Nobody Remembers the Educational Concerns of George Gallop
Nobody Remembers
When Mitt Romney lost the last election— he was shocked, and why? The ‘polls’ told him he was going to win. Even Dick Morris, a man who thrives on the science of polls, predicted Romney would win the Presidency. (Polls don’t factor in fraud, do they now?)
The polls are telling everyone now, that nobody could beat Hillary Clinton in 2016. But Obama did once before. Hillary is a lousy speaker…next to Obama, she sounded like everyone’s most hated school marm.
Polling people may be all well and good, but unless you know who DID the poll, who was asked, and how the question was framed, it’s hard to believe any of them. More often than not, polls now are pure political propaganda used to further an agenda.
So…Nobody Remembers some words lifted from a speech given by George Gallup, the granddaddy of pollsters, from a speech he gave at the University of Iowa, April 14, 1953.
Mr. Gallop was distressed about the astounding ignorance of the American people.
“One of the real threats to America’s future place in the world is a citizenry which daily elects to be entertained and not informed. From the time the typical citizen arises and looks at his morning newspaper until he turns off his radio or television set before going to bed, he had unwittingly cast his vote a hundred times for entertainment or for education. Without his knowing it, he had helped to determine the very character of our three most important media of communication—The press, radio, and television.
The present lack of interest in the informative type of television show is shocking.
During the last war one of the sadder sights to me was to see grown men, most of them with high school or college training, poring over comic books in railroad and bus stations and apparently wholly unconcerned with the happenings in the world, which would almost certainly affect their destiny.
In a recent study of metropolitan newspapers, it was found that the average amount of time which a reader spends daily on the important news of his country and of the world is less than four minutes. He spends ten times as much time on sports, local gossip, and the service and entertainment features.
Despite the fact that we have the highest level of formal education in the world, fewer people buy and read books in this nation than in any other modern democracy. An Englishman who leaves school at the age of fourteen read about as many books as our college graduate.
The ignorance of these college graduates about the classics was overwhelming. One adult in every four throughout the country could name the two men selected as vice presidential candidates. A good many college students and former students cannot take an outline map of the United States and put their finger on the state of Illinois.
I believe that the great hope of the future must lie in our educational system. I have come reluctantly but inevitably to the conclusion that the enemies of learning at the university level are the textbook, the classroom lecture, and our course system. At Oxford for example the student is left pretty much on his own. He reports at weekly or biweekly intervals to his professor or don who offers his guidance and criticism. In this country, we lean heavily on textbooks which consist for the most part of bits and pieces of knowledge cannibalized from other textbooks. Too often he teacher in his classroom lecture, merely repeats the material covered by the textbooks, And the student, once he has memorized and then regurgitated the textbook material in a true false quiz, can forget the whole business
Obviously the whole school system, from the grades up to college, must be revised if we are to turn out a more mature product.
So in a real sense, the education of every person should begin and not end with graduation.”
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But in the end, and up to that point, Gallup still believed in the common American:
‘In the course of polling the American public over a periods of nearly two decades, I have found that our people are wonderfully endowed with what is best described as “horse sense.” The collective judgment of the people, up to this pint in history, has been extraordinarily sound. There is a mountain of evidence to prove that the public is generally right in its opinions and usually far ahead of its representatives in government.”
I wonder what Mr. Gallup would say today, don’t you?
Do the American people still have good “horse sense’ or has the horse kicked the proverbial bucket never to return?
Nobody’s Fool: Dinesh D’Souza
Nobody’s Fool
Not only is Dinesh trying hard to save what’s left of America by displaying all that we have offered to the world, he also, has a great sense of humor.
Here he interviews the President.
Congratulations Dinesh! You win the Nobody’s Fool Award for attacking the heart of our problems: Obama.
(Enjoy!)
Miami? Did You Catch Rep. Joe Garcia’s Latest?
Nobody Reports
The Headline on Drudge today: COMMUNISM WORKS!
FINALLY! A Florida Representative, Joe Garcia, (Cuban) has opened up his big mouth and admitted the democratic agenda: It’s about time.
“And two of the safest cities in America, two of them are on the border with Mexico,” Garcia continued. “And of course, the reason is we’ve proved that Communism works. If you give everybody a good government job, there’s no crime.”
