Another gaffe for the book of Obama-isms

Big Three Networks Ignore Obama’s Medal of Honor Screw-Up
June 24, 2011 by Geoffrey Dickens

Barack Obama’s confusing one living American war hero with a fallen one he honored in 2009, has been completely ignored by the Big Three Networks shows, including the same NBC Nightly News that threw a fit over Sarah Palin’s recent recounting of an event over 200 years ago, Paul Revere’s ride.

On Thursday, at Fort Drum, New York, as reported by the Military Times, Obama told the 10th Mountain Division he had the privilege of meeting “a comrade of yours, Jared Monti” adding it was “the first person who I was able to award the Medal of Honor to who actually came back and wasn’t receiving it posthumously.” Turns out Monti did receive it posthumously, as Obama presented the award to his parents at a White House ceremony in 2009. After CBN inquired about the gaffe, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney clarified that the President had confused Monti with “Salvatore Giunta, who was the first living recipient of the Medal who served in Afghanistan.”

This insensitive blunder by the President was not covered the Big Three Network evening news shows on Wednesday and received zero stories on Thursday’s morning shows.

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Muslim extremists planned Ft. Hood-style assault in Seattle

Feds: Converts to Islam Planned Ft. Hood-Style Assault in Seattle
June 23, 2011 by RICHARD ESPOSITO and JASON RYAN

Two men who converted to Islam have been arrested and charged by federal authorities with plotting a Ft. Hood-style assault on a Seattle military installation in which they could kill military personnel and then either escape or die as “martyrs.”

Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif, born Joseph Anthony Davis, and Walli Mujahidh, born Frederick Domingue Jr., are accused of planning to attack the Military Entrance Processing Station in Seattle with grenades and machine guns on July 5. Abdul-Latif, 33, and Mujahidh, 32, allegedly purchased machine guns from undercover agents to use in the assault. Their alleged objective was to deter further American military action in Islamic countries.

The defendants allegedly planned to attack Joint Base Lewis-McChord, a sprawling Army and Air Force installation south of Seattle that houses almost 20,000 military personnel and family members, but then changed targets. The Military Entrance Processing Station on East Marginal Way in Seattle is where enlistees report.

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News media suddenly finds concern for our troops

Many of you are already familiar with the small Florida church who plans to burn Korans as a public statement.
Burning a Koran is an act of hate, but burning the American flag is not?

We are told Muslims have a right to build a mosque near Ground Zero (which they do) and that this should be the end of the discussion. But since there is a great deal of disapproval of building a mosque this close to Ground Zero the left wing narrative tells us any such disapproval can be explained only by hate – concerns that such a mosque would be interpreted as a triumph of Islam over the Western world are blindly dismissed. The prime objection to the public burning of the Koran by this Florida church is that such an act would only provoke terrorists to hate America more. I’m not sure it’s possible for these Islamic terrorists to hate us more they already do – the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks are a pretty good indication their desire to destroy us is not going to change.

But for some reason our oh-so-caring news media now promote concern for America’s troops. Hmm, that’s a refreshing attitude. Consider the following past news stories.

Manufacturing an Islamophobic crisis – which would foment more hate against the U.S., right?:
105 hate crimes against Muslims equals Islamophobia, but 1,055 against Jews is no big deal
The Myth of an Anti-Muslim Backlash

News stories putting troops at risk:
Senator Bunning: The New York Times Committed Treason
Newsweek’s bogus Koran story

And what does a story look like where journalists cooperated to avoid offending the Muslim world?
CNN’s Iraqi Cover-Up

I personally don’t approve of the Koran burning planned by the small Florida congregation. In making a public statement in the name of Jesus Christ I think it best to make a statement Christ would approve of. I can’t say for certain whether Christ would or would not approve of this Koran burning but it seems to me the latter is more likely the case. However, let us not gloss over the profound hypocrisy in condemning the Koran burning by the very people who condemn any opposition to the Ground Zero mosque. If it is un-American to dismiss religious freedom in one situation it should be un-American to do the same in another. If we can claim condemning the Koran burning is not violating religious freedom we can legitimately claim the same thing for condemning the Ground Zero mosque. Why would so many supporters of the Ground Zero mosque refrain from commenting on the “wisdom” of it yet feel free to comment on the wisdom of publicly burning Korans as protest?

