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Extensive historical research conducted in Italy and Germany, has uncovered a historical piece of the puzzle that has been afflicting many historians on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, from Europe to South America.

Italy’s dictator Benito Mussolini has been proved to have fathered an illegitimate son. The occurrence can be dated to the same period when the Duce was also involved in an extra-marital affair with his long time lover Claretta Petacci.
But the illegitimate son was not born from Petacci, who remained with the Italian dictator until they were captured and executed by Italian partisans.
The woman Benito Mussolini had this child with left Italy right after the birth and settled in America, while the boy was sent to a previously unknown South American country to be interned in a mental institution due to his severe retardation.

The identity of the woman who reared the Duce’s illegitimate, mentally challenged child was finally found after six decades of research. Here is her picture:





Yes, non other than today’s Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

In a fortunate turn of events, documents were traced that started to point historians toward finding the identity of the child. And the trail brought the researchers to identify Benito Mussolini and Nancy Pelosi love child to be this man:



The discovery has been hailed as one of the most important of the century, as it explains both Hugo Chavez’s hunger for power and his stupidity.
It’s all in the genes!

Frank Semperpapa

Open Your Eyes, America!

I know it remains only an irrational hope for me, but what is going to take for the ignorant people of America to open their eyes and demand the total and unconditioned firing of the so-called political leadership in Washington, starting from the President on down to the vast majority of Congress.
Will it be tax rates in the 60-70% to fund the socialist agenda of the Democratic Party, or maybe unemployment rate in the 20%?
Or maybe it will be the cost of “free” health coverage bankrupting the average household.

Maybe it will be a government that will ration toilette paper or that will impose fines on the use of air conditioning or heating. Maybe it will be mandatory abortions for population control or the road accident death rate doubling when the little crappy cars Obama wants us to drive will be mandated to each of us.

Or maybe it will be when the relentless attempts of this Administration to remove any significance from the death of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country, but just happened to die in the wrong war, Iraq, the war that Obama will rather lose than bring to the complete victory that is already so near, thanks to the sacrifices of our Military, and all in the name of a twisted, sick political agenda.

And how about those morons soiling the halls of Congress these days, destroying the economy of a whole country in their undeterred quest for a Socialist America where they control every aspect of the people’s lives. I had no full understanding of the damage that a Nancy Pelosi or a Harry Reid could do to our nation in 2006, but with the ascension of the Obama/Michelle Chicago style, Black Panther/ACORN/Nation of Islam coercive political corruption, the future of an entire nation now is teetering on the brink of a disastrous outcome.

The dividing lines between ideological bankruptcy, progressive activism and pure mental deficiency are blurred for every American who is looking at what is happening to our country and feeling totally helpless. We have a President that is spending the country into an economic abyss with no end in sight, surrounded by dubious characters the like of Axelrod and Emmanuel, naming all these czars that have one and only one purpose: to bring the government into a position of control over the most minute aspects of the common American life.

And while the domestic agenda is eroding the very essence of what America has represented for over 200 years, the Obama version of foreign policy is a shamble at best and a disgrace and very dangerous at worst. It appears very clear that the Obama clan is enamored with the totalitarian type of government.
Bowing to the Saudi King, apologizing to the world for “America’s arrogance”; looking at normalizing diplomatic relations unconditionally with two bits dictators like Ahmedinajad and Chaves and Castro are just few of the examples of this Administration total incompetence and even hidden desire for a weak and subservient America which will bring Obama in a good position for achieving a “world order” leadership. He is not happy just being the President of the US, but his eyes are on a global system of government that will have jurisdiction over the entire globe.

Obama’s actions over the unrest in Iran following the fraudulent elections of June 2009 was a telling story about the fact that Obama is more apt to wanting to deal with the Islamic government of Teheran than to be a proponent of freedom. Obama justified his own lack of steadfastness in support of the people of Iran against tyranny with the assertion that America should not meddle in Iranian internal affairs. But the teleprompter has not yet been reset from that speech that Obama is already coming up against the military coup in Honduras. The South American country is in turmoil as its military ousted the current president because he was in the act of attempting to go around the country’s constitution, which imposes a 4-year single term limit for the presidency, and allowing himself to run for office again. Now I am definitely not an expert on the internal affairs of Honduras, but what strikes me as interesting is that the country’s military took matters into its own hands when a politician was attempting to subvert their constitution, something that Obama is openly attempting in the US also.

So, as it was meddling for Obama to strongly decrying the open murder of Iranian protesters in the streets of that country, it is not meddling for Obama to come out and strongly condemn the actions of the military in Honduras (probably Obama’s loathing for anything military made his “decision” easier to make).

News came out over the past weekend that Obama was normalizing diplomatic ties with Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, a move that the defeatists in my country must be hailing as another one of those messianic moves of the One. In reality, what the ignorant Left does not get is that Obama looks at Chavez as a learning tool of how to silence opposition and slowly eroding individual freedoms for the complete takeover of a country. Personally I don’t care what happens in Honduras, but just seeing Obama and Chavez in agreement over anything makes me very, very nervous and suspicious.

And you, Obama supporters, still don’t see anything wrong with this picture?

Are you so blinded by the color of his skin and by your own racist guilt that you are oblivious of the road America is on, a road that will only bring us to two possible outcomes: either America will cease to exist as a free country or the American people will use all the available venues to take America back.

What is going to take for your blinders to be removed? Maybe you will start to see the truth as you are marched to the re-education camps and by that time it will be too late.


