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Category: Shitbags

  • IVAW and Abdo

    One of my ninjas reports that IVAW has gone silent…period. Not just with the outside world but among themselves. Matthis’ Facebook page has come down. Silence can be incriminating.

    James Branum, on the other hand, was quick to post this on his Facebook page;

    It seems to me that everything Branum does is selfish and for the “cause”. I guess that defending a terrorist doesn’t benefit the cause. Even though, everything else he’s done benefits terrorists.

    This is the latest from Fox News;

    Like I said in the earlier post, I can’t think of another reason for Abdo to go to Killeen, TX if it wasn’t to take advantage of the Under the Hood Cafe and the denizens there. The fact that IVAW has gone silent only reinforces that contention. Given the nutty behavior that springs from Under the Hood, from people like Bobby Whittenburg, buddy of Carl Webb and the others in the Austin area, under the tutelage of Doug Zachary, I’m not surprised Abdo would be radicalized.

    If he had a bitch with the Army, it makes more sense for him to remain at Fort Campbell and commit his terrorism there for retribution for the perceived injustices committed against him. It makes no sense to go to the middle of Texas, 150 miles from his home and far from his home station, unless you take UtH into consideration. And his Facebook friends support this contention as well.

  • Arrest in new Fort Hood terror plot

    Another soldier was arrested in a new terror plot against the Fort Hood facility – the largest US military post according to Fox News;

    Pvt. Nasser Jason Abdo, an AWOL soldier from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, was arrested by the Killeen Police Department near Fort Hood and remains in custody there. Authorities, however, will not say if Abdo is the one who raised security concerns.

    Bob Jenkins, a Fort Campbell spokesman, told Fox News that Abdo was being investigated for child pornography found on his government computer.

    Abdo went AWOL on July 4. On the eve of his first deployment to Afghanistan — after only one year in the Army — Abdo applied for conscientious objector status. It was denied by his superiors at Ft. Campbell but later overturned by the Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Army review board.

    Another source told Fox News that two other U.S. soldiers also raised possible concerns. Authorities have recovered weapons and possibly explosive materials, Fox News was told.

    I’m sure someone in the Under the Hood Cafe knows this guy – a perfect candidate for Iraq Veterans Against the War. Stormbringer just wrote about him the other day when Abdo was just an AWOL conscientious objector – before he became a terror suspect.

    I think Sporkmaster sent me something about him a few months ago.

    Here’s a video I found of a guy who makes some good points, and prophetically predicts that Abdo could become another Nidal Hassan;

    ADDED:. I just discovered that I did write about him – he was one of Branum’s clients and funding raising schemes (I was at someone’s wedding when I wrote it – that’s why I forgot). TSO also wrote about him.

    Added again: I just found this online about an anti-war press conference in NYC where IVAW members read a statement from Abdo on Islamophobia;

    Isn’t a phobia an irrational fear? Well if Abdo is found to have been part of a terror plot, I guess he wasn’t experiencing an irrational fear.

    And isn’t that an IVAW member in the center of the picture of the press conference? I think i recognize her from somewhere.

    More IVAW/Abdo links;
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  • Caldwell cleared of “staring at Senators”

    The Defense Department’s Office of the Inspector General has cleared Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV of the specious charges brought against him by Rolling Stone Magazine and LTC Michael Holmes who claimed that Caldwell employed psychological operations against visiting Senators, according to the Associated Press;

    The office of the Defense Department inspector general wrote in a memorandum dated July 22 that it agreed with an Army probe that concluded that the allegations against Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV were not substantiated. The Army probe was ordered by Gen. David Petraeus, then the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. It was completed March 25 but has not been made public.

    We wrote of the incident to some minor acclaim when I predicted that Rolling Stone would be embarrassed by working in an environmnet with which they are unfamiliarback in January. Then I accused their messenger, LTC Holmes, of being a juvenile, love-struck, middle-aged Lothario and when Holmes testified to the Army and choked on his words, his lawyer tried to defend him on this blog, because Holmes accused me of being one of Caldwell’s paid agents (by the way, Bill, still waiting on the check).

    Now, six months later, the DoD OIG says the allegations were unsubstantiated. Big duh, that’s what happens when amateurs try to report on the military. They get blinded by the sensational and outrageous without a thought to whether the story is even plausible.