What can you expect from a guy who picks his earwax and eats it? He got that habit as a kid in Cuba, because in communism, you don’t get much food. Therefore…ear wax, is soon to be on Michelle’ Obama’s new lunch program. Soon we’ll be sending ear wax to Africa…I’ve got plenty to donate.
I can imagine what the Cuban Americans are thinking right now, can’t you? Go back to Cuba Joe. 
Nobody’s Perfect: The VA VS Aliens of New Mexico
Nobody’s Perfect
This week, we have another Obama sandal to add to the long list of Obama scandals, which last time I looked…would measure to Mars and back. The scandal?
The VA has been embroiled in scandal following allegations that at least two facilities, one in Phoenix and one in Fort Collins, Colorado, falsified data to hide long wait times for veterans seeking medical attention.
Reports of widespread mismanagement have prompted several lawmakers and veterans advocacy groups to call on VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to step down from his post.
Shinseki has agreed to testify before Congress about reports that at least 40 veterans have died awaiting medical treatment.
On top of that, almost 900,000 VA disability cases are on backlog. Obama promised that he would take care of our veterans, but like all his other promises, they are just a lot of hot air. There are different reports on how many vets have died waiting for care, but if you judge by history, 40 is low. After all, Obama said about 500,000 signed up for Obamacare on the first day, when it has now been reported that there were only ….2. You do the math, I don’t want to.
But, the VA does have competition. It seems aliens in New Mexico have killed over 60 people. Of course, that was 1979, but still, according to an explosive engineer named Philip Schneider, Aliens live underground and we are fighting them.
Schneider asserts that he was suspicious of the engineering operation while noticing the presence of Green Berets and Special Forces. His fears were realized when after drilling underground he came face-t0-face with a 7-foot tall, stinky, gray alien. Obviously he freaked out and grabbed a pistol he was carrying (because that’s what engineers do?) and shot and killed two aliens. Another alien shot some laser-plasma ball or whatever at him and blew off some of his fingers. He was saved by a Green Beret who allegedly gave his life for him. In all, 60 human-people allegedly lost their lives that day at the “Alien-Human Battle of Dulce
So, there you go…if the VA doesn’t kill you, as a soldier you could lose your life battling aliens underground. Either way, you’re screwed.
So who wins the Nobody’s Perfect Award for the week? Obama, of course! By the time Obamacare is through with us, the aliens won’t have to do a thing. They’ll just come out of their holes and take over.
We could have a Mars Attack Sequel.
I’m ready.
So WHY Did Pam Anderson Reveal Her “Abuse” by Men…now?
Nobody Flashes
It’s the YEAR OF THE WOMAN! Every cable network, morning talk show, liberal blog, is pounding the new theme that they hope will get their woman of year elected.
And their main nemesis…is the evil man.
Pamela Anderson, has cut her hair in Hillary style fashion, and remade herself into a spokeswoman for the noble causes of the elites:
Actress Pamela Anderson stunned guests at the launch of her charity foundation by detailing a catalogue of horrific sexual abuse during her childhood.
The shock revelation came as she unveiled The Pamela Anderson Foundation, which will focus on environmentalism and animal rights activism, in front of a crowd of more than 200 during the Cannes Film Festival in France on Friday.
She took to a podium to address revelers and spoke about how her deeply troubled past had prompted her love of nature.
The “Baywatch” star said, “I feel now might be the time to reveal a few of my most painful memories. At the risk of over-exposing myself, again, or being inappropriate, again, I thought I might share with you why I am doing this.”
Anderson has previously revealed she was raped when she was 12-years-old, but she shocked the crowd by detailing a string of abusive incidents, alleging she was molested by a female babysitter at the age of six and gang-raped as a teen by a group of young men.
Sadly, rape is not uncommon on this planet, and evil men and women are all over the place. I have always thought Pamela’s taste in drug-addicted men, showed her own low self- esteem. Is it any wonder she married such low lifers? And even though she had ‘loving’ parents, some kind of detachment was there. Clearly, the sex goddess needs constant attention. 
But…having said all that, the fact that she is coming out at this moment in the run up to the first female President in history does not go unnoticed. Why the silence all these years? Why now?
Whether the ‘sexual’ abuse stories, are true or not (We don’t really know do we?) they will be used to promote the further power of the ‘woman’ in government, and how all women are ‘abused.”
Along with the polar bears, who I’m sure, Pamela finds a need to save,
And one other question: If someone is abused so terrible because of sex, would you want to keep flaunting your ‘sex’? Maybe psychiatrists can explain this one….there has to be more to this than meets the eye.
