, American fighting men fight to save and rescue our fellow Americans who cannot defend themselves. Panetta is a despicable coward who lacks integrity and has no moral courage! He should be put in prison, as should all who had a hand in letting these four brave Americans die. They were abandoned! Abandoned by the President of the United States, the Commander in Chief who had the responsibility and moral responsibility to save their lives. I am ashamed of these people. I call for the leadership of this country; business, governors, media, citizens – Republican or Democrat or whatever party affiliation, to denounce the actions and the dereliction of duty by this president. Denounce him now! Demand this president be held accountable under the laws of the United States of America or the UCMJ, whichever can be accomplished sooner!

The Middle Class in America

Presently, one of the major events in the Presidential Campaign is upon us. We all have a stake in the outcome! What everyone wants is "WHAT'S GOOD FOR AMERICA!" So here's my message to you Mr. President and to you Mr. Romney. I am from the "middle class", the great unwashed, the hard workin' blue collar slug, hard partyin', not afraid of nuthin', unqualified love for my country, the flag, and spirit of America, God fearin', respect for my fellow man, and willing to serve in the defense of my country, freedom and "the American Way!" What this means to each of you is this. You can both tell me how great and wonderful you are, have been, or will be. That's fine. But at the end of the day, I want someone as President who will lead this country back to prosperity, peace w/honor, and respect from our friends and enemies around the world. I want a President who is smart. Yeah, smart. You can be intelligent but if you're not smart, then get out of the way and let someone who knows what to do get on with it. In other words, "let the big kids do it!" I want a President who will be straight with me! Yeah, I know that's sometimes hard because "politicians" have come to believe that can't tell "We The People" the truth because you won't get elected. This belief is part of why the leadership is corrupt. How can I say that you ask? You tell me Mr. President/Mr. Romney, why do we have ethics committees in government? Aren't you elected to do the right thing for the right reasons? I firmly believe that the "middle class" is beginning to realize what's going on in this country. They see individuals like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, the Black Caucus and all the Dems in the past 50 years of American politics say how they are helping the poor blacks get better education, jobs and better opportunies, a fair and level playing field. Just count up the failures of government intervention and outright theft and corruption by Jackson and Sharpton, so called reverends - men of the cloth. Just look at the record on the money stolen beginning with Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great Society". Just check out the "public housing projects" in Harlem. Remember a government agency known as HUD. A nickname for money laundering, payoffs and paybacks to politicians by housing developers and politicians. Don't take my word for it, do the math (research money spent since the '60's.) What a concept! An honest politician! An honest President! An honest Senator! An honest Congressman! So here's my bottom line Gentlemen! I want someone who will lead this country! Stop the partisanship! Don't worry about presenting and explaining facts and figures to me. Just admit that the last presidential/congressional terms have been bad for America and you're going to fix it! Fix it, dammit! Fix it and you have my vote!

Obama, a president who has no leadership ability! None!

This blog is about leadership.  Today's blog is directed to several interview.
 KROFT: You declared your candidacy. And you said, "The reason we've not met our challenges is a failure of leadership, the smallness of our politics, the ease with which we're distracted by the petty and the trivial, our chronic avoidance of tough decisions, our presence for scoring cheap political points instead of rolling up our sleeves and building a working consensus to take on big problems." I mean those were eloquent words and true words. Unfortunately, they're still largely true today. Did you overpromise? Did you underestimate how difficult this was gonna be?

Obama's demand for Romney's tax returns means "Transparency for both candidates?"

When challenges are made regarding the President being born in the US, challenges to the authenticity to his birth certificate keep coming up. One has to ask why in the era of transparency does the President ask Romney to release more tax returns beyond the legal 2 year requirement? Why does the President keep accusing Romney of having "hidden" riches in off shore bank accounts? I do believe it's time for the reasonable man theory to apply. Consider the background prior to President Obama being elected as President. A reasonable man would ask, why wasn't the birth certificate question asked by Hillary Clinton? Certainly Al Sharpton had to know the Obama stories told on the campaign trail. Was this President truly vetted during the initial campaign or did everyone, read this to mean - print and television media, just look the other way. Why no inquiry into "Acorn"? Why did Acorn and other leftist groups get $4 billion, "that B for billion", from President Obama's 2011 budget? http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/watercooler/2010/feb/10/acorn-slated-get-nearly-4-billion-obamas-fiscal-20/ Why were they given the money and who investigated fraudulent voting scheme claims? Why no vetting on Obama's ties to Rezko and his "gift" of a house and an adjacent vacant lot from a person under investigation by the FBI, http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/rezko-connection-obamas-achilles-heel/story?id=4111483#.UDEwbd2PXXc and http://www.bullfax.com/?q=node-how-much-does-president-obama-still-owe-his-house. How did a lowly state senator come up with the money to buy the $1.5 million dollar house "and lot" when he tells Rezko in no uncertain terms he can't afford to buy a house. So why hasn't the Prez released his college transcripts, his medical records (drug use??)? After all, all the surrogates are shouting at the top of their lungs, "the American people" need to know the character of a man!" Surely the President is for transparency, equal treatment for both sides. These demands cannot be purely political as the Romney campaign claims. So as you consider all the hubbub over the docs that challenge the President's birth, his college grades; you have to believe the Romney campaign has them or at least has seen them but are not using them against the Prez. Instead, Romney and Ryan are focusing on the economy, jobs and the debt growing from 15 trillion dollars, http://www.usdebtclock.org/. And so, while the Prez' birth certificate and all the rest isn't the issue you have to ask why this President is spending time and energy asking for tax returns? The issue in this campaign, first and foremost, is to save our country from economic ruin! Sadly, this President is more interested in telling the American voter how rich Romney is and how Ryan is going to throw seniors under the bus. Like Tiny Tim almost said, "God" help "all!"

