Ann Romney, The Republican Party And The Time Machine

This post is written in collaboration by all of the female members of the Howlers Den. We put our heads together to compose this essay. It is a conglomeration of all of our thoughts regarding the matter of Ann Romney's speech at the Republican National Convention. As well as our perspective on the vision her husband Mitt Romney, his Vice Presidential choice Paul Ryan and the Republican party have for our nation.

To us Ann Romney's speech appeared to hearken back to another era. As though we had entered a time machine and traveled back to the 1950's. Even her dress and hair style were reminiscent of a day which has passed us by. She spoke about women being mothers, sisters, aunts, and daughters. About the love she shares for her husband Mitt. How decent he was, a good family man. It was the speech of a woman who has lived her entire life since late adolescence within the confines of a very traditional role. Most reviews directly following the speech and today said that she had done well. But we women of the Howlers Den disagree.

The 1950's were indeed in some ways a golden time for America. Men went to work, married couples owned houses, women stayed home and cared for children. Life was simple for many. Sock hops abounded and the American dream was seen in almost every television show. Leave it to Beaver, Make Room For Daddy and the like blared across our television screens daily. But for some there were still dark days in America. Jim Crow laws abounded and 'separate but equal' meant white people lived well and other groups did not. The burning crosses of the Klan shone in the night sky. A black man who dared to look upon a white woman or express his opinion swung from a tree under the moonlight. Women bled and died in back alley rooms because abortion was illegal. Who you could love was decided by the state, interracial marriage was a crime. Poll taxes and literacy tests limited the polling places to white Americans. The disabled spent their lives in institutions, there were no community services to give them a semblance of a normal life. Young women grew old and careworn before their time. There was no birth control. Forcing them to have more children than they were mentally, emotionally and financially able to afford.

The success of women is directly related to the availability of Birth Control. Only women need such an accommodation in order to achieve upward mobility in our society. The choice of when and if to have children strongly affects women's educational and career opportunities. Even today the women who have children young, find the path to prosperity to be a long hike in the high mountains of life. New Voter ID laws similar in some ways to those poll taxes of the past are making it more difficult for the young, disadvantaged and elderly to obtain the paperwork necessary to vote. New laws have been passed all across the country seeking to limit women's access to contraceptives and abortion. The old language and perceptions that minority segments of our population are lazy have returned to haunt the present day plane of reality. All of these things have been brought into being by the Republican Party. Draconian cuts are being planned in Paul Ryan's budget regarding the poor and disabled. Trillions of dollars. While we return to a place and time where prosperity belonged to the Caucasian few. Everyone else took a back seat.

Ann Romney was not truthful with her audience. By the time she entered school her family was well off. Wealthy in fact. Her father was the founder of Jered Industries and she attended the elite Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills Michigan. While her husband to be attended the equally elite and brother school Cranbrook Academy. Neither knew what poverty was. They may have struggled a bit but it was due if reports are correct, to the fact that they wed young. Against her parents wishes in fact. So perhaps they allowed her a bit of a struggle to learn what life was really about. But did she really?

Mitt Romney believes he is a self made man but that also is not entirely the truth. All of his life he had opportunities that citizens from some segments of the population never enjoy. Just those that attended their wedding give you an idea of the privledged life that they led. Among the guests were then Congressman Gerald Ford,  Semon Knudsen and Edmund Cole. Richard Nixon sent congratulations. Not a common wedding, not a common family. Though that is the picture she attempted to present at the Republican National Convention. The snapshot of a couple that struggled for success which is far from the truth. Is Ann Romney fooling her audience or herself?

Then Ann Romney made a choice. She chose to be a stay at home Mom and not work. She had five sons. She had every right to make that choice. But there is no right for Ann Romney, her husband or the Republican Party to expect the rest of the nation's women to do the same. Many of us have chosen a different way of life. A way of life which involves career, choosing when and if to have children. Having control of our own bodies, not dictated to by the government.

The Romney family went through struggles and her husband Mitt stood by her through her health issues. He is a fine husband to her that is obvious and she is happy with her life. That is all well and good. But that does not mean that he and his Vice Presidential running mate have a good vision for America. Or necessarily that the Republican Party does either. We, the women of the Howler's Den reject the offer of the ride in Ann Romney's Time Machine. We believe that journey is not where America should go. That it is a ticket to a nation of fewer freedoms, diminished prosperity for the majority of the citizenry, and a Dream limited by sex, race and economic status. We decline the offer. Instead we reach for a soaring flight where the many thrive, freedom is equal for us all and where women make the choices pertinent to their lives.

Further OPSEC Related Postings And Donald Shannon

We'll start with the jerk Jeremy brought to our attention. He is another defender of the OPSEC liars and seems to believe that Dems don't serve in the military which is far from the truth. He also complains about paying taxes kind of like Romney and he is fairly well off himself. Here goes.

Name: Donald Gary Shannon
Occupation: Tax Consultant/ AZ Tax Org LLC
Address: 12922 East Turquoise Avenue
Scottsdale, AZ 85259
Telephone: (480) 556-1608 Fax: (253) 604-6067, (877) 733-7079
EMail: info@aztax.com
Relatives: Dien V. Nguyen, Mai Shannon, Joseph Shannon, Gary Shannon, Valerie, Kathleen

Then we have more postings from the actual associates of OPSEC Who in fact will be at the Republican National Convention. What happened to we're not a partisan group? They now have no credibility whatsoever and should be recognized for the Swiftboating scum that they all are.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mhastings/anti-obama-seals-plan-surprise-at-republican-con

The first posting is of OPSEC's attorney

Name: Efrem Mark Braden
Occupation: Attorney/OPSEC and other Conservative groups
Address: 3413 Wessynton Way
Alexandria, VA 22309
Previous: 8224 LaFaye Court
Alexandria, VA 22306
Telephone: (703) 799-0994
EMail: mbraden@bakerlaw.com
Relatives: Amanda, Marshall

Next is the production company which created the video 'Dishonorable Disclosures' which in nothing but a partisan hatchet job of the President rife with untruths and distortions.