And these are my thoughts!
Frank “Semperpapa”

My Thoughts On Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson passed away last week from an apparent heart failure.
As a human being, I definitely feel sorry for his children and his family for such a sudden loss, although the family, in particular his father, appears more interested in the publicity surrounding the death of his son that the loss itself, but I digress.
On the other hand, the non-stop News coverage of the event was somewhat disturbing to me.
At a time when our country is facing some pretty serious problems, the passing of a celebrity, even one as 'big' as Jackson, could have been covered in a more realistic fashion.
Is anyone aware that the House of Representatives passed the Cap and Trade bill on Friday? A bill that will cost the American people, and I mean the individual household, a pile of money? A bill that Obama pushed so hard for to combat that gigantic fraud that Climate Change is?
Probably not.

Back to Jackson. The body is not cold yet and the garbage is already coming out in the News about drug abuse and sinister innuendos surrounding the death. And then there is the always present "race" issue. Finally, bottom feeders like the Rev. Jessy Jackson and Al Sharpton have a new reason to rear their ugly heads out and have an audience. Just another way to feel relevant.
And yesterday, I witness some professor from, I believe, Temple University on FoxNews, he is a regular on that 'right wing' news outlet, spew his racist mantra by saying that Black America had never abandoned Jackson while he had been a victim of the "white esthablishment". Go figure!

Well, RIP Michael Jackson. I like some of your music, but I don't consider myself as a big fan of yours, especially after that little tiny issue of sleeping in bed with little boys. But the Judicial system acquitted you so I just look at it as a strange behavior.
And I apologize if your passing was not that significant to me.

And these are my thoughts
Frank Semperpapa

From SemperNews:

Tales of terror and torture is slowly making its way out of Iran.

It appears that the Iranian authorities are cracking down on the organizers of the protest against the regime by torturing them into divulging the names of those involved in the organizing of the protest.

Anonymous sources commented to news organizations in Britain that the regime is making use of well known Nazi torture methods adopted against captured members of the French Resistance in the 1940s, even using the exact apparatus.

The source was able to send via Internet a picture of the method used. This is what is continuously shown to the male prisoners.








Warning! Graphic Picture!

Still Not Enough?

President Obama is still not forcefully enough in his condemnation of the behavior of the Iranian regime to this day. He is still not openly bringing the power of America, which is still something to be recon with even after his multiple attempts to destroy it, in support of those who are sacrificing and dying on the streets of Iran.

Although official news have been curtailed by the thugs in Teheran, still we have trickling news coming out of the locked country describing the tragedy occurring on the streets of Iranian cities. After the killing of Neda Soltan, killing that has shocked the world over and whose images have become the symbol of an entire people’s struggle for self-determination, the latest I found from Teheran is in an article from the UK newspaper Guardian.

According to the article, the family of Neda was forced by authorities to leave their home in Teheran. The report states that the family is no longer living in their apartment, where they were not allowed to display any sign of mourning or to receive any visitors. Since the death of Neda and her identification, militants from the regime have been harassing all who tried to contact the family. Signs of mourning and visitors are traditional acts following the death in a family in Iranian culture and the prohibition of these acts is only another way the government is punishing the memory of Neda. The family appears to have vanished.
Also according to the article, the neighborhood has been practically seized by the government militants in the obvious attempt to snuff any potential gathering of protesters near the home of the “face of the revolution”.
The regime has gone so far to label Neda as a martyr of the government, because they state that she had been killed by supporters of the opposition to create a symbol of the protest.

So my question is: what is going to be enough to push Obama to place the full weight of America behind the freedom-seeking people of Iran? The actions of the Teheran regime are still not enough, Mr. President?
What has happened to my country? America was the beacon of hope for millions of people across the globe and now it has become a teetering giant being laughed at by every two-bit despot wanting to make a name for himself.
The Iranian thugs are laughing at us and preparing to have representatives of their government attend 4th of July celebrations in US Embassies all over the world. These are the official representatives of the government that killed Neda and countless others. And our President will legitimize them by allowing them on US soil to celebrate our Independence.
The little nutcase in North Korea is thumbing his nose at us and preparing to also celebrate 4th of July by firing rockets toward Hawaii and probably exploding some nuke somewhere. And while this is shaping up and the missile defense is placed into position to intercept the potential threat, Obama is still maintaining his position on cutting the missile defense budget and talking about unilateral nuclear disarmament.

And while all this is going on and Obama is enjoying his ice-cream and taking on a new round of golf, the relevance of the United States as the only Superpower quickly sinks to the level of the Carter years. In those dark days of American history people laughed at America as good old Jimmy allowed 52 US citizens to be held hostages for 444 days and authorizing a half-hearted rescue attempt that cost the lives of several US Military members. At the time Jimmy at least locked himself in the White House.
This President is not only destroying the country financially, not only he is mishandling Iraq and making America less safe, but he is also destroying the hope that America represents to oppressed people all over the world.
The legacy Obama is building is horrendous, to say the least. And no infomercial from any whoring Media outlet will ultimately be able to save it.

It is my hope that what America is witnessing today from this President will be enough for its citizens to insure that starting in 2010 this man’s power is completely eviscerated by taking Congress away from him. America, stand up for right!


And these are my thoughts!
Frank “Semperpapa”

The Persian Question

As the entire world witnesses the struggle of the Iranian people toward a better life, one that includes a level of personal freedom we in the US take so much for granted, the events on the streets of Iranian cities should be both a catalyst for liberty-loving people across the globe and a lesson for those who are bent on ‘change’ which will relinquish personal freedom to a government.
It is certain that the American populace need to take a good and long look at the situation in Iran as another fresh example of what the future may be holding for our country if we allow the current state of affair to continue and worsen.
The lesson should be that the extreme interference of any government in the everyday life of its citizens, is a catastrophe waiting to happen. It is inherent to politicians to seek greater power over the course of time, and for some, total control over the masses is the ultimate goals.
It was the modus operandi of ‘politicians’ like Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Castro, Chavez and countless many others who have left their bloody mark on the darkest pages of world history.

