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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (132326)	5/11/2012 1:34:52 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224718

Render Unto Caesar: Troops Fight On Obama's Behalf? Leadership: Lost in his gay marriage flip-flop was the president's claim that our armed forces fight for him, not their country. It was like following his spiking of the football over the Osama bin Laden kill with an end-zone dance. Few caught the revealing Freudian slip during President Obama's interview with Robin Roberts of ABC News in which he said he no longer considered what he described to evangelist Rick Warren in the election year of 2008 as the "sacred union" of marriage to be just between one man and one woman. But there it was, from the lips of the man who considers the Navy SEALs as stage props in his re-election bid and whose use of the first person pronoun "I" has set some sort of Guinness Book world record. "I think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors," he said, "who are out there fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained, even now that 'don't ask, don't tell' is gone, because they are not able to commit themselves in a marriage." This arrogant statement is reminiscent of the days of Imperial Rome, when the legions pledged their personal loyalty to the emperor. More modern tyrants have demanded and received such pledges of loyalty. But Obama surely must know that while he is their civilian commander in chief, he is not an emperor commanding his Roman legions. Actually it explains quite a lot, from the faux Greek columns and the pompous acceptance of his party's nomination in 2008 at Denver's version of the Roman Coliseum to campaign flicks about his, not our, hunt for Osama bin Laden and the guided tours of the once privileged Situation Room. Obama is our constitutionally designated civilian commander in chief. He sends our soldiers, sailors and pilots into battle and through the chain of command gives them their marching orders. But they fight and die for their country, not Barack Obama personally. Frankly, we doubt our forces fighting in Afghanistan have gay marriage uppermost on their minds. Survival might top the list, followed by having a job when they get home. Those standing on guard elsewhere also might not consider gay marriage a legislative or military priority, considering that their country is waist-deep in a jobless recovery where the issues of debt and taxes should be paramount in their commander in chief's mind. They're probably also worried about health benefits under ObamaCare. The administration recently unveiled plans to double or triple medical premiums for the military's Tricare insurance program for active-duty and retired military personnel. Their country owes them a great debt; their commander in chief wants to put them in debt. The plan, which leaves unionized civilian defense workers' benefits untouched, calls for increases of 30% to 78% in Tricare annual premiums for the first year. After that, the plan will impose five-year increases ranging from 94% to 345% — more than three times current levels. This means a retired Army colonel with a family currently paying $460 a year for health care will wind up paying $2,048. They are also concerned with the defense cuts that will leave them risking their lives on a shoestring budget. The president has already severely cut the defense budget and curtailed many advanced weapons programs. With cuts mandated by the failure of the supercommittee to reduce spending, defense will be cut by over a trillion dollars over the next decade or so. Obama has threatened to veto a bill that would shield the military from these cuts. If they're fighting on your behalf, Mr. President, give them the tools to do their job, produce an economy that will create jobs waiting for them when they come home and treat them with respect.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (132326)	5/11/2012 1:41:18 PM
From: locogringo	6 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224718

You are linking to the Daily Kos and an article calling Romney a "dick" twice? You are as classless as they are, and your LOSER Muslim president that eats dogs. BTW, do you know that your copy and paste has no bearing at all to your point, which is nonsense anyway. Have you been hanging around with THUG Paul V?