In the meantime guys, don’t worry. I’m sure Pamela will keep the men in eye candy until the day she dies. She is following Bridget Bardot’s golden year path.
Dick Cheney: Presidents Have Complete “War Powers” …HUH?
Nobody’s Opinion
There isn’t much that Dick Cheney can say that doesn’t sound intelligent…same goes for his wife Lynne. I was listening to this couple this morning while putting on mascara, and not thinking much of it…until they came to this one part.
I almost poked my eye out when I heard Dick Cheney declare, that to him the most important thing going on was the “War Powers Act.” The question starts around 8.15…and it floored me.
Absolutely floored me. And by the expression on ,,,,,face, (9.30) it floored him too.
What Dick said, and his wife was quick to agree, was that James Madison had done a great thing, by changing the draft of the Constitution from giving the Congress the right the “make” war to “declare” war, thereby putting the whole job of being able to decide on all war (and make war) into the hands of the executive.
Huh? Oh, how clever. Write a book and say James Madison said it. OR…It depends on what the word “is” is.
Dick goes on to basically say that the power to go to war, remains the sole power of the President The Congress should never be allowed to mess with it. Lynne then goes on to say how Congress messes everything up. Not good to put that power in the hands of Congress.
Remember…CONGRESS is the people. They are supposed to represent us. Take away the Congress check, and you have a dictator.
And when does Congress EVER check the President? When was the last time?
(Read the last time here..)
All anyone who has read the papers of the founders know that the last thing they wanted was a King. Just because they made the President “Commander-in-Chief did not mean that he could start wars all by himself, no….it meant that he would be head commander of all forces. A Commander leads, he does not ‘declare’.
In fact, I thought the position that Barack Obama took when running for office in 2007 was the Constitutional one.
As a presidential candidate in 2007, Obama agreed: “The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.”
It’s evident that this out of nowhere “War Powers Act” , I.e., the power for the President to not have to go through Congress to take us to war, is something that Dick Cheney is very concerned about…and to me, it was like a lighting bolt of concern.
Are the elites planning another war and they do not want the Congress to interfere? Is this all about putting ALL power to the executive? Is this Clinton’s ‘third’ way?
One man rule?
Throughout our history, neither presidents nor Congresses have acted under the belief that the Constitution requires a declaration of war before the U.S. can conduct military hostilities abroad.
We have used force abroad more than 100 times but declared war in only five cases: the War of 1812, the Mexican-American and Spanish-American Wars, and World Wars I and II.
So…hey! No politician pays attention to the Constitution anymore
Lynne Cheney brought it to everyone’s attention that the recent Monica Lewinsky Vanity Fair article was all bout the Clinton’s being political savvy and getting that mess out-of-the-way earlier.
She was right.
But…Dick and Lynne Cheney are old political pros too. Releasing a book on James Madison, in which it can be reported that Madison declared that the President should have all-encompassing power and can do whatever he wants…is why we have a President now that is destroying the country.
According to David McCullough, a man who has written more books on Presidents than Lynne, our Constitution’s framework was based on the lst Constitution in the United States for the state of Massachusetts, and that Constitution was written by John Adams. Everyone in the Congress had read John’s essays on the Constitution. and its defense since he sent copies to everyone in Congress..including James Madison.
James Madison refined it, with the help of his friends.
Tonight I saw the sweetest picture of President George W. Bush, running around the White House with his beloved Miss Beasley who just died.
Love the dog…but remember…this is pure political propaganda MEANT to tug at your heart…and get your trust for government. Forget the vets who died. Forget the nation…these leaders are good. They have DOGS! Just like YOU!
Don’t fall for it. And don’t fall for the BS that James Madison wanted the President to have all that power.
“Honesty….is hardly ever heard————- but mostly what I need from you.” Billy Joel.
Joyanna’s Family Album
Nobody Flashes
I don’t share too many personal stories on my blog, first because I think that they wouldn’t interest anyone, and second, because of the fact that now that the government is keeping every piece of information about every single person in their Brave New World NSA files, why offer any of it up?
But–yesterday I was talking to my son, and he was very upset that he found out that all the pictures on the cell phone that he dropped might be lost. He doesn’t have a computer. And that got me to thinking about those people in California…and the horrible fires, and what do you take when you only have an hour to get out of your house?
People take their pictures and their pets.
