We at the Patriot Perspective have introduced you to this lady before: Two Ducks in a Pond – Dolores Huerta and Hilda Solis President Barack Obama awards American labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday. AP Photo The last time we discussed Ms. Huerta, she and [...]
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On Women In Combat: Part 3 – More About Rangers Going Co-ed
Posted: May 28, 2012 by ShortTimer in Leftists, political correctness, Progressives and Left, United States Army, US MilitaryVia Weaponsman: It was clear that nobody’s opinion was being solicited. The message came from the Chief of Staff of the Army, and the order seems to have come from echelons above him: Ranger School will admit women within a few months. And the women will pass, whatever it takes. Female officers have complained that [...]
Brett Kimberlin and Free Speech
Posted: May 25, 2012 by ShortTimer in Crime, Journalism, Leftists, Progressives and Left, terrorismLong story short, Brett Kimberlin is a terrorist. Patterico/Liberty Chick has the story here. Kimberlin set bombs in the 1970s to distract from a criminal case child molestation case that was going after him. [Kimberlin] spent nearly 17 years in prison after being convicted of launching a week-long bombing spree that terrorized the residents of [...]
On Women In Combat: Part 2 – Rangers Going Co-ed
Posted: May 18, 2012 by ShortTimer in Marine Corps, political correctness, Progressives and Left, United States Army, US MilitaryRangers Lead The Way! The Army is addressing the specifics of the plan to allow female soldiers to join infantry battalions and – associated with that move – to make the prestigious Ranger School co-ed, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said Wednesday. The Army’s top leader said he wants to give women every [...]
On Women In Combat
Posted: May 15, 2012 by ShortTimer in hot chicks, Marine Corps, political correctness, Progressives and Left, US MilitaryNoOneOfAnyImport reblogged and commented on a post from a little while back about female Marines going to Infantry Officer School: I found an interesting development and good analysis over at The Patriot Perspective. Saying that women don’t belong isn’t too popular a stance nowadays. Still, it needs saying sometimes. It doesn’t mean women should have [...]
Gun Control and Words
Posted: April 28, 2012 by ShortTimer in Government, Guns, Liberal Fascists, Progressives and Left, Second AmendmentOver at Huffpo, this lefty starts the usual lefty spiel that “it’s time to change names, people are on to us!”: Gun “Control” is an anachronism. Look at the exact wording of the Pew question: “What do you think is more important — to protect the right of Americans to own guns, or to control [...]
Gunwalker Update: The Third Gun, White House Targeting Investigative Journalist Katie Pavlich
Posted: April 22, 2012 by ShortTimer in Corruption, Department of Justice, Government, Journalism, Leftists, lies, Media, Operation Gunwalker, Progressives and Left, Second AmendmentTags: ATF, Fast & Furious
Via the Washington Free Beacon: The Department of Justice is using the liberal “watchdog” group Media Matters for America to deflect questions about the Fast and Furious scandal, including those regarding a gun that might have been used in the murder of a U.S. Border Patrol agent. A new book raises questions as to whether [...]
Female Marines to Infantry Officer School
Posted: April 19, 2012 by ShortTimer in Marine Corps, political correctness, Progressives and Left, US MilitaryVia the insulting leftist social-engineers at Gannett Marine Corps Times: The Marine Corps school that produces infantry combat officers will enroll its first-ever female students this year, Marine Corps Times has learned. As part of the service’s extensive research campaign to determine what additional jobs could be opened to women, an undetermined number of volunteers [...]