Our Thoughts and Prayers for the Families Affected By This Tragedy

Former US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle was shot and killed by a former US Marine at a veterans event at a gun range in Texas on Saturday. Before the smoke cleared and the suspect was arrested, the interweb was filled with commenters on various websites screaming for more [regulations],[laws], [control] covering guns. Outlawing gun shows, closing shooting ranges, the usual liberal dhimmi screaming points.

Before Dear Leader has a chance to stand on the back of SO Chris Kyle and use his death as an excuse to push gun confiscation, we need to step back, consider who and what was involved, and realize these men sacrificed a great deal in service to our Nation and not a single one of them would want this incident to be used to justify disarming Americans.

Open Letter To Speaker Boenher

From: Frank E Kledas


First Sergeant, United States Marine Corps (Retired)



The Honorable John A. Boehner

Office of the Speaker

H232 Capitol

Washington, D.C. 20515

January 19, 2013


Dear Speaker Boehner;

I received my natural Republican card in the mail this afternoon.

Sir, you are asking for my support, along with asking for a donation of 25, 40, or 50 dollars for the Republican “cause.” My immediate question to you is this: can you please give me any reason(s) at all as to why I should support the national Republican Party any longer? For the last four years now during your political game of chess with the opposition party in the House you have been out-maneuvered and out-witted every step of the way. You have also been held in either check, or, in fact, checkmated by the House members on the Democratic side of the house. Time and time again Obama and the rest of his administration have out-smarted you, out-played you, and beat you at every turn. You have not been able to stop Obama and his party’s reckless spending one iota, not to even mention the upcoming obvious total destruction of our country due to the Obama administration’s disregard for tenets of the Constitution of the United States of America.

By being complicit in picking Romney, hand-in-hand with those other Republicans that obviously also thought he was the best choice for the job to put up as our candidate to run against Obama in last year’s presidential election, you, sir, helped select a very weak individual to represent not only our party, but also the American people, in general. And then, to top it off, by Governor Romney then picking Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate, we wound up with now two weak candidates. And now, today, because the blue blood establishment Republican Party has shot itself in the foot once again (the first time was RINO McCain, of course, four years ago) we are facing another “four years of the same”. It is becoming redundant now.

By not attacking Obama on the legitimacy of his birth certificate with regard to his father, a loyal British subject, and his (Obama’s) right to set foot in the oval office in the first place, you missed a great opportunity of nipping it in the bud up-front, when it would have been the most appropriate time for you to take some kind of action on the issue.

And just lately, by not fiercely demanding answers with regard to the attack on our consulate in Libya, with Obama’s decision to not defend our consulate there, you dropped the ball once again. We needed answers then – and we need answers now. We need to know the answers to the questions that only his Secretary of State can answer, yet you sat on your thumbs and let Hillary Clinton get away with her obvious, wide-open dereliction of duty, just the same as you have done with Obama. Their inaction in this matter led to the murder of our ambassador, and yet, as of today, there has still been no formal charges filed against either Obama or Clinton, nor any other State Department officials. This leads we, the people, to believe, essentially; that somehow no one is responsible for the act of war that took place against our country while the people in charge were watching it unfold in real time on their satellite linked TV sets in the war room, intently watching the murders take place. I wonder if they were offered popcorn and cokes in the war room while they watched. President Obama was, in this case, as probably in all others, except maybe vacations is/was working as an absentee president in the matter at hand – as he was not called to task on it by you or anyone else of any real authority. It is almost as though there is a conspiracy taking place in the lofty realm of the big government you have all helped create for yourselves.

When will you personally, and the Republican Party, in general, even begin to realize that in order to beat the Democrats at their own game, the one they beat you with all of the time, that you are going to have to play rough politics and get down on the same level that they operate from. You are going to have to get down in the dirt and sling mud exactly the same way they do. All of you need take the damn gloves off and come out swinging! Make an attempt at winning for us once in a while. Do it for the Republican Party, and do it for the country. Try. Make the attempt. Please.

During these last four years the American people have been held hostage by Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, as well as many of the other members of the Democratic Party, and this is a known fact that the whole country is well aware of. Everyone in the country, I suppose, except for the leaders of the Republican Party.

Mr. Speaker, surely you know, just as well as the rest of us, that Obama did not win the White House with an honest and open vote. The vote was a total fraud, top to bottom. He was elected by the votes that were coming out of the grave yards in the cities of Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Cincinnati and San Francisco, among a few others, and also with the help of our 50 states many crooked, mob-led, mob-enforced unions, hand-in-hand with the help of thousands upon thousands of undocumented aliens all over the country. Sir, it does not take a mental giant to figure all of this stuff out. What it does take is some words and some action on our Republican Party’s leadership to get the various balls rolling to make everything right once again in our country. Is it any wonder at all for you people on Capitol Hill that you are all ranked so lowly in the eyes of the citizenry of this country? Surely you have wondered once or twice about it. Where was the outcry out of the Republican Party while all this was going on? Where were all of the challenges that should have been taking place at the polling places during the election process while all of these many violations were in the process of taking place against our country? The Fox News Channel was telling us all about the fraud that was taking place. I can only assume that the members of congress were out shopping for Christmas presents somewhere, leaving no one in charge. The answer to this question, I believe, is that our party was not only silent on the subject, but absent without leave. AWOL. In the military services of our country that would be a court-martial offense.