So, I was cleaning out the storage room, and found some old family photographs that I thought I would share with you…..The first three…were taken by my dad, who was a Seabee in WWII. He was stationed all over the islands of the Pacific, and as I look at this FIRST picture I remember a story he told me about sleeping…because sometimes my father when he was taking a nap, he would actually sleep with his eyes open! I kid you not. When I asked him how he learned to do such a trick he told me he got in the habit when he was sleeping on the islands, because the rats were SO big, they would eat you while you slept. Of course, being I kid, I thought he was kidding me. But he was serious. He was scared of rats. I have no idea what island this was, like most men of his generation, he never talked about the war.
Rats. Big Rats. Okay Dad, I believe you.
In that SECOND picture, looks like they were getting fired upon, doesn’t it? I’m pretty sure he took this one. They were waiting orders to go ashore.
And…sweet victory…THIRD picture–an abandoned Jap Tank.
In the FOURTH one down, that’s my grandfather George Hart, and his new wife Anna, whom I’m told is the woman I looked most like. My mother said she looked at me the day I was born and exclaimed “She has the Toelle eyes!” Anna’s father was a Prussian farmer, and the “Toelle’s” eyes were shaped…different than most. Anyway, I picked this picture because I believe that was one of the first Model T’s…anybody good at cars? The other woman was a friend of my grandmothers, who moved from Missouri to California, lived in a trailer park in Yucaipa, and died a horrible death of emphysema as I remember. But in this picture, they are all young, happy, and going for a Sunday drive. Check out the license plate.
Big enough?
Moving down to the FIFTH picture–we see Anna’s father, great-great grandpa Toelle. He and Anna, and her mother, had moved to the United States from Prussia, and bought a farm right on the banks of the Mississippi, about 30 miles North of the St. Louis Arch. The reason I love this picture is that is my mother on grandpa’s horse. He adored my mom, and my mom adored him right back. I believe the happiest days of her childhood were spent on grandpa’s Toelle’s farm, where she learned to work for her keep and rides on BIG BLUE, by climbing into the hen house and getting all the eggs. Grandpa Toelle, was just a farmer, but he had over 1000 people attend his funeral, and had a street named after him. My mother said he was the kindest person she ever knew.
And on to the SIX picture…that’s Grandpa’s Toelle’s favorite little girl all grown up, about 16, and she had just bought her first horse and named her Lady. Her father made her pick weeds in the yard all summer, and for every big basket of weeds, she got five dollars. She was of course mad because her father had bought her older brother (by two years) a car, and he didn’t have to do a thing for it. While it seemed cruel, at the time, later on in life, she fought the brother for control of her father’s printing company, took it out of the hands of her brother (who was running it into the ground because he was never there, and then, when she got complete control…ran it successfully.
And last picture: I have no idea who took this picture, someone in our family, but I THINK that is the Spirit of St. Louis. I do know that is Lambert Field. Or it could be older. Anybody who knows anything about planes (snopercod?,amfortas?) could actually figure this out for me, I would be of course…grateful. I think my grandfather Hart took the picture, but I’m not sure.
My son today, reminded me that it’s our memories, our families, the times of our lives that are important. And I want to personally thank you for letting me share them.
Going on a Plane Trip this Summer? You might want to watch this….
Nobody Gets Email
Amazing how many ways someone can steal from you…here’s one we don’t think about much.
This was from Kim Komando…if you travel a lot, you might want to watch this.
Nobody Remembers the NEWSTATES Constitution of America (You didn’t know they wrote a new one, did you?)
Nobody Remembers
THE NEWSTATES CONSTITUTION—Part One
VERY few people know that our government, over a ten-year period, paid the Center for Democratic Studies in Santa Barbara, California, a total of $25 million dollars to write a model for a new Constitution. It was kept top-secret. One man got a hold of a copy…
I’ve taken parts from it that I thought were…interesting. I also put in some of my Nobody comments–and because it’s so long, I’ll post the other parts next Friday, in Part II. And…this is NOT a joke. They really do want desperately to completely destroy our Constitution.
This was a proposed Constitution Model for the NewStates of America—or the continuation of liberal hopes and dreams:
Article I Rights and Responsibilities (contains 16 sections) 
Section 8: There shall be a responsibility to avoid violence and to keep the peace: for this reason the bearing of arms or the possession of lethal weapons shall be confined to the police, members of the armed forces and those licensed under law.
