Janet Napolitano Opens Her Fat Mouth Again – Lawsuit Filed Against DHS
To add insult to injury and as if the “lovely” Janet Napolitano hadn’t done enough already, she suddenly has a hankering for crow. I was also thinking foot, since she likes to open her mouth and insert accordingly.
Sunday, on CNN, Napolitano tried explaining that the DHS doesn’t see these vets as threats. The DHS sees them as saps who don’t know any better than to fall into extremist traps:
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Sunday portrayed veterans as victims – not perpetrators – of right-wing extremism as she sought to combat the political controversy arising out of an April 14 Homeland Security memo warning that returning soldiers could be ripe for domestic terrorism participation.
“The report is not saying that veterans are extremists. Far from it,” Napolitano said on CNN’s State of the Union. “What it is saying is returning veterans are targets of right-wing extremist groups that are trying to recruit those to commit violent acts within the country. We want to do all we can to prevent that.”
So Janet feels that the men and women who have the strength, honor, and dignity to go overseas to fight our enemies lose that heart and determination, as well as character, when they return and are liable to fall prey to all those right-wing extremists? Read more
“The Worrisome Veteran”
Or Should more aptly be called The Worrisome Educator…
Penn State University’s “Department of Counseling and Psychological Services” has a video presentation that should leave any decent American shocked, saddened, and yes, even enraged. Credit David French of National Review Online for posting what might be the most definitive four minute expose on the tragedy of higher education in America. Indeed, Penn State’s shameful video production of “The Worrisome Veteran” can provide all Americans some priceless insights into the kind of surreal institutions liberals create when left unchecked.
“The Worrisome Veteran” is part of Penn State’s “Worrisome Student Behaviors” video series which is designed to provide faculty and students the ability to “minimize risk” when encountering problematic students on campus. Each video presents actors reenacting possible confrontations that may occur in various environments and suggests appropriate responses. The subtitle of the “Worrisome Veteran” presentation is: “I deserve a better grade or else . . .” In other words, to the progressive staff at Penn State, students who are veterans returning from the war in Iraq are simply potential criminals who’ve forgotten how to reason politely.
I will break this disturbing portrayal down into several sections:
1. PSU and other institutions for higher education are singling out veterans and young military white males, specifically, returning home from war to receive an education. The fact that veterans are being segregated is horrendous and discriminatory as should be clear to any clear-thinking human being.
2. The female professor talks about feeling uneasy and uncomfortable with the veteran and why would that be? It would seem like she is making the assumption that all military vets are aggressors and women-beaters on the brink of snapping at any moment. This may be something portrayed in Hollywood or by the media who may harp on one individual to classify the entire group as such, but this happens to all people and more so for the average non-military type.
3. The video uses the argument of the ex-officer having and using bad grammar as a reason to give a low grade. What struck me was that they make an assumption that men and women in uniform are uneducated hill-billy’s another misconception that was echoed by the likes of the traitor, himself, John Kerry, when he said that only uneducated men and women join the military.
4. Why is the professor only telling him what he is doing wrong and making it very vague? She should be giving him specifics should she not? I would expect that a professor or any teacher would sit down with me during office hours to take the time and point out to me what areas of my english need improvement – do I have too many run-on sentences? Am I incorrectly using prepositions? Is my punctuation off? One would think that an English Professor would be able to do this more so than, let’s say a Math Professor!
5. The mere fact that this video has to bring up the fact that the student is feeling singled out and discriminated against due to the professor’s views on the war and political leanings, tell me more about the educators at this university than anything else. They are basically saying that these views are held by a vast majority of the faculty at PSU and this could be a reason why students get upset. Why would any English Professor espouse their views in such a class? It’s not like this is a foreign diplomacy class or some type of political science class.
6. Why does the teacher feel that it is acceptable to diagnose the student by telling him he needs counseling or help? This is something the student must come to grips with if he or she in fact asks for help or discloses they are having issues. The assumption made by the teacher is incredibly condescending and yet again discriminatory. Many men and women coming home from war have been getting diagnosed with PTSD lately, but that does not mean that the majority of these cases are military folks. In fact most PTSD cases are those who are not associated with the military at all since PTSD is incredibly common and can occur due to any type of traumatic experience! PTSD also does not mean that someone will snap… another common misconception.