    So, Ackerman, Hastings, Holmes and Zaid does my ass taste like strawberries like I’ve been told by, oh so many before you?

    By the way, that line “Men Who Stare at Senators” was stolen from our pal Matty O’Blackfive. Credit where it’s due.

  • Jane Fonda is mad at history

    See that picture above? It never happened according to Jane Fonda. See, she was cancelled from a spot on QVC to engage in the capitalist process of hawking her latest book and QVC viewers threatened to stay away en masse so QVC cancelled her appearance according to an E! Online article sent us by ROS. Fonda proceeded to complain on her blog about the cancellation;

    The network said they got a lot of calls yesterday criticizing me for my opposition to the Vietnam War and threatening to boycott the show if I was allowed to appear. I am, to say the least, deeply disappointed that QVC caved to this kind of insane pressure by some well funded and organized political extremist groups. And that they did it without talking to me first,” Fonda wrote on her blog. “I have never shied away from talking about this as I have nothing to hide. I could have pointed out that threats of boycotts are nothing new for me and have never prevented me from having best selling books and exercise DVDs, films, and a Broadway play.

    Fonda continued;

    Bottom line, this has gone on far too long, this spreading of lies about me! None of it is true. NONE OF IT! I love my country. I have never done anything to hurt my country or the men and women who have fought and continue to fight for us. do not understand what the far right stands to gain by continuing with these myths. In this case, they denied a lot of people the chance to hear about a book that can help make life better, easier and more fulfilling

    Yes, we’re spreading lies – like the picture above. And she’s never done anything to hurt the country or the men and women who fight for the country. Well, unless you include things like supporting John Kerry’s Vietnam Veterans Against the War and his Winter Soldier hearings. Or making the anti-war film “FTA”.

    According to IMBD, the 1972 “documentary” FTA was;

    A documentary about a political troupe headed by actors Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland which traveled to towns near military bases in the US in the early 1970s. The group put on shows called “F.T.A.”, which stood for “F**k the Army”, and was aimed at convincing soldiers to voice their opposition to the Vietnam War, which was raging at the time. Various singers, actors and other entertainers performed antiwar songs and skits during the show.

    Just by being an impudent cunt, Fonda gave aid and comfort to the North Vietnamese and lengthened the war, causing more deaths. What’s most disappointing is the comments at her blog;

    Tony says:
    July 16, 2011 at 12:42 pm

    That is such a shame. I, for one was very much looking forward to seeing your appearance, and am STILL very much looking forward to reading your book.

    Perhaps the right is jealous – of your beauty, energy and happiness. Lets face it, its much easier for the government to control the masses when their free thinking is impaired by fear and lethargy.

    March on as you have always done! The Universe will still deliver your message

    Tyler Smith says:
    July 16, 2011 at 11:52 am

    That’s a shame. You’d think that after forty some years people would forget about your stance on a war, especially after all the great work you’ve done in the fields of health, women’s rights, etc. since then. We support you, Jane!

    Ed Scheid says:
    July 16, 2011 at 11:10 am

    I am shocked that this could go on still. You remain an inspiration to many people. I came from Pittsburgh to NY to see you in both the ‘Necessary Targets’ reading and in ’33 Variations’. You were powerful in both.

    I’m shocked that there are still pinheads out there that think actions don’t have consequences. Sure it’s been forty years and I hope it goes on for another 40 years. And let this be an example for anyone else in Hollywood who has the same aspirations.

  • 9th Circus gets another opportunity to piss me off

    Couthouse News Serice reports that yet another stolen valor case is going to the 9th Circuit Appeals Court. This one involves David Perelman who convinced the Air Force that he had been wounded during a brief stint in Vietnam in order to get a Purple Heart. He used the award to get benefits from the VA which he didn’t earn and secure an executive position in the Order of the Purple Heart organization.

