From American Patriots Against Kokesh, reprinted in full, with permission.

The Negative Effects of the Anti-Military Left on Our Veterans and Their Families
A response to a Blog Radio interview with Adam Kokesh

We often hear from the leftist anti-military groups that their demonstrations and activities are intended to help and support our troops. However, our veterans and their families often report that these activities have a very negative effect on them. An example of these negative effects was apparent on the April 22, 2010 Chandler’s Watch Radio Blog show in which Adam Kokesh was interviewed (http://vietnam-veterans.us/videos/ChandlersWatchKokesh232.mp3).

Mr. Kokesh is a member of the Iraq Veterans Against War (IVAW), and he has an extensive history of engaging in anti-military activities in alliance with groups such as Code Pink and MoveOn.org. Currently, he is running for US Congress – New Mexico 3rd CD as a self-declared Conservative Republican. He was recruited and endorsed by the Ron Paul Liberty Candidate group.

Photo of CodePink Anti-War Protest HQ.

Signs say "support the iraqi resistance" and "support U.S. deserters and mutineers"

Note:
While many, probably most members of the Liberty Candidates do not even know about Kokesh and/or his history, much less endorse him - there are some who do.
Perhaps it's a good time to find out if your candidate supports and endorses Kokesh, the wolf in sheep-dog clothing.

Mr. Kokesh was invited as a guest to discuss his anti-military activities and the impact of those activities on his current campaign for US Congress. A Marine who is opposed to the Kokesh candidacy hosts Chandler’s Watch, and Mr. Kokesh understood that he would be facing some tough questioning from both the host and the callers.

Initially, Mr. Kokesh attempted to defend his anti-war activities by minimizing the contact that he had had with other radical groups and by saying that, at that time, he believed that his actions were in the best interest of the troops, given the “illegal” nature of the war. Further, he went on to note that he has an undergraduate degree in Psychology and that his support of our troops is evidenced by his involvement with attempting to assist veterans with PTSD in obtaining services once they had returned from Iraq.

Photo of Kokesh making signs in preparation for an anti-war rally
For communist funded ANSWER Coalition

During the course of the show both a Gold Star and a Blue Star Mother phoned in. What was most striking about their phone calls was the degree of anguish, anger, frustration, and at times rage that was evident in their voices and in their comments. They attempted to let Mr. Kokesh know just how painful his actions had been to them and to their families, and how the attempt by the radical left to impugn the honor and the integrity of their sons had affected them. I know the Blue Star Mother personally; she is a tireless supporter of our troops, even though her son has long since finished his active duty. She is self-controlled and thoughtful, and it was surprising to me to hear the depth of her anger, anguish, and yes, rage. Similarly, the Gold Star mother’s voice was filled with the anguish and pain of having lost her child, and the rage she feels towards the anti-military leftist’s for their attempts to dishonor him. While I am not a Star Mother, I AM a mother, and what I was hearing from these women could well be described as “motherly rage”.

Mr. Kokesh also heard from a Vietnam and a Desert Storm veteran, both of whom had felt the wrath of the “radical left” upon their return from active duty. Both of these men were well modulated in their comments, but the scars of a country’s betrayal were apparent in their voices.

By the end of the interview Mr. Kokesh, to his credit, did apologize for his IVAW actions, and for the pain and suffering that those actions had caused. Further, in his own defense, he reflected that perhaps his anti-military activities were in part a result of his immaturity and that he felt he had grown since then. He also noted that he himself had suffered from PTSD following his return from Iraq. He again highlighted his interest in PTSD issues in returning veterans as evidence of his commitment to the well-being of our soldiers.

By way of commentary, I would like to offer the following reflections to Mr. Kokesh as regards PTSD in our returning soldiers and as regards the importance of a mature character when running for national office.

Firstly, most returning soldiers experience an Adjustment Reaction Disorder as they make the transition from military to civilian life. This can be an uncomfortable and anxiety provoking process, but it is actually expected and normal. In contrast, PTSD is a prolonged and disabling disorder that is differentiated from adjustment reactions in both its duration and severity. One of the most important factors in guarding against an adjustment disorder developing into chronic PTSD is the quality of the environment in which the person is living. There is the need for a supportive, understanding, accepting environment. This is hardly the case when Code Pink stages “solidarity” marches through the streets of Palestine and the IVAW burns an American flag at a “peace rally” in Washington DC. Clearly a rejecting, judgmental and oftentimes aggressively accusatory anti-military movement will do precious little to mitigate against the onset of a full-blown PTSD.