I must admit that initially, as the election’s results from Iran started to become public together with the initial accusations of voters fraud (it has been reported that some districts reported over 100% voters’ participation that sort of raised some people suspicions including mine: has Obama’s ACORN gone international?), I felt that Obama reaction had some merit: the ‘hate America’ call is a very powerful rally cry for the Islamic fascist across the Middle East and the world over, so taking sides with the protesters at the time would have probably just be the immediate end of their efforts.
On the other hand, as soon as the protest had become violent and those taking to the streets were being subjected to a slaughter from the government police, when the protest shifted from a reaction to a rigged election to open defiance against the theocratic government, when the will of the people of Iran was openly trampled over by the oppressive regime of Teheran, the expression of solidarity towards those who had the courage to face armed foes unarmed should have been swift and strong.
America’s position in the world has always been one of beacon of hope. When in 1967 the Soviet tanks rolled into Czechoslovakia to suppress that nation’s hunger for self-determination, I still lived in Italy, where the fear of the Red Army tanks rolling through our streets was real and truly frightening, and where the only hope for security was tied to the presence of American troops on bases across Italy. So I can understand how motivating would be for those who are risking so much on the streets of Iran to hear the President of the United States offer his support for their causes. Sadly, the position of the US has not improved much, and the Iranian government is stepping up the persecution of the demonstrators.

The scenes from Iran are disturbing and eye-opening. Thirty years ago the Islamic Revolution against the US supported Sha’a Reza Palavi was sparked by students faithful to the crazy maniac Ayatollah Kohmeini; the attack and take over of the US Embassy and the subsequent holding of 52 US hostages for 444 days, set the foundation for the relationship between the two countries. These days students are protesting against a theocratic regime that has failed in taking care of its people for the last three decades. In 1979 women went from an appreciated portion of the population to a lower class segment, according to the Islamic fundamentalist doctrine. Today, women are at the forefront of the demonstrations.
It is a defining irony that the face of what may very well become a popular revolution in Iran is that of a young woman, one of those members of the population that more than others, has paid a great price for the ascendance of the Islamic nutcases in her country because she was a woman. Neda was a young woman full of life and probably hopes for a future of freedom and equality. Instead she has become the horrible face of an oppressive and power hungry government. The horrendous images of her sweet face covered in blood as she slowly left the living, has been splattered all over the world. She has become the symbol of the struggle, especially that, according to some of the reports from the Associate Press, she was not an activist. She just had joined the demonstration because she was incensed by the open fraud of the elections.
And yet even after the images of Neda appeared and at a time when the struggling demonstrators were and still are in desperate need of that beacon of Freedom America used to be, Obama is sticking to his guns and only taking a timid approach to his condemnation of the current regime in Teheran.
And if that was not enough, the State Department has clarified that the original plans to have Iranian diplomats join their American counterparts in American Embassies for the 4th of July celebrations, are still valid.
So as the Iranian people are paying with blood for their desire for democracy, Obama is still going through with his hot dog diplomacy. The representatives of oppression in Iran will be invited to celebrate America’s Independence Day celebrations. Ironic and insulting!
It was one of the most idiotic ideas that Obama had come out with yet (wonder if “Senator” Barbara Boxer had something to do with it, as it appears to share the same IQ level), but it has now one beyond bad taste, which it appears to be Obama’s forte, and reached the level of insult not only toward us American citizens, but also toward those who are dying on the streets of Iran.

Then there is another reason for the American people to take notice of from the Iranian situation. The images of the clashes between the protestors and the police show that the protestors are facing the barrels of guns with their unarmed bodies and only armed with rocks. So, America, take notice that an unarmed citizenry is easy prey for an oppressive government, for the ruling regime is more apt to impose its will as no chance of rejection is afforded to the people.
It is my opinion that the possibility of a government facing a well armed citizenry is a great deterrent against despotism and the abuses from the government would probably be less overt.
This is the reason why it is one of the biggest goals of Obama and the Liberal/Progressives to slowly but surely disarm the people of the United States. They, the Liberals, would keep their weapons as they retain power, while disarming anyone who they deem a threat (every single American who disagrees with Obama).
Ideals, sacrifices and guns win revolutions and give the people freedom. The best historical example is…us, the United States of America.

And these are my thoughts!
Frank “Semperpapa”

Wiens & Cooper

Cpl. Kory Wiens and Cooper caught my eyes when I received the above picture in an e-mail, so, just out of curiosity I searched for these two and found out the story behind them.
Cpl. Wiens and Cooper were the first Military K-9 team to lose their lives in the current war on terror. They both died on July 7, 2007 in Muhammad Sath, Iraq, when a IED exploded near their vehicle. They had started their tour of duty in Iraq in January.

According to officials, they are the first K-9 team to perish in combat since the Vietnam War and they had been together since Cooper had entered the military working dog program. Cooper was a bomb sniffing dog and together with Kory, they were part of the 94th Mine Dog Detachment of the 5th Engineering Battalion, 1st Engineering Brigade out of Fort Leonard Wood, MO.