The company itself is Greener and Hook. The following is the information of its Founders and Staff. Their generic EMail is info@greenerandhook.com

1. Name: William I Greener III
Occupation: Cofounder/Greener and Hook
Address: 417 South Saint Asaph Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Telephone: (703) 525-7251
EMail: wgreener@greenerandhook.com
Relatives: Leigh Ann, Rebecca, Billy, Ted and Jesse

2. Name: Michael J. Hook
Occupation: Cofounder/Greener and Hook
Address: 5428 Winter View Drive
Alexandria, VA 22312-3915
Telephone: (703) 212-8743
EMail: mhook@greenerandhook.com
Relative: Vicki

3. Name: Edward E. Brookover
Occupation: Chairman of Political Practice/Greener and Hook
Address: 2942 Woodlawn Avenue
Falls Church, VA 22042-1848
Telephone: (703) 534-1417
EMail: ebrookover@greenerandhook.com
Relatives: Barbara and Stacy

4. Name: Michael A Faber
Occupation: Executive Producer/Greener and Hook
Address: 42580 Magellan Square
Ashburn, VA 20148
(No Tel(ephone Available)
EMail: mfaber@greenerandhook.com
(No Relatives Listed)

5. Name: Richette McCarthy
Occupation: Office Manager/Greener and Hook
Address: 2332 N. Early Street
Alexandria, VA 22302
Previous: 4801 31st Street South, Apt B1
Arlington, VA 22206
Telephone: (703) 979-8330
EMail: rmccarthy@greenerandhook.com
Relative: Daniel, Francis

Laura Schwartz Is Pretending To Be A Gold Star Mother

Laura Schwartz who has already been posted here is pretending to be a Gold Star Mother which is horrible. Many parents have lost loved ones yet both of her sons are alive.Schwartz is not at all a Gold Star Mother. She is an awful individual who deserved to be posted here and we will continue to post her and this screenshot on military websites and military support websites.

Christine Monteith Greenland

Some of the members of SU have been lied about by another associate of Former Navy Seal Benjamin Smith. She is a member of 'Rush Babes For America' which I think says it all. Earns her the booby prize of the year for being a fanatical idiot.

Here she is.

Name: Christine Monteith Greenland
2131 SW 318th Street #1-2
Federal Way, WA 98023
Previous: 2211 S Star Lake Road Apt 1
Federal Way, WA 98003
Telephone: (253) 344-1030
(No EMail available at present)
Relatives: Joan Sandor Monteith, Christopher Monteith, Jason Greenland
Mothers Address: 7120 N. Maggie Way
Kingman, AZ 86409

Continued Postings of Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund

(Written in collaboration by Michelle, Tan, Terry and Hedgehog)

We at SU continue to study the situation involving Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund and their criticism of President Obama. We consider this criticism to be unwarranted, unfair, unjust and highly partisan in nature. The OPSEC group is being highly criticized by other members of the military and their motivations questioned. As should be.

All of them have ties to the Republican Party and Conservative groups (such as the Tea Party) though they deny it. Some have been involved in Swiftboating before, involving both Senators John Kerry and Congressman John Murtha. Their reasons  are highly questionable and without merit. Let us look at how this situation should be viewed.

In a similar example Marine Sargeant Gary Stein is being dismissed from the military for criticizing President Obama on his Facebook page. He actually stated that he would not follow the President's "unlawful orders". Now what if every time a soldier disagreed with a President they did not follow orders? What would that do to a President's authority as Commander in Chief?  The military has a long standing policy going back to the Civil War which in part says the following-
"According to Pentagon directives, military personnel in uniform cannot sponsor a political club; participate in any TV or radio program or group discussion that advocates for or against a political party, candidate or cause; or speak at any event promoting a political movement. Commissioned officers also may not use contemptuous words against senior officials, including the defense secretary or the president."
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/03/ap-marine-says-corps-kicking-him-out-for-criticism-of-president-032112/

Admiral McRaven the Special Operations Chief  has clearly been telling the troops to 'stand down'. Though he states that those who are no longer in the service are within their rights, he is highly critical of the actions of those criticizing the President. This is from an article in the Army Times.
"McRaven also took former special operators to task for "using their 'celebrity' status to advance their personal or professional agendas."
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/08/ap-mcraven-tells-troops-pipe-down-082412

Which is exactly what the members of Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund are doing and other groups that are associated with them. It is a travesty that has consequences far beyond this election. Though these individuals are no longer in the military, they violate the spirit of everything they say that they believe in. To do so for partisan gain is dishonorable and disreputable. It also erodes the confidence of the American people and the Armed Forces in President Obama the Commander in Chief. Many of them served  for a long time and retired with high rank. Other young members of the Armed Forces may look up to them, and listen to what they say. Their outspoken, public opinions encourage undisciplined behavior, an example being Sargeant Stein.

Truly they should be ashamed of themselves and the discord their activities create and encourage. Every American should look on it in this way. That it is not the Obama Administration dishonoring OPSEC, but the other way around in actuality. Admiral McRaven and Joint Chief Martin Dempsey make it clear. They are dishonoring their service, and the Armed Forces of the United States by undermining the authority of the President.

Again we post.

1. Name: Colonel James Mark Williamson (Jamie)
Associated: Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Address: 7404 Gulf Way
Hudson, FL 34667
Telephone: (727) 379-3420
EMails: jamiew@gemcorp.us, jamiew18a@yahoo.com

2. Name: Ryan Zinke
Associated; Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Address: 415  Second Street W (Some sources say 409)
Whitefish, Montana 59937
Telephone: (406) 862-0823
EMail: ryanzinke@yahoo.com
Relatives: Lolita, Jennifer, Wolfgang, Konrad

3. Name: Frederick W Rustmann Jr.
Associated: Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Address: 713 Anchorage Drive
North Palm Beach, FL 33408-3709
Telephone: (561) 881-5505
(No EMail available at present)
Relatives; Teri, Leigh, Gabrielle

4.Name:  Lieutenant General Thomas McInerney
Associated: Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund, Founder GRTT Consulting)
8061 North 31st Lane
Phoenix, AZ 85051-6218
(No EMail available at present)

5.Name: Michael Smith (some sources say Robin Michael)
Associated: Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Address: 6122 Edsell Road, Apt 304
Alexandria, VA 22304
Telephone: (703) 751-3155
(No EMail available at present)
Relative: Paula Smith

Laura Schwartz (Associate of OPSEC)

Laura Schwartz is a defender and associate of Benjamin Smith of the Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund. She is a Birther and in my opinion a bigot if not a racist. She has been consistently arguing with one of our members.

