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Stolen Valor Sheriff

Ahareht

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whoa there on your pronouncements of your perception(s) of armed force member's right to claim bragging rights during the service to our country...

numerous military & civilian individuals serve huge distances to provide support to those in combat areas and you folks do not have a clue of the role they played since they fall under the auspices of classified operations.

now the cook stationed in forward support sites in europe could be preparing meals for those evacuated from battle fronts due to injuries.

do me a favor, all of you...drop your testosterone filled bravado bs of "my time in the military was more important than your time!!". as it belittles yourself and the effort you expended in your service to our country.

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members who served during conflict periods whether in or out of the conflict zone are afforded bragging right since you have no idea how they supported the conflict!

I'm not claiming my service is more important than any other Vets or that Combat Vets are deserving of any more honor than those who stay stateside. I'm saying be proud of the honor IN WHAT YOU DID. Don't embellish it and **** all over a perfectly good career, just to make yourself "look better" to a bunch of civilians. The fact that you volunteered when others did not is more than enough.

But that does not excuse implying you are a direct participant in a Operation or campaign which you were not in. Integrity and Honor are two of the biggest values instilled in soldiers and you piss all over those ideals when you make statements like this Sheriff candidate did.

As far as the "classified" nonsense you're spouting. Operational details may be classified, but awards are not, nor are assignments. Even if someone conducted classified operations within the AO of ongoing conflicts, you can bet your ass they'd have the appropriate campaign medal to back it up. You know **** all about how real military operations work if you buy the "Its classified" nonsense when someone can't produce any records.
 

TXOC16

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I find it quite interesting that the focus of this thread instantly shifted from the lying, dishonest, B. Hussein Obumbler-supporting, Constitution-hating, life-long, low-life, scumbag dumbocrat, who, no doubt, was entirely comfortable with his lies and deceptions until he got caught, to one of what actually constitutes "meritorious service" or "stolen valor."

On the other hand, it's also quite illustrative of why it's so difficult, if not impossible, for conservatives to win elections at a national level---they're too busy eating their own.
 

Grapeshot

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Off topic remark from me

--snipped-- When the whole country goes down the tubes, because they could not support anything less than perfection, they will be able to say that the have done the moral thing and proclaim themselves the only true patriots, when in fact they have done as much harm as the worst of the other side. These "all or nothing" people sicken me. They will cause us all to get the "nothing" part.
Some of our otherwise very good people promote 'voting their conscience', throwing their vote away.

Can we get less then nothing? Oh yes, you betcha.

This is a topic for another thread.
 

stealthyeliminator

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We have a winner!! You have hit the nail on the head. Many of our people are just too principled to support anything except the perfect candidate or the perfect bill or the perfect solution to a problem. Their "conscience" will will not allow them to take anything less than complete agreement on every facet of every subject, so they won't support much of anything. When the whole country goes down the tubes, because they could not support anything less than perfection, they will be able to say that the have done the moral thing and proclaim themselves the only true patriots, when in fact they have done as much harm as the worst of the other side. These "all or nothing" people sicken me. They will cause us all to get the "nothing" part.

Some of our otherwise very good people promote 'voting their conscience', throwing their vote away.

Can we get less then nothing? Oh yes, you betcha.

This is a topic for another thread.

"This is a topic for another thread" - after adding your own personal opinion, basically barring disagreement.

You're both wrong, by the way...

Seem like the type that'd blame a few Libertarian's when Hillary gets elected, instead of the majority who actually cast votes for her. Makes no damned sense at all, but at least you fulfill your emotional urge to cast blame on somebody.
 

JoeSparky

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Some of our otherwise very good people promote 'voting their conscience', throwing their vote away.

Can we get less then nothing? Oh yes, you betcha.

This is a topic for another thread.

The Power of the Wasted Vote---- Id rather vote for what I want and not get it, than vote for what I don't want and get it.---- Eugene V. Debs
 

Grapeshot

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The Power of the Wasted Vote---- Id rather vote for what I want and not get it, than vote for what I don't want and get it.---- Eugene V. Debs
You might have picked a better candidate to quote IMHO - jus' sayin'

Eugene V. Debs was a union leader and Socialist Party Leader.

Debs was a founding member of the Social Democracy of America (1897), the Social Democratic Party of America (1898), and the Socialist Party of America (1901).
 

JoeSparky

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You might have picked a better candidate to quote IMHO - jus' sayin'

Eugene V. Debs was a union leader and Socialist Party Leader.

Debs was a founding member of the Social Democracy of America (1897), the Social Democratic Party of America (1898), and the Socialist Party of America (1901).
Don't know anything about him but this one quote still rings true to me. I say it is a great quote and advice.

You don't need to know what kind of device or tool was used to send this
 

Grapeshot

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Originally Posted by Wikiquote

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In the speech, "Competition versus Cooperation," delivered at Central Music Hall, Chicago, on 29 Sept. 1900, Debs said, "It is infinitely better to vote for freedom and fail, than to vote for slavery and succeed."
'Tis a noble thought held by many but both could (not would) have the same result if enough people took that course of action.
 

WalkingWolf

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"This is a topic for another thread" - after adding your own personal opinion, basically barring disagreement.

You're both wrong, by the way...

Seem like the type that'd blame a few Libertarian's when Hillary gets elected, instead of the majority who actually cast votes for her. Makes no damned sense at all, but at least you fulfill your emotional urge to cast blame on somebody.

Those who actually cast votes for her are followers, they are her soldiers, just like the German line soldier. Not evil, just a soldier, NOW knowing the evil of Hillary, and helping her to get elected is evil in itself. JMO
 

Grapeshot

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+1!
--snipped--
It is unfortunate that we US have failed to remember our past in the Nuremberg Trials.

"The Nuremberg Trials is the general name for two sets of trials of Nazis involved in crimes committed during the Holocaust of World War II. The first, and most famous, began on November 20, 1945. It was entitled the Trial of the Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal, which tried the most important leaders of Nazi Germany. The second set of trials, for lesser war criminals, was conducted under Control Council Law No. 10, at the U.S. Nuremberg Military Tribunals."
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1685.html
 
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HPmatt

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So who do you prefer as Sheriff for Kleberg? I guess at this point there is just Gonzalez as the democrat, so that should decide it. How many voters are down there - just legal ones? My old girlfriend was from Falfurias - suppose a lot of growth?


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