Hump Day Report: An August 6 Dedication
ALOHA, ALL! This edition of the HDR is dedicated to our military….for so many reasons! But here are a few things to keep in mind:
On Saturday morning August 6, 2011, 30 American warriors were killed when their Chinook helicopter was shot down in the Wardak province, Afghanistan. Among the killed were 17 members of SEAL Team SIX.
TODAY…REMEMBER THESE BRAVE MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES!
WEST COAST – NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE
Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL) - Jesse D. Pittman, 27, Ukiah, CA.
Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 2nd Class (SEAL) – Nicholas P. Spehar, 24, Saint Paul, MN.
EAST COAST – NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE
Lt. Cmdr. (SEAL) Jonas B. Kelsall, 32, of Shreveport, LA.
Special Warfare Operator Master Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) - Louis J. Langlais, 44, Santa Barbara, CA.
Special Warfare Operator Senior Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) - Thomas A. Ratzlaff, 34, Green Forest, AR.
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Senior Chief Petty Officer (Expeditionary Warfare Specialist/Freefall Parachutist) – Kraig M. Vickers 36, Kokomo, Hawaii.
Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) - Brian R. Bill, 31, Stamford, CT.
Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) - John W. Faas, 31, Minneapolis, MN.
Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) - Kevin A. Houston, 35, West Hyannisport, MA.
Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) - Matthew D. Mason, 37, Kansas City, MO.
Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) - Stephen M. Mills, 35, Fort Worth, TX.
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Chief Petty Officer (Expeditionary Warfare Specialist/Freefall Parachutist/Diver) - Nicholas H. Null, 30, Washington, WV.
Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) - Robert J. Reeves, 32, Shreveport, LA.
Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) - Heath M. Robinson, 34, Detroit, MI.
Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL) - Darrik C. Benson, 28, Angwin, CA.
Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL/Parachutist) - Christopher G. Campbell, 36, Jacksonville, NC.
Information Systems Technician Petty Officer 1st Class (Expeditionary Warfare Specialist/Freefall Parachutist) - Jared W. Day, 28, of Taylorsville, UT.
Master-at-Arms Petty Officer 1st Class (Expeditionary Warfare Specialist) - John Douangdara, 26, South Sioux City, NE.
Cryptologist Technician (Collection) Petty Officer 1st Class (Expeditionary Warfare Specialist) - Michael J. Strange, 25, Philadelphia, PA.
Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL/Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist) - Jon T. Tumilson, 35, Rockford, IA.
Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL) - Aaron C. Vaughn, 30, Stuart, FL.
Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL) - Jason R. Workman, 32, Blanding, UT.
US SOLDIERS
Chief Warrant Officer David R. Carter, 47, of Centennial, CO, assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion), Aurora, CO.
Chief Warrant Officer Bryan J. Nichols, 31, of Hays, KS, assigned to the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion), New Century, KS.
Sgt. Patrick D. Hamburger, 30, of Lincoln, NE, assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion), Grand Island, NE.
Sgt. Alexander J. Bennett, 24, of Tacoma, WA, assigned to the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion), New Century, KS.
Spc. Spencer C. Duncan, 21, of Olathe, KS, assigned to the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion), New Century, KS.
US AIRMEN
Tech. Sgt. John W. Brown, 33, Tallahassee, FL.
Staff Sgt. Andrew W. Harvell, 26, Long Beach, CA.
Tech. Sgt. Daniel L. Zerbe, 28, York, PA.
While a long list of names can seem impersonal, check out the website that one of the SEAL’s parents created: For Our Son And For This Cause BTW – it shouldn’t seem impersonal. It’s real, and these are real heroes!
Yet Obama is trying to disenfranchise our fighting men and women in a key swing state – Ohio! Obama’s Drive To Disenfranchise Soldiers ”It needs to be noted that for all the Left’s incessant whining about largely imaginary “voter suppression,” progressives have been silent about this real-life example of a political candidate trying to make it harder for those Americans who don’t support him to vote.”
But Obama minion David Axelrod claims it’s all a lie. Dems Not Restricting Military Vote; Calls Romney Attacks ‘Shameful’ ”The optics of the issue could be a problem for the president’s campaign, though, with military groups joining the state to defend the law. (Chris)Wallace pointed out that 15 non-partisan military groups had sided with Romney on the issue and in a sharp exchange as both men spoke over the other.” Sin, spin spin. Glad DAx is on the defensive. Gee….who do you believe???
If this sounds like deja vu, that’s because it is. Flashback: Democrats Worked Hard To Disqualify Overseas Military Ballots In 2000 Recount ”No matter how the Democrats and the media try to spin this, the party has actively sought to suppress the votes of the men and women in the military. The very fact that a memo was circulated, explaining, in detail, how to disqualify military ballots should be enough evidence of the party’s checkered history with military voting. Don’t believe what the left and the media say. Believe what the Democrats have done.”
And just in case you didn’t know:
- In World War II, 11.2% of the nation served in four years.
