NewsMax Talking Points:
Military coup would
solve the “Obama problem”
Well I’ll be hanged …
Media talking points by a person named Perry at NewsMax, which feeds Fox News — re the bright side of a military coup to solve the “Obama problem” — were published on the NewsMax site this week.
Then taken down Wednesday (two days ago).
Obama Risks a Domestic Military Intervention
There is a remote, although gaining, possibility America’s military will intervene as a last resort to resolve the “Obama problem.” Don’t dismiss it as unrealistic.
America isn’t the Third World. If a military coup does occur here it will be civilized. That it has never happened doesn’t mean it wont. Describing what may be afoot is not to advocate it. So, view the following through military eyes:
# Officers swear to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” Unlike enlisted personnel, they do not swear to “obey the orders of the president of the United States.”
# Top military officers can see the Constitution they are sworn to defend being trampled as American institutions and enterprises are nationalized …
Goes on at some length.
First thought: a hoax.
But the crudeness of the language, screwy thoughts about the Constitution, were reminiscent of totalitarian hoplites that populate literature from behind the Iron Curtain.
And soon a Spokesvolker for Newsmax acknowledged the memo, telling TPM (where the text has been salvaged, linked above) that Perry was an “unpaid blogger.” The NewsMax site itself says he “contributes a regular column.”
What’s most important about the NewsMax piece is that it is not an isolated incident out standing in its field.
Rather, it’s surrounded by a bevy of high-brow generals who came out of retirement or obscurity in September to counter the Rumbling Thunder of the Miserable Media Tour of Dick Cheney, who should be history but apparently isn’t.
The Huffington Post dismisses the NewsMax memo as lunatic fringe. Um-hmm. Beer Hall Putsch … And again — but at least makes clear that, yes, the author is an ass raised on Age of Reagan television. Let’s see …
Ah, here’s Wonkette.
And another silly fellow, this time at CBS, who cares more about the Meme than the substance at hand.
And, aha. The NY Times search engine reports that the Grey Lady so far has ignored the story.
Here’s a native copy of the text, in case it disappears from TPM too.
ed says:
Also noted, from the Washingon Post:
‘Disaster’ Will Test Readiness — Simulated Attack Part of Regional Training
The largest ever Nat’l Security drill in the DC area took place last weekend.
Bad things sometime happen when drills happen.
9/11. The London bombings subseq.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:11 am
ed says:
The Onion too has had enough of the new president.
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:03 am
ed says:
More soberly, Sibel Edmonds updates current events re “The Making of a Police State.”
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:09 pm
ed says:
Sign post: This topic will be followed here.
October 4th, 2009 at 10:51 pm