I don't think he wants to be in Iraq/Afghan, slaughtering innocent people for the sake of America's empire... an empire which he will never really get to enjoy the fruits of, because the benefits we receive from being over there primarily benefit a rich few.

I don't blame him. But I think he's using a lousy excuse to get out of fighting.

[edit on 1-4-2010 by Kaytagg]

While I can admire the fortitude to refuse such an order, the intent to do a brain scan and a medical examination is a way to begin setting him up to be discredited as a mental case and or worse case, while he is getting his brain scan, they will turn up the radiation level until he turns into the Incredible Hulk.

While I make fun of this fact, he could be easily gotten rid of, quietly eliminated if the act of being discredited does not curtail the Colonels case and his chances for any meaningful results which might embarrass Obama or place him in some bad light with the public about his eligibility issue.

While I hope the Colonel receives a fair trial, I at least hope that at least one member of the court martial board is sympathetic to the Colonels plight. From what I can remember, in such cases, there is always someone that shows solidarity with the defendant.

At present there are too many officers that do not support what is going on or how we got this way for me to believe that someone won't willingly show some silent support by the way they vote after the trial. While the General in charge of such a case is the most susceptible to political influence, the Court Martial board is normally quite just and well balanced, no matter what the General convening authority may want the outcome to be.

At most he can muddy the trial and invoke a series of restrictions and further discredit the Colonel,but if he does, it's most likely because he was about to retire anyway. Time will tell. Let's hope that he stays healthy and doesn't get a fish wrapped in the Constitution from Obama or Rahm Emanuel.

Thanks for the posting.

What a great way to cover up your racism while going public with it.

Grow a pair.

Originally posted by Kaytagg
But I think he's using a lousy excuse to get out of fighting.

I don't.

Have you ever served in the military? Lt. Col. Terry Lakin served 18 years.

Lakin - he wrote a blank check made payable to The United States of America, and for an amount of up to and including his life.

And all the Lt.the Colonel asks is that he be shown a single piece of paper - and in exchange he offers us his life.

That's a pretty good deal for us.




[edit on 2-4-2010 by Exuberant1]

While I think the entire eligibility debate is ridiculous, what bothers me the most is that they think a Brain Scan would help determine anything abnormal, physiologically speaking, in an individual whom may think there is an issue there.

Just because you can preform a brain scan does not mean that you can interpret the results correctly.

Tech is eons ahead of basic education...

Originally posted by Kaytagg

I bet you can't even produce any of their certificates, either. That makes this conspiracy theory rock solid.

Are you serious?

It is hard to tell over the internet.

Seriously, why aren't you holding other presidents to the same standard.. or is it just because Obama is colored, he can't possibly be an american?


I think you could make the exact same arguments about any other president. and when somebody shows you a pic of the certificate, you can say "PHOTOSHOPPED!" or if it's a copy you can say "Where's the original!?" or if it is the original, you can say "FAKED COPY!"

You just can't win, sometimes, with you conspiracy theorists. if you bothered to embrace any rigor to your methodologies you'd realize that your not "denying ignorance" or embracing some kind of hidden truth, you'd just being ignorant and foolish.

Originally posted by Kaytagg
Seriously, why aren't you holding other presidents to the same standard.. or is it just because Obama is colored, he can't possibly be an american?

Keep playing that race card....

You know it doesn't work anymore right?