Once again, sir, the Republican Party was out-witted, out-maneuvered and totally out-classed by the Democratic Party on this issue and many others, too numerous to even mention here. And now, sir, even as I speak: we are looking at yet another disaster that is in the beginning stages there on Capitol Hill. This upcoming, looming disaster has to do with Obama’s appointment of Hanoi John Kerry to the position of Secretary of State to relieve Hillary Clinton. This individual, Congressman John Kerry, should have been tried for treason and locked away in a federal prison many decades ago and, in my opinion, should still be festering away in some dark and dank cell in Leavenworth, Kansas. He should never have been allowed to serve in either one of the two houses of Congress. The act of treason against one’s country should not be rewarded by placing the person in a position of responsibility. I can think of only one other low-life person of his ilk that Obama could possibly appoint to that cabinet post that might be even close to being worse than the appointment of Kerry, and that person is Hanoi Jane Fonda. But, then again - maybe I spoke too soon. Just possibly in today’s modern Republican Party the members might most likely cheer her on, instead.

In closing Mr. Speaker, I suppose I'll have no other choice but to support your party, but only for the simple fact that we only have a two-party system in our country, providing me no other recourse. I strictly refuse to support the other one, the Progressive (read: Communist) Party. Essentially, I am taking the path of the lesser of two evils, which s exactly what I did when I cast my ballot for the office of President last November. Bottom line, sir, as of right now I do not believe that our present-day Republican Party has anybody, nor even any bright star on the parties immediate horizon that can run against literally any Democratic candidate nominated in the near future. That is how far down on the totem pole I believe our party has sank while the party leadership has been napping their lives away. I can only hope that enough people in America come to their senses sometime within the next couple of years to sift through the ashes of this last election, see and recognize the error of their ways, and hopefully come up with a newer, much brighter, much, much more aggressive party that can lead us into the future. The party has disappointed me for a number of years now. The party needs to give we the voters a broader range and choice of candidates for the office of president.

But, actually sir, I rather doubt that I will be hearing back from you. I doubt if this letter will even get past your various assistants, much less into your hands to read; as most correspondence that is sent such as this will most likely just end up in the round file, or maybe just swept out with the other trash. However at least I had my say in what I believe is a very grave matter for not only our party, but for our whole country.


Respectively yours and Semper Fidelis,

Frank E Kledas

First Sergeant, United States Marine Corps (Retired)

WLF In Action

Walls to Roof in 5.5 Hours

First Video From Yesterday

Homes For Our Troops Fredericksburg VA

Yesterday, volunteers from Warrior Legacy Foundation and Cooking With the Troops prepared and served lunch to the workers and neighbors building USMC Sgt Steve Kiernan's new adaptive home.

As you will hear, this home is being built with 100% donations from the contractors and building material suppliers.

Videos are being processed and will be up ASAP. Sorry I couldn't make the Livestream work.

HisHighness is Stonewalling on Gitmo

Boehner Statement on Delay of Administration’s Six-Month Report on Guantanamo Bay Terrorist Prison
WASHINGTON, DC - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement on the delay of the Administration’s six-month report, as ordered by the President’s executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay terrorist prison by January 2010:

“For months, Republicans have been asking the President to present his plan for what to do with the dangerous terrorists currently housed at the Guantanamo prison. The delay of this six-month report is further proof that the Administration has no plan, and six months away from the his arbitrary deadline for closing the prison, the American people are right to ask if the Administration will import any of these terrorists into the United States. Despite the fact that a solid majority of the American people and a bipartisan majority here in Congress oppose releasing or bringing these imprisoned terrorists into the United States, the White House has yet to provide the American people an iron-clad guarantee that it will not choose this dangerous course of action. Instead of taking unilateral action that could put our nation at risk, the Administration should listen to these concerns, take them into account, and outline a comprehensive strategy for keeping these terrorists off American soil.
“Two months ago, Republicans introduced the Keep Terrorists Out of America Act to protect Americans from dangerous terrorists being imported into our communities. This legislation includes common sense provisions to require governors and state legislators to pre-approve the transfer of prisoners into their states. In the absence of a plan from the White House, if Democratic leaders are serious about protecting the American people, they will schedule this bill for a vote in the House of Representatives.”

NOTE: On May 7, House Republicans introduced the Keep Terrorists Out of America Act (H.R. 2294) to:
(1) affirm Congress’ opposition to transferring or releasing terrorists held at the Guantanamo Bay prison into the United States;
(2) prohibit the Administration from transferring or releasing any terrorist detainees at Guantanamo Bay to any state without express approval from the state’s governor and legislature; and
(3) prohibit the President from transferring or releasing a terrorist detainee into the United States unless he provides notification and certification to Congress.

