During his Newsmax interview Johnson said many of his views coincide with Republican candidate Ron Paul, who is now running high in the polls. He agrees with Paul that most drugs should be decriminalized and that troops should be brought home from overseas fighting.
He said the ban on drugs is responsible for the violence that has engulfed the Mexican border area. “We need to get rid of prohibition like we needed to get rid of prohibition of alcohol, to move disputes from the streets and machine guns to the courts.
“I’m one of 100 million Americans who have smoked marijuana in this country,” he admitted. “I am not behind bars because I guess I got lucky, but then most Americans have been lucky when it comes to this.”
But, he said one of the favorites for the presidency looks at it in a different way. “Newt Gingrich, in 1997, proposed the death penalty for possession of marijuana in excess of 2oz. with intent to distribute from outside of the country. Newt Gingrich has smoked marijuana. Gosh, to me this is hypocritical.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Madcow has become a Libertarian!
Via PumaByDesign
Never thought in a million years I would ever agree with anything she said, but I was wrong.
This is from 2009. See comments
This is from 2009. See comments
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
From Gates of Vienna and right on
VERBATIM
When you have answered the above questions, you can send your answers to SVT, or to your member of Parliament, or to Prime Minister Reinfeldt. But you might just as well fold them up, stick them in a bottle, insert a cork, and throw the bottle into the Gulf of Bothnia, for all the good it will do you.
After reading extensively here at Gates of Vienna, you will have come to understand why the Swedish ruling class is so determined to keep you in the dark about what they have done to your country.
If they ever had to admit the truth — that they have imported thousands and thousands of unassimilable parasitic immigrants into the country, and deliberately destroyed traditional Swedish culture to be more “inclusive” of the newcomers — they would be in a bind. They would have to do something about the problem, or face political ruin.
Doing something about it at this late date would be expensive, difficult, and possibly spark civil violence. Your rulers see no percentage in that course of action, so they prefer to continue blindly down the road they have chosen for themselves, driving their country into ruin whilst they relax in wealthy enclaves, protected from the depravity and degradation they have forced upon everyone else.
The current generation of Swedish leaders will earn themselves a dubious place in history — assuming that there is any history of this period not written in Arabic or Chinese — as the rulers who betrayed their country, who destroyed their homeland, who deliberately obliterated more than a thousand years of proud Swedish history.
And all for what?
They didn’t sell their birthright for a mess of pottage. They gave it away for nothing.
This is what Sweden has come to. This is what all of the West will eventually come to, but Sweden got there first.
You can send this post to SVT, but don’t expect them to broadcast it. The truth is the last thing they want you to hear.
Earlier this evening (around 2pm our time) a documentary about the Transatlantic Counterjihad was aired by SVT, the Swedish state broadcaster. For an hour or so our blog experienced an enormous surge in traffic, caused almost entirely by searches conducted from .se domains — i.e. in Sweden.
Presumably any number of these curious arrivals from Scandinavia have never visited Gates of Vienna in the past. So we bid you welcome! All you newcomers are invited to take a look around and read for yourselves what we have to say.
My Scandinavian contacts tell me that the SVT program was a hit-piece aimed at sites like this one, and was obviously intended to discredit and damage the Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna), in particular Kent Ekeroth. I’m also told that it featured a number of screenshots of Gates of Vienna pages, which presumably sparked all those google.se searches.
With that in mind, I suggest that our new Swedish readers spend some time going through our archives and reading what we have to offer. Fjordman’s essays will be of particular interest, but posts by El Inglés, Paul Weston, and Takuan Seiyo are also worth a look. If you work your way back month by month, you’ll find numerous translations from the Scandinavian languages, plus original essays by Norwegians, Danes, Finns, and Swedes.
When you’ve read a suitable selection of these articles, here are seven review questions you may wish to consider:
Presumably any number of these curious arrivals from Scandinavia have never visited Gates of Vienna in the past. So we bid you welcome! All you newcomers are invited to take a look around and read for yourselves what we have to say.
My Scandinavian contacts tell me that the SVT program was a hit-piece aimed at sites like this one, and was obviously intended to discredit and damage the Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna), in particular Kent Ekeroth. I’m also told that it featured a number of screenshots of Gates of Vienna pages, which presumably sparked all those google.se searches.
With that in mind, I suggest that our new Swedish readers spend some time going through our archives and reading what we have to offer. Fjordman’s essays will be of particular interest, but posts by El Inglés, Paul Weston, and Takuan Seiyo are also worth a look. If you work your way back month by month, you’ll find numerous translations from the Scandinavian languages, plus original essays by Norwegians, Danes, Finns, and Swedes.
