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Meet the Men Who Expose Fake Navy SEALs

Meet the Men Who Expose Fake Navy SEALs

Steve Waterman, a former Navy diver, spends his time exposing fake Navy SEALs.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — As long as there have been Navy SEALs, there have been men pumping up their resumes or thumping their chests in bars with bogus claims of being one of the Navy’s elite warriors.

The latest crop includes a Pennsylvania minister who let his congregation believe he was a SEAL and repeated the lie to a newspaper, and there’s no sign of such bogus claims abating anytime soon, especially after a secretive team of Navy SEAL commandos killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

A retired Navy SEAL from Virginia who devotes much of his time to outing the phonies said he’s receiving 40 to 50 inquiries a day from people suspicious of claims by friends, neighbors or colleagues who say they’re SEALs. Their doubts are usually confirmed with just a few checks.

The Naval Special Warfare Command also receives a steady stream of inquiries about possible SEALs, the vast majority of which are debunked, said Lt. Cate Wallace, spokeswoman for the command in California.

And Larry Bailey, a retired SEAL from Chocowinity, N.C., estimates he and friends who are former SEALs have exposed 35,000 phonies through the years.

“There were about 500 SEALs that operated in Vietnam, and I’ve met all 20,000 of them,” Waterman joked.

Wannabes lie to get free beers, to get women into bed, to further their civilian careers or to get military benefits. But what really bugs retired SEAL Don Shipley is that they‘re stealing someone else’s valor – credit due to those who put themselves in harm’s way.

“The more outrageous a story is, in a lot of cases, the more it’s believed. These guys do a terrible amount of damage,” said Shipley, of Chesapeake, Va.

It’s easy to see why folks look up to the SEALs, trained to fight on sea, air and land, because they undergo some of the toughest military training in the world.

Out of each group of SEAL recruits, 70 percent fail to make it through a six-month training course that’s a test of mental and physical toughness, said Lt. Cate Wallace, spokeswoman for the Naval Special Warfare Command in California.

Those who become bona fide SEALs wear a gold trident. There are just 2,500 on active duty, many serving in the world’s most dangerous places.

What’s especially frustrating about people who have been exposed as frauds, Bailey said, is when they continue lying about their service.

Wallace said that those who are blatant in their deception or threaten the public safety are turned over to the U.S. attorney’s office for investigation.

In Pennsylvania, the Rev. Jim Moats from the Christian Bible Fellowship Church in Newville was called out by Shipley after he was quoted in The Patriot-News of Harrisburg talking about his life as a SEAL in Vietnam.

Later, he admitted he lied.

“It’s an ego-builder, and it’s just simply wrong,” Moats told the newspaper.

He didn’t return a call from The Associated Press.

Moats has plenty of company. These days, Bailey and several others are exposing phonies through a website, stolenvalor.com.

Steve Waterman, a retired Navy diver from South Thomaston, Maine, and a website participant, said it’s easy to ferret out the real deal from the phonies. Dead giveaways are loose tongues and bravado; SEALs are discreet, Waterman said.

Waterman, author of the book “Just a Sailor,” never had any desire to become a SEAL. “I watched them train. That was scary enough for me,” he said.

Shipley agreed that SEALs don’t talk about their exploits.

“It makes us uncomfortable,” he said. “We don’t like talking about it. But these (phonies), that’s what they crave. They like talking about cutting people’s throats.”

Last weekend, several dozen SEALs joined together as a Navy warship was christened at Maine’s Bath Iron Works in the name of Lt. Michael Murphy, a SEAL officer killed in Afghanistan.

Murphy scrambled into a clearing, exposing himself to a hail of Taliban gunfire in order to get a clear signal to call in reinforcements during a firefight on June 28, 2005. He was shot and later died along with two other members of his SEAL team and another 16 rescuers whose helicopter was shot down.

Nathanael “Lalo” Roberti, a former SEAL, was supposed to be on the helicopter that was shot down. He and seven others were ordered off because it was too heavy.

“I lost 11 of the best friends I’ve ever known, and some of the best men America has to offer,” said Roberti, who lives in San Diego.

“These guys are the tip of the spear.”