Some of Kokesh's old buddies in IVAW demonstrating love of country: March 20, 2010

Secondly, I would like to comment on Mr. Kokesh’s statement that his IVAW activities were a result of general immaturity on his part. I would agree with that assessment. However, I would also note that little time has elapsed since Mr. Kokesh was a very ardent and active member in the IVAW, and there is nothing, other than his word, to suggest that he has matured away from his radical leftist anti-military beliefs. This issue of “immaturity” is especially troublesome, since Mr. Kokesh is aspiring to become a member of the US Congress, a position that by its nature requires a mature and thoughtful approach to very complex and stressful issues.

In closing, I would hope that Mr. Kokesh’s experience on Chandler’s Watch helped him to understand the pain and the anguish that groups such as the IVAW have inflicted on our veterans and their families. I would venture a guess that the views of the callers to the show are not unique within the veteran community. While I do not have any specific polling data, I would bet that most veterans are vehemently opposed to the IVAW and their radical anti-military membership.

I would suggest to Mr. Kokesh that, if he is truly interested in the issues surrounding PTSD in our soldiers, he continue his education in Psychology and devote more of his time to understanding both the disorder and the negative effects of a radical leftist movement on this condition.

Perhaps within the course of more extended personal self-reflection, and pursuits of higher education, and practical real-life experience Mr. Kokesh might gain the requisite knowledge, empathy, and maturity that are necessary in order to be an effective and honest Congressman.

Carolyn VanZorge
www.americanpatriotsagainstkokesh.wordpress.com
americanpatriotsagainstkokesh@gmail.com

Part of Daniel Greenfield's Friday Afternoon Roundup included a section about Ron/Rand Paul that is worth a repeat.

And repeat it, I shall:

Turning to the Republican side, some people are impressed by a statement put out by Rand Paul that seems to be Pro-Israel. But the first thing to remember is that Ron Paul's people briefly tried to sell him as Pro-Israel too in many of the same terms... namely that Ron Paul would leave Israel alone.

Walter Block of the Mises Institute authored an open letter to Jews arguing that foreign aid was bad for Israel and that under Ron Paul, the US would no longer try to control Israel's foreign policy. And promoted Jews for Ron Paul, an organization that turned out to be a fraud. More curiously, Block claimed that Ron Paul might actually triple foreign aid to Israel's enemies, which would destroy them.

But the first problem with the Pauls is not Israel. It's America. The problem is that they support Islamic terrorists because they've identified with the entire worldview of the far left and far right, which claims that the US government is run by a vast conspiracy, and that Muslim terrorists are just blowback as a result of our foreign policy. Which is a fancy way of saying that they believe that if they can overthrow the "American Empire", everything with Islam will be hunky dory.

Rand Paul has spoken in those terms before on the Alex Jones show. Like his father, he identifies more with Al Queda and Iran, than with the US.

While some of Ron Paul's Jewish supporters tried to claim that he would leave Israel, because he believes in respecting the sovereignty of other countries, in fact he attacked Israel for going after its kidnapped soldiers, something that was not taking place inside US borders. Essentially Paul was making the same argument then that Obama is making today, that Israel's actions affect the US, which gives him the right to demand that Israel stop defending itself.

He hasn't made that argument for Saddam Hussein, because like much of the far right and far left, free nations take a beating, while Muslim ones get a free pass. So while a libertarian President who ended foreign aid and stopped interfering in Israel's own war on terror might be a godsend, the Pauls are coming at this from a whole other perspective.

But now Rand Paul, the jolly chap who said

"Iran feels threatened because we have troops in Iraq and troops in Afghanistan... we have to understand their perspective, that they feel threatened."

...and favored releasing captured terrorists back on the battlefield is supposedly pro-Israel. And I buy that as much as I buy that he's suddenly in favor of keeping terrorists locked up, when back in 09, it was a different story

Rand Paul “couldn’t agree more” with those who believe Guantanamo has “significantly damaged the reputation of the United States” and who want to “see it shut down.”

So while Rand Paul's statement is very nice, it's also a complete break from everything that's come before it, aside from the paragraph about foreign aid, which is left over from Ron Paul's own campaign for office. And when a politician comes out with a radically new position, I have to believe that his old position is the real thing.

Furthermore as others are pointing out, Rand Paul has endorsed Adam Kokesh, which means getting in bed with Code Pink, a radical left wing org tied to Obama and Hamas of all things.

There's more.

Hay look! It's a Tea Party! Look at that mass of violent rioters! Throwing stuff at the cops, screaming and hollering.
And marching where they have no permit!

There must be a black dhimmicrat congressman in there somewhere. I bet he's covered with spit and his ears are ringing from the N-word being screamed so loud!

No. Wait ... uh ...

Aw, it's just messcans, doin' whut messcans do.

You! Yea, you reporter! Put down that camera and start acting bored!

