Comments on: Defense Department Awarding Employees The Iron Cross For Hate http://grumpylion.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/defense-department-awarding-employees-the-iron-cross-for-hate/ Snarling and growling op-ed... Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:03:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ric http://grumpylion.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/defense-department-awarding-employees-the-iron-cross-for-hate/#comment-2762 Ric Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:16:16 +0000 http://grumpylion.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/defense-department-awarding-employees-the-iron-cross-for-hate/#comment-2762 Hardly anonymous. The story was published in the Daily Mail in Britain. I forgot to put in the link yesterday, but it's there now. Now had the Bush administration made a practice of putting competent, responsible people into the bureaucracy, we could easily discount this story. But since the administration's practice has been to install and keep incompetent and irresponsible ideologues throughout the government, the story has added credibility. And that the Pentagon, which specializes in lying to cover its ass, denies the story merely serves to add further to its credibility. You might also note that the original story cited here does not mention the medal. I simply find it congruous with the actions and ideology of the administration that an employee would have no problem wearing what appears to be a symbol of Nazism. Or expressing hatred of a national/ethnic group. Hardly anonymous. The story was published in the Daily Mail in Britain. I forgot to put in the link yesterday, but it’s there now.

Now had the Bush administration made a practice of putting competent, responsible people into the bureaucracy, we could easily discount this story. But since the administration’s practice has been to install and keep incompetent and irresponsible ideologues throughout the government, the story has added credibility.

And that the Pentagon, which specializes in lying to cover its ass, denies the story merely serves to add further to its credibility.

You might also note that the original story cited here does not mention the medal. I simply find it congruous with the actions and ideology of the administration that an employee would have no problem wearing what appears to be a symbol of Nazism. Or expressing hatred of a national/ethnic group.

]]> By: Rob Adams http://grumpylion.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/defense-department-awarding-employees-the-iron-cross-for-hate/#comment-2760 Rob Adams Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:45:44 +0000 http://grumpylion.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/defense-department-awarding-employees-the-iron-cross-for-hate/#comment-2760 The picture is a couple years old and was taken when the medal was being awarded to her. She didn't choose to wear it as a hate symbol as the original article implied... If she said that, let the MP's come forward and accuse her of it publicly, not in some anonymous, defamatory article. She would and perhaps will be run out of office if it is true.... if not by Bush, then by the Democratic congress. The picture is a couple years old and was taken when the medal was being awarded to her. She didn’t choose to wear it as a hate symbol as the original article implied…

If she said that, let the MP’s come forward and accuse her of it publicly, not in some anonymous, defamatory article. She would and perhaps will be run out of office if it is true…. if not by Bush, then by the Democratic congress.

]]> By: Ric http://grumpylion.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/defense-department-awarding-employees-the-iron-cross-for-hate/#comment-2735 Ric Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:36:48 +0000 http://grumpylion.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/defense-department-awarding-employees-the-iron-cross-for-hate/#comment-2735 And that doesn't leave those of us with at least some modicum of sanity left much choice except to fight fire with fire. Let's get out there and burn some Republicans at the stake, dammit! And bring marshmallows! :) And that doesn’t leave those of us with at least some modicum of sanity left much choice except to fight fire with fire. Let’s get out there and burn some Republicans at the stake, dammit! And bring marshmallows! :)

]]> By: QB http://grumpylion.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/defense-department-awarding-employees-the-iron-cross-for-hate/#comment-2733 QB Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:08:26 +0000 http://grumpylion.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/defense-department-awarding-employees-the-iron-cross-for-hate/#comment-2733 The number of people like her on the rise in America which is very unfortunate, they hate everyone who had different opinions than their own without understanding the opposing point of view. The number of people like her on the rise in America which is very unfortunate, they hate everyone who had different opinions than their own without understanding the opposing point of view.

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