6. PSU is a PUBLIC school and has land grants this means that the PEOPLE own this land and there shouldn’t be political bias allowed in such institutions. If the faculty would like to discuss their views and opinions behind closed doors among one another or at happy hour then so be it, but inside the classroom and in front of children that are not their own should be banned.
7. Could there be any coincidence with the latest DHS report and this university creating this video? DHS did tell us that veterans returning home are more susceptible to right-wing extremism!
This is becoming insane!
DHS Secretary Sings A Different Tune To Veterans Today
Janet Napolitanos’ DHS last week issued a report that basically said returning veterans were being categorized as right wing extremists and possible domestic terror threats. The report noted U.S. service members specifically.
However, veterans groups and ordinary citizens were outraged the we in uniform would be tagged as right wing extremists. After all, it is those young men and women who are out there protecting freedom and liberty. Who is Ms Napolitano to label us anything less than proud Americans! So late this week she changed here tune after the fall out:
The head of homeland security said Sunday she regrets that some people took offense over a report warning that right-wing extremist groups were trying to recruit disgruntled troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
But Secretary Janet Napolitano added that “a number of groups far too numerous to mention” want to commit domestic terrorism attacks and are looking for new recruits.
She told a cable news network the warning report that went out to American law enforcement agencies was consistent with reports that were issued before.
“Here is the important point. The report is not saying that veterans are extremists. Far from it. What it is saying is returning veterans are targets of right-wing extremist groups that are trying to recruit those to commit violent acts within the country. We want to do all we can to prevent that,” she said.
Notice she did not take back the original asessment, but simply tries to clarify the position. But I guess we should be glad this is an “apologetic” administration. So I guess we still know how they really feel.
Homegrown Terrorism!? Napolitano is an Ideological Hack
I guess she should consider herself an extremist with that gun – anyone who practices or believes in the 2nd amendment was placed in that 9 page report from the DHS a couple of days ago. Conveniently, this all came out right before the nationwide Tea Party protests. Read more
Email Reveals Obama Meets With Veterans for Political Expediency
Will the White House make up another excuse as to why this happened just like Obama’s DVD gaffe to Gordon Brown, or his bow to the Saudi King? This honestly has to be a joke – unfortunately, CNN is reporting on this and since they never report anything these days, it certainly is true…
The White House Press Office accidentally e-mailed a draft version of President Obama’s Thursday schedule on Wednesday night that included the back-and-forth between White House staffers.
The e-mail, sent on a daily basis to inform the media of the next day’s events, at first appeared to be like any other press schedule. But at the bottom of the e-mail, there was a series of exchanges from the press team, as well as a draft of the schedule.
The first section of the schedule noted that in the morning, Obama planned to talk with homeowners who have refinanced their homes and benefited from lower mortgage payments.
One staffer, recommending changes to that line, wrote to “put more emphasis on the real people aspect of this.”
It’s not like the administration really cares about the people – they just want to sound like they do. And who are these REAL people? I think there are plenty of people who, if you mean have a heartbeat and weren’t part of the made-up electorate that voted for Obama; ie., Mickey Mouse, would find that statement a bit offensive.
The draft schedule also showed the president hosting Seder to celebrate Passover. The dinner was marked “closed press,” meaning no reporters allowed.
One staffer asked, “Can we remove the dinner at the end of the day?”
“We put it on yesterday’s deal — so folks already know that it’s happening. They’ll wonder why it’s not listed if we don’t include it on there,” another staffer replied.
The staffer who asked to remove the dinner from the schedule replied, “Apparently Jewish here and in neighboring states are now calling wondering why they have not been invited.”
The dinner was not listed on the final schedule.
Can’t have Jewish constituents wondering if the administration is having a dinner – they may still think they are invited…
And the worst aspect of this email gaffe? Obama’s use and abuse of our veterans for political expediency. I love meeting with veterans no matter what! I have never heard better stories in my entire life. They are kind people with a ton of knowledge and experience. Some of my favorite conversations were with veterans.
In another exchange, one staffer recommended nixing a line about Obama meeting with leaders from the Veterans Service Organizations and Military Service Organizations since the president was now meeting with them before his remarks in an event closed to the media.
“Can we keep it and just change it to say before. Its good for us to say we are meeting with them,” another replied.
I’m appalled – but what’s new? Could you imagine if this happened to President Bush? The MSM would be playing this over and over again until everyone in the nation knew how inept his administration was. However, this has just been buried along with the rest of the articles on CNN’s website; so far.