According to the dhimmicrats, the Tea Parties are contrived by and constituted of criminally-minded rednecks bent on violence. Tea Parties are nothing more noble than a hate fest for racists and anarchists.

Leave it to a bunch of ingrate non-Amercians to provide examples of what the dhimmicrats have been accusing partiots of ... for over a year.

So, I reckon the only option is to grant them all citizenship. After all, there seems to be nothing like citizenship to make one lazy, apathetic and unwilling to stand up for ... anything.
Thus the +85% of Americans that will see this and be appalled, and then do not a thing.

By the way, the Arizona immigration law that these people are protesting is almost a verbatim copy of the federal immigration laws that all three branches of the federal government have been ignoring for decades.
So, perhaps it shouldn't be a surprise that people who put on constitutional rights like underwear would be a little miffed when reality bites and somebody actually has spine to enforce.

It's time to feed the hogs.

~~ hat tip to Randy ~~

Adam Kokesh wants to be a US congressman next year. So today he is practicing being a conservative Republican. I say practicing because it was only a year ago or so that he wanted to be a communist.
Poor feller can't make up his mind. I reckon he's still in search of himself?

Saying Kokesh wanted to be a communist is a rather strong accusation, isn't it? It's warranted. I've told you in several recent posts about his involvement with the anti-war movement, that he marched with and led demonstrations by thousands of leftists, anarchists, communists and old worn out 60's hippies. I've told you that I have witnessed with my own hazel eyes the betrayal of Kokesh.

Do you think I'm just making this up?
Are you familiar with ANSWERCoalition?
Click over to DiscoverTheNetworks and read about that fine group of traitors known as ANSWER.
Here's a few excerpts:

Anti-war front group for the Marxist-Leninist Workers World Party
...
ANSWER views the United States as a racist, imperialist, sexist, homophobic nation and the world's chief violator of human rights -- guilty of unspeakable atrocities, past and present, foreign and domestic.
...
ANSWER supports an immigration policy that calls for open borders as well as amnesty and full civil rights for illegal aliens residing in the United States.
...
ANSWER opposes the U.S. military's detention center at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba.

Make notes of all the Marxist, socialist and communist organizations that share board members with ANSWER.

Then make note of this:

That's Adam Kokesh making protest signs in the ANSWER workshop in preparation for the antiwar protest I told you about here.

And don't forget that I also told you that Kokesh enjoys the endorsement of Ron Paul and has in turn endorsed N.C. Congressional candidate B.J. Lawson.

I wouldn't let a commie set foot in my yard, much less march with them, much less endorse one for congress, much less accept endorsement from one.

~~ photo via AmericanPatriotsAgainstKokesh ~~

OR BEFORE

I've been thinking about making this post for a long time, but have never been able to put it all into words. It's something I need to do.

This article has helped to focus and solidify my thoughts and intuitions on the subject of Paulians, Jonesians, Truthers and other assorted ... "right-wing" idiots.

The 9/11 Truthers have been around since, well, 9/11. Although the ranks of the truthers encompass mostly liberals and progressives, the lefty truthers don't rankle me as much as the so-called conservative truthers. The only thing that infuriates me more than a left-wing moonbat is a right-wing moonbat. I fully expect left-wingers to act stupidly and speak stupidly and believe stupid; that's their job, that's what they do. But when someone that claims to be a conservative starts reciting the "inside job" mantra, it makes me want to find the nearest Obamabot and thank them for being honest in their blatant, mindless servitude to the Reader-Of-Teleprompters.

The furor over the recent jihad attack in Texas has brought out, once again, the call for 'moderate' muslims to separate themselves from the usurpers of their 'religion of peace', to denounce the demons within their community and prove they don't believe that islam is about murdering the unbelievers. I make that call myself ... I challenge you muslims that insist I not lump you in with the jihadiis to give me some reason to trust you.

I have to do the same. I have to separate myself from the screeching loonies that hide amongst the conservative groups of which I consider myself a part. It's time for all conservatives to weed our garden, to throw out the bad apples, to look the beans¹.

Example: Being of long hair and beard, and owner of a '78 shovelhead I have spent many hours in the company of people called Bikers. Once upon a time, I was with a group of bikers in a restaurant when the table next to us was occupied by three black men. One member of our group began making loud racist remarks that clearly intimidated the men at the next table. Knowing that he was the only racist in our ranks, we informed them that if they felt it necessary to kick his ass, we would not only refuse to help him, we would sell tickets.

So, from this day forward when I'm participating in a Tea Party or any other conservative protest, rally, march etc., I will no longer tolerate the presence of Ron Paulians or Alex Jonesians waving their truther signs, infowars signs or preaching their conspiracy theory crap. I will not lend credence to 'peace veterans' or any 'veterans against war'.