- In Vietnam, 4.3% served in 12 years.
- Since 2001, only 0.45% of our population has served in the Global War on Terror.
Thank you to the 0.45% who have and continue to serve our Nation.
(Shaka to Lee)
If this doesn’t give you “chicken skin,” nothing will!
ICYMI: Misty May Treanor always dedicates her and Kerri Walsh Jennings’ Olympic volleyball wins to the troops. Do you know who their coach is? Win Due To Coach ”And this team is fierce. They don’t give a moment of peace to the competition, according to Walsh. ”I don’t want to let our opponents breathe. I don’t want to give them an edge,” she said after the Sunday victory. “I don’t want them to feel comfortable for one second out there.” Keep on winning, Misty & Kerri!!!!!!!
Final Thought: ”Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few.” – Winston Churchill
GOD BLESS AMERICA – PASS THIS ON – REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER – 91 DAYS AND COUNTING!!
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- The Fallen Warriors in the Afghan Ambush by Jihadists. Single Largest Loss of Life in One Day (atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com)
- In Memoriam: The 31 Heroes of EXTORTION 17 (americanthinker.com)
Hump Day Report: The Audacity of Hypocrisy
ALOHA, ALL!!! Hypocrisy is the state of pretending to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually have. Hypocrisy involves the deception of others and is thus a kind of lie. Not to be confused with Hippocrates or Hypocorism. (Wikipedia) The Obama administration is the epitome of hypocrisy. OK…yes I know most politicians are hypocritical. But Obama and his administration make all others look like saints. And here’s a recent example. Obama said this in 1996 about how the average American feels about political donors getting access to politicians: ”They can’t attend a $10,000 breakfast and they know that those who can are going to get the kind of access they can’t imagine.” Well Barry sure has changed in 16 years: Hypocrisy and White House Opens Doors to Big Donors ”Although Mr. Obama has made a point of not accepting contributions from registered lobbyists, a review of campaign donations and White House visitor logs shows that special interests have had little trouble making themselves heard. Many of the president’s biggest donors, while not lobbyists, took lobbyists with them to the White House, while others performed essentially the same function on their visits.” So step right up, folks! A mere $35,800 will get you “the kind of access you can’t imagine.”
Why am I not surprised?? Democrats Punt on Senate Budget Bill for Third Year ”In a stunning backtrack that virtually guarantees Congress for the third year will be unable to produce a budget, Senate Democrats’ top budget writer Tuesday canceled this week’s expected votes on a 2013 fiscal blueprint.”
Say it ain’t so! Did Big Sis lie????? Napolitano Perjured Herself in “Fast and Furious” Testimony ”In her explosive new book Fast and Furious, Katie Pavlich makes the case that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano not only failed to stop an operation that led to the death of one of her own, Border Agent Brian A. Terry, but she may have also lied to Congress in sworn testimony at a hearing held to find out what really happened.”
THIS IS TOO GOOD TO NOT POST: Rush tells us who his daughter would look like And it’s not Hilary Rosen
Too Funny! I think David is a little stressed:
“The choice in this election is between an economy that produces a growing middle class and that gives people a chance to get ahead, and their kids a chance to get ahead, and an economy that continues down the road we’re on.” Ha Ha!! All Romney has to do is run this clip as a campaign ad about 500 times.
OORAH!!! US Marines Give President Obama Lowest Rating Ever ”The Marine Corps Times published the results of a Military Times survey that indicated that Obama only received a 25% approval rating amongst actively serving Marines and 44% said they disapproved of Obama’s performance as Commander-in-Chief.” TRIVIA QUESTION: Who wore a HOOAH pin recently on several TV appearances? Click HERE to find out. Hint – Jon Stewart couldn’t resist mocking it. (And yes…I know that “Hooah” is an Army battle cry. It’s the equivalent of the Marine’s “OORAH.”)
Voter Fraud, Continued. This time it’s Ben Jealous, Bill Maher and David Brock:
Hey Eric Holder – listen to the people! 73% Think Voter ID Does Not Discriminate ”Most voters consider voter fraud a problem in America today and continue to overwhelmingly support laws requiring people to show photo identification before being allowed to vote.”
BREAKING NEWS! Issa Says He Is Moving Forward With Contempt Charges Against Holder ”According to Issa and Senator Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, who is investigating the (Fast and Furious) scandal in the Senate, Holder has turned over only ten percent of the subpoenaed documents necessary for Congressional staffers to conduct their investigation.”
Finally, the icing on the cake is a report from the New York Times that I just came across, which details how the EPA is fining businesses for failing to use a type of biofuel that is not commercially available: When the companies that supply motor fuel close the books on 2011, they will pay about $6.8 million in penalties to the Treasury because they failed to mix a special type of biofuel into their gasoline and diesel as required by law. But there was none to be had. Outside a handful of laboratories and workshops, the ingredient, cellulosic biofuel, does not exist: “A Fine for Not Using A Biofuel That Doesn’t Exist,” New York Times, 9-Jan-2012.