Name: Laura A Schwartz
Associated:  Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Address: 2180 Breezewood Drive
Monroe, GA 30655
Telephone: (678) 635-5013
(No EMail at present time)
Relatives: Andrew Schwartz, William Schwartz, Doris Haragsim, Eugene Haragsim, Edward Haragsim

More Associates of Special Operation OPSEC Education Fund

We have two more members/associates of Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund to post. Today they were criticized by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (General Martin E. Dempsey) for their activities.

Name: David J Lamorte
Occupation: Associate of Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund/ Special Operations Manager TSSi
Address: 609 Forest Hill Circle
Elizabeth City, North Carolina 27909
Previous: 10507 Cornflower Court
Vienna, VA 22182
Previous: 2613 Viking Drive
Herndon, VA 20171
Telephone: (703) 242-2435
EMail: delta8zulu@yahoo.com
Relatives: Kathleen, Jeremiah, Brian, Frances

Name: Paul E Vallely (Major General Retired)
Occupation: Center for Security Policy/Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund/Fox News Analyst
Address: 225 Shawnee Drive
Bigfork, Montana 59911-6238
Telephone: (406) 837-0749
(No EMail Available)
Relative Marian Vallely

John C. Willke

Dr. John C. Willke is the 'Physician Father' of the bogus material regarding rape and women not getting pregnant. He is probably the only physician in the country who embraces this totally 'voodoo science'. As it is totally untrue and has no scientific justification whatsoever. Dr. Willke is President of the International Right to Life Foundation and the Life Issues Institute.

Nothing can be said other than that the man is a quack who the anti-choice groups have embraced. Not only was he embraced by them, he was also embraced by Mitt Romney in 2007. From Wikipedia:

Mitt Romney's 2007 campaign embraced Willke as “an important surrogate for Governor Romney's pro-life and pro-family agenda”,[6] and Romney expressed is pride to "have the support of a man who has meant so much to the pro-life movement in our country."[7]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Willke

The Romney Campaign needs to address how they feel about this man and his teachings in the present. Also the platform of the Republican Party at their Convention will in fact contain language which calls for a ban on abortion even in the case of rape or incest. A truly radical view.

We post.
Name: John C. Willke
Occupation: Quack Physician and member of the anti-choice movement
Address: 7634 Pineglen Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45224
Telephone: (513) 522-7982
EMail: info@lifeissues.org, john.willke@lifeissues.org
Relatives: Barbara and Joseph Willke

Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund Inc. Cont'd

We have two more people associated with  Special Operations OPSEC to post tonight.

1. Name: Major David J. King (Retired)


2. Name: Debbie Lee
Occupation: Head of America's Mighty Warriors/Associated Special Operations OPSEC
Address: 15288 West Doll Lane
Surprise, AZ 85374
Associated Address: 15141 W Statler Street
Surprise, AZ 87374
Telephone: (541) 400-0177, (623) 537-5322
EMail: americasmightywarriors@gmail.com
Relatives: Marvin, Cheryl and Kristofer

Todd Akin, The Republican Party, Abortion Rights And Rape

This posting is a conglomeration of research conducted by Hedgehog, Tan, Michelle and I. We authored this together in answer to the heinous statements of Congressman Todd Akin (R) Missouri and what it means. Not just in regards to him but to the Republicans, the anti-choice movement and women's rights.

Let us take a look at what this is really about. The best place to find the answer is among the writings of the ant-choice movement itself. We never refer to the anti-abortionists as pro-life as they do not support the life which already has lungs, an education, a family, friends, responsibilities etc. We'll begin with the first of Akin's false beliefs.

1. That biologically a raped woman does not become pregnant. This is a fallacy which in fact has been promoted for several decades. It is not a new idea, nor is it exclusive to Akin. Republicans have followed and believed in this idea for some time. The idea dates back to at least the 1980's and has been used by many Republican politicians since then. It is an abject falsehood which is used to delegitimize rape victims who become pregnant.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/08/20/rep-todd-akin-is-wrong-about-rape-and-pregnancy-but-hes-not-alone/

2. Many now are trying to say that by legitimate rape he means 'forcible rape' which in fact is not correct. At first on one interview Akin agreed with that conception of his wording but today changed it on an interview. Now he is saying that he meant 'false rape'. Which in fact lies at the heart of the anti-choice movement. The following excerpt is from Human Life International.


       Manipulating the 'System.' Women who are willing to kill their own preborn children for mere convenience obviously see lying as a relatively small crime. Rebecca Chalker and Carol Downer admit in their A Woman's Book of Choices that "Before abortion was legal, women sometimes got abortions by claiming that they had been raped."[73]
       Pro-abortion women have continued to lie on a huge scale, as proven by the Hyde Amendment's varying effects upon the level of Federal funding of abortions since 1977.
       The Hyde Amendment cut off Federal funding for convenience abortions, and paid for 17,983 abortions to save the life of the mother and for rape and incest in Fiscal Year 1981.
       In Fiscal Years 1983 and 1984, only abortions to save the life of the mother were allowed under the Amendment, and the average number of abortions paid for during these two years plunged to 411.
       This means that about (17,983 - 411) = 17,582 abortions were performed for claimed "rape and incest" under the Hyde Amendment in 1981.
       This brings up a very interesting point. To begin with, about 20 percent of all women in the United States qualify for Federal abortion funding under this Amendment due to their low incomes. As mentioned above, the average number of rapes in the United States each year over the period 1980-1997 inclusive was about 179,980.
       If this number is divided by five in order to find out approximately how many low-income women were raped during these years, we arrive at 36,000.
       In other words, these low-income women are claiming that (17,582/36,000) = 49 percent of all of their rapes resulted in pregnancies!
       To take this analysis one step further, Figure 3-5 shows that about 0.8 percent of all women who are raped actually become pregnant as a result of the act. This means that the number of women who claimed that they were raped to get a free Federal abortion was (49 percent/0.8 percent) = 61 times the number that were actually raped.
       In other words, more than 98 percent of them lied to get a free taxpayer-paid abortion!

