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Category: “Teh Stoopid”

  • Yeah, This REALLY Makes Sense

    We’ve all heard that Purple Hearts were finally authorized for those at Fort Hood gunned down by that turncoat terrorist, Hassan Nidal.  So, that means they’re recognized as having been injured in combat, and will receive all the “bennies” due them – right?

    Perhaps.  But then again, maybe not – as shown by the case of then-SSG Shawn Manning.

    Manning applied for retroactive combat-related benefits associated with his Purple Heart.  He was shot by Nidal multiple times, and still has two bullets in his body.

    On 6 April, the Army sent Manning a letter in response to his application.  They rejected his application for combat-related benefits on technical grounds.  The linked article gives the details.

    Yeah, that makes perfect sense.  And in case you’re wondering:  yeah, that last sentence was indeed 100% pure sarcasm.

    C’mon, DA.  This decision is so obviously, ludicrously wrong that it’s not even funny.  You need to fix this error pronto.

    Are you listening, Mr. McHugh?  Mr. Carter?  Hello?

  • “If At First You Don’t Succeed, . . .

    . . . try, try again”. We’ve all heard that old proverb. But it seems that one guy really took it to heart.

    Sixteen years ago, Larry Hewett (who at the time used the name Larry Duncan) and an accomplice robbed a bank in the Cleveland, Ohio, area. They initially got away, but later were caught. Hewett was tried, convicted, and sentenced to 70 months in prison.

    Hewett did his time.  But as you might guess, he was hardly “rehabilitated” to become a productive member of society.

    Yesterday a Federal grand jury indicted Hewett for being the gunman in another, more recent bank robbery – one that occurred last November. He’s also facing Federal charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

    Would you believe me if I told you that it was the same bank he’d robbed 16 years ago?  Well . . . yeah, it was.

    I’m not joking.

  • Oh Boy. Here We Go Again.

    Headline conveys the essence; the linked article gives more details. I’m guessing the guy can kiss that recent promotion goodbye, though.

    Secret Service supervisor put on leave after assault allegation

    Looks to me like the new Secret Service chief certainly has his work cut out for him playing clean-up.

    But there’s also an old proverb: “A fish rots from the head.”  After his recent stunt with Congress following the last high-profile incident, one has to wonder if perhaps the Secret Service’s new boss might be part of the problem instead.

  • More Government Ak-yur-uh-see

    Yesterday, the USPS honored US the late entertainer and author Maya Angelou. They issued a stamp in her honor.

    There’s only one teeny little problem. The stamp apparently features a quote that isn’t Angelou’s.  Rather, it’s a slightly-modified version of a phrase actually written by children’s author Joan Walsh Anglund in 1967.

    It’s not the first time recently that the USPS has Fornicated Fido, though. In 2010, the USPS issued a stamp honoring the Statue of Liberty. Unfortunately, the stamp used an image of a Las Vegas replica of the statue instead of the real thing.

    We vets shouldn’t really be surprised at this kind of stuff. As Jonn noted here at TAH multiple times, vets have seen government at its best . . . and at its worst. And we know – from firsthand experience – that there’s usually not a helluva lot of difference between the two.

  • NSA Gate Shooting Gets . . . Weird

    We now have a bit more news about that NSA gate shooting the other day.  And it’s gotten a bit strange, to put it mildly.

    The FBI has now identified the dead guy as “Ricky Shawatza Hall”.  He was the driver of the stolen car.  The passenger, who remains hospitalized, has not yet been publicly identified.

    What’s a bit odd is the “rest of the story” that was released today.

    The accounts you heard about the two guys being “cross-dressed”?  Yeah, they were correct.

    Seems Hall and his “buddy” had been picked up in Baltimore earlier that day – or maybe the previous night – by a Baltimore resident. They then drove to a motel in nearby Elkridge to “party”, checking in at 7:30AM.

    The two cross-dressers then apparently stole the guy’s car and left the area.  Unfortunately for them, they managed to screw up and ended up at the gate of the NSA compound at Fort Meade.