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  • azsmitty
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 10:37am

    Thanks to the few who are the gardians of the valor of those who have given their all. SEALs, Rangers, Marine Recon all those who have been selected or elected to submit themselves to the rigors of the training to earn these elite titles and dedicate their time in the military to fulfilling assignments that put them in harms way to the nth degree deserve to be the sole recipients of those honors. There was a judge who said lieing about military service wasn’t really a crime, when he was adjudicating charges against a wanna be Marine, my response to that Judge and to those who defend these thieves of valor, why then is it a crime to practice law without a licence or to represent yourself as a judge? The punishment for these wanna-be would be a two week stint in training with the branch they claim to have been part of.

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    • Code_Orange
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 10:57am

      Real SEALs don’t care about posers, so why should you?

      Put a SEAL job where your mouth is!
      Don’t get our lil ol Government all involved in such a petty waste of time and taxes.

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    • USAMEDIC3008
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 11:23am

      I don’t think thay would two days
      Yes I served ,Trained as Cbt. medic.
      My C.I.C. was Jimmy Carter,
      I had a top secret clearence, Had to know ,where to dig the slit trench,
      and nomber of grasshopers alowed in #10 can of green beans
      In 4 years never lost a man.

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    • airbornesailor
      Posted on May 7, 2012 at 11:39am

      USAMEDIC3008 – That must have been a joke – Jimmy Carter was a submariner – nuclear trained Naval Officer and graduate of the Naval Academy.

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  • Tyr
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 10:09am

    Anyone care to explain why the unemployment rate for Veterans is four times the national average? I’ll give you my opinion. Even though everyone talks about how great they are, or how they always get the job done, etc. The truth is, the majority of Company CEOs, their Human Resources personnel, their Foremen or anyone else that has a say-so in hiring, DON’T WANT former military. They especially don’t want highly decorated Combat Veterans. They see them as a threat to their own incompetence, or view them as “unstable”. So stop the phoney gushing over our Veterans, no one is doing a thing to help them. That is, unless they are crippled or maimed. Don’t the Vets that managed to get back unscathed deserve a big break as well!? I know some of you are business owners, do you have Vets working for you right now? Probably not.

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    • Code_Orange
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 10:41am

      99% of Americans ignore Vets, even the “crippled or maimed” as you call them.

      BLAZE CHALLENGE!
      Please: list the last time you did something to advance a Veteran (unrelated to you)! Here’s mine:

      Dropped in to chat with the Wounded Warriors at the Albany VA in August 2009, volunteered to ship 2 boxes

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    • Akira Gomi
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 10:56am

      I blame the media and Hollywood for the idea of unstable men are equated to decorated milatary service. There are posers who say they served in the NAM and SEALS. There are many a great men who fought and were wounded and traumatized, they excepted thier lot and just lived on with it. I knew a few, they sat at my fathers table telling me thier stories when I was young, it was part of thier duty for this country, they didn’t whine about their experiencs. I can say these things because, I’am a navy Vet sub qualified with experiencs with old school UDT and Navy divers. My father was a combat decorated Vet; AIRBORNE he jumped in Korea and did 2 combat tours in Vietnam, had 2 bronze stars and a purple heart. His comments were there were too many Pu#*#@* involved with war and the leaders who played politics that caused a lot of young mens deaths. Godlbless those men in harms way, may God bless thier waiting families with abundance and let those unsung heroes return home safely..

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    • 123gone
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 11:04am

      TYR – Sadly, there are a lot of vets that couldn’t lace their boots without help. Anyone who expects special treatment because they did their patriotic duty doesn’t deserve any. The military teaches self-respect and honor, and the fools that avoid military service (for ANY reason other than medical) are often cowards and have little respect for themselves or others. Those who have honorably served make the best employees and most employers not only know it, they count on it. So get over it!

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    • iamsupergo
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 3:22pm

      I help a Vet every chance I get, I regularly donate to Wounded Warriors, I have paid for the groceries of military families at the grocery store in line ahead or behind me, (this was easier when I lived in San Diego County where they are everywhere) I donate to known military young families around the holidays to help make their holidays better. I paid twice as much as the advertised price for a purebred Lab puppy once I knew it was a young military family trying to make ends meat who was selling it! I have sent no less than 100 phone cards to military personnel overseas to make calls home! Oh and I know 4 real Seals and 2 Delta operators, they would not “out” posers nor give them the time of day, but they would and have risked their lives to give them a free country to be posers in!

