{"id":52618,"date":"2014-09-19T18:00:27","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T22:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=52618"},"modified":"2014-09-19T18:33:35","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T22:33:35","slug":"james-kimo-akaka-phony-seal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=52618","title":{"rendered":"James &#8220;Kimo&#8221; Akaka; phony SEAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=52622\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-52622\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/James-Kimo-Akaka-247x300.jpg\" alt=\"James Kimo Akaka\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-52622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/James-Kimo-Akaka-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/James-Kimo-Akaka-274x333.jpg 274w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/James-Kimo-Akaka.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor Note: We pulled this soon after we published it on June 30, 2014 because some hot Asian journalist chick at KITV in Honolulu asked me to pull it, but, she never pulled the trigger on the stolen valor story she was supposed to be writing about this clown. So, Don Shipley called today and said we needed to revive our campaign on &#8220;Kimo&#8221;. Here&#8217;s Don&#8217;s new video on him with a bonus confrontation with Arthur Neil Obus;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RL4xgX0A4P4?list=UUUxuYuqe-XBFonUGFLETfnA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Don Shipley sends us his research on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/james.k.akaka\">James &#8220;Kimo&#8221; Akaka<\/a> who served three years in the Navy and left the service as an E-2 &#8220;Navy striker&#8221; and underachiever. A few years ago, he had a stroke and lost use of everything except his right arm. It was soon after that, he began calling himself a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olukai.com\/journal\/2014\/05\/11\/Kimo-Akaka\/\">former Navy SEAL<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Yesterday the Ho\u2019olaule\u2019a \u2018ohana gathered as Navy Seal veteran and extraordinary human being, Kimo Akaka crossed the SUP Maliko downwind run finish line after paddling with help from family and friends, for 4+ strenuous hours. A race that takes most an hour and a half on average, Kimo\u2019s method of paddling is much different than most. A Navy Seal veteran for 17 years, Kimo suffered a stroke in 2011 that rendered him paraplegic, unable to feel or use any extremity other than his right arm. By strapping himself to the board and using his right arm to paddle and feet to steer, Kimo is able to navigate the water and ocean for which he loves most.<\/p>\n<p>Kimo began his honorable work with the Navy Seals in 1981 as a member of Unit 2 which sent him to the East Coast and San Diego. A native of Oahu, Kimo joined OluKai\u2019s 6th Annual Ho\u2019olaule\u2019a with a dream of finishing the legendary Maliko downwind run, no matter what it took to do so. Encouraged by the humble mentorship of legendary waterman Archie Kalepa, a friend and Kimo\u2019s source of inspiration, joined him on the water half way through his journey to the finish line. Archie was boated in to support and swim the remaining 4 miles of the race with the exhausted and wavering Kimo. Offering words of reassurance, Archie was called in to keep him centered and on track to the end of the race.  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As recently as a few days ago, Don caught him posting his SEAL BS on his Facebook page and when Don posted to his claims, Kimo took that shit down immediately. <\/p>\n<p>Yeah, yeah, I know, maybe he&#8217;s diminished mentally, and all of that. But it still doesn&#8217;t justify telling completely fabricated stories about being in Team One and Team Two, and his reaction to Don Shipley&#8217;s comment on his Facebook page tells me that he&#8217;s not as diminished as you&#8217;d like to think about him.<\/p>\n<p>There are enough real SEALs out there who deserve the accolades and freebies that Kimo is getting who are the real deal &#8211; Kimo doesn&#8217;t need to be <a href=\"http:\/\/assistancedogshawaii.org\/disabled-navy-seal-receive-assistance-dog-assistance-dogs-hawaii\/#\">ripping stuff out of their hands<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/2014\/03\/28\/5689996\/hundreds-greet-injured-troops.html\">getting accolades that he doesn&#8217;t deserve<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=52623\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-52623\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/James-Kimo-Akaka-Cheerleaders-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"James Kimo Akaka Cheerleaders\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-52623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/James-Kimo-Akaka-Cheerleaders-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/James-Kimo-Akaka-Cheerleaders-493x333.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/James-Kimo-Akaka-Cheerleaders.jpg 773w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor Note: We pulled this soon after we published it on June 30, 2014 because some &hellip; <a title=\"James &#8220;Kimo&#8221; Akaka; phony SEAL\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=52618\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">James &#8220;Kimo&#8221; Akaka; phony SEAL<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phony-soldiers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}