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A World War 2 Veteran sends a letter to Obama
standbyliberty.org ^ | 11-25-09 | admin

Posted on 11/26/2009 3:22:39 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

Dear President Obama,

My name is Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13 of this year. People meeting me for the first time don’t believe my age because I remain wrinkle free and pretty much mentally alert.

I enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1934 and served proudly before, during and after WW II retiring as a Master Chief Bos’n Mate. Now I live in a “rest home” located on the western end of Pearl Harbor , allowing me to keep alive the memories of 23 years of service to my country.

One of the benefits of my age, perhaps the only one, is to speak my mind, blunt and direct even to the head man.

So here goes.

I am amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I do, but you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish.

I can’t figure out what country you are the president of....

(Excerpt) Read more at standbyliberty.org ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: haroldestes
Refreshing. WW2 vet takes 0bama to the woodshed.
1 posted on 11/26/2009 3:22:40 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

I saw this earlier when it first went viral yesterday. I put it up on many political forums as I could and the responses have been patriotic and respectful towards Mr. Estes. What someone needs to do is put it up on the Democratic Underground and watch their response.


2 posted on 11/26/2009 3:31:27 AM PST by U.S. Army Retired
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
bumping for later. Fantastic post!

prisoner6

3 posted on 11/26/2009 3:41:23 AM PST by prisoner6 (ACORN is nuts!)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

bump.


4 posted on 11/26/2009 3:47:37 AM PST by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

Harold Estes says it as it is.

Thank you for posting this.


5 posted on 11/26/2009 3:50:23 AM PST by Bluebird Singing
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

Well said! May God bless him and keep him safe.


6 posted on 11/26/2009 3:59:34 AM PST by Humal
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

One by one, one by one, The Greatest Generation is checking out. We are fortunate to still have Harold Estes with us today, and he has done yet another signal service to his Nation and to the cause of Freedom by telling his President where to get off.

Thankyou, Mr Estes. Well said and well done sir. And thankyou for your Service.

And now it is over to Mister Obama to explain himself. Well, Mr President, what say you to this hero, Mr Estes? Let’s hear it.


7 posted on 11/26/2009 4:02:31 AM PST by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

Good letter from someone who gets it.


8 posted on 11/26/2009 4:06:09 AM PST by libertylover (The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
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To: prisoner6

In Obama’s eyes veterans are overhead.


9 posted on 11/26/2009 4:13:33 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: libertylover

I just sent this one out to every person in my address book. I can’t wait to see what some of the libs have to say about it.


10 posted on 11/26/2009 4:16:34 AM PST by bobby cep ("...if you're over 40 and you're not a conservative, you have no brain!" Winston Churchill)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

Sent it via email
Hope it goes “Viral”


11 posted on 11/26/2009 4:16:39 AM PST by jongaltsr (Hope to See ya in Galt's Gulch.)
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To: DieHard the Hunter

“Greatest Generation”?

They were the ones who raised up a generation of baby-boomers to be hippies and new-leftists who introduced values that are now killing the west....


12 posted on 11/26/2009 5:15:19 AM PST by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

Thanks for the post.

And thanks to Mr. Estes - 95 years young - for his service to our nation and for that outstanding letter to Obama!

Maybe Mr. Estes rates an interview - by Hannity or Rush?

Need to get his letter even more widely read.


13 posted on 11/26/2009 5:32:34 AM PST by Freedom'sWorthIt (Obama's Deathcare ---- many will suffer and/or die unnecessarily.)
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To: Freedom'sWorthIt
Need to get his letter even more widely read.

Posting it in "Editorial" would help but I haven't got the guts!

:)

14 posted on 11/26/2009 5:36:30 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (LIBERTY)
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To: sinsofsolarempirefan

> They were the ones who raised up a generation of baby-boomers to be hippies and new-leftists who introduced values that are now killing the west..

I shouldn’t really be rising to this bait because I do know better.

Your post is bizarre and way, way out of place.


15 posted on 11/26/2009 5:41:29 AM PST by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

BTTT


16 posted on 11/26/2009 5:54:11 AM PST by varon (Allegiance to the constitution, always. Allegiance to a political party, never.)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast; FatherofFive

BTTT


17 posted on 11/26/2009 9:21:06 AM PST by verga (I am not an apologist, I just play one on Television)
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To: DieHard the Hunter

Nothing against the guy who wrote the letter of course. He sounds like a decent sort...


18 posted on 11/26/2009 11:05:55 AM PST by sinsofsolarempirefan
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