       Lyin' All Over the World. The phenomenon of women lying to obtain abortions is certainly not unique to the United States. Just as a bogus gang-rape was used as the basis of the Supreme Court decision to usher in abortion on demand in the United States, a girl who claimed that she was a victim of a gang-rape drove the first wedge into Britain's protective abortion laws in 1938.
       According to sworn testimony, professional pro-abortionists alleged that a 14-year old girl was lured into a stable to see a horse with a wooden leg (I swear I am not making this up) and was supposedly gang-raped by four guardsmen. She became pregnant, and went to a crusading abortionist (Alec Bourne), who gave her a free abortion. He then turned himself in. In the resulting case of law, Rex v. Bourne, Judge Alex McNaghten decided that delivery of the baby would impair the girl's mental health, and acquitted the abortionist.
       Naturally, the guardsmen were never called into court to answer to the charge of rape — and for good reason. The incident never happened.
       At the other end of the world, a New Zealand commission that liberalized that country's abortion laws recommended against a rape and incest exception since the likelihood of false reports and the difficulty of checking them would render the exception utterly meaningless.[74]

       The Impacts of Lying. When an abortion law is liberalized to allow exceptions for rape and incest, the number of women claiming rape just so they can get a free abortion invariably multiplies by a factor of two, five or even ten. Just as inevitably, all available rape-crisis resources are overwhelmed by the sudden explosion of referrals. Women who were really raped will be victimized a second time because of these liars, and agencies and the public will eventually begin to regard even genuine claims of rape as "crying wolf."
       Additionally, these callous and uncaring women will stretch law-enforcement agencies to the limit. The results may be twofold: When the lying woman is quizzed regarding her "rape," she may feel pressured to come up with a name — any name, and innocent men will be prosecuted and even jailed (although this result may be welcome to the gender feminists who claim that "all men are, by their very natures, rapists").[75]
       Secondly, the chances of real rapists being caught will drop drastically due to overloading of investigative agencies, and these predators will be perfectly free to rape and rape again.
       In just one of thousands of cases of false rape accusations, an 11-year old girl accused her mother's boyfriend, Ivie Cornell Norris, of raping her repeatedly. Cornell was convicted and sent to prison. After he had languished there for more than a year, the girl admitted that she had lied. Her story was based on an episode of the television program "21 Jump Street," which had depicted a rape.[76]
       Norris' life was destroyed; he lost his job, his freedom, his reputation, his girlfriend, and all of his savings over this spurious charge. This is typical of the impacts on a man who is imprisoned on a false rape charge. Gender feminists know full well that Norris' story might be repeated thousands of times annually if women try to get abortions under rape and incest exceptions. But, since they couldn't care less about the impacts of their decisions on men, they cannot be expected to promulgate any kind of safeguard against this terrible abuse.
       The Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act of 1988 required women who claimed to be victims of rape or incest to report their crimes before getting a free abortion from the state. The reporting of rapes jumped significantly the very first month the law was in effect, and police reported that some women admitted that they were reporting rapes just to get a free abortion.[77]
       When large numbers of pro-abortion women start lying to get their free abortions, the situation makes it next to impossible for law enforcement agencies to find and prosecute real rapists. As Ferris B. Lucas, Executive Director of the National Sheriff's Association, said in 1983;
We do, however, wish to comment on the provisions that would allow federal funds to be paid for abortions performed for treatment of rape or incest victims only. The wording would lead a person desirous of an abortion to make false reports to law enforcement agencies which would have to be checked and investigated to some length. These crimes are not easy ones to prove or disprove and resultantly require many man-hours of investigation. American law enforcement agencies are presently overburdened and do not have this vast amount of time available.[78]
       This explosion of uncaring liars first occurred in Colorado, when the Model Penal Code abortion law revisions were passed in 1967. This law allowed abortions only to save the life of the mother for rape and incest, and for the mother's health. Of the 1,850 legal abortions performed in Colorado the first year under this law, 18 percent (or 333) of the mothers claimed to be rape victims.[79]
       According to the statistical analysis performed earlier in this Chapter, it is probable that at least 330 of the 333 were lying. This percentage is buttressed by the fact that, in all of these cases, not a single rapist was arrested or even identified, a statistical impossibility in light of the fact that more than half of all rapes are committed by men that the victim knows.


http://www.hli.org/index.php/cloning/266?task=view

Now we can truly see where Congressman Akin's ideas come from and what he truly means. Legitimate rape in his mind, doesn't produce children (or so say 'imaginary doctors'). From the above excerpt among the anti-choice movement lies a deep belief that women lie about rape in order to obtain funding under the abortion exceptions. That is what Akin is really speaking to. All of his beliefs come from the extremist point of view, wishing to end all abortions for every reason.