Their cremated ashes were interred together in Kory’s hometown of Dallas, OR. The service was attended by many from the small community as the Patriot Guard Riders escorted and paid the last respects to the fallen and their grieving families.
I also came across this tribute video in memory of these two American Heroes. It brings tears to my eyes but it is really great.

http://www.rayallen.info/video/honoring-fallen-handler-cpl

One of the most amazing aspects of the Military, and especially of the current War on Terror our country is involved in, is that there are millions of individual stories which are known only to few. I felt that way as I walked through the head stones at Riverside National Cemetery on Memorial Day. I would read the writing on some of them, Cpl. USMC Korea or Pvt. Army WWII, and wonder the story behind the man, the experience he endured.
One specific grave I visited was that of Sgt. Rhys W. Klasno, who lost his life in Iraq in 2007 and whose funeral I had the honor to escort as a Patriot Guard Rider. I went to pay my respects to him as I know a little about him and his family. It was one of my first missions as a PGR and I will never forget the strength of character I witnessed that day.

To the American Military I promise this: I shall never forget what you did for me and my country, and as long as the Lord allows me to be on this Earth, I will work so that others will never forget.

And these are my thoughts!
Frank “Semperpapa”

Few More Selected Names

Just in the eventuality that California residents do not have enough to be embarrassed about their political and economic situation, we can always count on our wonderful elected official for some more. Specifically, today is the turn of that pillar of ignorance that is our US junior Senator Barbara Boxer.

During a hearing in front of the Senate Committee on Environmental and Public Works, Brigadier General Michael Walsh of the Corps of Engineers responded to a question from the always witty Ca senator by addressing her as “ma’am” at which point the luminary Boxer interjected:
"You know, do me a favor. Could say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am?” and added "It's just a thing, I worked so hard to get that title, so I'd appreciate it, yes, thank you,"
Gen. Walsh politely adhered to the nasty request.

What an embarrassment Sen. Boxer is, not only to the whole body of the US Senate, but Congress, the state of California and the whole country.
Some may say that it is not a big deal, but I say that it is just the opposite: a clear window on the elitism that politicians suffer from, elitism that appears, at least in their power hungry minds, to give them the permission to be so self serving.

Maybe if the good Senator would have a better understanding of the Military mind set, she would know that it is a common procedure for many people, and especially the Military, to address women with ‘ma’am’ and men with ‘sir’ and it is all based on an inherent sense of respect.
But this is something that obviously escapes the shark size brain Boxer, who probably associates the term ‘ma’am” with the one that she is more familiar with, especially in her home town, of madam.

To make her statement even more embarrassing, she mentions the fact that she worked so hard to get that title. Somebody should remind the Senator that it was the people who lent her that title, albeit misguided and brain dead. The only work she had to do, and I must admit she worked hard at it, has been to feed a good line of crap to the Californians to get elected. And that she is good at!

I can think of few more appropriate names for Senator Boxer, but I will refrain with all but one: it is my deep hope that soon we will be able to address her as ex-Senator.
In the meantime, we will just have to continue to feel the embarrassment of yet another political figure from the once Golden State. Still, it is at times hard to mask the sadness I feel in seeing what has become of this once great state. The whole country for that matter.
This is what happens when Liberals and phony Conservatives are in charge…every time.

And these are my thoughts!
Frank “Semperpapa”

Miranda Rights for Terrorists

Among the myriad of changes that Obama has brought to America, none makes less sense than the one whose knowledge has been gained in the last 24 hours.
In a very quite and covert manner, the Obama DoJ has ordered the Military in Afghanistan to Mirandize the foreign fighters captured on the battlefield. Rep. Mike Rogers just happened to find that out during a visit to Afghanistan.
The Miranda Rights are afforded to those being detained by law enforcement personnel in the United States. Basically they are designed to give suspects the ability to remain silent and not incriminate themselves.
So now we find out that the American Military, in the midst of combat operations in Afghanistan against an enemy that would as soon cut their throats, has to read the terrorists their rights.

AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT SEES SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS?

So let me see if I can understand the demented logic behind this incredibly moronic decision.
Our troops while conducting combat operations against the Taliban, while dodging AK-47 and RPG fire, while side stepping land mines and driving through IEDs, have to make sure that as they apprehend some of these third world sub-humans, they are informed of their right not to speak and the right to have a lawyer present for any interrogation. And if they cannot afford a lawyer, the American taxpayers will pay for one.
Does this just about cover it?

I really do not know what to say. I am somewhat speechless, as much as unusual that may be.
I would like to find out who is directly responsible for such brain fart, but ultimately it remains the responsibility of Obama for authorizing such an idiocy.

With the premise that I do not intend to insult children, this is exactly what happens when children are placed in positions where adults should be in charge. Obama is not only a radical leftist with the only one goal to achieve absolute power, impoverish the whole country and kiss up to the enemy of our Nation, but he is also so in way over his head that he sits next to whale shit. He has no clue about the running and defending of the country, no clue about the responsibility of safeguarding the American people and their security, no idea of how to run anything. To add insult to injury, he has all these czars attempting to control every aspect of the American people’s lives and they are just as incompetent and moronic as their boss.
This would be all funny, amusing if it did not translate in economic disaster, vulnerability to further attacks, loss of confidence from our allies across the world, the demoralization of our troops in the field and the empowerment of our enemies, who now see us as a weak, powerless target.
Obama is catering to al Qaeda and the Taliban placing millions in danger. He is catering to the same type of creatures that in Iraq killed, roasted and served for meal the child of a tribal leader to impress in him the choice he had about supporting the terrorists in his village. The same creatures that will strap explosives on a Down Syndrome woman and send her to her death in a market crowded with civilians. And we are reading their rights to them?

The return to treating terrorism as a law enforcement issue is a disastrous repeat of the mistakes that allowed al Qaeda to conceive and execute the worst attack against our country since its birth. And to make matters even worst, now it appears that the terrorists will also be able to invoke their Miranda rights and say nothing to their interrogators until a lawyer is present.

