Hardly a day goes by that I’m not more thankful than the day before, for the fact that I was able to retire from the military before Barry "Almighty" was elected. I would have hated to have been forced to contend with him as my Commander-in-Chief. A job that he has neither an interest in nor the aptitude for. Now I'm sure we are all quite familiar with how it is that Barry has described the outrage over the federal government’s decision to monitor citizens’ phone activity is nothing more that "hype." But wouldn't you think that Barry might want to share his opinion with the U.S. Air Force, which has now actually resorted to ordering members of the service not to look at news stories about it?
Apparently the powers that be have even gone so far as to issue an unclassified NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) that warns airmen not to look at news stories related to the data-mining scandal. The notice applies to users of the Air Force NIPRNET (Non-classified Internet Protocol Router Network), which is the only way that many troops stationed overseas and on bases in the U.S. are able to access the Internet. The last line of the executive summary states: "Users are not to use AF NIPRNET systems to access the Verizon phone records collection and other related news stories because the action could constitute a Classified Message Incident."
Cindy McGee, the mother of an airman stationed in the UAE, recently spoke with an online news service about the issue. "The fact that our government is attempting to censor our service members from the truth of what is happening here at home is truly frightening and disheartening," said McGee. Her son received the same notice. McGee continued, "I am outraged that our government is attempting to censor the information from our military that every citizen in this country is potentially being targeted by our government in a massive overreach of their constitutional powers by unconstitutional surveillance of all Americans and storage of that data."
This really shouldn't come as a big surprise to anyone. I mean let's face, this is how this political thug operates. He's got what is essentially a captive audience in our service members and can therefore treat them like mushrooms by feeding them shit and keeping them in the dark. You know "Slick Willie", if I remember correctly, was pretty much worthless as a commander-in-chief, and Jimmy "Peanut Brain" Carter was even worse. And having had the misfortune of serving under both of them was quite enough. But this guy Barry "Almighty", he's in class all by himself. And I can't imagine what it must be like to have his picture looking down at you all day long.
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