Okay, the Angry White Mom is pissed off again. Another one of those emails landed in my inbox today and it has set me off. This one, purportedly originally from a retired Admiral, is titled “Disturbing Information On Our Wonderful President” and reads as follows. I have changed nothing except printed it in red for clarity.


Sent by Retired Vice Admiral Bob Scarborough, of Arlington , Va.


"I wanted to give you all some disturbing information on our wonderful president. I work with the Catch-A-Dream Foundation which provides hunting and fishing trips to children with life-threatening illnesses. This past weekend we had our annual banquet / fundraiser event in Starkville . "As a part of our program, we had scheduled Sgt. 1st Class Greg Stube, a highly decorated U.S. Army Green Beret and inspirational speaker who was severely injured while deployed overseas and didn't have much of a chance for survival to come. Greg is stationed at Ft. Bragg , NC and received permission from his commanding officer to come speak at our function. Everything was on go until Obama made a policy that NO U.S. SERVICEMAN CAN SPEAK AT ANY FAITH-BASED PUBLIC EVENTS ANYMORE. Needless to say, Greg had to cancel his speaking event with us.. Didn't know if anyone else was aware of this new policy. Wonder what kind of news we all will receive next.


You're just starting to see the Obamanation. Your religion is on the list next.? I don't know about you, but this makes me furious.

This is just how the Nazis did it in the 30's, slowly, one step at a time. If you don't see the similarities you are truly blind

After I challenged this crap in an reply email, I received a mush-mouthed apology full of the usual “I hit the wrong button” and “Oh, I just thought it was an interesting email, that’s all” and the classic “Oh! I didn’t mean for you to get this one” (oh, so basically it is okay to pass on these lies to folks who agree with you) with a link to Snopes.com. But it was clear that once his “truth” was challenged as bogus, this fine, upstanding church-going “veteran” simply could not support the email’s contention that we are all becoming slaves to the “Obamanation.”

Now, to be fair, it did take this original writer three whole paragraphs to mention the Nazi thing. I mean, for these right-wing nutjob liars that is probably a personal best. Well, needless to say, as the daughter of a career Air Force physician, the niece of a WWII Marine hero, and the mother of a West Point Cadet, the Angry White Mom was outraged.by the LYING TRASH contained in this email, which supposedly came to me from a veteran. But if you ask me, no veteran worth his salt would pass on this type of outright lie about military policy, or incite this kind of hatred toward our Commander-in-Chief.

THE TRUTH is that this policy is an old old old concept that has NOTHING TO DO WITH OBAMA. There is nothing “new” about it. Let me explain.

Throughout time, and certainly in the modern era, warriors who are serving their country SUSPEND THEIR OWN RIGHTS TO PROTECT OURS.

Get it? They willingly, consciously, and with complete understanding, realize that while in uniform they represent our whole country, as diverse as it is, not just the white, anglo-teutonic protestant majority. When a service man or woman puts on our nation’s uniform – as a marine, soldier, sailor or airman, they shed their own public expression of opinion, of politics, of policy. This doesn’t mean that they are not allowed to have their own opinions, it means that until they are no longer on active duty, they are expected to maintain the dignity of the armed services and refrain from making their comments public.

Why? Okay, here it is again. Because they represent our whole country. But their opinions are their own. It is their duty to not besmirch the honor of our nation. And if it is one thing warriors understand it is duty. And honor. Something apparently these “veterans” who make up this kind of email have forgotten.

I doubt if General McChrystal will be forgetting this concept, since the reason his Boss had to fire him is because of this same sad mistake. When your opinion is more important than the truth, than duty, than honor, then you are really on thin ice.

And the Angry White Mom is watching.