Please, would someone wake me from this frigging nightmare!


And these are my thoughts!
Frank “Semperpapa”

Obama Justice

‘Terrorists will not be brought to the US’ was the statement from Obama to Reid, echoed by Republicans in Congress. And as the words practically still sounded, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani move from Gitmo to America was in the planning and is today done.
What a surprise! The Obama administration lied to the American people!

Who is Ahmed Ghailani? He is a high achiever who went in just few short years from being a bicycle riding, bomb carrier for those who perpetrated the terrorist attacks against the US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, to becoming a body guard for none other than Osama bin Laden. Really impressive career development almost as good as going from community organizer to President of the United States.

Now, good old Ahmed is in the US and is going to be prosecuted in federal court, at taxpayers’ cost and, my personal favorite, being afforded the luxuries of the American judicial system.
I would ask the humble question: what is wrong with this picture?
In the first place, this man has sworn to try to kill as many Americans as possible. Second, he is a sworn enemy of our country, and yet the Obama regime is going to give the man all the “rights” that American Citizens used to have the privilege to be entitled to.

Ahmed has pleaded not guilty (gee, really?) and now his trial will become a political/propaganda offensive on the part of the Islamic enemies of America and the peaceniks of America. We will be treated to demonstrations of solidarity for this piece of garbage and somehow our Nation and our Military will turn out to be the one on trial.

On a similar front, Abdulhakim Muhammad, the killer of Pvt. William Andrew Long in Arkansas, has pleaded not guilty to the charges of premeditated murder. His plea was not dictated by his attempt to deny having committed the crime, but on the fact that his was a justified action of punishment for the US Military for having disrespected the Koran and for the actions of the Military in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yes, he does not deny the indictment, but he believes it to be justified.

This is all good, and it will all end up well, because Attorney General Holder is on the case and we can expect the unexpected from him and his boss, Obama.

It is only a matter of time for Muhammad and Ghailani to receive the wrath of the American justice under the new Obama direction and will see their charges dropped for some legal technicality that no one will have the fortitude to oppose, lest be labeled “racist”

Both murder suspects, both terrorists, are black. Both terrorist are Muslim. Both terrorists are the result of America’s imperialism and lack of sensitivity toward the Islamic extremists. So both men will be treated like the New Black Panthers thugs caught on video intimidating voters in Philadelphia and will be released with the government apology and after promising that they will refrain in the future from trying to kill Americans. And possibly have a managerial position within ACORN.

All this would be slightly amusing if it was not the security of our country to be at stake. I still remember the ‘outrage’ from the Left directed toward former VP Cheney when he stated that Obama was making America less safe. All that outrage was fueled by the usual Media whoring who will sit back and witness American loss of innocent life only for the purpose of spinning Obama disastrous policies.
A return to terrorism combated as a law enforcement problem is highly dangerous and just a precursor to another 9-11 style attack, with much greater casualty rate. It is not because of the inability of an agency like the FBI to do the job, but it is just a matter of focus. Law Enforcement is trained to deal with crime as a societal phenomenon sparked by socio-economical causes, while terrorism is a violent action which today we see mostly sparked by religious fanaticism and directed to affect as large a segment of the population as possible. LEOs are not necessarily trained to deal with the prevention of an act like intelligence agencies are.

But Obama is bent on allowing the issue of terrorism to be handled in the same fashion it was prior to the attacks of September 11, 2001, and if history is our teacher, and it always is, it is now only a matter of time and logistics that we will suffer another attack.

It is really painful for me to witness the steps taken by Obama and his minions to ward making America incredibly open to another terrorist attack.
It remains my position that it is Obama’s plan that if another terror attacks befalls on America, he would take the “crisis” as an opportunity not to let go to waste. Marshal Law, suspension of the Constitution and of the people Constitutional Rights, gain of total power. And the scary part is that the American people would just sit back and let it happen in the name of defending America.


And these are my thoughts!
Frank “Semperpapa”

Travis Clark

All too often life has a way to slap us across the face when we feel that we have insurmountable obstacles in front of us. We get so involved in our everyday problems that we sometimes forget the blessings we have and concentrate on what we perceive as misfortunes.
Sure it is a common failure of human nature to always look at the grass across the fence and see it much greener than ours. Then God has His way to remind us of what is really important in one’s life.
Today is one of those days.

Travis Clark taught me a lesson today, and Travis is so powerful that he taught me the lesson from very far away.
Travis is an 11 year old little boy who passed away yesterday from a form of incurable brain tumor that took him on a voyage from being a bright young little boy to the waiting merciful hands of God in less than a year.
I personally do not know Travis, nor his parents or his sister, but I have been struck by their story as my wife had been Travis’ teacher on several occasions as a substitute teacher.

Below is the link to a FoxLA news report on Travis.

http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/Make_A_Wish_Apollo_13_20090406

I am really happy that Travis had the opportunity to see his wish come true and that his family was able to witness their little boy excitement in meeting the Apollo 13 Mission Director.

It is amazing how someone we do not know can show us the way unknowingly, but Travis did just that, because, as a father, I can somewhat see myself in the place where his parents are. I can understand their belief that they would be more than happy to take on all the “problems” I may have if they could have their precious son back healthy.

This is a lesson we should all learn from. A lesson that I keep on being reminded of every funeral of a soldier I attend, every airplane arrival as that flag-draped coffin makes its final way home, or every time a Travis Clark crosses my life path.

God bless Travis Clark and his family. And thank you, Travis, for the invaluable lesson you taught me.