SE Cupp once again is wrong when she says trying this to Paul Ryan is a stretch. He is deep in the anti-choice movement. He sponsored a bill with Akin involving the same said abortion exceptions. In that bill was an attempt to redefine rape to 'forcible rape' and exclude other rape occurrences such as through the date rape drugs, ect.  A reporter should indeed ask Mr. Ryan whether he believes women lie to obtain abortions. That is what Akin believes and stated today in fact. Is that not what the 'forcible rape' definition was meant to attempt to limit? Women lying to obtain an abortion? The absurdity of it all is far over the edge of sanity, into the realm of fanaticism. Ryan should have to answer questions about his beliefs in this matter. He is in fact still listed as a co-sponsor on the bill with Akin. He also sponsored a personhood amendment which would affectively end abortion and some forms of birth control. He also sponsored a bill requiring women to have an ultrasound before an abortion.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/08/19/712251/how-todd-akin-and-paul-ryan-partnered-to-redefine-rape/?mobile=nc
http://americanrtl.org/abortion-rape-exception

This is a radical agenda and it has been part of the Republican Party Platform for over a decade. This is the third convention which will encompass the beliefs stated above as part of their platform. Now they are going to vote today and tomorrow on exactly what the view of the Party is on abortion. Then again on Monday, the first day of the convention.  Let us see if expediency changes it. If so no woman in the United States should believe them. The gap is wide in the women's vote with Romney losing by fifteen points to Obama and soon probably more.

Women are not just one issue voters. The economy is of course a concern but what good is wealth without civil liberties and freedom? Our right to choose, to have access to contraception, to decide our own medical care with our physician, to chart the course of our lives and future is in jeopardy. Jeopardized by the policies of the Republican Party, the beliefs of a large portion of its membership, and the fanaticism of zealots like Akin. We as women need to vote in a way which upholds our civil rights and ensures our dignity as equal citizens of the United States. Romney/Ryan are not the choice which will help us to maintain our equitable place in society and continue to make progress.

We wish Senator Claire McCaskill the best in her Senate campaign against Congressman Akin. The people of Missouri should take a long look at the reprehensible statements made by Congressman Akin, what they truly mean and vote for a good and moderate candidate, Senator McCaskill.

So we again post.
Name: (William) Todd Akin
Occupation: United States Congressman from Missouri/ United States Senate Candidate
Address: 305 Conway Hill Road
St. Louis, MO 63141
Telephone: (314) 576-3689
EMail: rep.akin@mail.house.gov, contact@akin.org
Relatives: Lulli, Perry, Micah, Amanda, Todd, Paul and Benjamin

Response to Benjamin Smith's FaceBook Denial (Credit to Kit)

Benjamin Smith is trying to say that he is not a Birther and only has doubts about Obama's birth on his Facebook page. But the facts, written by his own hand show that statement to be false. First here is a screenshot of his statements.

Secondly here is a link to his statements as well.
http://www.whoisformernavysealbenjaminsmith.com/
There is no doubt that Smith is a Birther and anything he says about President Obama is colored by prejudice and lack of objectivity.

Swift Boating Cont'd

Another member of Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund Inc. has been located. He is another ex-Seal who is no more objective than the other members. In fact he may be even less so. Another birther as well. His name is Captain Larry W. Bailey. What stands out with him is that he has been involved in Swift Boating previously. Captain Bailey has connections to KerryLied.com and BootMurtha.com. In fact the BootMurtha.com site was registered in his name.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Larry_Bailey
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/anti-obama-navy-seal-opsec-leader-larry-bailey-i-m-birther

He is also involved with a similar group called SOS. Mr. Bailey is a frequent writer for Soldier of Fortune magazine whose publisher has been posted here as well.  He is CEO of Advanced Maritime Technology Development Inc. and a board member of Seafarers International LLC.

Captain Bailey's involvement with the Murtha and Kerry sites before his assault on President Obama shows clearly that he is nothing more than a partisan Republican hack trying to do harm to the President. Just as he did Senator Kerry and Congressman Murtha. Nothing he says is truthful and he should not be believed nor given any credibility.

We all as Americans have respect for Navy Seals who serve their country with honor and distinction. But when they leave behind the path of integrity to engage in the disparagement of those who also served with honor (Kerry and Murtha) as well as those who acted rightly (President Obama), they are no longer deserving of our respect.

Captain Bailey, Scott Taylor and Benjamin Smith of the two Swift Boating posts have left the path of dignity. They disgrace the US Navy and dishonor their service. They are discredited as valid critics of the President and their statements are without merit.

Again we post.
Name: Larry W Bailey
Occupation: Ex Navy Seal/CEO Advanced Maritime Technology Development Inc
Address: 103 Pamlico Place
Chocowinity, NC 27817
Telephone: (252) 975-3764
EMail: larrywb@cox.net
Relatives: Judy, Joseph, Tucker, Hallie

Swift Boating 2012 Style (Written in collaboration with Michelle)

There is a new group of veterans who call themselves 'Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund'. Their CEO and leader is named Scott Taylor who promotes himself as an ex-Navy Seal. The group attempts to say that they are not partisan but the facts on the ground tell quite a different story.

Mr. Taylor is associated with the Tea Party Express and has deep ties in the Conservative Republican community. In 2010 he ran unsuccessfully for the 2nd District Congressional Seat from Virginia. Likewise another of their members Benjamin Smith also has deep ties in the Conservative community. The groups 'official spokesperson' Chad Kolton is an ex-member of the Bush Administration who now works for a PR firm called HDMK. None of these individuals are anything but highly partisan and their denials smack of abject untruthfulness.

They are highly critical of President Obama in a 22 minute video being released during this election season. The video is nothing but a partisan Republican attempt to undercut the President's success in the raid which killed Osama Bin Ladin. The premise is that he takes too much credit for himself in a way which is unseemly. And that his administration is leaking too much information regarding the Seals and intelligence missions.

Both of those accusations are beyond ludicrous. If you look at all of the speeches the President has given since the raid against Bin Ladin's compound he has been nothing but gracious and appreciative of the Seals and their efforts. These accusations have been widely debunked, yet this group continues to promote them. They also have ties to other groups such as marinetacticalsecurity.com. Most in a study of backlinks shows groups all of which are soliciting for donations which is interesting.

Their bitter partisanship disgraces the Seals Organization and their own honorable service. They should in fact be ashamed of themselves. Perhaps this group should look at who wishes to add to Veteran's benefits and who wishes to take them away in a budget of mean spirited austerity but which gives huge tax breaks to the wealthy. They would be better doing that and fighting for their brothers-in-arms who have been injured in service to their country. Rather than attempting to discredit a President who had the courage to act when others before him did not.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/group-attacking-obama-on-leaks-has-deep-gop
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/16/1120963/-These-OPSEC-yahoos-were-debunked-long-ago

Again we post. This time with sorrow.