When you’ve read a suitable selection of these articles, here are seven review questions you may wish to consider:
| 1. | Now that you have read the actual essays written by contributors to this site, does the description of Gates of Vienna presented by SVT seem to reflect accurately what you have found here? | |
| 2. | Do our articles incite violence, as asserted by your state broadcaster? | |
| 3. | Do we, the Islam-critics of the Transatlantic Counterjihad, seem more violent and dangerous than the hundreds of thousands of third-world immigrants that your government has invited into Sweden? | |
| 4. | You have now acquired a concise working knowledge of Islamic scripture, theology, and jurisprudence. Do you agree with your taxpayer-funded television company that the Sweden Democrats pose a greater danger to Sweden than the Muslim immigrants who inhabit the no-go zones of Malmö, Gothenburg, and the suburbs of Stockholm? | |
| 5. | Do you think your political leaders truly have your interests, the interests of the indigenous people of Sweden, at heart? Or are they instead serving the interests of supranational organizations, such as the European Union, the United Nations, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation? | |
| 6. | Be honest: are you comfortable with the idea of living with a majority — or even a substantial minority — of Muslim immigrants in the neighborhoods around you? With their children making up the bulk of the pupils at your local schools? With the Islamic men with their multiple wives and numerous children drawing extensive welfare payments? Or would you prefer that Sweden be mainly populated by “persons of Swedish background”? | |
| 7. | If you have fair-haired blue-eyed children under the age of ten, what kind of life do you envision for them in, say, the year 2030? How about 2050? |
When you have answered the above questions, you can send your answers to SVT, or to your member of Parliament, or to Prime Minister Reinfeldt. But you might just as well fold them up, stick them in a bottle, insert a cork, and throw the bottle into the Gulf of Bothnia, for all the good it will do you.
After reading extensively here at Gates of Vienna, you will have come to understand why the Swedish ruling class is so determined to keep you in the dark about what they have done to your country.
If they ever had to admit the truth — that they have imported thousands and thousands of unassimilable parasitic immigrants into the country, and deliberately destroyed traditional Swedish culture to be more “inclusive” of the newcomers — they would be in a bind. They would have to do something about the problem, or face political ruin.
Doing something about it at this late date would be expensive, difficult, and possibly spark civil violence. Your rulers see no percentage in that course of action, so they prefer to continue blindly down the road they have chosen for themselves, driving their country into ruin whilst they relax in wealthy enclaves, protected from the depravity and degradation they have forced upon everyone else.
The current generation of Swedish leaders will earn themselves a dubious place in history — assuming that there is any history of this period not written in Arabic or Chinese — as the rulers who betrayed their country, who destroyed their homeland, who deliberately obliterated more than a thousand years of proud Swedish history.
And all for what?
They didn’t sell their birthright for a mess of pottage. They gave it away for nothing.
This is what Sweden has come to. This is what all of the West will eventually come to, but Sweden got there first.
You can send this post to SVT, but don’t expect them to broadcast it. The truth is the last thing they want you to hear.
Happy Bill of Rights Day!
Celebrate Bill of Rights Day on December 15, 2011 and help guarantee our freedoms endure!
The amendments in the Bill of Rights do not “give” anyone anything. However, the Bill of Rights protections do stop the government from doing certain things. This kind of limited government is the essence of liberty: the freedom to act without unauthorized restraint.
The addition of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution was celebrated as a victory for the champions of individual liberty. But for the Bill of Rights to remain more than what Madison referred to as a “parchment barrier,” citizens must understand the content and meaning.
A Culturally Enriched Repeat Offender
The video below is from Danish television, and features a traffic stop by the police. The suspect is a repeat offender — 48 previous citations for driving without a license. Yet he is absolutely certain that the police only stop him because they are “racists”. And he uses a few choice epithets against them, repeated frequently.
If you’re Danish, you can probably detect from this man’s accent that he is a culture enricher. You may even be able to identify his country of origin, but the report doesn’t specify it.
Many thanks to Steen for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling. WARNING: The culture enricher in this clip is prone to excessive use of vulgarity and obscenity, and Steen has translated his epithets faithfully for the subtitles:
LANGUAGE
As a matter of interest, this video went viral immediately after Vlad first uploaded it last night. Since then it has had about 20,000 views.
JONES COSPONSORS NO CONFIDENCE RESOLUTION ON ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER
My representative is on the ball as usual.
Washington, Dec 13 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jones is cosponsoring H.Res. 490, a resolution of no confidence in U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. The legislation was introduced yesterday by Arizona Republican Congressman Paul Goslar, and is cosponsored by 21 members including Congressman Jones. It has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee for further action. H.Res. 490 states “that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress has lost confidence in the Attorney General of the United States.” It goes on to lay out the case for why Attorney General Holder has lost the confidence of the Congress, focusing on his role in the controversial “Fast and Furious” gun-walking operation and subsequent apparent cover up. Through “Operation Fast and Furious”, the Holder Justice Department allowed thousands of firearms to be illegally sold and/or transferred to Mexican drug cartels and other foreigners. Evidence suggests some of those weapons were used in the 2010 murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. Congressman Jones was the first member of the North Carolina congressional delegation to call for Holder’s resignation.