Nobody Says: Wow…they got to that wish right away didn’t they?
Section 9: Each shall assist in preserving the endowments of nature and enlarging the inheritance of future generations.
Nobody Says: We will be forbidden to go to any parks, moved into cities, and…what? “Enlarging the inheritance of future generations” could be they can confiscate just about anything for future generations.
Article II: The Newstates (contains 15 sections)
Section 1. There shall be Newstates, each comprising no less than 5 percent of the whole population. Existing states may continue and may have the status of Newstates if the Boundary Commission, hereinafter provided, shall so decide. The Commission shall be guided in its recommendations by the probability of accommodation to the conditions for effective government. States electing by referendum to continue if the Commission recommend otherwise shall nevertheless accept all Newstate obligations.
Nobody Says: Translation: States lose ALL power.
Section 5. The electoral apparatus of the Newstates of America shall be available to them, and they may be allotted funds under rules agreed to by the national Overseer: But expenditures may not be made by or for any candidate except they be approved by the Overseer: and requirements of residence in a voting district shall be no longer than thirty days.
Nobody Says: So ONE guy determines who get money for campaigning. Oh…the dreams gets BIGGER!
Section 9: Taxes on land may be at higher rates than those on its improvements.
Nobody Says: So if you build a pool, that will just add more to your property tax. Great idea!
Section 13: Newstates may not enter into any treaty, alliance, confederation, or agreement unless approved by the Boundary Commission hereinafter provided. They may not coin money, provide for the payment of debts in any but legal tender, or make any change for inter-Newstate services. They many not enact ex post facto laws or ones impairing the obligation of contracts.
Nobody Says: What a great way to take away all states rights! Brilliant!
Article III: The Electoral Branch (contains 11 sections)
Section 2. An Overseer of electoral procedures shall be chosen by majority of the Senate and may be removed by a two thirds vote. It shall be the Overseer’s duty to supervise the organization of national and district parties, arrange for discussion among them, and provide for the nomination and election of candidates for public office. While in office the Overseer shall belong to no political organization and after each presidential election shall offer to resign.
Nobody Says: Right. Whoever runs the Senate, gets to pick the Overseer (who, cough, cough) will always organize the electoral process in a fair Harry Reid way.
Section 6: The Overseer, with administrator and other officials shall:
a. Provide the means for discussion, in each party , of public issues, and for the purpose, ensure the members have adequate facilities for participation.
Nobody Says: If Harry is Overseer, the Republicans will be allowed to discuss how racist they are, and be allowed to talk about this issue in East St. Louis.
b. Arranger of discussion, in annual district meetings, of the President’s views, of the findings of the Planning Branch, and such other information as may be pertinent of the enlightened political discussion.
Nobody Says: So the Overseer is more important than the VPs. Interesting. He will make SURE everyone discusses the President’s view. Another liberal dream.
Suction 7a. Arrange for the election each three years of three members of the House of Representatives in each district from among the candidates chosen in party conventions, the three having the most voter to be elected.
Nobody Says: Gee, don’t let the people’s representative stay around too long!
Section 10: All costs of electoral procedures shall be paid from public funds, and there shall be no private contributions to parties or candidate: no contributions or expenditures for meetings, expenditures unless authorized by a uniform rule of the Overseer: And persons or groups make expenditures, directly or indirectly, in support of prospective candidates shall report to the Overseer and shall conform to his regulations.
Nobody Says: ALL money for candidates comes from the Overseer. Is it any wonder this Constitution was not popular with politicians? I love democrats. They solve the problem of big money buying candidates, and solve it with another more draconian idea: Let one guy dole out the money. They can only dream.
Article IV: The Planning Branch (contains 14 sections)
Nobody Says: The Democrats love to plan and control everyone’s life so much, that they just HAD to put a whole section in all about planning! In other words: You will have No freedom.
Section 2. There shall be a National Planning Board of fifteen members appointed by the President: the first members shall have terms designated by the President of one to fifteen years thereafter one shall be appointed each year: The President shall appoint a Chairman who shall serve fifteen years unless removed by him.
Nobody Says: Understand…a panel controls every single thing in your life….what’s that sound like? Oh yeah! Obamacare has a planning board. Appointed by the President! I guess the President gets to plan everything. I’m glad our founders are not channeling this.
Section 5. The purpose shall be to advance, through every agency of government, the excellence of national life. It shall be the further purpose to anticipate innovations, to estimate their impact, to assimilate them into existing institutions, and to moderate deleterious effects on the environment and on society.