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    • Ghostrider
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 7:26pm

      Hey Code_ Orange, every year help out with the Troop Box ministry that a dear lady has been doing for years. Packing boxes and sending them to our troops overseas. Had the honour of sending one to my Platoon Commander I had during Operation Just Cause. Full bird now, last count 4 combat tours. Semper Fi!

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  • deadbeatjoe
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 10:01am

    If you knew what Navy SEALS do, you probably wouldn’t want to be one. To any who embellish their service (or lack of it) it’s very easy for those who have served to spot the bulls–t. When you tell your stories and the listener just walks away, you can bet he knows you’re full of it.

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  • heavyduty
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:54am

    People claiming to be SEALS and found not to be the real DEALS then should be put into the Navy SEALS program and they stay there until they are the real deal. Then they don’t have to lie so much.

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    • Charles
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 10:31am

      They wouldnt survive it. Hmm. . maybe not a bad idea really !

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    • apollo18
      Posted on May 12, 2011 at 2:13am

      Hmmmm…….. pardon me, but who would pay for that? Just invite them out behind the bar and “8-count Mo Fo” them til they puke. Nuff said.

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  • Jenny Lind
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:28am

    When you know the“real deal” of military good guys, as I have been blessed to know, you can see real from phoney. They are quietly competant,dry-humored, smart and compassionate. They have an air about them that draws people to them. You feel safe in their company, even when you don’t know them personaly. I wish I could describe it better, but I can’t. If they are loud, story-telling, gruesome detail story telling, they are not the real deal.

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    • POIPNE
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:57am

      JENNY
      You have it. As a rule, the guys who actually earned those medal don’t want to talk about it.

      USAF (Ret)

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  • They misunderestimated me
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:24am

    I work with a guy who claims to be a SEAL. He fits the mold perfectly of a liar. He didn’t even know what a trident was. Sad thing is he is being honored as one at his retirement party in a couple weeks. Wish I could expose him in front of everyone.

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    • teachermitch32
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 12:12pm

      Why don’t you contact these folks mentioned in the article?

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    • garyt65
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 4:03pm

      I would make sure everyone at the party know he is a phony. I served in the Navy during Nam and worked with a few Seals on the boats. None of them were braggerts -they just did their jobs and kept mainly to themselves. Since some idiot judge came out with a ruling that nothing can be done about those clowns who claim all tthoses medals without earning them we as veterans need to police them ourselves.

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  • 18Delta
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:22am

    To U.S. Special Operations Forces, past, present, future.They normally serve this great Nation as “Quiet Professionals” in peacetime as well as war, but lay their lives on the line without question when crucial missions require. WHO WILL GO??? ” -remember those of the fallen for they have sacrficed all so you may live free…

    TO SW: Thanks for trying to restore the honor of our fallen and living Brothers in Arms

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  • Nations
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:13am

    A real hero is never known.

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  • RightUnite
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:07am

    Keep up the good work. Out those dirty dogs!

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  • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:04am

    Some people are just pathetic, attention seeking whores.

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  • WVBeagleMom
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:03am

    God Bless all our fantastic Military. I am so thankful for you each and every day. Those who would steal your valor will get what they deserve in the end. They are pathetic.

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  • QuietRiot
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:01am

    A job well done …

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  • QuietRiot
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:00am

    Met one of these guys once wont say where but I found it interesting that they went out of their way to attend a military event and scoping out the lires on sight .

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  • biohazard23
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 8:55am

    If only our government had vetted the imposter-in-chief so thoroughly……..

    Keep up the good work, gentlemen. This Navy brat is proud of you!

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    • Code_Orange
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 10:53am

      Atlas Shrugged all over the real SEALs. They can fend for themselves without this sanctimonious “help” from a bunch of has been busybodies. The truth will out.