“The outrageous gun-running operation known as Fast and Furious is the latest in a string of poor judgments made by Attorney General Holder,” said Jones. “The American people deserve the truth and Mr. Holder has failed to provide it.”
Holder appears to have knowingly given false testimony under oath regarding his knowledge of Fast and Furious, though he was briefed on the operation in July 2010. During a recent hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee, Holder even admitted that he initially misstated facts as to when he found out. In July of 2010, Attorney General Holder filed a lawsuit against the state of Arizona and Governor Jan Brewer over the state’s anti-illegal immigration policy. In February of this year, Holder and the Obama administration decided to no longer recognize the Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibits the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriage. Holder also dismissed a case against the New Black Panther Party in August of 2009 for one of the most blatant acts of voter intimidation in recent memory. |
Vietnam Babylift, My Story
Saturday April 5, 1975 Stars and Stripes
Sunday April 6, 1975 The Saigon Post
Sunday April 6, 1975 Stars and Stripes
Basic information concerning the Babylift.
Vietnam Babylift Personal Stories
Brock Townsend
I was in Vietnam in one capacity or another from October 1967 until April 1975 except for the years 1971 and 1972. From 1973 until the end, I was the Funds Manager for the South Vietnamese Air Force at Bien Hoa. An interesting note is that Bien Hoa was the busiest airport in the world during the war and I believe TSN was second.
I was diagnosed with cancer of the vocal cords in the fall of 1974 and from the moment *Twila Donelson heard of this, she was the most caring and thoughtful person imaginable towards me. I truly believe it affected her more than it did me. She was deeply concerned, as she knew I loved the water, and she gave me the address of a friend of hers in Texas, who as a Colonel had undergone the same operation, but still boated. I can't say enough about her kindness.
In the early afternoon of the day of the C5A flight, Twila entered the doorway of my office at DAO (Defense Attache Office of the American Embassy) TSN and stated that she was leaving shortly to accompany the orphans and would not be back. She stated how sorry she was that I wouldn't be going. I don't recollect what I said, but she turned to go out the door, then paused, turned around, looked at me, but without saying anything more, left. I could see the sadness that had enveloped her face, and detected tears in her eyes. A few hours later, she was dead.
Another girl that was on the flight, but survived was Thelma Thompson. I visited her in the hospital in the Philippines. She told me she had been saved by a miracle, as she had originally been seated in the bottom of the airplane, but at the last minute had been asked to go and sit up in the tail section, as they were in need of more companions for the orphans there. Although the C5A was 65 feet high, Thelma only needed one short step to reach the ground when she exited at the conclusion of the crash. As I remember, there was nothing left of the bottom part of the plane. We can only hope that the end for most was instantaneous. I understand that Thelma incurred $40,000 in medical bills and the amount the government gave her was barely sufficient to cover this and she continues to suffer today.
I first met Sally Vinyard (The last American woman to leave Vietnam) in 1969 when we both worked for NAVY/OICC in Saigon. She moved back to Fallbrook, CA after the war and I was fortunate indeed in living in her town for a few years before I moved once again. We had many a delightful evening together. I would like to back up her contention that the Babylift was not political at all. Everyone in DAO knew long before that date that the end was near, as the shredders were going all the time. Even the ever optimistic Frank Toner, who had been in Vietnam since 1952, knew by April 1st that all hope was lost. It is a shame that people and organizations try to please their agendas by inferring such. Also, Sally didn't mention that she adopted a beautiful Vietnamese girl who has grown to maturity and is the apple of her eye. But, then again, Sally has always been a very modest and unassuming person.
Although this was the first C5A flight, other South Vietnamese orphans had been flown into Oakland on Wednesday night April 2, 1975. They may have come from Danang. (Reference Stars & Stripes Saturday, April 5, 1975.) The next day's edition headlines "178 Die On Babylift " with a heartbreaking picture of a Vietnamese and an American lady carrying two orphans after the crash.
Finally, I would like to post the following second paragraph from the "Unclassified - Immediate" message dated 05 May 75 from SECNAV Washington, DC to ALNAVSTA:
"As we relocate the Navy civilian employees of the Defense Attache Office, Saigon, I note with pride the service given under adverse and sometimes dangerous conditions by the few hundred on the rolls at the last, and the several thousands who served before them in Vietnam. Particularly noted with deep regret are the thirty-one civilian employees who lost their lives in a volunteer effort in the tragic plane crash on 4 April 1975."