President Obama declined to comment on the “wisdom” of building a mosque so close to Ground Zero but merely affirmed the right of Muslims to build it. So did he employ the same diplomatic tolerance toward the Koran burning?
Obama urges Fla. pastor to call off Koran burning
September 9, 2010 by William Branigin

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As Obama Affirms End to Combat in Iraq, Only ABC Credits Troop Surge that Obama Opposed

As Obama Affirms End to Combat in Iraq, Only ABC Credits Troop Surge that Obama Opposed
August 3, 2010 by Rich Noyes

All three broadcast evening newscasts on Monday ran full reports on President Obama’s declaration that all combat troops would leave Iraq by the end of this month, leaving behind 50,000 troops designated for training and support. But only ABC’s World News bothered to point out how the end of American combat involvement in Iraq can be credited “in large part, because of the final actions of the last administration.”

Correspondent Yunji de Nies uniquely pointed out: “Just before leaving office, President Bush sent an additional 20,000 troops to Iraq and extended the tours of many more — a move then-Senator Obama opposed.”

ABC even showed a clip of Obama on the Senate floor in 2007 predicting the surge would fail: “I cannot in good conscience support this escalation. It is a policy that has already been tried and a policy that has failed.”

Neither CBS nor NBC pointed out how Obama was capitalizing on a policy he opposed, but all of the networks were skeptical of Obama’s claim that Iraq was a healed nation:

Dem Leaders Avoid Thanking Bush For US Victory In Iraq Today
June 30, 2009 by Gateway Pundit

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Israeli forces stop Gaza-bound flotilla; unprovoked attack or self defense?

Depending on which news story you read, you might not know the “peace activists” are Hamas supporters, that the blockade against Gaza is imposed by Egypt as well as Israel and that video released of the incident shows the “peace activists” initiated the violence.

9 dead as Israeli forces storm Gaza aid convoy
May 31, 2010 by CNN Wire Staff

Israeli military gives version of flotilla incident
May 31, 2010 by CNN

Israel boat raid sparks condemnations, protests
May 31, 2010 by SELCAN HACAOGLU and LEE KEATH

Israel’s sea raid sparks diplomatic furor
May 31, 2010 by USA Today

Israel Intercepts Gaza-bound Aid Ships, Killing 10
May 31, 2010 by Jonathan Ferziger and Calev Ben-David

Helen Thomas Accuses Israel of ‘Deliberate Massacre, An International Crime’
May 1, 2010 by Noel Sheppard

AJC Condemns ‘Free Gaza’ Flotilla for Provoking Tragic Violence
May 31, 2010 by American Jewish Committee

Israeli police say 16 Gaza activists sent to jail
May 31, 2010 by AMY TEIBEL and TIA GOLDENBERG

Netanyahu: Flotilla raid was self defense
May 31, 2010 by ROB GILLIES

The Terror Finance Flotilla
May 31, 2010 by Jonathan Schanzer

New video: Flotilla passengers attack Israeli troops
May 31, 2010 by Allahpundit

Turkish (blood)bath
Ankara ambushes Israel at sea
June 1, 2010 by Ralph Peters

Yesterday’s “aid convoy” incident off the coast of Gaza wasn’t about bringing humanitarian supplies to the terrorist-ruled territory. It wasn’t even about Israel.

It was about Turkey’s determination to position itself as the leading Muslim state in the Middle East.

Three ships of that six-ship pro-terror convoy flew Turkish flags and were crowded with Turkish citizens. The Ankara government — led by Islamists these days — sponsored the “aid” operation in a move to position itself as the new champion of the Palestinians.

And Turkish decision-makers knew Israel would have to react — and were waiting to exploit the inevitable clash. The provocation was as cynical as it was carefully orchestrated.

CBS Finally Notes Flotilla’s Terrorist Ties, NBC Highlights Calls for Israel to End Blockade
June 3, 2010 by Brad Wilmouth

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MSM can’t find any reason to negatively spin President Obama

Two different approaches to President Obama’s recognition of Memorial Day are circulating. One perspective paints the event as just another day on the job for the honorable Obama, tainted by some inconsequential trumped up scandal. The other perspective isn’t afraid to portray the situation negatively for the president.

The following AP story won’t even mention the fact President Obama is taking a vacation, and that this timing of vacation is part of the reason there is an issue here at all.