Final Thought: “The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Conduct of Life
GOD BLESS AMERICA – PASS THIS ON – REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER!!
Hump Day Report: Malia Does Mexico
ALOHA, ALL!!! So with all the news this week, here’s a blockbuster story you never heard: Malia Obama took a Spring Break vacation to Mexico. I know….why such a big deal? Well, it MUST be a big deal because all the news outlets have either hidden or scrapped the story! Why would they do that, you say? Think about it: the country is suffering through a bad economy. Gas prices are ridiculously high. Unemployment and under-employment remain troubling. The deficit is at all-time high. Yet Barry is out promoting himself as one of the people …the best hope to get us out of our slump. Can you imagine if after reporting one of his fundraiser, er, energy speeches the next news story showed Malia tanning on a Mexican beach? (Oh, by the way, you’re paying for Malia to frolic in the sun with her friends and 25 Secret Service agents.) What’s troubling is that this story was initially reported and then scrubbed from numerous sites (so much for the most transparent administration in history.) OK…kids are off-limits? Then why does Barry trot them out when it’s to his political advantage (like the smiling family on the cover of a magazine) but squashes a story that might make he and his family look out-of-touch? Oh yeah….Mexico????? Would you let your teenaged daughter go there for Spring break? I guess if a couple dozen armed agents went along for the ride…. The Troubling Things The Malia Obama Spring Break Story Reveal – Investors.com
Here’s the explanation from the WH as to why the stories were scrubbed: White House Admits to Asking Malia Story to be Pulled | TheBlaze.com So there you go: your tax dollars at play. 25 Secret Service people (and you know it’s more than just that we’re paying for.)
More family news - Michelle Obama: President’s Grandmother, VP of ‘Little Bitty Community Bank,’ Faced Gender Bias Seriously??? Quit the lies already!!!!! ”The Washington Post and The New York Times reported last year that Obama’s grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, had been the first female vice president of the Bank of Hawaii….Obama’s grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, left him stock in the Bank of Hawaii valued at almost $500,000 at the time of her death in November 2008, the tax return shows,” said the Post.”
Barry’s younger years. A story surfaced last week about how a young Barack Obama was supported by Bill Ayers parents to attend Harvard. Sound outrageous? NOTHING sounds outrageous to me anymore! Postman: Ayers family put ‘foreigner’ Obama through school ”A retired U.S. Postal Service carrier who delivered mail to Tom and Mary Ayers in a Chicago suburb in the late 1980s and early 1990s and claims to have met Obama in front of the Ayers home emphatically says yes to all three questions.”

"I'm just a poor foreign exchange student whose grandmother was the first female Vice President of Bank of Hawaii. Of course, my grandparents were also racists."
He was OWS before it was cool! Note the language Obama uses in this 1995 interview. The Vetting: Obama 1995: ‘Scapegoat’ the ‘Top 5%’ ”In an environment of scarcity, where the cost of living is rising, folks begin to get angry and bitter and look for scapegoats. Historically, instead of looking at the top 5% of this country that controls all the wealth, we turn towards each other, and the Republicans have added to the fire.”
Ya Gotta Have Friends! Biden, Wasserman Schultz, Holder and Axelrod are way up there with Barry and it’s easy to see why:
White House Backs Biden’s Claim That Killing Bin Laden Was Boldest Mission in ‘500 Years’ | CNSNews.com ”The White House asserted that Vice President Joe Biden did not misspeak when he said, “you can go back 500 years. You cannot find a more audacious plan,” referring to President Barack Obama’s decision to kill Osama bin Laden.”
DNC Debbie’s Islamist Lie | FrontPage Magazine ”According to announcements which were placed on the website of EMERGE USA last month, Debbie Wasserman Schultz had been scheduled to give the Keynote Address at the group’s annual fundraising banquet, which was to be held in Downtown Fort Lauderdale, at the Marriott Fort Lauderdale North, on April 21st.”
Holder Concealed Evidence Of Gunrunner’s Release | Dickmorris.com ”The fast and furious story gained momentum in Washington after it has emerged that Attorney General Eric Holder failed to turn over to Congressional investigators evidence that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,and Firearms has released Manuel Acosta – a kingpin in the illegal weapons trade of the drug cartels – from custody in return for a vague promise of” cooperation” which he failed to keep.”
Last but not least – Axelrod. He’s about as slimy as they come. I actually watched this without the sound (I saw it live when Brett Baier interviewed him.) Note the body language…what a liar! ”The theater of politics” indeed!
Final Thought: ”So I just …Sit right here and have another beer in Mexico; Do my best to waste another day; Sit right here and have another beer in Mexico; Let the warm air melt these blues away.” Kenny Chesney
GOD BLESS AMERICA – PASS THIS ON – REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER!!



















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