Requests from military voters for absentee ballots have
dropped significantly since 2008 — and by as much as 70 percent in Virginia and
Ohio — leading a GOP senator to conclude that they are yet another example of
how the U.S. Defense Department under President Barack Obama has failed the
nation’s military. Read more on Newsmax.com: Report: Huge Drop in Military Requests for AbsenteeBallots This total lack of
compliance with the law by Pentagon appears to be due to the fact that military
personnel predominantly vote Republican.
COMMENTS:
The Obama Administration, reacting to criticism over the
2010 military voting debacle, insisted at the time that immediate steps would
be taken to ensure that it never happened again. But, as has happened in countless instances,
what the White House has said and what the White House has done are polar
opposites. This is not only a total
violation of the military right to vote, it is an outrageous and flagrant
violation of the fundamentals of our democratic government. Someone needs to go to jail.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. We continue to hear that the FBI is on the ground in
Benghazi; yet, we also hear it is not.
The reason, we are told they are not there, is that it is too dangerous
for them to be there. Yet, CNN and God
knows who else managed to get to the Consulate and extract information useful
to them, including Ambassador Stevens’ diary.
What is going on? (Ivy ~
Chehalis, WA)
A. Whatever it is, we’re not going to find out until after
the election, if then. For certain, it
is sinister or they wouldn’t be pulling out all of their stops to keep us from
knowing what happened there. Are you
willing to watch another cover-up?
Q. The Dow continues well above 11,000, although the economy
is in a shambles. I fear it is artificially
high, like what happened before the great collapse of 2008. What do you think? (May ~ Ventura, CA)
A. I agree. I’ve been
wondering and seriously conjecturing that it is being artificially propped up
by investments from Ben Bernanke and Tim Geithner with unaccounted for bailout
and stimulus money. Nevertheless, this is one
reason I have been consistent in warning people to get out of the stock
market. It is extremely volatile and we
are really at the very verge of financial collapse.
Q. Do you think they will ever catch the bastards who shot and
killed the Border Patrol agent Monday?
(Anton ~ Redding, CA)
A. Late yesterday, Mexican authorities arrested two men in Agua
Prieta, a few miles from where the shootings occurred. No other details were available at post
time.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“Healthy debate has been replaced by
automatic sensors that eliminate the need for actual talking during a
filibuster - a la 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.' Robust debate is necessary in
a democratic society. Instead, our discourse has been relegated to media spin
by expert entertainers.” ~ Douglas Wilder
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