(05/26/10) Palin's big announcement... (glennbeck.com)

[Kbentleyis]

BTW, on Beck's Friday show will be about African American founding fathers that had an impact on forming America--if you're interested.

http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/41148/

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin makes a major announcement on the radio program today: she'll be attending the 8/28 Restoring Honor Rally in Washington D.C. along with Glenn, Jo Dee Messina, Gary Sinise, Ted Nugent, Marcus Luttrell and many more at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Glenn talks about the meaning of the 8/28 Rally with the Gov, and also about Palin's newest neighbor - a shady book author who just happens to be writing a book on Sarah Palin. Check out the interview from radio today ( Transcript, Insider Audio, FREE Insider Extreme clip)

[Spang]

Oh no, not Lieutenant Dan. I knew he was a conservative, but I didn't know he was a nut-job, too. :(

[Kbentleyis]

Oh no, not Lieutenant Dan. I knew he was a conservative, but I didn't know he was a nut-job, too. :(

I wonder what Lt. Dan would say about someone like you? hummmm

[Spang]

I wonder what Lt. Dan would say about someone like you? hummmm

I saw him in Kuwait at a USO show in '03. I should have asked him for his opinion of me.

[foxyladi]

any announcement is big where these folks are concerned:D

[Kbentleyis]

Gary Sinise is a real patriot... his colors don't run. He's proud to be an American and what our flag and Constitution stand for.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i7463e6c2968d742b365adb6ecab754c2

[Spang]

Gary Sinise is a real patriot... his colors don't run. He's proud to be an American and what our flag and Constitution stand for.

And he's associating himself with a bunch of nut-jobs, particularly Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and Ted Nugent.

[Valin]

Oh no, not Lieutenant Dan. I knew he was a conservative, but I didn't know he was a nut-job, too. :(

I wonder what Lt. Dan would say about someone like you? hummmm


I'd be more...concerned about what someone like Marcus Luttrell would say....and do.

[Spang]

I'd be more...concerned about what someone like Marcus Luttrell would say....and do.

To me? Are you threatening me on his behalf?

[Suzan]

Who's Lieutenant Dan?

Ted Nugent, a nut job? No way.

[Spang]

Who's Lieutenant Dan?

Oh my dear goodness! Forrest Gump?

[cindyb]

KB is right, Gary Sinise IS a true patriot.

[Spang]

KB is right, Gary Sinise IS a true patriot.

And he's associating himself with a bunch of nut-jobs, particularly Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and Ted Nugent.

[samurai007]

I'd be more...concerned about what someone like Marcus Luttrell would say....and do.

To me? Are you threatening me on his behalf?

Luttrell joined the United States Navy in March 1999. He began Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training with Class 226 in Coronado, California. He graduated with Class 228 after suffering a fractured femur early in his training.[4] He was deployed to Afghanistan in 2005.[4] Prior to Afghanistan, Luttrell had been part of SEAL Team 5 and participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom doing various operations there.

Operation Red Wing

On June 28, 2005, Luttrell and SEAL Team 10 were assigned to a mission to kill or capture Ahmad Shah (nom de guerre Mohammad Ismail), a high-ranking Taliban leader responsible for killings in eastern Afghanistan and the Hindu-Kush mountains.[5] The SEAL team was made up of Luttrell, Michael P. Murphy, Danny Dietz and Matthew Axelson.[5] Luttrell and Axelson were the team's snipers, with Lutrell also being the team Medic; Dietz was in charge of communications and Murphy the team leader.