¹ - "Look the Beans". Where I'm from, beans come dried in a bag. Not a can. Before you cook the beans you have to sift through them (look at them) to find all the worm-holed beans, chunks of dirt and pebbles.

When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it. --Frederic Bastiat

Last week the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its national "under-employment" (or U-6) rate for October: it was 17.5%, a big jump from 17% in September and a major leap from the 10.6% figure of September 2008.

Unemployment keeps climbing, even though President and Congress spent more than $787 billion dollars in taxpayer funds for a stimulus package.

Since that time, neither the President nor Congress have spent an iota of effort analyzing the impact of the stimulus program.

And they've not taken a moment to consider alternatives that might help alleviate the economic pain felt by so many Americans.

The President and Congress continue to ignore the economy while they pursue their ideological agenda of truly massive government.

Anyone who has lost a job, can't find a job, is nervous about losing their job, or simply lives in an area decimated by job loss should be livid over a President and Congress that spend all of their time plotting a takeover of health care.

Even though the economy is the top concern for almost every American, the oligarchy in Washington is fixated on nationalizing health care and exacting carbon taxes on every sector of the economy.

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) broke committee rules and slammed an energy-rationing bill through the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee last week without a single Republican present.

The bill would curtail America's ability to exploit its own natural resources to harvest energy and boost economic activity. Thus, despite the economic crisis, the government is turning its back on $1.7 trillion in tax revenue and tens of thousands of real jobs (i.e., non-government payroll).

Democrats are only concerned with their big-government agenda -- nationalizing the health care industry, carbon taxes and amnesty for illegal aliens -- and not worried a bit about American jobs. Each of their programs raises taxes and fees on job creators, which further harms the economy.

Both the health care and cap-and-trade bills translate to huge tax hikes for most Americans.

Frighteningly, even the 17.5% under-employment figure understates things. During the Clinton administration, the BLS began removing those 'too discouraged' to look for a job for more than a year. John Williams of Shadow Government Stats thinks the true unemployment rate would be 22.1 percent if everyone were included.

Meanwhile, Congress fiddles while the economy burns. As I said more than six months ago, this willful abandonment of Americans in economic distress is intentional.

As Rahm Emanuel told the New York Times after the 2008 election, "Rule 1 -- never allow a crisis to go to waste."

The President and Congress simply ignore high unemployment while plotting their next moves to bankrupt the country. They are violating the Constitution. They meet and maneuver and vote -- not in the tradition of this nation -- but of totalitarian regimes.

They vote late Saturday night, when the public isn't watching. Meeting behind closed doors -- one party and one party only. Changing the locks on the committee room doors to exclude the opposition party and prevent debate. Everything is done in secret until they drop a massive, 2,000-page bill on an unsuspecting public.

And that doesn't even include the regulations to implement the bill, which will be ten times longer! And it affects your life, your livelihood, your family. And you -- don't -- have -- access to it, or them.

Only the oligarchs, who laugh off high unemployment, get a say in how you will live. And they don't give a damn about anything but accruing more power and growing the size of government.

via Stacey McCain
NY23 Scozzafava Quits

Scozzafava's withdrawal came shortly after a new Siena College poll was released this morning, showing her in third place, with Hoffman neck-and-neck with Democrat Bill Owens.

Sarah Palin: right. Newt Gingrich: wrong.

On April 25,2008 I posted RINO Wakeup Call #2494

The purpose of that post was to point out to the GOP just how simple it would be to regain the support of conservatives - support in the form of registrations and contributions.

On September 9, 2009 Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) demonstrated - perfectly - what real Americans are waiting for. He told Obama "You Lie". He said it boldly. He said it in front of the cameras and microphones of the world.

Those two words were worth (currently) $750,000 in contributions to his campaign.
In response to the inevitable accusations and condemnations of the leftists, Wilson threw fuel to the fire with this statement:

“On these issues, I will not be muzzled, I will speak up and speak loudly against this risky plan,” ...
“The supporters of the government takeover of health care and the liberals who want to give health care to illegals are using my opposition as an excuse to distract from the critical questions being raised about this poorly conceived plan.”

GOP, did you see that? Did you make notes on it?
Two words = $750,000!

Make a note on this too. Not only did Wilson garner support from the GOP base (no, the real GOP base, not the moderate-liberal-wannabes), he got real results.

Witness: Rep. Wilson Outburst Leads Senate Dems to Close Loophole in Health Reform Bill

Perhaps I need to change the title from RINO wakeup to just GOP wakeup, because the message is clear:

Of course, once all the RINOs are gone, there would be only a dozen or so real Republicans left. But that's fine by me, one real Republican is worth a thousand liberals.
I go now to donate to Wilson.