tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post2915737335156436334..comments2022-11-16T06:07:48.763-05:00Comments on 6079 Smith, W: The Hero and the FlukeDerek Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11458686376012366986noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-18555160466386023532012-03-13T09:50:33.623-04:002012-03-13T09:50:33.623-04:00Anonymous - "fake but accurate" a la Rat...Anonymous - "fake but accurate" a la Rathergate well said. Thank you for your comment.Derek Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458686376012366986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-27374765812484636032012-03-13T08:32:52.284-04:002012-03-13T08:32:52.284-04:00Exactly why should anyone, ever, under any circums...Exactly why should anyone, ever, under any circumstance reply to the arguments of a fraud? When will these people stop drinking the "fake but accurate!" Kool-Ade?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-89309479931420709302012-03-10T19:40:07.027-05:002012-03-10T19:40:07.027-05:00Six - Cheers mate! Your point about Ms. Campbell d...Six - Cheers mate! Your point about Ms. Campbell doing what's right with out the DNC behind her makes a lot of sense. Would I have the Courage to do what she did. I am not so sure. But I will now thanks to her. Thank you for your comment. hehe Constipated weassles I love it...Derek Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458686376012366986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-76528195718811591522012-03-10T19:26:19.687-05:002012-03-10T19:26:19.687-05:00It's a question of integrity and you've hi...It's a question of integrity and you've hit it right on the head. One woman does the right thing at a dear personal cost and then refuses to hop on the victim bandwagon. The other manipulates a confrontation and stands to reap a personal gain from liberal support. Who's integrity is intact? Who do you want your daughter to grow up to emulate? I think the answer is as clear as the distinction between these two women. Yeah, I'd serve with and for Meilissa Campbell any day and, as a veteran, am proud to call her my sister.<br />Well said Mister Alexander.Sixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572583408046642437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-61590783369779677672012-03-10T19:10:28.927-05:002012-03-10T19:10:28.927-05:00Anonymous - That's just it. Ms. Campbell goes ...Anonymous - That's just it. Ms. Campbell goes unnoticed because she is not looking for kootoes she just sees a wrong and makes it right. Then moves on. Fluke and her ilk are nothing more than elitist who have their world view that the rest of us must bow down to because we are too stupid to think for ourselves.<br /><br />Thank you for stopping by.Derek Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458686376012366986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-63093183399365714232012-03-10T19:00:10.868-05:002012-03-10T19:00:10.868-05:00Who is exposing it? Certainly not the media... the...Who is exposing it? Certainly not the media... they are in on it. At last check roughly 17K people out of a country of 320M viewed the combined panel hearings. You can bet none of those viewers included anyone from the media. The press is dead.<br /><br />I agree with GreyLocke, Campbell is awesome, meh to Fluke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-65761707034306337302012-03-10T18:39:16.099-05:002012-03-10T18:39:16.099-05:00Crazy Uncle - Thank you for the shout out on your ...Crazy Uncle - Thank you for the shout out on your blog.Derek Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458686376012366986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-86341379733775674412012-03-10T18:13:58.485-05:002012-03-10T18:13:58.485-05:00Anonymous - thank you for the comment. I did see t...Anonymous - thank you for the comment. I did see the shenanagans that the Dems ans specifically Pelosi pulled to get her in the hearing. What kind of stuns me is that they didn't think anybody would check up on Fluke.<br /><br />Do you think this kind of nonsense hurts their cause or helps it when they are exposed as frauds?Derek Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458686376012366986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-57974823704713592962012-03-10T18:10:32.341-05:002012-03-10T18:10:32.341-05:00GreyLocke - Thank you for the comment. Couldn'...GreyLocke - Thank you for the comment. Couldn't agree more.Derek Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458686376012366986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-52283915598789002072012-03-10T16:22:08.224-05:002012-03-10T16:22:08.224-05:00Thank you for a very insightful post. Ms. Campbel...Thank you for a very insightful post. Ms. Campbell is a true citizen of America. Ms Fluke, meh......Mark/GreyLockehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11801317480220161225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-77712234897276903522012-03-10T15:58:17.947-05:002012-03-10T15:58:17.947-05:00The hearing was about separation of church and sta...The hearing was about separation of church and state not women's health issues. The federal gov't forcing the church through their (self insured) insurance plans to pay for something that goes against the tenets of their religion. Whether the church pays directly out of pocket or through their insurance company they are still being forced to pay for birth control/abortions which violates their right to exercise freedom of religion. Ms. Fluke was a plant all along. She was invited at the last minute to speak on a topic she was not qualified to speak on, in place of