President Obama and National Security

Friend and Concerned Citizen, Fred Rustman sent me an email informing me of a political action committee “Special Ops OPSEC” http://www.dishonorabledisclosure.com/. By going to this link, you will see the mission statement as well as an open invitation to join Special OPS OPSEC. I am honored that he thought to invite me to join this newly formed group and participate in any way that I can. I urge you to visit their website and look it over. If you like what you see, then by all means, join this proud organization. Go to this link for insight as to why this group was formed and meet Fred, http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=X-Xfti7qtT0#! After reading Fred’s email message, I thought of the importance of national security and the daily contributions made by the Special OPS community to national security. It also convinced me to inform family, friends, and neighbors of current events that have detracted and indeed endangered national security. The most serious threats to our national security come directly from the President of the United States and his National Security advisors. This has prompted me to voice my opinion on the dishonor and threat by President Obama to national security. My opinion follows: The info below is forwarded to you as a modern day example of "loose lips sinks ships" coined during WW II. I leave it to your good judgment to come to your own conclusions. We have enough people around today telling us what to think and what not to think. As national security is of prime importance especially in time of war, we must demand discipline and leadership of the highest order from our elected leaders. After all, it’s only the future of the country that’s at stake. I retooled these words regarding “the future of the country” from a scene from “All The President's Men”. Ben Bradley, editor of the Washington Post, was preparing to leave the building. Just outside the elevator he said these memorable words admonishing his cub reporters “Woodstein” regarding the big story on Nixon. "You know the results of the latest Gallup Poll? Half the country never even heard of the word Watergate. Nobody gives a shit. You guys are probably pretty tired, right? Well, you should be. Go on home, get a nice hot bath. Rest up... 15 minutes. Then get your asses back in gear. We're under a lot of pressure, you know, and you put us there. Nothing's riding on this except the, uh, first amendment to the Constitution, freedom of the press, and 'MAYBE THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY'. Not that any of that matters, but if you guys fuck up again, I'm going to get mad. Goodnight." Regarding the war in Afghanistan et al, it's been said: "Our military is at war. Americans are at the mall..." A quick search of how the phrase “loose lips” came to be led me to this link, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loose_lips_sink_ships. It was put on posters as "part of a campaign to advise servicemen and other citizens to avoid careless talk concerning secure information that might be of use to the enemy." While the link goes on to say the phrase was "an admonition to avoid careless talk in general", one need only read today's headlines to know that "loose talk" has graduated to political propaganda generated from the President and his National Security staff at the White House. No doubt you know the "back story" of the movie "Zero Dark Thirty", scheduled for release in October, just prior to the November election for President of the United States. Surely, just a coincidence. Bill Clinton, past occupant of the White House, called Obama, the current President of the United States, an "amateur". His remarks are chronicled in Edward Klein’s new biography of Obama in a book called "The Amateur". The New York post covered the story May 11, 2012. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/bill_blockbuster_an_amateur_XJHYdaV5LT1vpr5I39IKrN. And so as the nation's Special Ops Community denounce "loose talk" as practiced by this President and his National Security Staff, think of it - the President and his National Security Staff!!; I remind you that the former Secretary of Defense Bill Gates told Tom Donilon, now Obama's national security advisor these words on how to protect “national security”: ‘I have a new strategic communications approach to recommend,’ Gates said in his trademark droll tones, according to an account later provided by his colleagues. What was that, Donilon asked? ‘Shut the fuck up,’ the defense secretary said.” http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/gates-national-security-team-osama-raid-shut-f_646731.html Recalling Bill Bradley words, IT’S ONLY THE “FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY” THAT’S AT STAKE!

