Archive for the 'Armed Services' Category

Memorial Day – President Obama’s absence from the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.

Washington, D.C. — May 25, 2010 President Obama will not attend the ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknowns on Memorial Day, 2010. He will be in Chicago. V-P Biden will attend. On a few occasions, other Presidents have sent others to participate and to lay a wreath on the tomb. IMO – That does [...]

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

President Obama Accepts eGrumps Comment Regarding Miranda Rights for Captured Combatants

(Washington D. C., June 11, 2009) (exclusive to eGrumps) On March 14, 2009 eGrumps reported on  requiring enemy combatants to be given Miranda rights. The story (emphasis added) was as follows: “Enemy and Friendly Combatants The Obama Administration has abandoned the use of the term “enemy combatant.”  Speaking from the White House, President Obama announced [...]

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

America Responds to No. Korean Nuclear Test and Missile Launches.

On April 12, 2009, after North Korea’s first missile launch, I wrote the following: “President Obama decided to take affirmative action against North Korea today. Expressing great admiration for the United Nations for planning to adopt a “presidential statement” on Monday condemning North Korea for their missile launch, he has ordered 100,000 paper copies of [...]

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Memorial Day 2009 – “To Absent Friends.”

  The Army has a toast:  “To Absent Friends.” As I drove  past the National Veterans Administration Cemetery yesterday, I saw hundreds of boy and girl scouts, with their leaders, placing a flag on each grave. While driving past it today, I saw thousands of American flags, one flying over each grave, I thought of that [...]

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

CIA May Solve Water Shortage in Los Angeles by Sending Surplus Waterboards

Letter to the Director, CIA Langley, Virginia Dear Sir: You may have read, or your agents may have told you, that there is a very severe water shortage in So. California. Water is being rationed and we will only be allowed to water our lawns two days a week, and then not between 9:00 AM [...]

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Plan for Released “Enemy Combatants”

Stating that he could not understand why the good citizens of the United States did not want the  Detainees from Gitmo (now called Happy Acres Farm – see posting of  March 27, 2009.) to be released into our society, President Obama announced today that he was going to set an example and accept at least twenty [...]

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

Tsar, Czar – a Rose by Any Other Name – Tsar Power

Contrary to what you may read,  while America may be rapidly turning away from Capitalism, it is not turning toward Socialism. Indeed, it is turning toward the Russian Imperial Monarchy model. (Don’t believe me, read on) We  now have a King of Czars. We have Tsar Power (or Czar Power if you prefer). We (America, that [...]

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

eGrumps, the Veteran, Objects to Homeland Security Report

Dear Ms. Napolitano: I am a Veteran and object most strongly to your Department’s report, that you must have approved, that military veterans could be susceptible to right wing recruiters or commit lone acts of violence because of our military training. Your report seems to say that  this can create a potential devastating threat to [...]

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Chris Matthews’ Lucky Seals

Chris Matthews, the TV Commentator who once said that one of Pres. Obama’s speeches sent tingles up his leg, called the three shots from the three Seals that killed the Pirates “lucky.”  We should all be that lucky in our chosen careers.. With that kind of luck the three Seals should leave for Las Vegas [...]

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Pirates, Navy Seals, American Ships

Since President Obama, and his fellow G-20 Delegates have criticised American power and arrogance, I have a small suggestion. In the future, lets arm and protect American flagged vessels only. The other countries can protect their own vessels, and should they want us to attack the Somali pirates home bases, by air or by land, [...]

Sunday, April 12th, 2009