    My guess is that the two crooks took a wrong turn after stealing the guy’s car, then freaked when they saw the police.  They then chose to ignore police instructions – picking precisely the wrong place to do that (NSA police do not play games).  They then compounded the error by try to run for it and ended up getting shot.

    At this point,  it doesn’t look like terrorism had anything to do with the incident.  That it happened is unfortunate, but as the saying goes:  “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.”

    Fox News has a few more details. Check out this Fox News story if you’re interested.

    Sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction.

     

  • Just When You Think You’ve Seen It All . . .

    . . . you get your nose rubbed in the fact that you haven’t.

    Well, ladies – you’d best get on-board and start supporting those restrictions on carbon dioxide.

    Why? It’s causing global warming – right? And according to Rep. Barbara Lee, D-CA, global warming is especially bad for women.

    Per a resolution introduced by Rep. Lee two days ago, one of the effects of global warming will be to force women into the sex trade to obtain basic necessities. So you ladies had best start protesting against global warming to protect your virtue!

    I wish I was joking above. But, sadly – I’m not joking. The “esteemed” Congressditz really did introduce a resolution to that effect.

    Sheesh. And she’s allowed not only to walk around without supervision – she also votes on bills being considered by Congress to become law.

    Only in America.

  • About That Possible US-Iranian Nuclear “Deal” . . . .

    This headline hits the main point.  But it doesn’t tell the complete story.

    Khamenei calls ‘Death to America’ as
    Kerry hails progress on nuke deal
     

    For those who can’t place the name: “Khamenei” above refers  to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – Iran’s Supreme Leader.  In Iran, his opinion matters far more than that of the Iranian president.

    So, to recap:  the leader of Iran has just once again called called for America’s “death”. But irrespective of that fact, the current      DC clown krewe      Administration is still trying to give away the farm in a nuclear agreement with Iran – even though Iran considers us an enemy.

    Brilliant.  Just freaking brilliant.

    What’s more, it appears that even Europeans are getting worried that we’re giving away too much to get a deal. Hell, France is pushing for a much harder line on any Iranian deal than our own SECSTATE. Given France’s history and its pro-Arab and pro-Iranian bent over the last 2 decades or so, when your country is taking a more supine position than the French . . . something is seriously wrong.

    I really didn’t think it was possible for a US Administration to screw things up “by the numbers” in foreign policy worse than Carter’s gang of clowns and amateurs did back in the late 1970s. But I have to admit I was wrong.

    In foreign policy, this current Administration is clueless. Simply clueless.

  • Oh, the First Lady is Gonna Love This!

    We all know the First Lady is big on “nutrition”.  She’s been a driving force behind many new Federal policies regarding food choices, particularly in schools.

    Well, the FLOTUS isn’t gonna like the results of a recent study done by the Rand Corporation.

    It seems that out in the in La-La land – AKA Los Angeles, in the Left Coast’s Granola State – they got ahead of the FLOTUS.  LA passed zoning a zoning ordinance in 2008 which banned new fast-food outlets and the expansion of existing ones (those located in strip malls were an exception) in a 32 square mile section of South LA.

    This part of LA had historically had high obesity rates.  The thought was that limiting people’s freedom (via making it harder to choose to eat fast food) would improve that “public health problem”.

    The Rand Corporation recently studied the effect of that law. Here’s what they found:

    “It had no meaningful effect,” Rand senior economist Roland Sturm said. “There’s no evidence that diets have improved more in South LA. Obesity and overweight rates have not fallen.”

    Gee – people simply continued doing what they wanted to do, in spite of a well-intended but ineffectual law to the contrary.  Who’d have ever expected that people would continue to, you know, exercise that little thing called “freedom of choice” in their daily lives?

    Changing human behavior of this type can’t generally be done simply by decree.  You first have to convince people to change their attitudes and habits.

    Perhaps one day our leftist “brethren” will figure that out.