Nobody Says: Oh NOW we are getting down to just plain totalitarianism. They will force you to worship government, control all businesses, and if you are an inventor, your invention will belong to the government.
As to “moderate” effects on the environment? Do you get the picture of what Global warming is all about now?
Section 9: There shall be submissions from private individuals or from organized associations affected with a public interest, as defined by the Board. They shall report intentions to expand or contract, estimates of production and demand, probable uses or resources, numbers expected to be employed, and other essential information.
Nobody Says: Translation: Only through the government will you be allowed to do business. They will monitor and give you permission at every step.
Article V The Presidency (contains 16 sections) 
Section 1. The President of Newstates shall be the head of government, shaper of its commitments, expositor of its policies, and supreme commander of its protective forces: shall have one term of nine years, unless rejected by 60 percent of the electorate after three years: shall take care that the nations resources are estimated and are apportioned to its more exigent needs: shall recommend such plans, legislation, and action as may be necessary: and shall address the legislators each year on the state of the nation, calling upon them to do their part for the general good.
Nobody Says: Hey! Except for the one extra year, Obama has GOT this down! So, a guy only has to be good for three years. Got it.
Section 2: There shall be two Vice President elected with the President. At the time of taking office the President shall designate one Vice President to supervise internal affairs and one to be deputy for general affairs. If the presidency fall vacant through the disability of both Vice Presidents The Senate shall elect successors from among its members to serve until the net general election.
Nobody Says: The Senate has all powers. But 2 Joe’s? How many more Air Force Ones would have to be built for that?
Section 3: The Chancellor of Financial Affairs shall supervise the nations’ financial and monetary systems, regulating its capital markets and credit issuing institutions as they may be established by law, and this shall include lending institutions for operation in other nations or in cooperation with them, except that treaties may determine their purposes and standards.
Nobody Says: I guess the Secretary of the Treasury sounded too old fashion. Chancellor sound like a university president. It’s all in the word.
Section 11: All officers, except those of other branches, shall be appointed and may be removed by the President. A majority of the Senate may object to appointments within sixty days, and alternative candidates shall be offered until it agrees.
Section 12. The President shall notify the Planning Board and the House of Representatives on the fourth Tuesday in June, what the maximum allowable expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year shall be.
Nobody Says: So by this, Obama would stand up, look at the Congress and say, “Our maximum allowable expenditures for the Republicans will be: $2 billion. For the democrats and my projects: $87 trillions. God Bless America!”
Section 13 There shall be a Public Custodian, appointed by the President and removable by him, who shall have charge of properties belonging to the government, but no allocated to specific agencies who shall administer common public services,. shall have charge of building construction and rentals and shall have such other duties as may be designated by the President or the designated Vice Presidents.
Nobody Says: Oh good god, what won’t they want to ‘administer’?
Section 14: There shall be an intendant responsible to the President who shall supervise offices for Intelligence and Investigation, also an Office of Emergency organization with the duty of provided plans and procedures for such contingencies as can be anticipated.
The Intendant shall also charter nonprofit corporation or foundations , unless the President shall object, determined by him to be for useful public purposes. Such corporation shall be exempt for taxation but shall conduct no profit-making enterprises.
Nobody Says: Homeland Security got replaced with Office of Emergency Organization, FBI is no longer, CIA, nope,–but Clinton’s foundation can be put to good use all over the world, and they won’t have to pay taxes!
Okay, enough. I’m giving you a small taste of next week, and this is my favorite part. These dwebs actually put this into their constitution…at the end.
“When this constitution has been implemented the President may delete by proclamation appropriate parts of this article. “
You have to wonder: Why even have one?
Nobody’s Fool: Senior Airman Brian Kolfage
Nobody’s Fool:
Senior Airman, Brian Kolfage is a triple-amputee veteran of the War in Iraq. He is a tremendous hero and a patriot of the highest order. This letter he wrote to Obama has gone viral.
Brian Koflage, is Nobody’s Fool…especially Obama’s. Read, and applaud the man who served, and compare him to Obama.
He shames the man with the truth of what it is to be…a real leader. (Somebody send this to Timmy Geithner.)
This is one of the most important letters that you might ever read. PLEASE…keep passing it around.
My Open Letter to Obama.