And these are my thoughts!
Frank “Semperpapa”

Guilty By Omission

June 6, 1944 – June 6, 2009. What a difference 65 years make. Then an entire country stood behind the American Military as it bled and die on the shores of Normandy and countless other battlefields across the globe, across the unforgiving enormity of the Pacific Ocean. Then an entire country joined a President in prayer for those who were embarking on a gigantic step toward the final victory over tyranny and the liberation of an entire continent.
Today, we witness a American President speaking at Point du Hoc, Omaha Beach, where so much sacrifice and heroism was witnessed, who in an un-emotional, convoluted speech, pays a tired tribute to those who have in the past carried the brunt of American ideals while at the same time purposely ignoring those who are still doing so in two separate conflicts.

While participating in the 65th Anniversary of the Normandy landing, Obama spoke in his usual rhetoric rich manner. As I started to listen to the speech, I was struck by the lack of any emotional underlining in his delivery. It is beyond my comprehension how can anyone stand at that historical site and in front of the remaining Veterans, a lot of who, it is known, will probably be on the last visit to the place where they made history and where a lot of their friends still are to never get older, and not being in total awe. So once the automated delivery of someone else’s words started, my interest in the speech was practically over and I preferred to read the transcripts instead. At one point, Obama made a statement that hit me for what he did not say, more than what he did:

That is the story of Normandy -- but also the story of America; of the Minutemen who gathered on a green in Lexington; of the Union boys from Maine who repelled a charge at Gettysburg; of the men who gave their last full measure of devotion at Inchon and Khe San; of all the young men and women whose valor and goodness still carry forward this legacy of service and sacrifice.

What was omitted was a direct reference to Iraq and Afghanistan. Faithful to his opposition to the Iraqi war, the President could not and would not address those who have again made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our country and in name of giving a foreign people the gift of self determination. Faithful in his mission of dismantling and discrediting everything America has accomplished in Iraq, he made sure that the sacrifice of the fallen and their families was once again disregarded by the Military’s Commander in Chief.
Similarly, the US Military efforts in Afghanistan were ignored, most likely, in my opinion, not to mar the accommodating stance that Obama has taken toward the Islamic world. The Military is witnessing the person who should be advancing and praising their efforts leaving them out of a speech dedicated to commemorate those who came before them.

Normandy, Lexington, Gettysburg, Inchon, Khe San should have been joined by Al Kafji and Felluja and Ramadi and Tora Bora, as the efforts and dedication and the blood spilled in those locations was just as American. The main difference is that there seems to be reluctance on the part of the Obama Administration to mention any of the efforts made by our Military against the forces of extreme Islamic terrorism.
It is highly disturbing how the blood of American Service Members is continuously been used by Obama and his cronies to advance, promote and impose their anti-American political agenda.

There is really no end to the level of disgust that I feel every time the President speaks about the Military, as it is obvious to me that the men and women in uniform have been used and abused by him and those in his regime for exclusive political scope.
One of the most used expressions regarding Obama and his approach to politics is “thrown under the bus”, and it really is the one phrase that would more effectively be the descriptive one for this man who has built a career upon the shoulders of others while always ready to discard them the moment that they no longer fit in the puzzle of political power he is building.

And while this man is repeatedly generating waves of nausea inside me as I see his total abuse of his CinC position, while his posture and behavior is continuously showing his open disregard for our men and women in uniform, the same men and women continue to do their job, spurred by their belief in the US Constitution, fully aware of the oath taken and battling the ongoing attempt to demoralize them on the part of the civilian leadership in Washington.
The men and women in uniform stay focused on their missions, but their families are home dealing with a prevalent environment of national indifference, opposition and ignorance fostered by those in the highest governmental positions.
Maybe members of the Military will not remember or dwell too much on the treatment received by politicians, as their duty and unit brotherhood will be strong and lasting. But the families will never forget, Mr. President. I will never forget!



And these are my thoughts!
Frank “Semperpapa”

June 6, 1944

June 6, 1944. The day the Greatest Generation stepped up to the challenge of saving the world from tyranny and oppression. The day, 65 years ago, when Operation Overlord begun and thousands of American soldiers, together with their allies, British, Canadians, Polish and more, faced the insurmountable task of invading Fortress Europe. They brought back hope to those in Europe who had been subjected to Nazi occupation.
Their legacy is felt today after 65 years and with their ranks diminishing at great rate due to advanced age, we must take the time to let them know the debt of gratitude we owe them.
We also must insure that future generation will always be made aware of the blood that was paid for freedom on the beaches of Normandy and subsequently across Europe.

Most of all, we must insure that the history of sacrifice of American soldiers is not re-written by those who have been brainwashed by the prevalent anti-American forces across the globe and within our borders, especially in our colleges and universities.
Let us never forget that the freedom we still enjoy in our daily life has not been won by politicians, or by the Media, or by lawyers, or by community organizers. It has been won and kept by national strength and pride, by the sacrifice of loyal citizens, but most of all by the strength afforded to our nation by those who have in the past and still today wear the uniform of the US Military.
May God bless all our Veterans and their families. And may God bless all those who 65 years ago took on evil and defeated it, writing a chapter of American history we shall never forget.

And these are my thoughts
Frank Semperpapa

Political Correctness Kills Again

Three days after the murder of Pvt. William Andrew Long and the wounding of Pvt. Quinton I. Ezeagwula in Arkansas, information comes out that the accused murderer had been arrested in 2004 on weapon charges. Charges were subsequently dropped and the scum was back on the streets, leading to the ending of Pvt. Long’s life.

Why were the charges dropped? Why was this animal not in prison? If his history was such to warrant FBI surveillance, why was this piece of shit walking the streets of America, free to plot his ‘revenge’ against our country and our Military?
Are the American people ever going to get an answer?