a female minister Democrats had asked to speak (and was qualified). The Dems knew she wouldn't be allowed to speak under the circumstances; not qualified, less than 24 hours before the hearings, which played perfectly into their plan of false accusations with a camera and mic in the room. All the calls for "where are the women?" were staged. The second panel consisted of five people, two being women. All the people complaining about "missing women on the panel" mysteriously were missing themselves for second hearing. This was purely to get sound bites in and change the topic from Obama unconstitutionally usurping First Amendment Rights: Freedom of Religion and the right to exercise it. It was a diversion tactic that played well with the feminist crowd. Obama's polling numbers have been low with women lately. How else to get the base fired up. How do I know? I watched the hearings. Stay focused, he is good at changing the subject in his favor.<br />http://oversight.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1598%3A2-16-12-qlines-crossed-separation-of-church-and-state-has-the-obama-administration-trampled-on-freedom-of-religion-and-freedom-of-conscienceq&catid=12&Itemid=1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-55042704732231269862012-03-10T14:50:44.755-05:002012-03-10T14:50:44.755-05:00She forgot to mention that her boyfriend's fam...She forgot to mention that her boyfriend's family is not only quite wealthy, but they're huge Democratic contributors. She also forgot to mention that she was jetting off to California for spring break. Why isn't her boyfriend helping her with her $9 per month birth control? She also forgot to mention that Georgetown offers birth control to faculty and staff through their insurance programs -- they probably don't want to raise student fees any more as many students don't want to subsidize other student's recreation sex. Other than that, her story was full dubious claims and "friend of a friend" accounts. One of the "voices" told her she was raped but she didn't think the school provided medical care to victims of sexual assault? The girl who lost an ovary has a case for medical malpractice, but she wants to focus on the schools lack of "free" birth control? C'mon, you believe this??HerrHayekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181543907596105738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-11552257035474094962012-03-10T13:02:06.181-05:002012-03-10T13:02:06.181-05:00Herr Hayek - Couldn't have put it better espec...Herr Hayek - Couldn't have put it better especially the Ivy League vs. Public Education. Thank you very much for your comment.Derek Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458686376012366986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-52495183493621899632012-03-10T12:27:08.947-05:002012-03-10T12:27:08.947-05:00Apparently your liberal bias got in the way of act...Apparently your liberal bias got in the way of actually reading their resumes. Campbell has more experience than just the Marine Corp, although if you've ever been in the service, you'd know this often includes incredible responsibility for such a young person, e.g. multimillion-dollar equipment, lives, rules of engagement, etc. From what I can tell, she's a person of character; Fluke not so much. She has college course work and actual work experience; Fluke knows lots of about gender equality and feminist studies...not sure how that will help with the academic analysis you seem to think is only learned in the Ivy League. I graduated with a bachelors and an MBA from a Big 10 university. I'd take a Big 10 grad over pampered Ivy Leaguer any day, but that's just my bias. I'd also take a Marine over an OWS protester, but I biased...I also served in the Marines. <br /><br />These things matter in business. I know, I've run a few. The clowns at MF Global and Fannie Mae included plenty of Ivy Leaguers.<br /><br />I live in Houston and do a lot of work in oil and gas, e.g. E&P, oil field services, pipelines, etc. You'd be better off down here with a degree from UT or A&M than Harvard or Oberlin. Pedigree and how much your daddy wasted on your 12 years of liberal-driven education is not so important here, but character certainly is.HerrHayekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181543907596105738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-12416147896399770592012-03-10T12:03:18.436-05:002012-03-10T12:03:18.436-05:00Hobie - Right back atcha.Hobie - Right back atcha.Derek Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458686376012366986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-57232605424581810062012-03-10T12:02:30.723-05:002012-03-10T12:02:30.723-05:00Anonymous - Thank you very much for your comment. ...Anonymous - Thank you very much for your comment. Point taken. I do think you are correct that I merged two objectives (never a good thing to do) rather than staying on topic. I do the same thing when I write fiction, I will fall in love with at phrase even though it doesn't fit in the paragraph/Story.<br /><br />A word about your point about it depends on what job they are applying for. It has been my experience that former military folks have much better character/work ethic than those who have not served. That plus I have met several folks from Ivy league schools and almost always I found no difference between them and folks from public schools. Just an observation of mine.