Author: TSO

After an exhaustive search, The Sniper (over more than a couple beers) was able to locate some pictures of Matthis to support his manifesto.

Here is Matthis at the Burger King on Bagram Airbase.  He spent 6 days on the air base, and ate 16 meals at BK and 2 times he went to Baskin Robbins.

He left out the part where the prostitute in the Philippines told her dad what happened.  When he came after Matthis, all those years of torture from the army showed up and forced Matthis to respond just like his training to hate brown people demanded.

Finally, after he got out, Matthis was there at Kent State ’08, up in Nassau.

Sniper has a few more which actually prove all of Matthis’ stories.

Dude, I don’t even honestly know what to say about this. If there is a more reprehensible person on the planet, I am at a complete loss to name who it is. For me the kicker is that he stood by his father to make his resistance official, and then TOTALLY sells him out, claiming his father abused him. But here, if you wish, is his response to the rape allegations, the drug allegations, and everything else you didn’t care to know. For now, I will just post it as it is, without pointing out the manifold ridiculousness of it. I recommend a crying game shower afterward with Ajax.  Don’t miss the second half, which is the real money-shot.

(Thanks to Sniper for the graphic)
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This post is going COMPLETELY under the -More- thing for a SERIOUS NSFW language warning.

But, it seems that IVAW Winter Soldier participant Kris Goldsmith doesn’t think much of Matthis and his claims. Goldsmith even claims that Matthis is a Rapist. Entirety of Goldsmiths comments from his Facebook page reprinted in full after the jump. Big golf clap to Goldsmith on this one. You’ve entered the hallowed ranks of those I disagree with but whom I have respect for.
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Personally, I am a Next Generation guy. I always thought Picard was cooler, although I didn’t like the way he always had his XO banging the broads, that doesn’t see like the kind of thing you want to delegate. Maybe he was busy playing his Kataanian meat whistle.

Nonetheless, I learned three things from this excellent article in the Daily Mail with the excellent title of 13 marriages, 15 children, two alcoholics, one gay wedding. I thought that was the title of Superbowl6Romeo’s autobiography, but it turns out it is teh running tally on original Star Trek stars. And, on to the 3 things:

1) Chekov is the only one to get shafted on a star on the walk of fame.
2) Scotty at 54 married a 17 year old star trek fan. Dude, a 17 year old chick into Star Trek?

3) Sulu was gay? I mean really, who would EVER have known? He just seemed so scortchingly straight.

I try to avoid linking back to my other blog, where I am still in exile, but today The Sniper makes a point that I think fits in with my basic theme today of pissing and moaning about that shitdick Matthis and his discharge. He’s talking about Ray Nance, the Bedford Boy that I posted an RIP for the other day.

When we got involved in World War II, the Bedford Boys knew that their number would be drawn. Despite that sword of Damocles dangling over their collective head they all stayed. Let me repeat that phrase: “They all stayed.” Nobody ran. Nobody moved to avoid being deployed. Nobody hid out in their uncle’s basement or in Canada. They all stayed. They all stayed with the full knowledge that the only way to defeat Hitler and his companions in crimes against humanity was to fight them in Europe and the only way to do that was invasion. Invasion is an undertaking measured in inches, negotiated with firepower and raw nerve, and paid for with the blood of a nations best, brightest and boldest. The Bedford Boys knew this. They had learned of it in their history classes and their training. Some would become PhD’s in the art of suffering and sacrifice on the beaches of Normandy… Alumni of Dog Green University. But they all stayed with their unit… some forever.

So once again I bring up the sacrifices of the Bedford Boys and once again I bring up the mournful passing of the last of their number. Why? Because I hope that the torch carried by Major Nance doesn’t just fall by the wayside and eventually become extinguished. I hope that the attitude that “I’m an American, hey… you owe me this life” changes. I hope that the indifference shown to our nation’s veterans, especially the ones that have risked it all knowing the odds weren’t great… the ones that didn’t run, changes to an underlying current of gratitude and respect.

I am in the dumps today over this Matthis issue, but I hope Sniper is right. Frankly, I don’t think he is if we reward asswipes like Matthis and shower them with media attention as has been going on, and Mr Nance quietly fades away with nary a reference.

Here it is in full, via Drudge:

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Opponents of the Iraq war say former President George W. Bush overstepped his authority when the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003.

A veteran and two mothers of soldiers are trying to get the war declared unconstitutional. Their attorneys made arguments Tuesday in federal court in Newark, N.J.

They cited Justice Antonin Scalia’s strict interpretation of the Constitution in a decision last year that affirmed the right of homeowners to own guns for self-defense.

They argued that Bush overstepped his constitutional authority to invade Iraq without Congress officially declaring war. They say that wasn’t the intent of the Founding Fathers.

The government argued that courts do not have authority to rule on a political matter.

No name of case, no name of party, no information at all. Why are they having it declared unconstitutional, what arguments are they making? This article tells me exactly nothing. And I can’t find [IVAW] on the Courts website. Does anyone know anything about this?

OK, The Incomparable Drew M. of Ace of Spades found it for me.
Iraq War Vet William Joseph Wheeler.
Complaint.

Go over and read Ms. Malkin first, and then HotAir.

Per Naps on CNN:

And yes, when we find illegal workers, yes, appropriate action, some of which is criminal, most of that is civil, because crossing the border is not a crime per se. It is civil. But anyway, going after those as well.

Wonder where she is getting that logic? How about MALDEF, and like groups that apparently worked up this bit of legal asshattery. Remember I talked about the SPLC nonsense about The American Legion, well, MALDEF was part of it to, and here is the pertinent section in question, from Page 6:

Unauthorized entries are violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), but immigration proceedings are civil, not criminal, in nature. A person who enters the United States without properly being admitted is inadmissible under the INA and is therefore removable.8 Also, a person who has been admitted into the United States but fails to maintain the condition of admission is removable.9 A person in either case will then be placed in “[d]eportation proceedings [which are] purely civil actions to determine eligibility to remain in this country, not to punish an unlawful entry.”10

Notably, individuals in deportation proceedings are not afforded the same legal protections applicable in a criminal context.11 While it is the obligation of the immigration judge to advise a person of their right to representation, unlike criminal proceedings, their right to counsel comes at no expense to the government.12 The Supreme Court has ruled that courts are required, under the 6th Amendment of the Constitution, to provide counsel only in criminal cases for defendants unable to afford their own attorneys, not civil immigration proceedings.13 This is one critical example that differentiates immigrants in deportation proceedings from actual criminals.

In addition, the exclusionary rule, a legal principle stemming from the U.S. Constitution which provides that unlawfully obtained evidence is excludable in criminal proceedings, does not apply in civil deportation proceedings.14 Consequently, evidence is admissible in an immigration court even if stems from a law enforcement agent’s unlawful stop or arrest.

Wow, that sounds astonishingly similiar to Naps’ argument, doesn’t it?