I nearly died in a war that you and most of your colleagues supported overwhelmingly, including the two presidents who came before you. Many citizens may not agree with waging war in Iraq to free the oppressed Iraqi citizens, but it’s something that warriors like myself have zero control over. I joined to serve my country and to better my life. I’ve seen things that you could never imagine, and they have made me the person I am today.
Mr. Obama, even though we share extreme opposite views, we have one thing in common, we both attended school in Hawaii. However, that’s where the similarities end. You see, as you attended your exclusive, private school, I would ride my bike to Kaimuki High school in one of the roughest areas in Hawaii every morning and would ride past Punahou, the exclusive private school you attended. I would notice the Bentleys, Maserati’s, and fancy foreign cars that all the kids were dropped off in; wow it must have been extremely rough in Hawaii living that life, right? I could only imagine what it was like to have that kind of money. Fortunately for you, not many people are aware of the school and the upper class citizens who attended it. The tuition to attend your exclusive, private school was more than it cost me to obtain a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the University of Arizona. You talk a big game when it comes to financial inequality, yet I’m quite sure you have no idea what it’s truly like to have sacrifice. You were one of the elitist children in Hawaii.
After High School, we each chose very different paths. You were able to attend Ivy League schools, and I sought out a military career to in hopes of earning a degree. What we have in life as children usually sets the tone for what we will face later in life that will make us successful. I worked to get where I am today, and YOU WERE HANDED IT….Mr. Inequality.
I volunteered to go to Iraq on both of my deployments, and the second time I begged to go even after I wasn’t selected, which ultimately got me placed on the team where I would lose both legs and my dominant arm. I’ve never asked myself was losing 3 limbs in a war worth it, even though many Americans were against it.
I am frequently reminded of the many young Iraqi children who would beg me for water, food, and toys while I was stationed in Iraq. Children, who in all aspects made the poorest of poor American children look rich. You have no idea what it really means to be poor. It’s laughable that you, who would have no idea what it means to be poor would so frequently play the inequality card.
While I was in Iraq, our mission was to liberate the Iraqi citizens from a tyrant and that’s what we did. Never forget, it was your people who sent us there, like the Clintons, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi & Carl Levin. However, since the day you busted onto the scene you’ve been talking about ending the war and pulling the troops out, not understanding the blood sweat and tears that so many Americans and Iraqi’sinvested. And with complete disregard for every life sacrificed, every limb lost, and every broken family, you bailed on our mission to pursue an agenda that was completely centered on your re-election in 2012. If you didn’t bail on Iraq you were worried that you may not get re-elected and that’s a fact. Just before elections on Oct 11, 2012 you said “Al Qaeda is on the run and Osama bin Laden is dead.” Look at Iraq now, they are in shambles and the Al Qaeda flag is flying freely. Clearly, you’re unfit for duty as a Commander-in-Chief. You put your own agenda ahead of America’s agenda, and now you have single-handedly ruined and destroyed nearly everything we gained in Iraq. It clearly means nothing to you, because the only thing that you’ve personally invested in that country was a promise to bail on them. However, people like me gave limbs, friends have died, and we’ve watched families destroyed by war’s aftermath.
I’m not placing blame on you for the war, I’m placing blame on you for destroying what we’ve worked so hard to build. You’re not a leader, you’re a community organizer. A leader would have stood up regardless of the situation and put America’s agenda first and that is ensuring a secure Iraq even after 10 years of war. But, you placed Barack first, just as Robert Gates confirmed in his new book. I can’thelp but think of those poor kids who I gave water and toys to 11 years ago. They’re probably 15 or 16 years old now, and I can only imagine what it’s like for them to have their nation being torn apart yet again; all because of your poor leadership qualities. Regardless of why we went to Iraq, its water under the bridge. We went there, we waged war, and we not only owed it to our KIA’s but we owed it to the citizens of Iraq. We invaded their country and turned it upside down, and you bailed on them. You bailed on our soldiers and you’ve wasted every death and every limb, it’s all for nothing. And to make matters worse you blame others for your failures.
You’re just another elitist rich thug who’s pretended to live the rough life growing up in the inner-city. You’re only worried about your own agenda and furthering your party instead of taking care of Americans. Your inability to be a leader at some of the most critical points has caused both of our wars to fail. You’ve been a joke to most of our veteran community and we have no faith in your ability to lead.
Senior Airman Ret Brian Kolfage USAF
“The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.” — Lou Holtz
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