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“Verity
- the quality or state of being true or real; Balderdash –
nonsense.”
Miriam-Webster
Online Dictionary
Shape Up!
Act Like an American!
Verities
& Balderdash
Edited By
Bob Robinson
From a
Reader who says “When you get old enough... you can say it like it is,
and not
worry about retribution!”
He adds
that “Even Snopes tried its hardest to say it was false, but in the
end, they
had to declare it true. Snopes checked and approved...
“This
venerable and much honored WW II vet is well known in Hawaii for his
seventy-plus years of service to patriotic organizations and causes all
over
the country. A humble man without a political bone in his body, he has
never
spoken out before about a government official, until now. He dictated
this
letter to a friend, signed it and mailed it to the president.”
Dear
President Obama,
My name is
Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13 of this year. People
meeting me for
the first time don’t believe my age because I remain wrinkle free and
pretty
much mentally alert.
I enlisted
in the U.S. Navy in 1934 and served proudly before, during and after WW
II
retiring as a Master Chief Bos’n Mate. Now I live in a “rest home”
located on
the western end of Pearl Harbor, allowing me to keep alive the memories
of 23
years of service to my country.
One of the
benefits of my age, perhaps the only one, is to speak my mind, blunt
and direct
even to the head man.
So here
goes.
I am
amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I do, but
you
seem hell bent not to grant me that wish.
I can’t
figure out what country you are the president of. You fly around the
world
telling our friends and enemies despicable lies like:
“We’re no
longer a Christian nation”
“America is
arrogant” - (Your wife even announced to the world, “America is
mean-spirited.”
Please tell her to try preaching that nonsense to 23 generations of our
war
dead buried all over the globe who died for no other reason than to
free a
whole lot of strangers from tyranny and hopelessness.)
I’d say
shame on the both of you, but I don’t think you like America, nor do I
see an
ounce of gratefulness in anything you do, for the obvious gifts this
country
has given you. To be without shame or gratefulness is a dangerous thing
for a
man sitting in the White House.
After 9/11
you said, “America hasn’t lived up to her ideals.”
Which ones
did you mean? Was it the notion of personal liberty that 11,000 farmers
and
shopkeepers died for to win independence from the British? Or maybe the
ideal
that no man should be a slave to another man, that 500,000 men died for
in the
Civil War? I hope you didn’t mean the ideal 470,000 fathers, brothers,
husbands, and a lot of fellas I knew personally died for in WWII,
because we
felt real strongly about not letting any nation push us around, because
we
stand for freedom.
I don’t
think you mean the ideal that says equality is better than
discrimination. You
know the one that a whole lot of white people understood when they
helped to
get you elected.
Take a little
advice from a very old geezer, young man.
Shape up
and start acting like an American. If you don’t, I’ll do what I can to
see you
get shipped out of that fancy rental on Pennsylvania Avenue. You were
elected
to lead not to bow, apologize and kiss the hands of murderers and
corrupt
leaders who still treat their people like slaves.
And just
who do you think you are telling the American people not to jump to
conclusions
and condemn that Muslim major who killed 13 of his fellow soldiers and
wounded
dozens more. You mean you don’t want us to do what you did when that
white cop
used force to subdue that black college professor in Massachusetts, who
was
putting up a fight? You don’t mind offending the police calling them
stupid but
you don’t want us to offend Muslim fanatics by calling them what they
are,
terrorists.
One more
thing. I realize you never served in the military and never had to
defend your
country with your life, but you’re the Commander-in-Chief now, son. Do
your
job. When your battle-hardened field General asks you for 40,000 more
troops to
complete the mission, give them to him. But if you’re not in this fight
to win,
then get out. The life of one American soldier is not worth the best
political
strategy you’re thinking of.
You could
be our greatest president because you face the greatest challenge ever
presented to any president. You’re not going to restore American
greatness by
bringing back our bloated economy. That’s not our greatest threat.
Losing the
heart and soul of who we are as Americans is our big fight now. And I
sure as
hell don’t want to think my president is the enemy in this final battle.
Sincerely,
Harold B.
Estes
Snopes
confirms as true. Click here to see a photo and
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Mr. Estes.
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