Compromise Is Not An Option

 

We heard today that one of the Floggers has recently had a change of heart and has suggested a compromise for the flying of a Confederate Flag on the grounds of Confederate Memorial Park, now desecrated by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA). Apparently, another Flogger has chimed in, chiding us for “refusing to support a compromise offered”.

Refusing to support a compromise?

FIRST of all, we have never heard of this “offer”, as we do not read the garbage posted on these hate-filled blogs, so we did not “refuse” anything.

SECONDLY, neither of these amateur historians/bloggers speaks for the VMFA, that we know of, so NEITHER of them has the authority to “offer” anything... especially from their homes in MASSACHUSETTS and ARIZONA!

THIRDLY, even if there was an ACTUAL offer made by folks who are ACTUALLY authorized, we would ABSOLUTELY refuse compromise in any way, shape or form. The ONLY thing that will end the Flagging of the VMFA, is for the Confederate Battle Flags to be returned to the portico of the Confederate Memorial Chapel. NO compromise! NO retreat!

FINALLY, if these Floggers had any idea of what is going on in the Capital of the Confederacy, they would know that their “compromise” suggestion is as irrelevant as their attempt to insert themselves into our endeavors, since research by the Va Flaggers has determined that the Anti-Confederate behavior by the VMFA is not limited to the removal of the Battle Flags from the Chapel. In a March 31, 2010 meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board Trustees, the following motion was made...and carried UNANIMOUSLY...

“Motion: proposed by Mr. Moore and seconded by Mrs. Goode that the Museum is opposed to flying the Confederate Battle Flag or any of its derivatives on the Museum property. Motion carried unanimously.”

Yep… that’s a motion opposing ANY derivative of a Confederate Flag ANYWHERE on museum property. This is particularly egregious when you consider that the "Museum Property" they speak of is actually is located on Confederate Memorial Park, as specified in an agreement between the State of Virginia and the United Confederate Veterans.

Complete meeting minutes can be found here: http://www.vaflaggers.com/mins03312010.pdf

~ Grayson Jennings
   Va Flaggers





"I hold concession or compromise to be fatal. If we concede an inch, concession would follow concession — compromise would follow compromise, until our ranks would be so broken that effectual resistance would be impossible."

--John C. Calhoun

Alert: Protect Sergeant Phillip Monk from Air Force Court Martial

Via Cousin John

I write to you on a matter of great urgency. After reading this letter, please sign this petition to Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning.

Today, I learned that the Air Force chain of command at Lackland Air Force Base (San Antonio, TX) has read Senior Master Sergeant Phillip Monk his Miranda rights. This is a serious matter. When a member of the armed forces is Mirandized it is a strong indication that those officials believe there has been a violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

As you may recall, Sgt. Monk was relieved of his duties on June 25^th when he refused to agree with his openly lesbian commanding officer, Maj. Elisa Valenzuela, that a subordinate's expression of opposition to same-sex marriage constituted discrimination. Later, on August 20^th Sgt. Monk filed a petition for redress with Valenzuela under the UCMJ (Article 138).

As I understand it, Sgt Monk is now under investigation for making false official statements (UCMJ 107) for stating publicly and to the press that he believed he was being discriminated against due to his Christian beliefs. These are not even official statements, friends. These are trumped up charges.

This investigation is nothing more than intimidation. The Air Force is telling Christian service members that if you are a target of religious discrimination, you must remain silent about it or risk court martial.

Sign our petition to Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning as we ask him to intervene immediately and protect the religious liberties of all service members -- not just Senior Master Sergeant Monk alone.

Sincerely,

Lt. Gen. (US Army-Ret.) William "Jerry" Boykin
Executive Vice President

The Shortest Books of All Time

Via Cousin John

 

MY BLACK GIRLFRIENDS

By Tiger Woods

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MY CHRISTIAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS

AND HOW I HELPED AFTER KATRINA

By Rev Jesse Jackson & Rev Al Sharpton

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THINGS I CANNOT AFFORD

By Bill Gates

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THINGS I WOULD NOT DO FOR MONEY

By Dennis Rodman

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THINGS WE KNOW TO BE TRUE

By Al Gore and John Kerry

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GUIDE TO THE PACIFIC

By Amelia Earhart

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HOW TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST

By Dr. Jack Kevorkian

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TO ALL THE MEN WE HAVE LOVED BEFORE

By Ellen de Generes and Rosie O'Donnell

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GUIDE TO DATING ETIQUETTE

By Mike Tyson

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THE AMISH PHONE DIRECTORY

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MY PLAN TO FIND THE REAL KILLERS

By O. J. Simpson

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HOW TO DRINK AND DRIVE SAFELY

By Ted Kennedy

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MY BOOK OF MORALS

By Bill Clinton

With introduction by The Rev. Jesse Jackson

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MY COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF MILITARY STRATEGY

By Nancy Pelosi

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THINGS I DID TO DESERVE THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
By Barack Obama

Obama relying on student's spin on Syria?

 

McCain, Kerry also informed by 26-year-old at Georgetown

Evidence is mounting that the strategy by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Secretary of State John F. Kerry to cast members of the Free Syria Army as “moderates” among the rebel forces opposing the government of Bashir al-Assad was the brain-child of Elizabeth O’Bagy, a 26-year-old graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in Arab studies and political science at Georgetown University, who is working on a dissertation on woman’s militancy.

