Spiritual Patriot Blog

I consider myself to be a patriot, and an American. So What? I just read another Article on the Obama Birther issue, but free thinking human Media Mogul Diary points out to us, what’s the difference? See Story > Okay, Let’s Say Obama wasn’t Born on US Soil. So What?

Our Constitution and lives have been so trashed and trampled on long before this issue came up. The media themselves really do not understand how manipulated they are as well as the masses, by even writing about, discussing, debating or otherwise caring about whether or not Obama was born in the US. Either way most of us live in the prison of the past, the prison of reading about stories that really have nothing to do with our day to day lives. Every time we pay attention to media stories about who, what and where things are happening, we lose sight of ourselves, your own life and spirit. Who are you and I? Why are we here and for what purpose? Do we really think it is about discussing, debating and or investigating Obama or our Constitution?

Dr. Orly Taitz has filed on my behalf a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) in Columbus Georgia to prevent me from deploying to Afghanistan until such time as Barack Obama produces definitive proof that he is a natural born US citizen.  The basis for the TRO is this:  It is my duty as an officer in the US Army to seek clarification as to the legality of orders directed to me by someone in my chain of command (The President of the United States/Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States) who is not eligible to do so.  Should Barack Obama be found not to be a natural born citizen of the US and I follow such an illegal order, I could be subject to punishment under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ)  as well as should I have the misfortune of being captured by the enemy in Afghanistan, I could be subject to prosecution for war crimes as I was conducting military operations illegally.  I will not subject myself to such a possibility.  As an extension of this, each and every Soldier, Sailor, Airman and Marine who is deployed overseas could possibly find themselves in the same situation as I detailed above.  This is an unacceptable position. However, should Barack Obama definitively prove that he is in fact a natural born citizen of the US, and as such, eligible to be President of the US/Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the US, I shall deploy to Afghanistan as so ordered. This deployment to Afghanistan was a voluntary request on my part.  I am a patriotic citizen of the USA and Officer in the US Army and want to discharge those duties assigned to me in an honorable and legal fashion.  I have thought long and hard on my decision to file this TRO.  I realize that this action may well end my career as an Army Officer.  I have discussed this decision with my family and they are understanding and supportive.  This has been a gut-wrenching decision to make.For my entire career in the Army, it has been pounded into us that it is our duty to seek clarification on orders we deem to be questionable in their legality.  You sit through the academic exercise and have a discussion about it and move on to the next subject.  But when the situation actually arises (like my current situation), well that’s something else entirely.  You experience that “holy crap” moment and have to make a decision that may well affect your life from that point on.  I find myself in that position right now.  I have to have the moral courage to prosecute a course of action that is most distasteful, but yet needs to be done.

Onward into the breach, and faciendum est.

Stefan F. Cook

Major, US Army

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Daily blog 7.10.2009

Published: Thursday, 9 Jul 2009 | 11:41 AM ET

Jane Wells
Correspondent

I am at Lenny Dykstra’s $24 million mansion in Sherwood Country Club, where I snapped this photo.

Dykstra is here and preparing to be interviewed by me about his Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing

I plan to post the entire interview later today, as well as air portions on CNBC.

Stay tuned…

Wait He says when he bought Wayne Gretzky’s estate two years ago, a broker from Washington Mutual promised him a single $17.5 million loan, but delivered only $12.5 million.

Dykstra says he was urged to go get a second $8 million mortgage, to complete the $17.5 million and allow him to have some extra cash, as the house, Dykstra says, appraised for $25 million.

Jane Wells

CNBC Reporter

Dykstra says the broker promised he could refinance both mortgages into one affordable payment after 60 days. But the baseball legend claims the mortgage broker disappeared.

There was no re-fi.

Meantime, he was paying close to $200,000 a month in mortgages, and his income was only $125,000, that money coming from a promissory note he received after selling his car wash business.

Unable to continue paying more than he was making, Dykstra says he was forced to sell the promissory note back to the owners of the car wash to pay off the second mortgage. That erased his nest egg, he says.

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