Matt's A Friend, Help Him Out, Please

Subject: Help Us Free Sergeant Jermaine Nelson

Sgt Jermaine Nelson is the last of three decorated combat Marines charged with killing jihadists during the 2004 battle for Fallujah, Iraq.

Sgt Nelson was a member of the 3/1 Marines from Camp Pendleton, a storied and highly decorated ground-fighting unit. A brand new Corporal at that time, Cpl Nelson's job was to search house to house, on foot, in a 'seek and destroy' mission against jihadists who had flooded the city specifically to kill and conduct a holy war against the Marines. During the battle on 9 November 2004, four military-aged jihadist males were found barricaded in a house, shooting at Cpl Nelson and his team...

More information at BlackFive:

Please read and sign the petition to drop the charges against Sergeant Nelson:

Click here to sign the petition


Thank you!

Matt

Matthew "BlackFive" Burden
Chairman, Board of Directors
Warrior Legacy Foundation

Its Time To Take Stock

It’s Time to Take Stock
By Col. Bob Pappas USMC Ret.

The more one learns about politics, the more the well-known comparison between politicians and harlots makes sense. There was a time in this nation that politicians embodied righteous principle, today’s lot is vastly different than the Nation’s founders, all one has to do is observe Pelosi dance (and now refuse to answer further questions about her outrageous charge against the CIA), Biden’s foot-in-mouth affliction, and Obama’s power lust.

In the early days of this nation, service in Government was an honorable vocation and election to public office a trust not to be betrayed or abused. But today, one can cite so many abuses as to boggle the mind and disgrace by nearly all politicians, at the forefront of which is the current Administration. In the first months of its regime it has done more to change (into socialism) the economic fabric of this nation than all foregoing Administrations combined. One wonders why the U.S. resisted socialism/communism at great expense and sacrifice only to embrace those inherently evil ideologies without so much as a whimper in relative terms.

What has gone wrong? Like most things in life, change has been incremental, one small erosion at a time. As long at it didn’t affect one personally, as long as changes were small enough, people became less aware and increasingly lackadaisical. In the writer’s opinion, the decline began with the “church.” Ministry became, not a vocation of service, called of God, but a way to escape the military draft or to become self-serving demigods who relished power over people and their pocketbooks. Pastors decided it was okay to be wealthy, okay to live the good life, okay to fleece their willing sheep, okay to live a double standard, okay to “play” religion; and some TV Evangelists have honed it to a fine edge.

There was a time in this nation that if one were to attack basic ethics, Judeo-Christian principles, Church leaders, or religious faith, they would be summarily run out of town. Now that has changed, Church leaders have brought shame upon themselves and the gospel they profess (fingers crossed, of course). Some churches embrace evil in a perversion of God’s intent and word; and politicians have amassed a shameful record, one that even includes criminal activity. Again, one could cite volumes of abuses by both.

Does all that change basic principle? Do their abuses change God or God’s law? Does a Supreme Court ruling that normalizes homosexual conduct change the intent of the Creator of the Universe? Will the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade change the nature of murder at the ultimate Judgment? Can they claim, “I was only following orders?” Orders, that is, from an increasingly ignorant and decadent world that worships pleasure, lust, power and greed.
From all indications, liberals want people to be ignorant so that they can control those ordinary folks’ minds and bodies like Hitler, Stalin, Saddam and the other despots of history. Does posting the Ten Commandments in a public place establish religion? Nonsense! But it does provide a moral rudder that liberals abhor because without one, like sharks, they can feed on “the masses” at will. It is reminiscent of the words, “…is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? But ye have made it a den of thieves.” Alas, this is liberals’ finest hour. If one is unaware of the decimation of the nation’s future over the course of the last four months, one is oblivious to events, doesn’t care, or both.

Where are the patriots of old, the Mastodons, as one observer noted? The ones who signed the Declaration of Independence with the words: “We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions… And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.” They would be run out of town by the liberal media and their congregation of liberal followers in Government.

Somewhere along the line, politicians, abetted by church leaders, abandoned their faith, if they ever had “faith,” and reduced politics to a shell game that is devoid of ethical, moral or spiritual content, and now, they ravage the nation.

Will real Conservatives please stand up? No, not RINOs or their fellow traveling Democrats. And, this call is not for those who feed on division and hatred. Needed today are political and religious Conservatives who have read the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, American History (warts and all) and who might have actually read and internalized the message of the Bible.

Sometimes, the best step forward is a step to the rear, a return to the basics; and if church leaders and politicians won’t lead the right way, it’s time for the laity, ordinary people, to take charge and lead the nation back to its founding principles; one can be sure, bottom feeders that they are, politicians and church leaders will follow.
Semper Fidelis

Copyright © May 22nd, 2009, by Robert L. Pappas. With proper attribution, this essay may be quoted and redistributed. It may not be used in any way, in conjunction with any advertisement without the author’s expressed written permission.