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  • Rickfromillinois
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 8:54am

    This happens to all branches of the military, the SEALS and Special Forces probably the most because of their elite status and being the best of the best. Marines are also a common target, but like I said, it happens to all branches of the military. Then you have former military members who claim that they did much more then they actually did. I suppose I can half way understand why they do it, but the first thing you have to understand about them is that they have absolutely no honor. Once you come to understand that then the reason the do thing like that fall in place. In my opinion these are the type of people who once exposed should never be trusted again. I would have absolutely nothing to do with that minister who lied about being a SEAL nor for that matter the Senator from Connecticut who claimed to be a Viet Nam vet. In my world they rate just above felons.

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  • Jethro212
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 8:49am

    I am an astronaut and I invented penicillin! Wait, I misspoke, I am actually a Democrat running for office…

    I had a boss when I was 18, years ago, who was in Vietnam, and he got the Silver Star, I read the write up, it was amazing. People that steal valor from others are lower than used toilet paper.

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    • BetterDays
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 8:59am

      Just letting you know that toilet paper doesn’t like these guys pretending to be toilet paper either, might I suggest that all liars should just say that they are Obama from now on, no one will ever question them on that.

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    • Code_Orange
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:17am

      Sounds like somebody hit a nerve! Probably a frustrated desk veteran. We love our Vet heroes — as long as they don’t retire at 20 to then take another Government job, and then retire again, and then hang out for the rest of their lives from the age of 48 or 52 as another socialist entitlement P-O-S. So, here in Galt’s Gulch; who cares about our suffering heroes? They volunteered, not us, right! Let them fend for themselves!

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    • markdido
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 12:30am

      I get a kick out of the media calling my esteemed Florida Democrat Senator, Bill Nelson, an astronaut.

      Yeah, he went up in the shuttle.

      He was cargo…..

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  • ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 8:38am

    I don’t understand why people would make up stories about being a seal,

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    • lynnhavenfl
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 10:18am

      As a former member of the Air Force for 23 during the Viet Nam era and retiring two days before Sadam went into Kwait, I saw no action or fought any battles directly. I was in support functions in South Korea twice and in Thailand once. I didn‘t feel inadiquate in what I didn’t do, but was proud of the role I played. Many people need that lie to get some of the self-esteem back that was beaten out of them by the negitive recieption by the people upon our return from duty. Others just tend to exagerate the things they did so people will look up to them. Believe me when I say that these people only get short lived esteem because they know they don’t deserve it. Feel sad for them, Don’t belittle or pity them. People of real character don’t have to brag, and usually don’t. They know what they did and didn’t do and are comfortable with that with in themselves.

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  • TRONINTHEMORNING
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 8:37am

    Yep, keep ‘em honest, guys! And more power to ya!

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  • Tickdog
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 8:36am

    i just do not get why people insist on lying about themselves.. i realize they are pathetic losers and all but jeeze.. have some morals!

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  • The Gooch
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 8:35am

    So that lecherous goon who attended Shepherd University (Go, Rams!) at the same time I did probably wasn’t a SEAL? Go figure… especially when his claim tended to be an “in” for impressing young kids. This may also account for the fact me and my Air Force buddy are still sucking air after we confronted him and called BS on a claim that had no details. I’ve met at least one phony… and never a real SEAL. Nice to know there out there, though.
    Feed the phonies buckets of shad and give ‘em a red ball to balance on their nose. There… you’re a seal.

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  • NickDeringer
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 8:32am

    Stolen Valor is a great book on this subject. It‘s truly sad that people lead such empty lives they have to hijack other people’s accomplishments. Hey. That reminds me of someone in the White House.

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    • old guy in SC
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 8:53am

      Add your comments

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    • old guy in SC
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 8:58am

      Well said NICKDERINGER. Style but no substance. I “outed” a former son-in-law who was playing former SEAL. (I’m Navy retired). He later got arrested for impersonating a police officer.

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    • old guy in SC
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:00am

      Ooops.

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    • Code_Orange
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:03am

      Posers would not do that unless the weak minded population made it profitable and easy for them to exploit “being military.” When we had the draft, having served was (rightfully) just another interesting aspect of a resume. Now it’s big whooop-di do!

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    • BetterDays
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:11am

      @Nick
      He is also stealing our nation for the Globalist elite, I’m quite torn as to how to pray on this matter. On one hand I want everyone to be saved and on the other I desire that GOD drop a big rock on their heads. Thy will be done Lord, there prayerful acceptance.