<br /><br />Thank you again for your comment and I will try to be more focused in the future.Derek Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458686376012366986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-50793381990369261722012-03-10T11:12:39.432-05:002012-03-10T11:12:39.432-05:00Semper Fidelis!Semper Fidelis!Hobiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13393344788210904114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-63081626530028807872012-03-10T11:03:15.006-05:002012-03-10T11:03:15.006-05:00You have a VERY good argument going on in there, b...You have a VERY good argument going on in there, but the anti-Liberal (big L) pro-Republican vibe all throughout tarnishes it quite a bit with bias. Underpinning everything you say is true, but I really start wanting to tune out when you say things like we're the ones that are going to pay for insurance, etc. - the point should be how she misrepresented herself. She may have a point in addressing contraception, but how she came about it was totally wrong. I think your arguments would be much clearer if you steered away from pro-right wing talk when proving a point. the biggest example is how a marine-corp serviceman would be hired over an ivy-leaguer all other things considered. Really? What's the job? If we're going to war or even business strategy probably the corpsman but what if you need something that actually requires academic analysis? I hope my point is clear. <br /><br />Thanks for the info!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-30088616460323513932012-03-10T08:58:49.800-05:002012-03-10T08:58:49.800-05:00Anonymous - thank you for your comment. But I must...Anonymous - thank you for your comment. But I must beg to differ on a couple of your points.<br /><br />Firstly, Ms. Fluke did indeed hide who she was. When she testified she was identified as a typical 23 year old law school student just trying to make it in this crazy world. When in fact she is a 30 extremist who went specifically to Georgetown to pick a fight.<br /><br />Second, i find it amusing that you say that its the insurance company who will pay for her contraception. Who do you think pays the insurance companies? Their customers of course. If these companies are forced to pay for Ms. Fluke's contraception - they, being bottom line minded folks, will pass that cost on to those who pay their insurance premiums - so yes I will ultimately have to pay for her to have sex.<br /><br />You are correct in that I did ignore her argument to some degree but that was not the purpose of this post. What I intended to do here was to draw a distinction between a real feminist and one who plays on on TV. My apologies if that was unclear.<br /><br />Thank you again for your post.Derek Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458686376012366986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-47037921052665940952012-03-10T08:44:20.730-05:002012-03-10T08:44:20.730-05:00Dude, you engaged in the same character assassinat...Dude, you engaged in the same character assassination, and failed to respond to her arguments. <br /><br />She never hid who she was, and went to Congress as a response to the all male anti contraception lets go back to the 18th century silliness that passes for GOP politics these days.<br /><br />You were more polite than calling her a slut, but politeness still does not excuse character assassination as you utterly ignored her arguments.<br /><br />You don't want abortions but you dont want contraceptions either (and this is private insurance, not taxpayer money)<br /><br />The world has moved on from this fight since Griswold v Connecticut in 1965 -- and so should you.<br /><br />The 21st century beckons -- come visit us sometime<br /><br /><br />-Former Moderate Republican, now living int he 21st CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-79869778464375869902012-03-10T08:26:16.959-05:002012-03-10T08:26:16.959-05:00Grumpyunk - Thanks for the comment. Love your site...Grumpyunk - Thanks for the comment. Love your site by the way.Derek Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458686376012366986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-81306162109541565662012-03-10T08:23:38.405-05:002012-03-10T08:23:38.405-05:00Lizardbrain - Thanks for the comment and the corre...Lizardbrain - Thanks for the comment and the correction. Us old Air Force folks just get it close sometimes. Thanks for your service as well. Semper Fi!Derek Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458686376012366986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-35212681065507813942012-03-10T08:05:12.677-05:002012-03-10T08:05:12.677-05:00I had not heard the story of Ms Campbell before re...I had not heard the story of Ms Campbell before reading this. Her story proves that sometimes doing the right thing may cost ya, but it's always the right thing to do. <br /><br />Recent events had me out of the loop during the Fluke affair and I had no idea she was a plant from the start.<br /><br />Very nicely done and a great way to start my day today. Thank you.Grumpyunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494777446194872126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-73863943941664762992012-03-10T07:43:42.595-05:002012-03-10T07:43:42.595-05:00Excellent article. Thank you for the contrast.
On...Excellent article. Thank you for the contrast.<br /><br />One little niggle (am I allowed to use that word?): The Marine Corps is not a corporation; don't forget the "s" at the end of "Corps." We Marines are touchy about that sort of thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710959760445236480.post-34603616246026377772012-03-09T23:07:31.119-05:002012-03-09T23:07:31.119-05:00Anonymous - thank you for your support.Anonymous - thank you for your support.Derek Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458686376012366986noreply@blogger.com