Name: Scott Taylor
Occupation: CEO/Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund Inc., owner Neptune Associates (Anytime Fitness)
Address: 524 Pine Song Lane
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Business: 1206 Laskin Road, Suite 201
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Secondary Business: 2100 Mediterranean Avenue
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Telephone: (757) 422-4060, (757) 735-2741
(No EMail Available)
Relatives: Connie, John, Sharon, Ernest and Adam Taylor

Name: Benjamin Smith
Occupation: Spokesperson/Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund Inc.
Address: 526 Bedford Forest Drive
Wilmington, N.C. 28412
Telephone: (910) 793-1060
EMail: wetandsandy@yahoo.com
Relatives: Warren, Alfred, Paula, Beverly and Tara

Name; Chad Kolton
Occupation: Partner HDMK, spokesperson Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund Inc.
Address: 3053 Hazelton Street
Falls Church, VA 22044
Telephone: (703) 237-2774
EMail: ckolton@hdmk.org
Relatives: Jamie and Shelley Kolton

EDIT:____________
We have received further information that Benjamin Smith is also an active member of the birther movement which makes him far from an objective critic of the President. And proves just how extreme this group is.
https://www.facebook.com/SEALBenjaminSmith
http://radiopatriot.wordpress.com//?s=ben+smith&search=Go

Voter ID Laws and The RICO Statute

We at SU have been following this political season closely. We have seen numerous bullies among the Conservative groups attempting to affect governance in numerous and sundry ways. From Birthers (bye bye Clifford Stearns) to pro-lifers/anti contraceptive groups to the uber rich, the few want to decide the fate of the many. One of the biggest occurrences among the Republicans has been the slew of Voter ID laws invading the country. Almost all in swing states such as Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida. Most are passed on the  false pretext of voter fraud which study after study has shown to be non-existent.
http://votingrights.news21.com/article/election-fraud/
http://www.truthaboutfraud.org/

Instead many people such as the ACLU, civil rights leaders and Democrats (as well as anyone with a brain) suspect a much more serious and insidious motive. Republicans have set out on a deliberate path to disenfranchise voting groups who historically vote for Democrats. Those groups being students, the poor, minorities and the elderly. They are attempting to limit the vote among these groups in order to aid Mitt Romney towards victory. There are many in the Civil Rights community who also suspect something else.

The Republicans went after Eric Holder over Fast and Furious which is in fact nothing more than a failed law enforcement sting operation. Which happens frequently and in reality is not Holder's fault. They even thought up this mind boggling reasoning for Fast and Furious. That it was in fact a conspiracy meant to affect gun rights here in the United States which is ludicrous of course. Where in fact does the real conspiracy lie?

Firstly there are many who believe the Voter ID laws are the real reason the Republicans went after Holder. They knew he would attempt to stop states from initiating them. And he has. We at SU have discussed this subject at length because this is a very serious situation. Hundreds of thousands of Americans will not be allowed to vote in November if these laws are allowed to go into affect. So we brainstormed and have a question for the Justice Department. We believe the subject of these Voter ID laws must have been discussed among the Republicans. At the Republican National Committee, the Republican Governor's conference and so forth. If these laws are a deliberate attempt to violate the Voting Rights Act and deny people the right to vote, that is a crime. When people get together as a group and discuss committing a crime, that is considered a conspiracy. Why then can't the Republicans be charged under the RICO statutes?  Meeting to discuss violating people's rights to vote makes them as a group a criminal enterprise. It can be considered a form of racketeering. Used primarily to go after the Mob and other gangs it has been used for other purposes as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizations_Act
http://www.justice.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/110mcrm.htm
http://www.economonitor.com/lrwray/2012/04/21/louisiana-sues-banksters-under-rico-laws-will-the-biggest-banks-finally-go-the-way-of-the-gambinos/
As the last link shows it is used to prosecute other groups besides criminal gangs and the Mafia.

They should begin in Pennsylvania with Mike Turzai of the Pennsylvania Legislature and his very public acknowledgement that the Voter ID law there was meant to give Mitt Romney the victory.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-kXY8upOrw&feature=related

Then as the head of the Republican Party they should indict Reinhold Reince Priebus as Chairman of the Republican National Committee. The Republicans are determined to win at any cost it seems no matter how illegal. Voter suppression is a form of bullying and it must be stopped.

So we post.
Name: Reinhold Reince Priebus
Occupation: Chairman/Republican National Committee
Addresses: 2340 2nd Street
Kenosha, WI 53140
Previous: 7123 104th Street
Pleasant Prairie, WI 53158
Secondary: 70 L Street SE Apt 1215
Washington, DC 20003-4841
Third: 3242 Mary Street Apt 5210
Miami, FL 33133
Telephone: (262) 553-9919
EMail: chairman@rnchq.org
Relative: Sally Lynn Priebus

Then there is the apologist for all of the wrongdoing these Republicans are engaging in and for Romney/Ryan's scorched earth politics. That person is Joseph Scarborough of the MSNBC program Morning Joe. I no longer watch. Ad nauseum is not good with the morning coffee.

Name: Charles Joseph Scarborough
Occupation: MSNBC/Nauseating political commentator
Address: 4810 Rockwood Parkway NW
Washington, DC 20016
Secondary: 575 Woodbine Drive
Pensacola, FL 32503
(No telephone available)
EMail: scarboroughtv@aol.com
Relative: Susan

Paul Ryan and Ayn Rand

Today on Fox News in an interview with Brit Hume Paul Ryan tried to distance himself from Ayn Rand the Soviet author and atheist. He tried to say that he did not know until long after reading her books about her philosophy. How much later? As recently as 2009 he still had this to say.

What he has to say now doesn't to me and many others pass the 'smell test'. This is the person the T's are dancing at having been chosen as VP.