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    • Wolf
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:31am

      and most the posers are probably libs who’d never serve a minute- all concnientious objectors and ready for a run to canada or mexico.

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  • LARR
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 8:30am

    Stationed in Misawa Japan, we had a Chief that had multiple medals (seems like Silver Star was highest) as a result of being a POW, flying a downed helicopter back to base (pilot dead). He was guest speaker at each MIA ceremony. Turned out he had forged his personnel record between stations. Discovered by a researcher who kept track of POWs.

    Keep up the good work!!

    Larr

    CTRC – USN (Ret)

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    • CalvinandHobbes
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 11:59am

      Reminds me of the time I was flying a helicopter in Vietnam…had to hang out the door to repair my engine while hovering…dropped my socket set and wiped out a whole VC regiment…..LOL HMC(RET)

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    • markdido
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 12:26am

      The highlight of my career was “putting on the hat”

      Why would he go and lie about something like that.

      Pathetic!

      PRC(AW) USN (Ret)

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  • jeffyfreezone
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 8:29am

    God love ‘em!

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    • saneasylum
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 8:24pm

      Shouldn’t be difficult to spot these phonies, low-life snakes,losers etc.

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    • eddvoss
      Posted on May 12, 2011 at 1:47am

      they usually trip themselves up with in a few minutes when talking to someone who knows what is going on. One guy in a trucks stop was saying that he was a crew chief on one of the Hueys at Desert one during the Iranian rescue mission. When I laughed at him and explained that the only helicopters that were there were CH-53′s he got up and left. I wasn’t there but I have read enough about it to know that much.

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 8:29am

    Glad to meet you men. THANK YOU for all you do to bring and to restore honor.

    Can you do anything about the false man falsely occupying the wh?

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    • gofigureinternational
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 8:48am

      Your thoughts are echoed by millions!

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:20am

      @KickAGrandma:

      Yes there is, petition the local represenatives to begin impeachment proceedings against the self annointed one in the White House.

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    • Code_Orange
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 10:07am

      Snowleopard; hope you are feeling really well, and also hope you can provide some “reasons” we can use to advise our representatives to begin impeachment proceedings. That would be the bee’s knees, cause I can’t come up with one strong argument. Thanks and be healed!

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    • commonsenseguy
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 10:25am

      @snow, i am glad to hear you are okay, just wanted to say you will be in our prays,hope you feel better. here in Texas, all we have is dust,no rain yet,some fell last night but did not make it this far south, it played out again right on top of us, but any way,hope you get to feeling better. have a great day.

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    • Robert-CA
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 12:14pm

      @ SNOW .

      GOD Bless you .

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    • AmericanPatriot01
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 4:52pm

      @Code_Orange

      Yea I can, the primary charge would be Treason via Violations of the Oath of Office for the POTUS. You don’t need anything else but there is a lot more to go with that.

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    • Code_Orange
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 5:53pm

      THANKS!!! ‘
      Can you give me one example <<???
      (just for legal reasons)

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  • Entropy
    Posted on May 11, 2011 at 8:28am

    Nothing is more disgusting than a person who claims to have served when in fact they did not. That is the worst.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 8:49am

      God bless all our military at home and abroad and keep them safe. Amen.

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    • Code_Orange
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:02am

      It is a dog eat dog world. Only posers need to keep using the “military” card that causes the populists to “lionize” them. SEALs are just people. You would never know a REAL SEAL if you sat on a plane with them for 6 hours. Poser” 10 minutes, max.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:08am

      @Entropy:

      My family has known a real SEAL member, and I will say indeed, he was not a bragard or full of it, he just mentioned that there were jobs needing done, and they got done. And, my father had also checked into it to verify his claims. He would never talk about what he did, just that there were jobs needing done…and no more.

      @Grandmaof5:

      Morning, hope all is well today with you. Will have a new flower design in my gallery soon, hope you like it; come by and check it out.

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    • Showtime
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:25am

      @Snow ~
      How are you feeling?
      I went back to a story that Grandmaof5 referred me to for something and saw where you had just come from the ER!