Three goat herders stumbled upon the hiding spot of the four SEALs. The men were detained by the team but the SEALs were unable to verify any hostile intent.[6] Murphy, the officer in charge of the SEAL team, put the fate of the goatherds to a vote. Axelson voted to kill the Afghanis, and Dietz abstained. Murphy told Luttrell that he would vote the same as him so with his vote it was decided to let the Afghans go, for fear of possible criminal charges back in the United States.[5][7]

The released herders disappeared and likely immediately betrayed the team's location to local Taliban forces and within an hour the SEALs were engaged in a fire-fight against a force of 80-150 enemy fighters. The SEAL team engaged the Taliban for over two hours in a running fire-fight through the region's hills and valleys.[8]

Team leader Lt. Michael P. Murphy was awarded the Medal of Honor for exposing himself to enemy fire to reach higher ground from which to transmit a call for backup. The four-man SEAL team had killed around 70 of the Taliban despite most of them being shot several times but still carried on with the fight, however, Axelson, Deitz and Murphy were eventually killed. Luttrell barely survived after being blown off a cliff by an RPG.

An CH-47 Chinook helicopter was hastily dispatched upon receiving Lt. Murphy's distress call with a force consisting of eight SEALs and eight 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment "Nightstalkers" to rescue the team, but the helicopter was shot down by an RPG upon reaching the site of the battle. All 16 men on the Chinook were killed, including Shane Patton, whose place on Operation Red Wing had been taken by Danny Dietz.[9]

Luttrell was the only survivor of the SEAL team. Badly wounded, he managed to walk and crawl seven miles to evade capture, during which he killed six more Taliban fighters. He was given shelter by tribesmen from Sabri-Minah, a Pashtun village. (This was done because of "Lokhay Warkawa", a Pashtun belief that any stranger in need of shelter must be given it.) [10] The villagers sheltered him and provided medical aid, and refused Taliban demands that Luttrell be turned over to them. After several days one of the village elders trekked twenty miles to a US base to reveal Luttrell's location, and he was finally rescued six days after the battle by US forces.

Dog shot at his home

On April 1, 2009, four teenage males approached Luttrell's property and killed his yellow Labrador puppy, Dasy, with a .357 Magnum revolver at approximately 1 A.M.

Each letter of the name "DASY" represents one of the members of his team—Daniel "Danny" Dietz, Matthew "Axe" Axelson, Southern boy (Marcus), and Michael "Yankee" Murphy. She was given to him in recovery to help him through rehabilitation.

Luttrell proceeded to chase the individuals through four counties in his truck armed with two 9 mm Berettas—until Onalaska Police apprehended the individuals. Upon arrest, the suspects verbally threatened Luttrell's life and taunted him. Alfonso Hernandez was arrested on-scene for driving without a valid drivers license and later charged with animal cruelty. Michael Edmonds turned himself in on April 7, was booked, and posted bond on the same charge. The other two individuals were not indicted. The males are also suspects in the killings of other neighborhood dogs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Luttrell

[Alces95]

1st off, you guys have it wrong! it Tad Nugent!
Thanks Fez

Among the things you all are talking about, the only thing I can think of is, "Why is a big announcement?"(:|

[Spang]

Among the things you all are talking about, the only thing I can think of is, "Why is a big announcement?"(:|

Because Glenn Beck said so.

[Nichelle]

Among the things you all are talking about, the only thing I can think of is, "Why is a big announcement?"(:|

Dunno.

[hillary4change]

Oh no, not Lieutenant Dan. I knew he was a conservative, but I didn't know he was a nut-job, too. :(

I saw him in Kuwait at a USO show in '03. I should have asked him for his opinion of me.

You didn't pick up on the fact that he was a nut job??? :thinking:

It wasn't apparent, or does his political ideology trump his good works for the troops??? I thought a good American is a good American, no matter their political ideology, especially since it is impossible to match opinions, political or otherwise, 100%. Just curious.

[sojourner]

Among the things you all are talking about, the only thing I can think of is, "Why is a big announcement?"(:|

Because she is the flavor of the day. Anything she says or writes gets as much coverage as the President of the United States. For whatever reason she is a political rock star. Look at how many posts she generates here.

[Spang]

You didn't pick up on the fact that he was a nut job??? :thinking:

It wasn't apparent, or does his political ideology trump his good works for the troops??? I thought a good American is a good American, no matter their political ideology, especially since it is impossible to match opinions, political or otherwise, 100%. Just curious.