I started this blog to comment on the subject of “leadership”. I’ve been fortunate to serve with “great leaders” first hand. Starting with our country's first President, our nation has been blessed with great leaders. I encourage comment on this subject if the reader is so inclined. What follows is my comment on President Obama's current campaign rhetoric. By now, the whole birther question is sluffed off as just right wing looney toons attacking a president who’s black (read racist), or, “the prez has already provided his birth certificate”, why can’t you drop it already. Think about the important issues of the day, etc…. So does the 46% of “we the people” who support the prez, see any hypocrisy in the prez’s attack on Romney being a “rich white guy”, “unfair”, “outsourcer in chief”, “off shore bank accounts”, “holding back tax returns” (read: he must have something dirty or illegal in them so let’s get it out”, never mind that R’s complied with the disclosure rules on tax returns), Romney is just not a “likeable guy”, and so on? As a member of the remaining 46% or remaining % of “we the people” (read independents), my primary concern is the mounting debt/overspending – read “trillions” (remember when they used to refer to these figures in millions then billions?). But instead, we see the prez relying on personally attacking Romney and mainlining “social issues” to his targeted audience! Will we the people see that our country is in dire need of leadership? That we don’t need complainers and whiners on either side. The Congress is deadlocked now. Regardless of who wins the presidential election, will not the country continue to be “deadlocked”, meaning that our country is on “autopilot spending and mounting debt” with no one with the “cajones” to lead our country back to prosperity and greatness. The Obama cv is attached to ignite your thinking on the question. Are the allegations in the cv true? Is it true that Obama spent a million bucks to thwart lawsuits on the question? Now, I’ve it really shouldn’t matter about his cv. But then ask yourself, why is the community activist in chief who’s never had to make payroll (my personal test for a successful leader) and has no bidnez experience, so worried about a “rich white guy” who made his own money and knows how to fix distressed companies? “We The People” should not be surprised that the media (known as the Fourth Estate), the Congress, the current prez are all held in low esteem, referring to “approval polls” while the military is held in high esteem by “We The People”. Duty, Honor, Country. Do not lie, cheat or steal or tolerate anyone who does! Simple codes to live by! Here’s a code I’ve made my own and passed on to my two sons. It is all part of my built in bullshit meter incorporated into the fabric of my personality over the years. “A man’s primary task in life is to immediately recognize the assholes of the world and avoid them at all costs!” Remember the definition of peace, “it’s the time between reloading your weapon.”

My last post was just prior to the Supreme Court ruling on Obama care. And so it seems that our nation has survived Chief Justice Robert's curious decision. I for one hold a partisan view and think Roberts was flat out, no mistake, he was just plain wrong. I know one thing however. He didn't get to where he is by being short in the brains department, not knowing the law, and not being a man of integrity and honor. Our country is and should be the standard for what the "rule of law" stands for. I think we proved that by not having an armed coup or riots in the streets across our great country. As you listen to the analysis and the judgments rendered on the decision, I'm reminded of a description of lawyers and what they learn in law school. It's basic to the lawyer and his code of ethics that he is an advocate. As such, his or her personal views cannot influence the way he/she argues the law. The phrase I'm referring to is, "an attorney is trained to be able to argue both sides of the question". With that thought in mind, it leaves no doubt in my mind at least, that Chief Justice Roberts decided on his view of the world and "argued for the side of the question of Obama care" that fit his personal viewpoint. It has been said that just prior to the announcement of the court's decision, Roberts was in favor of the conservative view but changed his mind one month prior to the announcement. There are many subjects to discuss since my last post, Obama's recent decision on immigration policy affecting 1.4 million "dreamers" - http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/06/20/obama-s-dreamer-immigration-move-boosts-his-standing-with-arizona-latinos.html, a political move or concern for status of illegals?; the renewed debate for gun control despite the Supreme Court ruling in 2010 affirming the fundamental right to bear arms - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/28/AR2010062802134.html; to Obama's most recent reminder of his true belief's - "you didn't do that" - http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/07/you_didnt_build_that_has_obama_team_panicking.html. China is buying Nexen, the Canadian oil company today, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/us-securities-regulator-alleges-insider-trading-ahead-of-chinas-nexen-bid/article4446943/. Some how I feel the fix is in. Obama shuts down the oil industry in the Gulf states, then sends the oil to his old buddy Soros - owner of Petrogas in Brazil. Makes you wonder if the fix is in. For now, I'll close with something Paul Harvey said April 3, 1965. It's short...less than three minutes. Check it out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Az0okaHig&feature=youtu.be That's it for now. Remember. The definition for "Peace" is the time between reloading your weapon be it pistol, rifle, tank or airplane. :)