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    • Showtime
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:29am

      I didn’t know that fellow was in Chocowinity! I’ve been there, and I used to write for a newspaper near there (but Chocowinity outside of my area). I would love to have done a story about him! There is a lot of Civil War history up in that neck of the woods, too.

      God bless Larry Bailey and our military, past, present, and future.

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    • IvanK
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:32am

      Personally, I believe that anyone who makes a false representation of being in the military (when they weren’t) should be charged with a crime on par with impersonating an office of the law.
      The article is exactly right when it mentions that these impostors lie about their service – they are STEALING another’s valor. I personally believe that valor is far more valuable that a tangible possession. That being the case, I believe the person should be publicly shamed for their theft of someone else’s honor.
      But then again, I’m just an ole Texas boy who was brought up to believe in personal honor and sacrifice. I know that’s an antiquated idea now-a-day…

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:54am

      @Showtime:

      Had to go to the ER for the athsma of mine, it’s been bad for the last couple of days along with my allergies…worst season of them I can recall for a long time, constantly sneezing and wheezing all over the place. Thanks for the concern though, always glad to know who my friends are.

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    • SmcphieCYR
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:59am

      My ex-husband had always claimed he was a Seal…I secretly never believed him, but now he uses it to threaten me every once in a while…makes me ill…a real piece of work!

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    • Code_Orange
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 10:11am

      These guys are on a roll, exposing 35,000 fake SEALs in XX years! If it’s 20 years, that would be 4 or 5 a Day! I am not sure if they expose anyone on Easter & Christmas, or Federal Holidays like Labor Day or MLK Day. So they are probably needing some vacation. Luckily they are not Government employees, because they would be wasting our Taxes (upholding the honor of unsung heroes costs money!).

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    • VRW Conspirator
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 10:13am

      As a man that was once recruited by the Navy to serve as a Nuclear Engineering Officer and didn’t take up the challenge – after listening to family
      As a step father to two sons that served in the US Army…one in Iraq and that might go to Afghanistan next year..
      And as a father of an 8 year old that for 4 years has talked about being a US Navy SEAL – it is his unwavering dream that I intend to help him achieve…
      I hope one day to find some of these men without valor, honor, and courage…it won’t take long to find out if they are a SEAL when they are beaten unconscious by an out of shape civilian with no training…

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    • Code_Orange
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 11:03am

      BLAZERS: What have YOU done for a Veteran? (who was Not a family member, One line answers please.)

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    • Wayner
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 11:04am

      Yes it’s disgusting,,,, but something else that’s almost as disgusting are voters in a state who will still elect a crook to congress who has been exposed as a liar about his military service.. Yes I’m talking about Blumenthal.

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    • Sinista MACE
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 11:14am

      I still consider Jesse Ventura a SEAL.

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    • revel222
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 11:38am

      We live in a lying, cheating world right now. Demand proof….Unfortunate way to have to live.

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    • GRANNYMOO
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 12:21pm

      People never fail to amaze me at the things they will say and do to get money and or recognition for something they could never do cause it‘s obvious if can lie like that they’re cowards of the first order! There’s a special place for people like that where they will all be together and they can lie to each other from now on!!

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    • gotta light
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 3:08pm

      Steve Waterman,

      Thank You for your service to this country during the Vietnam War and afterwards.
      God Bless you and your family. I wish America had more men like you.

      Signed,
      Gotta Light

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on May 11, 2011 at 6:47pm

      almost as bad as a politician pretending to have conservative views but
      really bought and paid for by foreign banking cartels.
      No wait pretending to be a Seal does not destroy our currency and
      wipe out our jobs or enslave us to China.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on May 12, 2011 at 4:03am

      BO claims to be American

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    • mill
      Posted on May 12, 2011 at 10:12am

      It really doesn’t matter, except to those who served…and then I wonder…
      Take the case of Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal….it didn’t matter voters that he was proven a liar…that’s America!!!

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    • USNVET66-70
      Posted on May 12, 2011 at 7:27pm

      Please, these guys were just a little confused. They were “SQUEALS” which was a Squid who wished he was a Seal. I’m sure you have listened to the Nam vet blow off and then you figure out that he had to be the only 12 year old there.

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