Allegedly, the scum had several targets planned for his jihad, including day care centers. I cannot stop thinking that if he would have carried through his plans against innocent children, his actions would have been of much greater impact on the psyche of those Americans who are totally disconnected from the Military.

But I have a solution. As the Federal Government is not going to do anything to insure the safety of the lives of Military members on our own soil, the Military should allow its members to be armed and ready to protect themselves.
As Daris Long, grief-struck father of the slain soldiers said, the war went to find his son away from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. Ironically truthful statement, as regardless of the apologies Obama is making to the Muslim world and the indifference toward the death of Pvt. Long, America is at war against an insidious enemy that is already among us.

Abdulhakim Muhammad benefited from the PC mentality that has been undermining America’s society for a long time now, worsening every day as we witness it and remain inactive. A black man and a converted Muslim, he should have been locked up as he committed his crime, but instead he was free to commit his evil deed. Haw many Abdulhakim Muhammad are out there?

Federal law enforcement rushed to the Media within 24 hours to state that Abdulhakim Muhammad was an isolated, lone gunman with no ties to any specific group, and I say to them: prove it to me! If that’s the case, why are precautions being taken in other parts of the country, like New York and Philadelphia and Atlanta and Memphis and other locations, at Christian and Jewish institutions?
And why is Vandenberg Air Force base in California in a heightened state of alert for an undefined period of time?

Yes, Mr. Long is correct in his assessment: the war is here, and the responsibility falls at the doorstep of politicians of all ideological tendencies. They bent over for the Politically Correctness police, more interested in re-election than the safety and security of the US citizens catering to the pieces of garbage like Abdulhakim Muhammad, and we are all paying the price for their ineptitude.
Without releasing the Bush Administration of their responsibility for the current state of affair, at least they kept us basically attack-free for seven years. The new regime, with all the apologizing and willingness to recognized and negotiate with our sworn enemies will create a much more fertile ground for scum like Abdulhakim Muhammad.

For way too long now the American people have been trying to make nice with those in our own country that have ill intentions toward our people and our way of life. I am only afraid to find out what is going to take for the average American to realize that we are in a unsustainable course toward disaster.

And these are my thoughts!
Frank “Semperpapa”

A Father's Pain

While the silence from the White House and the rest of the current political leadership regarding the murder of Pvt. William Long and the wounding of Pvt. Quenton Ezeagwula is deafening, and while the homegrown Muslim terrorist is enjoying all the needed physical and legal protection in prison, KATV in Little Rock gives America the image of what is great about our country.
Here is an interview with Daris Long, father of the slain soldier:

http://cfc.katv.com/videoondemand.cfm?id=41749

These are the images of a father’s pain and of the immense dignity and composure that only a Veteran, in his case a Marine, can master.

We should all take note and learn from this man and his family tragedy.

While I am in awe of Mr. Long (as a Blue Star father I honestly don’t know if I could have such self-control) and send him and his family my most sincere and heartfelt condolences, I am nauseated by the complete ignoring of this family’s plight on the part of our illustrious President, who has had plenty of occasions, in the last 48 hours, to make a statement of condemnation for the crime. And would any so-called reporter have the integrity to question him on it?

For a while now, complaints about the disconnect between those who serve in the Military and their families and the rest of the American population has been resounding from endless Military quarters, and it is offensive enough when it is the common civilian to demonstrate such disconnect, but when it is the Commander-in-Chief to act in such manner, it is cause for a low morale among those serving and those of us home worrying about our loved ones.

I have only one word for Mr. Obama: disgusting!


And these are my thoughts!
Frank “Semperpapa”

Earned Privilege

The Justice Department has turned down the State of Georgia attempt to require citizens to have a form of identification before they can register to vote, citing that the requirement would be a discriminatory system that would hinder minorities in the exercise of their voting rights.

Georgia passed a law last Spring requiring verification of citizenship for all who wanted to register to vote. Of course the ACLU and the Mexican American Defense Fund sued over this and the Department of Justice, Obama’s DoJ, shut the whole thing down.

How dare a state demand that its citizens prove their eligibility to vote? Well according to the DoJ, it is then discrimination to require someone to possess a recognized ID in order to exercise a right that the Constitution affords to those who are United States Citizens.

The ability to vote in America is, in my opinion, an earned privilege, not just a right given to anyone who is going to vote your way. If one is US born, the ability to prove it by having a Social Security card should be an easy way to prove the eligibility of that person to cast a ballot. The excuse is that one may have lost the card, and the answer is very simple: request a replacement. Voting is important enough to warrant taking the time to have all the needed documents available.
If one is an immigrant, like myself, the answer is even simpler, because the privilege to vote is earned by taking the time to become a US citizen, which gives you the ability to have a US passport, which is proof of eligibility.
So what it comes down to is that the burden to prove eligibility to vote should be carried by the citizen not the whole country. It should be up to the individual to follow the law, not to the law to be circumvented to accommodate the individual.

In an age when ACORN has been under investigation for voter registration fraud, investigation which surely will be dropped by Obama’s DoJ anytime, the prospect of voter fraud is an active and disturbing threat to one of the pillars of our Republic. Interestingly, the people most opposed to the verification of voter eligibility are those who are dedicated to give illegal immigrants all the same rights that US citizens have. Moreover, the argument that always works is the racial one, where minorities are always targeted. It appears that applying the laws of our land as dictated by the US Constitution, in the case of voting rights, are racist.

Find any reason to undermine the rule of law, as long as it fits the maintenance of power and the ideology of people control. This is the Hope and Change America voted for.

