{"id":12770,"date":"2009-07-18T11:20:36","date_gmt":"2009-07-18T16:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=12770"},"modified":"2009-07-18T15:02:32","modified_gmt":"2009-07-18T20:02:32","slug":"birthers-use-ron-paulian-tactics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=12770","title":{"rendered":"Birthers use Ron Paulian tactics"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"stefan-cook\"<\/a><\/p>\n

You probably remember the big dust up we had this week with the “birthers” (or “nirthers” if you really want to piss them off) over Stefan Cook’s dismissed lawsuit this last week. TSO and I were reminded of the ordeal we suffered through last year as a result of the Paulian invasion of TAH<\/a>. The comments were all the same; “learn your Comstitution”, “read a book”, “educate yourself” and all of the same old stupid general blather. An attempt to take over the comments by the intellectually shallow. And we always get the blowhards who think that quanitity equals quality.<\/p>\n

Apparently, they’ve adopted the same blathering obnoxious approach across the internet. take a look at the comments Uncle Jimbo’s Ace of Spades post in the post below. Same techniques. I guess they didn’t recognize that Ron Paul’s biggest failing was having nutjobs as supporters who would cut and paste their comments on every Technorati search result of “Ron+Paul”.<\/p>\n

The Columbus, Georgia Ledger-Enquirer<\/a> discovered the same thing.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

It became obvious Tuesday morning that the story, which was published on page A3 of that day\u2019s newspaper, had taken on a life of its own.<\/p>\n

Between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m., there were 62,140 unique yearly visitors to the newspaper\u2019s Web site, said the ledger-enquirer.com\u2019s top Web editor, Jeff Hendrickson. During the same time period a week earlier, ledger-enquirer.com had 864 unique yearly visitors — that is, users who had not clicked on the site in the previous 12 months.<\/p>\n

By the end of the day, nearly a half million new readers came to the newspaper\u2019s Web site. There were 712,251 page views — more than seven times a normal daily volume.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The same rush tactics that made Ron Paul such a successful presidential candidate and made the R3VOLution so attractive to most Americans.<\/p>\n

Well, at Stefan Cook’s Facebook page, he promises more antics this coming week;<\/p>\n

\"stefan-cookfb\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Yesterday, he promised what no real soldier in Afghanistan wants to read – that he’d be willing to serve in the war;<\/p>\n

\"stefan-cookfb1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Cook acts like he’d be doing us a favor if he took his Blue Falcon ass to war. Here’s the text of the email i got from LTC Michelle Quon (sigh), the PAO officer in St Louis;<\/p>\n

Sir,<\/p>\n

Here is some information which I hope will be helpful to you. Please
\nfeel free to call me.<\/p>\n

Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook is an Army Reserve Soldier who is assigned to
\nthe U.S. Army Element of Headquarters, U.S. Southern Command in Miami,
\nFla.<\/p>\n

On May 8, 2009, Maj. Cook submitted a formal request to volunteer for
\none year of active duty in Afghanistan with Special Operations Command,
\nU.S. Army Central Command. U.S. Army Human Resources Command-St. Louis
\n(HRC-St. Louis) published orders June 9 with a report date of July 15,
\nwhich was the report date he requested.<\/p>\n

An Army Reserve Soldier who volunteers for a tour of active duty may
\nrequest that his orders be revoked up until such time as he actually
\nenters into active duty. He is not required to hire a lawyer or go to
\ncourt. He simply calls or emails HRC-St. Louis. Typically, the Army
\ngrants such requests. Between June 9 and July 10, Maj. Cook did not ask
\nfor his orders to be revoked.<\/p>\n

On July 10, Maj. Cook filed an application for a temporary restraining
\norder contesting his voluntary orders to Afghanistan, challenging the
\nauthority of the President as the Commander-in-Chief. The U.S. District
\nCourt for the Middle District of Georgia (Columbus, Ga. Division)
\nscheduled a hearing on that application for July 16.<\/p>\n

However, on July 14, the Commanding General, Special Operations Command,
\nU.S. Army Central Command, determined that he did not need the services
\nof Maj. Cook and requested HRC-St. Louis revoke Maj. Cook’s orders,
\nwhich was done.<\/p>\n

The government filed a motion to dismiss Maj. Cook’s application for a
\ntemporary restraining order and preliminary injunction, arguing that
\nbecause his orders were revoked his case was now moot and he no longer
\nhad standing to pursue his claim. The court granted the government’s
\nmotion and dismissed his case July 16.<\/p>\n

Sir, please feel free to call me if you have additional questions.<\/p>\n

Thank you,<\/p>\n

v\/r,<\/p>\n

Maria Quon
\nLTC, U.S. Army
\nPublic Affairs Officer
\nU.S. Army Human Resources Command-St. Louis
\n1 Reserve Way
\nSt. Louis, MO 63132-5200<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And see, that’s complaint that TSO, COB6 and I have with Cook – he volunteered just to make a political statement – just like Eric<\/del> Ehren Watada only became an officer so he could make a political statement when it was his time to go to war. If you can’t see how their behavior is similar, maybe you’re the one who needs to “read a book”.<\/p>\n

And, oh, yeah, all of that crap about oath-taking and who takes oaths seriously and who doesn’t is going to earn you wantwits a punch in the throat.<\/p>\n

Let’s say Cook gets his way – is that how you want to win, by politicizing military service? Do you really want a military that’s forced to one political side or the other on evrey issue? Is that really a victory for anyone?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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