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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 (147275)	10/27/2012 3:04:48 PM
From: locogringo	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224724

Bush 49, Gore 42, CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll Any idea on who you think will win? Put the cork back into the bottle, will ya?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (147275)	10/27/2012 3:25:49 PM
From: longnshort	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224724

Interesting Rumor Concerning General Carter Ham and Stand Down Order (Posted on 10/26/12 at 9:45 p.m.) I heard a story today from someone inside the military that I trust entirely. The story was in reference to General Ham that Panetta referenced in the quote below. quote: "(The) basic principle is that you don't deploy forces into harm's way without knowing what's going on; without having some real-time by information about what's taking place," Panetta told Pentagon reporters. "And as a result of not having that kind of information, the commander who was on the ground in that area, Gen. Ham, Gen. Dempsey and I felt very strongly that we could not put forces at risk in that situation." The information I heard today was that General Ham as head of Africom received the same e-mails the White House received requesting help/support as the attack was taking place. General Ham immediately had a rapid response unit ready and communicated to the Pentagon that he had a unit ready. General Ham then received the order to stand down. His response was to screw it, he was going to help anyhow. Within 30 seconds to a minute after making the move to respond, his second in command apprehended General Ham and told him that he was now relieved of his command. The story continues that now General Rodiguez would take General Ham's place as the head of Africon. I found this story when I got by home after hearing this story. quote: President Barack Obama will nominate Army Gen. David Rodriguez to succeed Gen. Carter Ham as commander of U.S. Africa Command and Marine Lt. Gen. John Paxton to succeed Gen. Joseph Dunford as assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced Thursday. General Rodigues Nominated as Head of Africon As I was typing this I heard John Bolton on Greta say that there are conflicting reports of General Ham's comments on this tragedy and why a rapid response unit was not deployed. Bolton says someone needs to find out what Ham was saying on 9/11/12. Interesting to say the least. tigerdroppings.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (147275)	10/27/2012 8:04:43 PM
From: Paul V.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224724

Kenneth, the radical extremist Republicans will sure be p_ssed if the following does come to pass. today the Kipplinger Newsletter reported the following, quote: "A bitterly split nation seems set to elect Barack Obama over Mitt Romney. This isn’t an endorsement, just straight talk about the probable outcome. Romney tops some national polls, but Obama leads the electoral vote race in what is essentially 51 separate elections to determine who will be president in 2013. Romney’s momentum has slowed, and he likely needs a big blunder by Obama to win. For now, give Obama 277 electoral votes in 22 states and Washington, D.C. That’s seven more than the 270 needed, and includes the key prize, Ohio."