The Head of US Special forces objected to the release of the names of troops killed in the Afghan wilderness when the Taliban shot down their helicopter. There was also firm resistance to releasing even the fact that a Seal team had killed Bin Laden. But the Vice President couldn’t contain his happiness. With all his and his staff have to do during this fiscal crisis, President Obama and White House staff made themselves available for a film cr … Read More
via ON MY WATCH – the writings of SamHenry
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Government encouraged Military-Film Industry cooperation to produce movies that were entertaining, informative and produced for propaganda purposes goes back at least as far as WWII.. this will be the justification Obama will use.. and get away with
As far as I know, there is no precedent for a sitting president to encourage or even allow the arrangement to used to generate a film that can or is intended to be used to help a President gain re-election. Traditionally that would be considered offensive, unethical and most would have considered it Un-American.. This President seems unconcerned about ethics and could give a f–k less about American Traditions or the American People
I don’t believe there is any law that prohibits it- The President has the authority to classify and declassify information as he sees fit…. Unless he declassifies something so vital to national security Harry Reid is willing to call it treason, he’s safe
He’s not allowed to used Federal Resources for campaign purposes.. but this will be billed as pubic information.
Mot the answer I’d like to give…
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You said,…”I don’t believe there is any law that prohibits it.”
We don’t need laws in every instance.
At some point, character and wisdom need to come into play.
From where I sit, Obama is sorely lacking in both.
He has the ability to stop this.
We shall see what he does.
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Yeah, Obama never misses a chance to possibly get his mug in front of a camera.
My question is, who will Hollyweird get to play Obama in the upcoming mini-series on PBS ?
Maybe Obama his arrogant self will.
After all, if We the People are successful in removing him from office, he’s gonna need a new gig.
And, if Barry is unavailable, they can always get the guy that played Erkel.
I wonder if many people would ever know the difference.
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