Gary Sinise isn't a nut-job for being a conservative or supporting the troops, he's a nut-job for palling around with nut-jobs.

[samurai007]

Gary Sinise isn't a nut-job for being a conservative or supporting the troops, he's a nut-job for palling around with nut-jobs.

Then isn't Obama a nut-job for palling around with nut jobs like Rev Wright, Ayers, Dorne, Rezko, Khalidi, ACORN, and all the rest?

[sojourner]

Then isn't Obama a nut-job for palling around with nut jobs like Rev Wright, Ayers, Dorne, Rezko, Khalidi, ACORN, and all the rest?

You can only be a nut-job if you are on the right of the political spectrum. How many people on the left have you heard Sprang refer to as nut-jobs?

[Spang]

Then isn't Obama a nut-job for palling around with nut jobs like Rev Wright, Ayers, Dorne, Rezko, Khalidi, ACORN, and all the rest?

Obama is anything you want him to be.

[hillary4change]

Gary Sinise isn't a nut-job for being a conservative or supporting the troops, he's a nut-job for palling around with nut-jobs.

Then isn't Obama a nut-job for palling around with nut jobs like Rev Wright, Ayers, Dorne, Rezko, Khalidi, ACORN, and all the rest?

How does that saying go...?.... oh, yeah..WHOOMP THERE IT IS!!!! Yeah, thats it!!:rotfl::rotfl::)>-

[Spang]

(No Nudity)

[Kbentleyis]

:e5:Then isn't Obama a nut-job for palling around with nut jobs like Rev Wright, Ayers, Dorne, Rezko, Khalidi, ACORN, and all the rest?

[Laura Cereta]

Among the things you all are talking about, the only thing I can think of is, "Why is a big announcement?"(:|

That's what I was wondering, too. :confused:

[cinnamongirl]

1st off, you guys have it wrong! it Tad Nugent!
Thanks Fez (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5czC8HBEfo)

Among the things you all are talking about, the only thing I can think of is, "Why is a big announcement?"(:|

Because his ratings are flagging, and he knows that her name is red meat to his audience?

Also, love the clip. I miss That 70s Show!

[spikeytx86]

Gary Senise, Jo Dee Messina, I love ya guys but think it over!:eek:

[samurai007]

Gary Senise, Jo Dee Messina, I love ya guys but think it over!:eek:

Think what over? Good for them for standing up for their principles! We need more people like them.

[Spang]

I just tweeted this at Lieutenant Dan:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b35/Loompy/GarySiniseTweet.png

[Aria]

Obama is anything you want him to be.

Don't I wish!

[Suzan]

You can only be a nut-job if you are on the right of the political spectrum. How many people on the left have you heard Sprang refer to as nut-jobs?
You must not listen to Beck. He calls progressives every name in the book, including a cancer on society.

[cinnamongirl]

You must not listen to Beck. He calls progressives every name in the book, including a cancer on society.

Oh, so that's where the "liberals are a cancer" thing came from. I should have known it was a Beck talking point. Good thing he's such a fine, upstanding member of society himself....

[foxyladi]

Gary Sinise is a real patriot... his colors don't run. He's proud to be an American and what our flag and Constitution stand for.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i7463e6c2968d742b365adb6ecab754c2

there is a few of them in Hollywood:thumbsup:**==

[Spang]

It looks like Gary Sinise isn't attending the Lincoln Memorial desecration ceremony anymore. I'd love to take credit, but it appears he canceled before my tweet.

[samurai007]

Gary Sinise: We Can’t Forget, We Just Can’t
May 30, 2010 - 6:47 PM | by: Heidi Noonan

Actor Gary Sinise stopped by Fox News to talk about the importance of Memorial Day saying, "this is a weekend that we should take just a little bit of time to honor those that have sacrificed for our country." He's in Washington to headline the National Memorial Day Concert set to take place Sunday, where more than 150,000 people are expected attend the concert at the base of the U.S. Capitol to honor the service of our men and women in uniform.

