Too bad my cousin Wallace M. Greene, Jr. is dead. I could write him about this.
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:35 AM, d.b.baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The commanding officer of Camp Lejeune ought to get his ass kicked > right off the base. His name is Colonel Flatau, a brown nosing pencil > pusher. > > On Nov 14, 12:13 pm, Hollywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > d.b. > > > > Wait untill the suit is heard and rules upon before you get all > > excited. > > And i can assure you the words of the Marine Corps hymn will NOT be > > changed. > > > > On Nov 14, 11:03 am, "d.b.baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Lawsuit filed in defense of Marine vet's anti-Islam decals: > > > > > Ann Arbor, Nov 13, 2008 / 06:56 am (CNA).- A Marine veteran whose anti- > > > terrorist and anti-Islam vehicle decals hindered him in visiting the > > > grave of his fallen son at Arlington National Cemetery has filed a > > > federal lawsuit challenging the military order which rebuked his > > > display of the decals. > > > > > Jesse Nieto, a 25-year Marine veteran, served two combat tours in > > > Vietnam. His youngest son, Marc, was one of the seventeen sailors > > > killed in the terrorist bombing of the U.S.S. Cole in October of 2000. > > > > > Since 1994 Nieto has been a civilian employee at the Marine Corps Base > > > Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. In 2001 he began displaying various > > > decals on his vehicle expressing sentiments such as "Remember the > > > Cole, 12 Oct 2000," "Islam=Terrorism" and "We Died, They Rejoiced." > > > > > On July 31, 2008, two military police officers ticketed Nieto for > > > displaying "offensive material." > > > > > After Nieto refused to remove all allegedly offending decals from his > > > vehicle, the Base Magistrate issued a written order ordering Nieto to > > > remove his vehicle from the base until all decals were removed. The > > > order banned his vehicle from all other federal installations, and > > > reportedly prevented him from driving onto the grounds of Arlington > > > National Cemetery. > > > > > The Ann Arbor-based Thomas More Law Center filed a federal civil > > > rights lawsuit this week on Nieto's behalf against the Camp Lejeune > > > Commanding Officer and the Base Magistrate in the U.S. District Court > > > for the Eastern District of North Carolina. The lawsuit claims that > > > the military's ban on Nieto's vehicle decals violates his > > > constitutional rights to freedom of speech and the equal protection of > > > the law. > > > > > "The banning of these decals is political correctness run amuck in the > > > military," charged Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of > > > the Thomas More Law Center. "Our troops are being killed by Islamic > > > terrorists, 9/11 was caused by Islamic terrorists, these terrorists > > > want to destroy America, the Islamic countries persecute Christians, > > > and now the military is victimizing a father whose son was killed by > > > Islamic terrorists while serving our nation." > > > > > Thompson speculated that the Marine command would have to eliminate > > > the Marine's Hymn because "the phrase 'to the shores of Tripoli' > > > celebrates the Marine victory over Islamic forces in the Barbary Coast > > > War and the Battle of Derne." > > > > > The lawsuit alleges that military officials engaged in viewpoint > > > discrimination prohibited by the First Amendment and violated the > > > Fifth Amendment's equal protection guarantee by allowing some messages > > > to be displayed but prohibiting others. > > > > > Further, the suit charges that the military's ban on "offensive" > > > speech is impermissible because there are no objective standards > > > guiding government officials' decisions, thus granting them "unbridled > > > discretion" to determine the acceptability or the unacceptability of > > > speech, a statement from the Thomas More Law Center reports. - > http://catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=14327 > > > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