Brock Townsend
brocktownsend@gmail.com
(I have five half-Vietnamese daughters, two of whom were born in Saigon.)
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Operation Babylift
Operation Babylift was an effort to evacuate Vietnamese orphans, mainly of Vietnamese/ American heritage, and, as an afterthought, to reduce the American presence in Vietnam. A C-5A transport which had brought in war materiel for the RVNAF was chosen for the task. The tragedy was that a malfunction in the aft loading ramp caused it to open in flight, damaging the hydraulic/cable controls of the horizontal and vertical stabilizers on the tail. It was a miracle that anyone survived the crash at all. No doubt the skills of the aircrew were responsible for bringing the crippled aircraft so close to landing safely.
There were approximately 200 orphans on board. To tend to their needs, Defense Attache Office employees, mostly secretaries, were directed to quickly pack a bag and help the orphanage employees already working with the children. There is an effort to archive and provide information on not only the Defense Attache Office women who perished but all women who served in Vietnam. The following is a list of those who perished on 4 April 1975.
The Orphans (names unknown) 79
Orphanage Employees 8
Blanc, Birgit
Bui, David
Bui,Dolly
Bui, Michou
Bui, Tina
Makk, Lee
Moses, Margaret
Sister Ursula
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Defense Attache Office (DAO) Employees 35
Adams, Barbara
Bayot, Clara
Bertwell, Arlete
Blackburn, Helen
Bottorf, Ann
Brown, Celeste
Clark, Vivienne
Creel, Wanita
Crouch, Mary
Curtis, Dorothy
*Donelson, Twila
Drye, Helen
Eichen, Marilyn
Fuginio, Elizabeth
Gasper, Ruthanne
Herbert, Beverly
Hindman, Penelope
Hollibaugh, Vera
Howard, Dorothy
Kavulia, Barbara
Maier, Barbara
Martin, Rebecca
Martini, Sara
Middlebrook, Martha
Moore, Katherine
Polgrean, Marion
Poulton, June
Poulton, Orin
Pray, Joan
Randall, Sayonna
Reynolds, Anne
Snow, Marjorie
Stout, Barbara
Watkins, Doris
Wesley, Sharon
Civilian Dependents 5
Bell, Nora
Bell, Michael
Drye, Rohn
Moschin, Marta
Stark, Laura
USAF Military Personnel 11
Aquillon, TSGT Felizardo
Castro, MSGT Joe
Dionne, SSGT Donald
Johnson,TSGT Denning
Klinker, CPT Mary
Melton, CPT Edgar
Nance, SSGT Kenneth
Pager, SSGT Michael
Parker, TSGT William
Payne, MSGT Wendle
Willis, LTC William
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Leave No Man Behind: Bill Bell And The Search For American POW/MIAs From The Vietnam War
Bell's wife and son were killed and a daughter critically injured in April 1975, when the families of U.S. officials assigned to the American Embassy in Saigon were evacuated in conjunction with the 'Operation Babylift' program.
Tom Cotton, Farmer, Scholar, Lawyer, Warrior: Dear NYT
Via Old Virginia Blog
Dear Messrs. Keller, Lichtblau & Risen:
Congratulations on disclosing our government’s highly classified anti-terrorist-financing program (June 23). I apologize for not writing sooner. But I am a lieutenant in the United States Army and I spent the last four days patrolling one of the more dangerous areas in Iraq. (Alas, operational security and common sense prevent me from even revealing this unclassified location in a private medium like email.)
Unfortunately, as I supervised my soldiers late one night, I heard a booming explosion several miles away. I learned a few hours later that a powerful roadside bomb killed one soldier and severely injured another from my 130-man company. I deeply hope that we can find and kill or capture the terrorists responsible for that bomb. But, of course, these terrorists do not spring from the soil like Plato’s guardians. No, they require financing to obtain mortars and artillery shells, priming explosives, wiring and circuitry, not to mention for training and payments to locals willing to emplace bombs in exchange for a few months’ salary. As your story states, the program was legal, briefed to Congress, supported in the government and financial industry, and very successful.
Not anymore. You may think you have done a public service, but you have gravely endangered the lives of my soldiers and all other soldiers and innocent Iraqis here. Next time I hear that familiar explosion — or next time I feel it — I will wonder whether we could have stopped that bomb had you not instructed terrorists how to evade our financial surveillance.
And, by the way, having graduated from Harvard Law and practiced with a federal appellate judge and two Washington law firms before becoming an infantry officer, I am well-versed in the espionage laws relevant to this story and others — laws you have plainly violated. I hope that my colleagues at the Department of Justice match the courage of my soldiers here and prosecute you and your newspaper to the fullest extent of the law. By the time we return home, maybe you will be in your rightful place: not at the Pulitzer announcements, but behind bars.
Very truly yours,
Tom Cotton
Baghdad, Iraq
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