Obama asks Americans to observe Memorial Day
May 29, 2010 by AP

President Obama’s Memorial Day Vacation
May 26th, 2010 by The Heritage Foundation

So what’s the big deal? As leftist columnist David Corn writes: “[D]oes it matter if Obama throws some leaves on a tomb?” Well, apparently to liberals, it does not matter and to Corn, even wondering why the president would miss the occasion in itself dishonors lost soldiers. Seriously. Somehow, wanting the president to appropriately honor the troops who paid the ultimate price is chalked up as “political ammo.”

The truth is that no president has missed the Arlington ceremony on Memorial Day since 1992. That year, former President Bush attended a ceremony in Maine while campaigning for re-election. In 1992 our nation was not at war. President Bush was himself a decorated war hero in World War II, risking life and limb to complete bombing missions in the Pacific and losing crewmates in the battles. His commitment to honoring his brothers-in-arms was never in doubt. So comparing 1992 to 2010 is not exactly an apples to apples debate.

On the other hand, President Obama has demonstrated time and time again an unwillingness to fully support our troops whether through resources or through rhetoric. He gave a commencement address in 2008 with the theme of ’serving your country’ on that Memorial Day weekend, and did not mention serving in the military once. His proposed budgets reduce defense spending as a percentage of GDP to pre-9/11 levels. And this White House is uncomfortable even using the term ‘war on terror’ which is the cause that many of those who sacrificed their lives committed themselves to in the first place.

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Supreme Court says cross can stay

High court says Mojave cross in Calif. can remain
April 28, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court said Wednesday that a federal court went too far in ordering the removal of a congressionally endorsed war memorial cross from its longtime home in California.

In ruling that the cross could stay, the justices said federal judges in California did not take sufficient notice of the government’s decision to transfer the land in a remote area of California to private ownership. The move was designed to eliminate any constitutional concern about a religious symbol on public land.

The ruling was 5-4, with the court’s conservatives in the majority.

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Boxer’s opponents capitalize on ‘ma’am’ exchange

Boxer’s opponents capitalize on ‘ma’am’ exchange
December 14, 2009 by KEVIN FREKING

WASHINGTON (AP) – The widely played video clip of U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer reprimanding a general for calling her “ma’am” is the gift that keeps on giving for the two Republicans hoping to challenge her next year.

Republicans Carly Fiorina and Chuck DeVore are trying to capitalize on the exchange by making it a key ingredient of their fundraising efforts and attempts to recruit grassroots support. Both campaigns say the video revs up a GOP base that already has long-standing animosity toward Boxer, among the most liberal members of the Senate.

Whether it will have currency beyond next June’s Republican primary, when the winner will have to appeal to a much larger and more diverse audience, is an open question.

During a hearing last June, Boxer interrupted Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh of the Army Corps of Engineers in mid-sentence: “Do me a favor?” she said. “Could you say ‘senator’ instead of ‘ma’am?’ It’s just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title, so I’d appreciate it. Yes, thank you.”

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Va. medal winner can keep his flagpole

Senator: Va. medal winner can keep his flagpole
December 8, 2009 by AP

RICHMOND, Va. — A 90-year-old Medal of Honor winner can keep his 21-foot flagpole in his front yard after a homeowner’s association dropped its request to remove it, a spokesman for Democratic Virginia Sen. Mark Warner said Tuesday.

The Sussex Square homeowners’ association likewise has agreed to drop threats to take legal action against retired Army Col. Van T. Barfoot, Warner spokesman Kevin Hall said.

The association had threatened to take Barfoot to court if he failed to remove the pole from his suburban Richmond home by Friday. It had said the pole violated the neighborhood’s aesthetic guidelines.

Senator: Va. medal winner can keep his flagpole
December 8, 2009 by AP

Beware of community organizations. Sometimes they help and sometimes they harm.

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President Barack Obama’s Tuesday speech left a bad taste in many mouths

Searching in Vain for the Obama Magic
December 2, 2009 by Gabor Steingart

Never before has a speech by President Barack Obama felt as false as his Tuesday address announcing America’s new strategy for Afghanistan. It seemed like a campaign speech combined with Bush rhetoric — and left both dreamers and realists feeling distraught.

One can hardly blame the West Point leadership. The academy commanders did their best to ensure that Commander-in-Chief Barack Obama’s speech would be well-received.

Just minutes before the president took the stage inside Eisenhower Hall, the gathered cadets were asked to respond “enthusiastically” to the speech. But it didn’t help: The soldiers’ reception was cool.

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