Sinise, a CSI actor and Academy Award Winner for his portrayal as Lieutenant Dan in Forrest Gump, said events like this are important because, "Our freedom has been paid for and sacrificed for. That's something that I don't take for granted. By doing this Memorial Day Concert, I think we help bring more people together to honor those that have defended our freedom over the years and paid a heavy cost."

While in town, Sinise visited wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Medical Center, "it's important to check in on our wounded and let them know we're not going to forget about them." He said our soldiers are "going thru pain and hardship and their families are having to endure what can be long recovery."

Sinise says Memorial Day is not only a day to remember fallen soldiers, but also to remember the soldiers that are currently on the front lines, "I think it's very important for the American people, even though [the war] is not on the front page all the time, with what's going on in Iraq and Afghanistan, to remember that we have several thousand troops that are on the front lines defending us in what looks like it's going to be a long conflict, we can't forget that. We just can't."


http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/05/30/gary-sinise-we-cant-forget-we-just-cant/?test=latestnews

[Spang]

http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/05/30/gary-sinise-we-cant-forget-we-just-cant/?test=latestnews

That article would fit better in this thread (http://www.commongroundpolitics.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=57257).

[samurai007]

It looks like Gary Sinise isn't attending the Lincoln Memorial desecration ceremony anymore. I'd love to take credit, but it appears he canceled before my tweet.

By the way, it might be worth a moment of your time to research the Lincoln Memorial gathering before you spout off ignorantly about it and call it a "desecration"...

http://www.specialops.org/

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[Spang]

By the way, it might be worth a moment of your time to research the Lincoln Memorial gathering before you spout off ignorantly about it and call it a "desecration"...

Glenn Beck will use that money (http://www.commongroundpolitics.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=54945) to desecrate the Lincoln Memorial. Anything left over will go to SOWF.

[samurai007]

Glenn Beck will use that money (http://www.commongroundpolitics.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=54945) to desecrate the Lincoln Memorial. Anything left over will go to SOWF.

No, the incredibly biased HuffPo article states that donations first go to pay for the rally, and ALL remaining amounts go to SOWF. Can you show me where Beck is getting any money out of it? Is he charging for his support and appearance there? Prove that he is, and you MAY have a point. But typically the celebrities that help out at events like these don't ask for or accept payment for their time and help. However, businesses such as the lighting and sound crew typically are paid for their work at charity events, and it's the charity that has to pay them. So this is nothing new at all, and the lies and smears that somehow Beck will be stealing money from widows and orphans is just more hate from the left, as usual.

[Spang]

Can you show me where Beck is getting any money out of it?

I didn't say he was. Let me post it again. Pay attention this time.

Glenn Beck will use that money (http://www.commongroundpolitics.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=54945) to desecrate the Lincoln Memorial. Anything left over will go to SOWF.

[samurai007]

I didn't say he was. Let me post it again. Pay attention this time.

Glenn Beck isn't using any of the money for anything. You're lying. He's donating his time to help a worthy charitable cause. That cause has to pay for lighting and sound, etc, and would whether Beck was there or not. That charity keeps all the money after the event is paid for. Again, Beck has nothing to do with the money.

[hillary4change]

Glenn Beck isn't using any of the money for anything. You're lying. He's donating his time to help a worthy charitable cause. That cause has to pay for lighting and sound, etc, and would whether Beck was there or not. That charity keeps all the money after the event is paid for. Again, Beck has nothing to do with the money.

That's how he rolls Samurai, he will not read the facts you give him, he will just carry on with the far left talking points, no matter how rediculous it may make him look.
All he has to do is look on the link HE posted and he will see where HE said, and I quote, "Glenn Beck will use that money to desecrate The Lincoln Memorial."

[Spang]

That charity keeps all the money after the event is paid for.

No shit. That's what I've told you people twice already. And they say this thing is going to be non-political. Bullshit. You give Palin and Beck a microphone and an audience, and you better goddamn well believe there's going to be some Obama bashing going on.