To Praxeum and Crozeus

Praxeum your information has been sent to the archives where it will be kept. Crozeus we hear often that info is incorrect and more often that is not the truth. It will remain for the time being until we have proof otherwise.

We at SU have had a goal for a lengthy time period. Though Jianna is no longer a member and has not been for a long time our way forward continues. On the day that Rebels shuts down and no longer exists as a website we will consider our work done. People can say 'we weren't involved' but when you belong to a site knowing that there are members engaging in wrongdoing, but don't speak out and remain members,  you are also in the wrong.

We have had polite requests for removal and granted them. But that doesn't mean that to a certain extent we don't hold those members to be part of the problem. Which is what you are if you are not part of the solution. The solution being to speak out against bullying and leave a website where it occurs as on Rebels. Leaving the bullies to their own deviant devices.

Sunday Morning Reflections

I am just sitting drinking my Sunday morning coffee, reading the paper and having a great breakfast cooked to perfection by my honey. (He makes awesome breakfasts!) The group is quiet at the moment. Many are away on vacation, some preparing to return to school.  I have some postings for today but want to start off in  a bit of a different way.

First I would like to discuss the Joe Soptic ad which so many have criticized as being over the top. The ad concerns Bain Capital under Mitt Romney closing a steel mill and the loss of jobs by 700 workers. One being Mr. Soptic. Five years later Soptic's wife died of cancer, and he blames Romney for her death. Seems outrageous at first glance, but perhaps it is not quite so. Do any of us know what type of insurance Soptic had? Most steel mills were/are unionized and the employees have good benefits. There has been talk that his wife also had insurance through her job which was at a Savers (a type of second hand chain store). Do we know how the two policies compared? It is more than possible that the insurance Soptic held through the steel mill was a premium plan while hers was not and perhaps had more deductibles etc. Or not have all the preventative coverage Soptic's might have had. Is his point that if those things had been in place, her cancer might have been detected sooner? Perhaps while it was still treatable?  People don't die of cancer overnight either necessarily, some linger for many years. On its face the ad appears unfair, but is it? Mr. Soptic is entitled to feel as he does, whether we agree with him or not.

I believe the point is to really draw attention to the type of scorched earth economics Romney practiced as CEO of Bain Capital. Which did not engage in sympathy or concern for the employees and focused on profits instead of people. That should be the focus in my opinion. There is good business and bad business. When a company exists only for its own profits without regard for workers, that is neither a moral or rightful way to conduct business. There is a price in fact that workers tend to be the ones who pay not ownership. Such as in the case of the Soptic family. Perhaps we should all reflect upon our concepts of what businesses are about and what they should be about.

Secondly we come to Mitt Romney's choice of Paul Ryan for his VP. Ryan tries to come across as the 'I'm like you I worked as a waiter' candidate. I had to laugh as those of us who are here at present researched the Paul Ryan subject. He in fact has never been poor. His father was an attorney and though Paul Murray Ryan passed away when Paul Ryan was sixteen, he was not left destitute by any means. His father was in fact well off, and Congressman Ryan's family owns one of the largest construction companies in America. Ryan in fact worked for that construction company before becoming a Congressional aide, then finally running for office in his own right. In fact his own mother, Elizabeth (nee' Hutter) Ryan was afraid he would be a ski bum. (Most poor kids can't afford to ski)
http://www.ryancentral.com/locations.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ryan
http://www.facebook.com/politico/posts/130015380476632

Then we come to his wife Janna. Though at present she is a stay at home Mom, previously she was a high powered tax attorney for PriceWaterhouseCoopers. She also did not grow up poor. Her family is prominent in the state of Oklahoma.
http://blog.newsok.com/politics/2012/08/11/janna-little-ryans-parents/
http://www.rightentertainment.com/?p=5981

Though not as wealthy as Romney, the couple in fact have no idea of what poverty is, or to be an ordinary, struggling American. The Republicans love to promote the idea that President Obama is encouraging 'resentment' against the success of the wealthy. In fact that is not true. There are many wealthy Dems, no one seems to resent them. I am a successful business person in my own right and I do not resent those who perceive wealth properly.  What  in fact people resent (myself included) are those well off individuals who refuse to comprehend the difficulties those who are not well off face. Such as Romney and Ryan. Who ignore the everyday struggles the poor, disadvantaged, and elderly face in order to have an even livable quality of life. Romney has never been poor or ever struggled no matter what he tries to present. He and the Ryans always had a safety net and some amount of wealth behind them.

To then be in favor of cutting benefits to those in need, while giving tax breaks to those like themselves is highly immoral.  Those who promote such a path are not people of character either. So what is resented is not the wealth itself, it is the lack of regard for those who have not had the life long opportunities, wealth and privileges those like the Romneys and Ryans have enjoyed.  Underlying the policies and beliefs of the two (considering neither has ever been needy) lies a disingenuousness of heart and spirit which is in fact disconcerting to many Americans.

So once again we post.
Name: Paul Ryan
Occupation: Congressman/Wisconsin First Congressional District (R), VP candidate
Address: 700 Saint Lawrence Avenue
Janesville, Wisconsin  53545
Previous: 221 East Holmes Street
Janesville, Wisconsin 53545
Telephone: (608) 754-7538
EMail: paul@ryanforcongress.com
Relative: Janna Ryan

To K Heaney

Your request was made politely and your information has been moved to the archives. The best news to us will be the day Rebels shuts down.

NRA Postings For Today

Here is a continuation of the postings of NRA Board Members and other leadership.