    This is how his public defender lawyer tried to mitigate her client’s malfeasance;

    “If a person can stand on the corner and falsely proclaim that they are the recipient of a Medal of Honor, why can’t a grieving mother wear a Purple Heart to her son’s funeral?”
    “Is that what your guy is?” Judge Barry Silverman interjected.
    “No, Your Honor,” Shell replied.
    “Your guy is somebody who tried to get veterans’ benefits that he wasn’t entitled to,” Silverman said, in reference to Perelman’s other guilty plea last summer to the theft of government funds for receiving $180,000 in disability benefits from the Veteran’s Administration, where he also worked.
    The federal court in Las Vegas accepted Perelman’s guilty pleas but allowed him to appeal.

    Oh, I forgot to mention that Perelman’s wound was a 1991 self-inflicted gunshot wound.

    Anyway, even though Perelman pleaded guilty, he’ll be appealing his case, somehow. Probably just so his shitbag lawyer can take a few more selfish shots at real soldiers and real heroes.

  • Father deceives community and Legion about son’s war wounds

    Zedechek sends us a link in which a father, who claims to be stressed out from his son’s deployment to Afghanistan, reported to the community that his son was wounded in an IED attack in Afghanistan. The community and the American Legion sprang into action, raising $4500 for the father to fly to his son’s side at Landstuhl hospital.

    However, his son wasn’t wounded and remained in Afghanistan;

    “All I can say is I’m very, very sorry. I’m going through a nervous breakdown, and I’ve been going through it for some time,” Jerry Carollo said today. “I’m going to check myself into a psychiatric hospital so I can get better.”

    Yeah, a stint in a hospital ought to straighten your ass out. Hardly. Nor will it straighten out the community which trusted him and poured it’s heart out in the form of cash. Think the next request will be as forthcoming as this one?

    According to Stars & Stripes, it was the supposedly wounded soldier who outed the scam;

    But after someone posted the [New Jersey Star-Ledger] column on the son’s Facebook page, the feel-good story fell apart. Pfc. Carollo replied that the story was bogus. On Sunday, Jerry Carollo admitted he had made up the story, citing the stress of having a son in a war zone.

    Nice job, Dad. If the hospital prescribes electro-shock therapy, I know where you can find some people to throw the switch. Most of the denizens of this blog have had children deployed to Afghanistan and I’ll wager that none of us ever thought to profit from it.

  • Dan Choi’s revisionist history

    Ponsdorf sent us a link from some clown car called DiversityInc which reports on the courageous nitwit Dan Choi and a speech he gave to some weepy Wendys;

    Former Army Lt. Dan Choi was one of just eight Arabic-language experts in his West Point graduating class, and he served in “The Triangle of Death” in Iraq. Despite his unique expertise, his Army career ended abruptly in 2009 after he came out on “The Rachel Maddow Show.” The Army promptly discharged him under “don’t ask, don’t tell,” which prohibited gay and lesbian people from serving openly in the military. The 17-year-old law was repealed late in 2010.

    Dan Choi’s military career ended in 2005 when he punched a platoon sergeant in the chest at Fort Drum. And then created a Power Point Presentation of the event for his PFC buddies. That might explain why four years later Choi was still a lieutenant – many of his fellow ring-knocker grads were probably on the majors list before he went on Maddow’s show and outed himself.

    And as far as the Army “promptly” discharging Choi…he came out on the Maddow show in early 2009, he wasn’t discharged until 18 months later. 18 agonizing months for those of us who witnessed Choi chaining himself to the White House fence no less than three time while wearing our uniform. That should have earned him a discharge irrespective of his sexual proclivities.

    The DiversityInc article continues;

    Since then, Choi frequently speaks out about discrimination and violence against LGBT people.

    What about Choi’s violence against a subordinate in 2005 – the incident which effectively ended his career as a military officer years before he “outed” himself? Does he speak out about that?

    Speakers such as Choi—whose experience links veterans, LGBT people, Asian Americans and others in a compelling story

    Don’t link me to Choi’s bullshit career as a fuck-up drama queen.

  • Stolen Valor/Identity (updated)

    It seems like when ever there is a poser, another one tries to out do him. Before we had people steal photos from service members. Now it seems that this person has taken a real photo and pasted his face over it. See below.

    Fake Vet Jhon Kerwin Williams

    The poser in question goes by the name Jhon Kerwin Williams who claims to be a Lt in the 101st (2006-present). Oh he is a pilot too along with another faker by the name Keith Underson.(2005-present) Who also is claiming the same unit, rank and job. Both do not show anything on AKO.
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