Comments on: DOD orders reservist who questioned Obama’s BC to be fired

By: AceInTX

AceInTX — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:22:05 +0000

btw…have you replied to my email?

I haven’t seen it if you have and wonder if I accidentally deleted it.

By: civil_truth

civil_truth — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:31:36 +0000

…especially since most times the firing will be done sub rosa rather than publicly, where it will be much more difficult to prove.

…on the other hand, letting this go unchallenged we could find the government being encouraged to coerce businesses to fire all sorts people whom the government considers to be undesirables, i.e. a government sponsored blacklist. This is classic totalitarian behavior.

Hopefully (assuming the above scenario is true) various groups will go to court and the court will not allow itself to be intimidated. Unfortunately, the bankruptcy precedent does not suggest that the court will stand up, in which case we will have a runaway Executive Branch. However, if the court does its job, the Obama thuggery could faces some restraint finally.

These comments have nothing to do with what action the military could take against Major Cook with regards to his military position and actions vis a vis lawful military orders.

By: AceInTX

AceInTX — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:02:21 +0000

but the fact that this is being done in full view of the public speaks to just how rotten we are at the core as a nation…these bureaucrats and Obama sycophants have no fear of retribution from we the people!

By: AceInTX

AceInTX — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:58:23 +0000

If he’s guilty of refusing “LAWFULL” orders as a reservist he should be court mashalled and convicted. ONly then should he lose his job since he’d be off to prison for a while…

But to have a cabinet level agency of the Federal Government coerce the firing of a citizen of a private corporation who has yet to be charged let alone convicted of anything or face the loss of government contracts is beyond belief and should not be sloughed off no matter how crazy and political his actions have been!

By: Deskpilot

Deskpilot — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:34:39 +0000

the lawyer just got a wrongful termination lawsuit handed to her.
Put in the popcorn. This is going to morph into something VERY ugly.
At some point is will end up before SCOTUS and the only empathy Sotomayor will be showing s for Obama, who expensive coverup had had a little light shone on it.
Did you every notice that it’s always Obama’s army of thugskeeping things SECURE for him:
Definition by service: SECURE
NAVY:(My branch) Turn out the lights and go home for the day.
USMC: (Brother Corps) Surround a target and don’t let anyone OUT unless on a stretcher.
Air Force: 10 year lease with an option to buy.
ARMY: Surround your target and don’t let ANYONE in. Shoot to Kill any interlopers. Obama’s brownshirts in suits in action.

By: Tanggor

Tanggor — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:20:35 +0000

Dear Simtech CEO:

Regarding your employee Cook –
Nice DOD contracts you have there.
Be a shame if anything happened to them…

Love,

DOD (on behalf of The One)

By: Vegas_Rick

Vegas_Rick — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:11:08 +0000

By: Vegas_Rick

Vegas_Rick — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:10:17 +0000

By: bk

bk — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:09:01 +0000

Was his order to go in his role as a reservist, or as part of his job at Simtech? I was thinking it was the latter after seeing this story, but if it was the former then obviously it’s a different story. In that case, the DOD should have had nothing to do with his status at Simtech.

By: Tbone

Tbone — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:04:45 +0000

If the Army want’s to court marshal this guy for his actions that fine by me. He then gets his day in court. But, to have the guy fired brefore that day in court is nothing but government jackboot thuggery.

By: Aaron Gardner

Aaron Gardner — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:54:31 +0000

Are you condoning a private company firing a private employee upon compulsion by the gov’t because of his refusal to deploy as a Reservist?

The reason I ask is because he didn’t refuse to go anywhere to his private employer. He refused to go as a member of the military for a specific reason.

Now I am not saying that what this guy did is right, I think he is obviously playing politics, but does that give the DOD the right to tell his private sector employer to fire him? I would think that is a bit of a over reach.