And these are my thoughts!
Frank “Semperpapa”

Dereliction Of Duty

When Dr. George Tiller was gunned down by Scott Roeder as he was going to his church on Sunday, the attention of the Left concentrated not only on the senseless crime of murder that had once again plagued our society, but the assassination took a political turn as Dr. Tiller was a renown abortion doctor. The criminal who took his life and the crime became an agenda driven symbol of what the pro-abortion advocates consider a true gift for their cause.
Even Obama chimed in about the crime and rightfully so, as one cannot in any case react in such manner to whatever policy is disagreeing with, lest the road to anarchy would be wide open.
Regardless of one’s personal position on the ever-so-controversial issue of abortion, Dr. Tiller was not breaking the law as it stands today, therefore his murder is to be condemned as much as any similar crime.
My moral and ideological position is that if one disagrees with a specific legislation, one has the right to dissent, but always within the boundaries of the rule of law. Even in protest, the conduct of each one of us must remain lawful.

As a result of Dr. Tiller’s homicide, AG Holder is considering having the U.S. Marshal Service guard abortion clinics.

On Monday, June 1st, a man drove up to an Armed Forces Recruiting Office in Arkansas and gunned down two soldiers who were in front of it having a smoke. The attack left one soldier, William Long, 24, dead and one critically wounded, Quenton Ezeagwula, 18.
Shortly after, the attacker was apprehended on a nearby highway and arrested, still in possession of the assault rifle used in the attack.
As the details of the assault became known, the public found out that the ‘alleged’ attacker was one Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad, 24.
It has become known now that the man is a convert to Islam and his motive for the attack was the grudge he holds against the Military for their war against Muslims in Afghanistan and Iraq.
As more details become available, it also becomes obvious the different approach that the American so-called leadership is taking toward the two incidents, because no statement has come out of the White House regarding the murder of Long, who, together with Ezeagwula, had just come back from Basic Training and was working as a recruiter’s assistant.
Also absent is any step from AG Holder regarding any additional security from Federal Law Enforcement Agency to be offered to Military Recruiting Centers, even after the multiple attacks they have been victims of in the last few years.

This brings me to my thoughts.
Regarding the murder of Dr. Tiller, I believe that the person responsible should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, including the application of capital punishment, as premeditation has been basically proven.
By similar parameters, the murderer of William Long should also receive the maximum the law allows, including the death penalty. As a matter of fact, I would like to see these two champions of their religious beliefs sharing the same cell on death row. Maybe the taxpayers’ could get a good deal by executing both at the same time, like a group discount?

The other aspect of my thinking is regarding the reaction to the two murders from the White House. Statement from the President and ‘action’ from the Attorney General for the case of Dr. Tiller, but practically nothing for the case of Pfc. Long. What does that tell me? Really, nothing new.
I have sustained for a long time that the Obama Administration considers the Military almost as an enemy, but one that they see mandatory to pander to. I am convinced that the Military is viewed by the Obama regime as a great threat to their goal for the country.
From the lack of real interest during his campaigning to the actions on Guantanamo and Iraq, and from the cutting of the Military budget at a time our Military is involved in two wars to the release of the Right Wing Manual from the Homeland Security Agency which singled out Veterans as potential right wing activist, the Obama clan has been dumping on the men and women in uniform at every possible turn, even considering having those Veterans in need of medical help having to pay for their own care.
Regardless of how many articles the Media publishes about the Military Family cause taken up by Michelle Obama, and no matter the flowery speech Obama’s teleprompter makes, my impression still remains that the American leadership has quite a disdain for the Military, in true progressive fashion.

Violence against Military Recruitment Centers has increased since the beginning of the war in Afghanistan following the 9-11 attacks, with groups like Code Pink being on the forefront of the incitement of it. After the murder of Dr. Tiller, the blame for that act of violence was given by the Left to everybody and their brother: Bush, O’Reilly, the Pope, the Church, Christians, the NRA and whoever else one could think of.
So I am putting forward my interpretation of guilt for the murder of William Long. I hold Ted Kennedy and Dick Durbin responsible for inciting Islamic nutcases to even more violence by parading the Abu Grahib pictures for months at the time in front of every video camera they could put their ugly faces and even uglier souls in front of. I hold Obama responsible for reverting back to pre-9/11 times and giving the FBI counter-terrorism jurisdiction over CIA, because the killer of Williams was under FBI surveillance following a trip he had made to Yemen and Jihad indoctrination he had received there from a local Imam. Well, what happened to the surveillance?

In the meantime, there is a family that has to bury a 24 years old soldier. It is hard enough when a soldier falls on the battlefield, but when the death occurs on American soil, when the only fault of the young man was to want to serve his country, the loss is just senseless.
I understand that the Obama pandering to the Muslim world is at its height these days with the upcoming speech he is going to give in Egypt, probably another apology for big, bad America, but ignoring the reality of the potential for similar violence within our borders from Islamic extremists is, to me, dereliction of duty.

Are the American streets becoming as dangerous for our Military as the streets of Baghdad or Fellujah or Kabul?


And these are my thoughts!
Frank “Semperpapa”

Sgt. Daniel Thornhill

Sgt. Daniel Thornhill.
He is a wounded Iraq Veteran soldier who has been recuperating for the last year at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Sgt. Thornhill lost both legs and was burned over 56%of his body in the service to our country. He has been recovering at the Fisher House in Fort Sam Houston and has a long, painful road in front of him. His family is concerned about his mental health as he receives few visitors. He has a birthday coming and it would be nice to send few encouraging cards to let him know we are grateful for his service and sacrifice. Please help. Here is the address:

Sgt. Daniel Thornhill
Fort Sam Houston Fisher House
3623 George C. Beach Rd.
Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234