1. Name: Daniel David Boren
Occupation: NRA Board Member/US Congressman from the 2nd District of Oklahoma
Address: 3201 North Country Club Road
Muskogee, OK 77403
Telephone: (918) 683-7839
EMail: congressmandanboren@yahoo.com, dan.boren@mail.house.gov
Relative: Andrea Boren

2.Name:  Robert Kenneth Brown
Occupation: NRA Board Member/Publisher Soldier of Fortune Magazine
Addresses: 2135 11th Street
Boulder, CO 80302
Secondary: 2005 Teckla Blvd
Amarillo, Texas 79106
Telephone: (303) 449-3750, (303) 513-1835
EMail: mbrass@sofmag.com, rkb@sofmag.com
Relative: Marie Brake

3. Name; Peter Brownell
Occupation: NRA Board Member/CEO Brownells
Addresses: 225 16th Avenue
Grinnell, Iowa 50112
Secondary: 100 North Drive
Montezuma, IA 50171
Telephone: (641) 236-0018, (641) 623-5659
EMails: brownellp@brownells.com, hredmond@iowatelecom.net
Relative: Helen Redmond

4. Name: John Burtt
Occupation: NRA Board Member/Founder Fifty Caliber Institute
Address: 490 Daniel Lee Drive
Choctaw, OK 73020
Telephone: (405) 769-7852
EMail: jb50bmg@earthlink.net
Relative: Teri

5. Name: Dave R Butz
Occupation: NRA Board Member
Address: 300 Britanna Drive
Swansea, IL (Some sources list Belleville) 62226-2439
Telephone: (618) 416-3365
(No EMail Available)
Relatives: Christine, Mary, Cyril, Candyce Butz

6. Name: Richard Childress
Occupation: NRA Board Member/Owner Richard Childress Racing
Address; 9160 Hampton Road
Lexington, N.C. 27295
Telephone: (336) 775-0522
EMail: rchildress@rcrracing.com
Relatives: Judy, Gerald, Lisa, Bruce, Chastity

7. Name: Chris W. Cox
Occupation: Executive Director of NRA Institute For Legislative Action
Address: 2012 S Arlington Ridge Road
Arlington, VA 22202
Previous: 445 Argyle Drive
Alexandria, VA 22305
Telephone: (731) 668-8038
EMail: CCox@nrahq.org
Relatives: Brian, Betsy, Ashley, Thurman, Harris, Kevin, John Cox

The Time For Action Has Come

After the shooting in Aurora Colorado out of what we viewed as respect for the victims, we stopped posting for a few days. But these types of violent atrocities have now become too frequent to remain silent any longer. All silence does is allow the gun rights advocates to formulate their newest strategies. Every time there is one of these mass shooting incidents they come out of the woodwork, determined to head off any new attempts at reasonable gun control.

The incident at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin located in Oak Creek once again makes it clear that Americans need to do some soul searching. We need to reconsider our attitudes about guns and the laws which regulate them. What will it take before as a society we are willing to evaluate ourselves? Dozens more dead, wounded, maimed? Children without parents, parents without children, sisters without brothers and vice versa. Husbands without wives. Will it take our becoming a society where fear rather than freedom rules the day? Why should any American no matter who they are fear taking their children to worship, or to see a movie? Those events which shake our faith in our fellow Americans should be few and far between but that is no longer so. See the following article which lists a few of the violent occurences in our recent history. This article far from lists all of them. http://timelines.latimes.com/deadliest-shooting-rampages/

We also need to reflect upon certain beliefs of groups within our culture. Most (though not all) gun rights advocates are Conservatives. Most (though not all) are Republicans. Gun rights groups state that we need guns for numerous reasons. One being hunting. A second being self-protection and the protection of loved ones. The third being that if our government should turn on its citizens, they should not have all the weaponry. In other words to fight tyranny. The first two may indeed be reason for weapons ownership but that doesn't mean that there should be no limitations upon them.

The third however is a self-created paradox. The same Conservatives who advocate gun rights also believe in what they refer to as American Exceptionalism. That as a people, a nation, a society that we are above the rest of the world. Those who may credit other nations as also having positive and exceptional attributes are considered 'not patriots'. As have those been called who don't agree with other Conservative actions/ideals such as the war in Iraq.

Yet they would have us believe that a reason that guns are necessary is that our government may turn on its citizens. Our government which is of the people, by the people and for the people might one day oppress/suppress those it is entrusted to serve. How can that be if we as a people are exceptional? The principles and beliefs are contradictory. In fact there is nothing less patriotic than the belief that a government ruled by a Constitution, freely elected by the people and subject to numerous political safeguards, would descend into tyranny. It is unrealistic and invalid as reasoning for gun rights without rational limitations. We at SU believe the following are not unreasonable limitations on Second Amendment Rights. Even Justice Scalia believes there may be room for some such limitations which SCOTUS would need to review.

1. A reinstatement of the assault weapons ban. No American needs an automatic/semi automatic weapon to hunt or defend themselves.
2. A closing of the gun show loophole so that every gun purchaser has to have a background check.
3. A limitation on the amount of ammunition that can be bought. As in the case of James Holmes, no one requires 6000 rounds of ammunition for any legitimate purpose.
4. A ban on high capacity magazines. No one needs to be able to fire hundreds of rounds in a short period of time. No good purpose is served with these magazines.
5. A national database should be formed to track gun and ammuniton purchases. We have such a database to track how much Sudafed and other forms of antihistamines someone buys. The idea that we can't do so for weapons and ammunition is ludicrous.

Our elected officials need to stop being afraid of gun rights groups and their lobbying arms such as the NRA and the Gun Owners of America. The 'grading' of politicians who support gun control and the monies donated to campaigns in order to defeat them. We need our elected officials to show courage and strength when facing down these groups. One group of Americans should not control the safety and well being of all of us. Common sense gun control measures are necessary and should be implemented to stop these horrible incidents of mass killings. It is a society that is capable of looking internally to see its faults, pass the measures which safeguard the majority and have faith that liberty will prevail over tyranny which makes a nation exceptional.

We at SU will continue to post the information regarding groups such as the NRA. Every community should be aware of the members who reside within their borders that promote self interest over societal well being. And we continue to pray for all of those harmed by the spate of excessive violence plaguing our nation.

Our Condolences

We at SU wish to express our condolences to the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin located in Oak Creek. We are praying for all of you in your time of need after the horrific shooting there earlier today. We hope that all Americans will rise in support of your community. We are all Americans and as one we should condemn this senseless act of violence.

We shall continue to hold the members of the Temple in our thoughts and prayers.