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To: fungoking
I actually disagree with this. Booing the office of the President of the United States (the crowd obviously intended to boo Obama, but it came out at the mention of the office) gives Obama exactly what he wants -- that is, to denigrate yet another American institution. I think it's better to cheer the office, while booing the 'man,' as that sends the message that, no matter how awful Obama is, no matter what he does, he's not going to bring the United States down with him.
17 posted on 11/04/2013 10:47:09 AM PST by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

Actually there are two oath’s, one for enlisted and one for Officers. The Officer oath does not mention the President, only the Constitution:

The wordings of the current oath of enlistment and oath for commissioned officers are as follows:

“I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.” (Title 10, US Code; Act of 5 May 1960 replacing the wording first adopted in 1789, with amendment effective 5 October 1962).

“I, _____ (SSAN), having been appointed an officer in the Army of the United States, as indicated above in the grade of _____ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter; So help me God.” (DA Form 71, 1 August 1959, for officers.)


18 posted on 11/04/2013 10:52:21 AM PST by timlilje
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

But he IS bringing down the US with him. That’s what it means to have a foreign enemy combatant in our White House. That’s what he’s there for, and it’s the ONLY thing he has ever succeeded in doing. Until we get all the appointed US enemies out of the bureaucracy, judgeships (including SCOTUS), ambassadorships, czar offices, etc.... the man will totally succeed in bringing this country down.

I spoke to a guy at a wedding yesterday who I’m pretty sure was an Obama supporter but since Obamacare is threatening to wipe him out has realized the condition that we are in. The Chinese have bought out Farmland Foods, which employs a large number of people in my community. They have bought a lot of livestock also and when the 3-year contract of the union employees runs out all heck will break loose, they’ve been told. If the union doesn’t accept low wages they’ll bring in Chinese to work. If the economy won’t support $6/pound pork, they’ll export it to China where they CAN get that price. What this guy was realizing was basically Agenda 21; our food supply is being bought out.

He agreed with me readily when I said that I had feared that the Chinese, realizing they will never get paid back because there is not enough money in the world to pay back the US debt, will give up on getting MONEY from us and will instead walk off with the collateral: the land and infrastructure. The easiest way to do that would be to wipe us out through an EMP-type attack that kills us off but leaves infrastructure largely intact. After an attack like that, they could wait for a lot of people to die off and then invade and take over the whole place. Interesting that North Korea had leaked plans about a nuclear attack on US cities, and now China has done the same thing...


21 posted on 11/04/2013 11:01:23 AM PST by butterdezillion (Free online faxing at http://faxzero.com/ Fax all your elected officials. Make DC listen.)
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To: Conscience of a Conservative
Obama is the President and has disgraced the office. He deserves not only to be booed but impeached. It is splitting hairs to make a distinction between the man and the office given his soiling of the office and his outright lies from Fast and Furious to Bengazi to Obamacare.

The men were given a standing ovation at the end of their oath. In other words, they made it clear that their displeasure was with Obama and not the NG recruits.

Every time Obama appears in public he should be booed. He is not a king but a public servant.

23 posted on 11/04/2013 11:04:39 AM PST by kabar
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