[samurai007]

No shit. That's what I've told you people twice already. And they say this thing is going to be non-political. Bullshit. You give Palin and Beck a microphone and an audience, and you better goddamn well believe there's going to be some Obama bashing going on.

No, you've been claiming Beck gets his hands on some part of it and "desecrates" the memorial with it.

And I think they are perfectly able to have an event where Obama isn't the point, the freedoms of America and the men and women who died protecting them are. I can be highly political sometimes, and I can leave that entirely out of it at other times, when it's not appropriate or too off topic. Can't you do that? Well, Sarah and Glenn can too, I'm sure.

[Spang]

No, you've been claiming Beck gets his hands on some part of it and "desecrates" the memorial with it.

Yes, exactly. I think you're finally getting it. Pat yourself on the back.

[samurai007]

Yes, exactly. I think you're finally getting it. Pat yourself on the back.

I understood your lie the first time... doesn't make it the truth.

[Spang]

I understood your lie the first time... doesn't make it the truth.

Glenn Beck is really gonna be there, it's not a lie. And that money is going to fund the desecration first. That rally, ceremony or whatever the **** you want to call it takes priority over the children of dead mothers and fathers.

[samurai007]

Glenn Beck is really gonna be there, it's not a lie. And that money is going to fund the desecration first. That rally, ceremony or whatever the **** you want to call it takes priority over the children of dead mothers and fathers.

No, it doesn't. That rally, ceremony, etc will raise a ton of money for the charity. And like all charity events, the charity must pay to put on the event, in the hope/belief that they'll end up taking in far more money than the event costs. That's standard operating procedure for almost all charities and organizations. How can you not know this, it's economics 101. The Girl Scouts have to pay for the cookies, which they in turn sell for a profit. But there are initial costs that must be paid in order to reap a profit later. Sure, the girl scouts could refuse to buy cookies to sell, and the SOWF (or the World Wildlife Fund, or Jerry's Kids, or any other charity out there) could refuse to organize an event and just hope that people will send them money anyway, but events like this get the public thinking about the cause and gets them to donate, which almost always ends up making the event's costs more than worth it, and give the organization much more money to actually help the widows and orphans.

No wonder you rail against capitalism, you have no idea how it actually works...

[hillary4change]

You give Palin and Beck a microphone and an audience, and you better goddamn well believe there's going to be some Obama bashing going on.
You give spang a microphone (forum) and an audience (members/lurkers) and you can dang well believe there's going to be some Palin and Beck bashing going on!!! :)>- Godspeed

No, it doesn't. That rally, ceremony, etc will raise a ton of money for the charity. And like all charity events, the charity must pay to put on the event, in the hope/belief that they'll end up taking in far more money than the event costs. That's standard operating procedure for almost all charities and organizations. How can you not know this, it's economics 101. The Girl Scouts have to pay for the cookies, which they in turn sell for a profit. But there are initial costs that must be paid in order to reap a profit later. Sure, the girl scouts could refuse to buy cookies to sell, and the SOWF (or the World Wildlife Fund, or Jerry's Kids, or any other charity out there) could refuse to organize an event and just hope that people will send them money anyway, but events like this get the public thinking about the cause and gets them to donate, which almost always ends up making the event's costs more than worth it, and give the organization much more money to actually help the widows and orphans.

No wonder you rail against capitalism, you have no idea how it actually works... And we have a winner!!!! :)>-

[Spang]

You give spang a microphone (forum) and an audience (members/lurkers) and you can dang well believe there's going to be some Palin and Beck bashing going on!!! :)>- Godspeed

Well, no shit. That's what I'm here for, to balance things out. If it weren't for me this place would be an anti-Obama echo chamber.

[hillary4change]

Well, no shit. That's what I'm here for, to balance things out. If it weren't for me this place would be an anti-Obama echo chamber.

I am not sure what this has to do with Palin and Beck, but ok.