geauxtohell
Choose your weapon.
Your boy, LTC Terry Lakin is about to get demolished by a Court Martial of his own choosing to try and get a glimpse at Obama's birth certificate:
Judge removes 'birther' elements from Army doc's court martial - CNN.com
Afterwords, the defense counsel actually said this:
Which is somewhat analogous to Jim Carrey's character in Liar, Liar objecting to evidence because it was "completely damning" to his case.
Oh well. It's not like everyone whose ever served a day in their life and is not a crazy birther loon told you this would happen.
Oh wait, we totally did.
Carry on.
*Includes the "I am not a birther, but...." crowd.
Judge removes 'birther' elements from Army doc's court martial - CNN.com
A judge on Thursday denied a request for President Barack Obama to testify at a court martial for a U.S. Army flight surgeon who refused to deploy to Afghanistan until he saw proof that Obama was born in the United States.
The judge, Army Col. Denise Lind, said any evidence or witnesses related to Obama's citizenship is irrelevant to the charges against Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, who has 17 years of service in the U.S. military.
The judge ruled that the matter of Obama's eligibility is not relevant because he did not give any orders in the case. She pointed out that while the president is commander-in-chief of the military, it is Congress that is constitutionally empowered to raise armies, pay them and equip them.
Any contention that any orders are invalid if the president is ineligible "is erroneous," the judge said.
Lind also said that military law says that a soldier's personal beliefs or convictions are not sufficient to allow that soldier to determine that an order is illegal. The soldier has to have "no rational doubt" that the order is illegal before he or she can ignore it.
Finally she ruled that a military court martial is not the forum in which to determine a president's eligibility, because the Constitution says only Congress has the power to impeach and remove the president.
Afterwords, the defense counsel actually said this:
Afterward, Jensen said he respected the judge's ruling, but called it distressing.
"It completely deprives us of any opportunity to present a defense in this case," Jensen said.
Which is somewhat analogous to Jim Carrey's character in Liar, Liar objecting to evidence because it was "completely damning" to his case.
Oh well. It's not like everyone whose ever served a day in their life and is not a crazy birther loon told you this would happen.
Oh wait, we totally did.
Carry on.
*Includes the "I am not a birther, but...." crowd.