In his testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday, Kerry cited O’Bagy, arguing that the war in Syria is “not being waged entirely or even predominately by dangerous Islamists and al-Qaida die-hards,” but rather the struggle is being led but “moderate opposition forces – a collection of groups known as the Free Syria Army.”

Kerry was citing an opinion piece O’Bagy wrote for the Wall Street Journal on Aug. 30 titled “On the Front Lines of Syria’s Civil War.” It ran with a tag-line “The conventional wisdom – that jihadists are running the rebellion [in Syria] – is not what I’ve witnessed on the ground.”

The O’Bagy narrative, however, is contradicted by intelligence estimates and experts specializing in the region.

More @ WND

No choice but to attack Syria........

Via Blue

Remington, Lapua lower prices on premium ammo and components

 

With ammo returning to store shelves in fits and starts, it’s clear that most ammunition manufacturers have focused their tooling on the common and popular calibers, leaving many niche shooters out.

Some types of ammo, like 300 AAC Blackout and 6.5 Grendel are nearly worth their weight in gold, if you can find them.

The good news is that Remington and Lapua are working to get hard-to-find ammo and components into shooters’ hands.

More @ GUNS

San Jose man killed in San Mateo gunbattle during robbery

Via Equal Force

 

A San Mateo man was wounded during a gunbattle late Wednesday with three thieves -- that left a San Jose man dead and another suspect hospitalized -- after they burst into his home, police said.

Bryant Ma, 23, was the alleged armed robber killed in the gunfire that erupted about 11:30 p.m. inside a home in the 1500 block of Lodi Avenue, according to the San Mateo County Coroner's Office. The two other suspects, whose names were not released, were expected to be arrested on murder charges for his death, San Mateo police Deputy Chief Mike Callagy said.

The 24-year-old resident who fired at the alleged robbers was wounded in the shoulder but was expected to survive his injuries. Callagy declined to say what the thieves took during the home invasion robbery and said it remains unclear why the suspects targeted the home on a typically quiet residential street. Police said they are not aware of any previous problems at the home that could be related to the robbery.

                                                               More @ Mercury News

PL 101 Concept

Via szhaman

Polish to English translation

Car Direct Support
conceptual model

DIRECT SUPPORT CAR TRACK IS combat armored vehicle, which significantly improve the potential POLISH ARMED FORCES FIGHTING. VEHICLE has high mobility and good firepower AND HIGHER LEVEL OF PROTECTION CREW.

The main task of the Direct Support Car is destroying armored targets and manpower potential adversary that could endanger other vehicles such as wheeled armored personnel carriers and infantry combat vehicles which are not equipped with adequate resources to fight the fire to allow such a threat.

 

An Open Letter to Barack Obama from a Vietnam Veteran: "The Muslim Brotherhood are the BAD GUYS and everyone else COULD be our friends."

Mr. Barack Obama
The White House
Washington, D.C.

Mr. Obama:

While watching the news recently (there is only ONE channel that actually broadcasts "news" so you most likely missed it) there was much discussion about your all too familiar inability to make a decision that would actually benefit this country in addressing the escalating disaster in the Middle East.

I felt it my patriotic duty to try to help you sort through this mess that you have single handedly created. Please keep in mind that I am trying hard not to be overly critical of your performance in dealing with what is fast becoming a second holocaust but am simply trying to help. It would be totally inappropriate for me to be critical of someone who is so uniquely unqualified, ill equipped and massively conflicted as to what to do.

So let me offer some professional advice. Unlike yourself and your academic cronies, anarchist criminals (i.e. Bill Ayers) and your America hating Jeremiah "God Damn America" Wright that you surround yourself with, I have actually lived in the Middle East for a number of years (i.e. Iran, Saudi Arabia, etc. etc.).

I was close to the throne when Mr. Jimmy Carter threw the Shah of Iran under the bus and you are following closely in his footsteps but with far more dangerous and far reaching consequences.

More @ Freedom Outpost

Speaker of Syrian People’s Assembly to US: “If You Bomb Us, Shall We not Bleed?”

 

In a passionate letter, dated September 4, 2013, the Speaker of the People's Assembly of the Syrian Arab Republic Mohammad Jihad al-Lahham wrote to Speaker of the House John Boehner and asked that he read it before the Congress.

In the letter, al-Lahham pleaded with the United States Congress to listen not only as "fellow Parliamentarians," but also as "fathers and mothers….human beings" asking, "if you bomb us, shall we not bleed?"

The Speaker also pointed out that many innocent people would be harmed in such an attack. "Local tragedies become regional wars that led to global conflict because of the lack of communication among nations," al-Lahham writes. "We urge you to communicate with us through civilized dialogue rather than the language of fire and blood."

The Syrian Speaker says that Syria and the United States have a common enemy in what he refers to as the "Wahhabi Jihadist Ideology." In fact, he states "the hatred Wahhabi Jihadist Ideology adopted and financed by Saudis" was "the main factor of 9.11 attacks."

Al-Lahham pointed out that Syria is the "last living genuine secular state in the Middle East" and that it was the "first country that faced fundamentalist fanatic terrorism in the late seventies." His country is now facing "tens of thousands of none (sic) Syrian jihadists."

He then quotes President Franklin D. Roosevelt,

"I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made."

More @ Freedom Outpost