Hey, Allen West, I heard that you were relieved of command, charged with violations of ...

[11 Bravo]

Articles 128 and 134 of the UCMJ, and fined $5,000 in an Article 15 adjudication.

Of course, the only difference between what I heard and what you heard is that I can prove that every fucking word of what I heard is demonstrably true!

Got any response to that, dipshit?

[atreides1]

1. Good one

Definite K&R

[Sanity Claws]

2. I'd like to hear more about this

Have any links?

[hobbit709]

3. Here you go

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_West_(politician)

[libinnyandia]

13. I hate people too lazy to vote. When I saw 100,000 fewer people voted in 2010 compared to 2008,

I realized that those idiots are responsible for his getting into Congress.

[xtraxritical]

19. Here is the pertinent link...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_West_%28politician%29

VOTE A STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC BALLOT restore sanity to American politics.

[hobbit709]

22. Yesterday my link took you to the right place.

[Cirque du So-What]

5. Here's one

http://www.webcitation.org/5uL7JlWF8

Like 11 Bravo said, all true.

[southernyankeebelle]

10. Did he get a dishonorable of it? Was he a full colonel or a lieutant colonel? Anyone know

[11 Bravo]

12. He was a Light Colonel. Sadly, he was allowed to retire after paying his fine.

[southernyankeebelle]

15. Well that was good because he wouldn't be promoted that is for sure. I used to work in

reenlistments. He probably was forced out.

[PearliePoo2]

4. WTF is wrong with people that they elect these assholes?

Seriously.
Mittens, Palin, West, Bachmann, Newt, Perry, Christie, McConnell, Boehner...shit, the list of idiots goes on and on.

[atreides1]

6. It's Simple, with West.

People didn't have the common sense to look beyond the uniform he shamed with his actions...they thought he was some kind of hero who was railroaded by the Army.

As for the others, who knows?

[Jamaal510]

8. I can list some reasons people vote for those aforementioned people.

They still think the Trickle-Down stuff works, despite at least eight years worth of evidence proving otherwise.
They think life starts for a baby before it comes out of the mother's womb.
They want Christian principles pushed on everyone.
They are afraid to see minorities and gays gain rights.
Voting machines were rigged.
They were given strict orders to do so by either Limbaugh, O'Reilly, or Hannity.

[xtraxritical]

20. They're all trying to get patronage jobs as prison guards. eom

[indepat]

17. For starters: Way fucked up in the head?

[jenwilson]

7. And racist!

The fact that he allowed the torture of policemen simply because they were brown is just horrific.

[lib2DaBone]

9. Allen West is a strange duck...

How can you have a Black Nazi Skinhead?

[Ineeda]

16. A trifecta of strange.

edited to remove possible misinterpretation.

[WCGreen]

11. This quote from the NYT about Alan West says it all....

But, he added, the events of that hot, dusty night still disturb him: ''I'm not some bully who goes around threatening men's lives. Certain things we have to do in war are outside our character.''

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/27/world/struggle-for-iraq-interrogations-colonel-risked-his-career-menacing-detainee.html

What a hypocrite.

[xtraxritical]

21. Like maybe calling your fellow legislators communists is out of character? Fuck you.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

23. Except when you, you know, called your colleague "vile" and "despicable" and "not a lady"

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0711/Allen_West_tirade_WassermanSchultz_viledespicablenot_a_Lady.html

In an email that you copied to House leadership.

All because she very mildly criticized your policy on Medicare.

[timesup]

14. Wasn't AW already on the politician SFB list already?

n/t

[LaydeeBug]

18. kick and rec. nt