{"id":11373,"date":"2009-06-08T12:42:41","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T17:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=11373"},"modified":"2009-06-08T14:15:53","modified_gmt":"2009-06-08T19:15:53","slug":"remembering-old-ivaw-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=11373","title":{"rendered":"Remembering old IVAW friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since TSO is getting threatening phone calls from one of our old friends<\/a> from IVAW, I thought I’d bring back memories by telling you what Adam Kokesh has been up to lately. I know I’ve mentioned that he was contemplating running for a Congressional seat<\/a> in New Mexico next year, so for some reason he won’t be writing on his “Revolutionary Patriot” blog anymore and he’s focusing on the run. Here’s his new website;<\/p>\n

\"kokesh-for-congress-6-09\"<\/p>\n

He seems to be toning down his image a bit. Probably a good idea. But I went through his “About Adam” page and I can’t seem to find anything about the IVAW. He’s not ashamed is he?<\/p>\n

He also mentions that he was promoted to sergeant – but he doesn’t mention that he was busted for smuggling an Iraqi pistol back from the war. He was a corporal when his term of service ended. We’ve already settled that<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He mentions some activism;<\/p>\n

In addition to addressing the kind of suffering he experienced first-hand in Fallujah, he has organized to help veterans struggling with PTSD, railed against 4th Amendment violations, and stood up against the Federal Reserve.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, he organized veterans to hang out in the IVAW clubhouse on Princeton Place, take xanax and gin, store their urine in a refrigerator, and engage in paranoid rants at the police. But I don’t think any of that is usually accepted as treatment for PTSD. But here’s a screenshot of the xanax and gin rant for posterity;<\/p>\n

\"kokesh-xanax1\"<\/p>\n

He doesn’t mention that he dropped hate literature all over the GWU campus trying to frame a conservative student group<\/a>. Of course, he skated on that<\/a> charge. Just like he’s skated on all of his antics. Probably because of Daddy’s money.<\/p>\n

I don’t see any mention of Karaoke night<\/a> with Code Pink, either. Or his arrest in DC for putting up posters<\/a> after he was ordered not to put up posters by a DC cop.<\/p>\n

He does mention his discharge though – except that he says his discharge was “Honorable”, when actually it was “General under honorable conditions”.<\/p>\n

I’m beginning to think that Kokesh is embarrassed by the truth about his past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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