SGT William A. Geresy (ret)'s Blog – September 2013 Archive (17)

Even as President Obama and his administration are making a last minute push to encourage enrollment in Obamacare, a quiet change was made on the Healthcare.gov website regarding those who will still not be able to afford coverage after the program kicks in. From at least June 26, 2013 to as recently as …

Senior White House adviser Dan  Pfeiffer on Thursday  compared  Republican lawmakers to suicide bombers as  the showdown over a  possible  government shutdown intensified.

“We  are for cutting  spending, we are for reforming our tax code,  we are  for  reforming  entitlements,” Mr. …

According to sources on the Hill, there is growing support among Senate Republicans to support Sens. Cruz and Lee's efforts to scuttle Sen. Harry Reid's attempt to reinstate ObamaCare funding in the House Continuing Resolution. On Friday, the Senate is set to vote for cloture on the CR, which, if successful, will then allow Reid to resurrect ObamaCare funding with a simple majority. The effort by Cruz and Lee will most likely fail, but each additional GOP Senator that joins their block is…

Below is my letter I e-mailed to Michigan Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabinow.  Levin is retiring at the end of 2014.  This does give Michiganders a chance to have a voice finally in the US Senate.

Dear Senators Levin and Stabinow:

The US House has boldly listened to the American People and sent the Senate a bill that funds the Government without funding the “train wreck” (the quote is from a Democrat Senator) that is the “Affordable” Care Act.

The…

'Most people today who occupy those positions are corrupt individuals'

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has no  Catholic right to be  granted Communion, said the leading cardinal of the  highest court at the  Vatican.

Mrs. Pelosi should be denied Communion  until she changes her advocacy views  on abortion, Cardinal Raymond  Leo Burke said, according to…

The U.S. military and tattoos have an entangled history. The rise of the tattoo in popular culture started with floods of inked veterans—especially from World War II—returning home with them. The first tattoo parlor in New York City, established in 1846, served to mark up Civil War soldiers.

It is that strong history that's probably the reason why a blog post on the Army's website…

More  and more leftists are becoming unhinged and revealing their brutal inner  totalitarian. The latest is a fundraiser at the University of California, San  Francisco, one of the nation's top medical schools.  An official  at that medical…

The following is a press release from the Office of Leo Vasquez, Tax Assessor-Collector & Voter Registrar for Harris County, Texas regarding the recent findings of possible voter fraud in Harris County:Harris County Voter Registrar Leo Vasquez revealed findings of possible voter registration problems perpetrated by organizations targeting the Houston area.“The integrity of the Voter Roll of Harris County, Texas, appears to be under an organized and systematic attack by the group…

American Thinker

By Jack  Cashill     

USIS, the Falls Church government contractor that handled the background check for National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, said Thursday that it also vetted Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis for his ­secret-level clearance in 2007.

The company, which is under criminal investigation over whether it misled the government about the thoroughness of its background checks, said earlier this week that it had not handled Alexis’s case.…

SSgt Bruce A. Lockhart U.S Air Force

(1965-1969)



PLEASE DESCRIBE WHO OR WHAT INFLUENCED YOUR

DECISION TO JOIN THE AIR FORCE?



In April of 1965, I was a 20 year old

kid, living alone, pumping gas for a living, having no skills and no idea how to

proceed. Watching the news about the war in Vietnam made me realize that maybe I

could contribute. At just about that…

Correction: An earlier version of this story understated the number of groups represented by the the American Center for Law and Justice.

WASHINGTON — Newly uncovered IRS documents show the agency flagged political groups based on the content of their literature, raising concerns specifically about "anti-Obama rhetoric," inflammatory language and "emotional" statements made by non-profits seeking tax-exempt status.

The internal 2011 documents,…

When it comes to K–12 education, the nation’s most important election this November may be in Douglas County, Colorado. While most of today’s eye-catching education fights involve high-profile contests in big cities, one of the nation’s most significant struggles may be playing out, largely unnoticed, in this affluent Denver suburb. Here in Colorado’s third-largest school district, with 65,000 students — an enrollment larger than Washington, D.C.’s and as large as…

AUSTIN, Texas -- The Texas National Guard refused to process requests from same-sex couples for benefits on Tuesday despite a Pentagon directive to do so, while Mississippi won't issue applications from state-owned offices. Both states cited their respective bans on gay marriage.

Tuesday was the first working day that gays in the military could apply for benefits after the Pentagon announced it would recognize same-sex marriages. The Department of Defense had announced that it would…

RACINE, Wis. – Teachers unions are facing increased pressure to justify their  existence.

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Apparently that’s too much for some of the more passionate members, and  they’re lashing out in ugly ways at those they perceive as enemies.

Their enemy list includes…

TUCUMCARI, N.M. - Most Presidential libraries are constructed after the President completes his term. However, according to KOAT-ABC, a New Mexico man has determined the location for President Obama's library and has marked it with a sign that is sparking controversy in one small town. 

The sign rests on top of an outhouse. It reads: Obama's…