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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

SFC CORY REMSBURG HONORED DURING SOTU



Cory Remsburg, The War Hero Obama Honored During The State Of The Union, Has An Incredible Story
Remsburg joined the Army on his 18th birthday. He wanted to join at 17, but his father, a retired U.S. Air Force Reserve firefighter, refused to sign the papers.
Remsburg was first deployed in 2003 when the U.S. invaded Iraq, according to the Arizona Republic.
He's been on 10 deployments total to Iraq and Afghanistan and has spent 39 months in combat as an elite infantryman. Remsburg was made leader of his company's heavy weapons squad during his time serving.
In 2009, a roadside bomb blast left Remsburg nearly dead, face down in a canal with shrapnel lodged in his brain. The IED went off while Remsburg and other Rangers were on their way to clear a landing zone for transport helicopters, according to the Republic. Other Rangers were also injured in the blast.
The explosion left him in a coma for three months, barely able to speak or move, with a traumatic brain injury. Remsburg lost sight in his right eye and his left arm became paralyzed, according to the Army Times.
He's been through dozens of surgeries and completes six hours of occupational, physical, and speech therapy every day. And his hard work is paying off — he's now able speak, stand, and walk.
After years in hospitals and rehab centers, Remsburg moved into his own home, where he has a full-time caregiver. His recovery is still progressing, and he is now awaiting a retina transplant for his right eye, according to The Times.
Remsburg has been awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart, among other honors, for his dedicated service. He's 30 years old and lives in Phoenix.
It occurred to me last night while watching the tribute to Remsburg that it was a good way to end the SOTU and that it would probably be the most memorable thing about the whole evening.  It was certainly the most inspiring.  It also seemed that Obama was subtly trying to associate his struggles with those of Cory Remsburg.

So it came as no surprise this morning when I noticed people talking about this:
Last night's speech also ended on an emotional -- and upbeat -- note when Obama recognized Army Ranger Cory Remsburg, who was almost killed in Afghanistan and continues to recuperate from a brain injury. "My fellow Americans, men and women like Cory remind us that America has never come easy," the president said. "Our freedom, our democracy, has never been easy. Sometimes we stumble, we make mistakes; we get frustrated or discouraged. But for more than 200 years, we have put those things aside and placed our collective shoulder to the wheel of progress." That story could also apply to Obama himself: Nothing in his seven years on the national political stage (2007-2014) has come easy. The 2008 race for the Democratic nomination. Even that general election. The health-care law. The re-election campaign. And now the president's current situation in which he finds himself bloodied and bruised after the botched health-care rollout. Perseverance is an important quality for any president. Bill Clinton was usually able to talk his way out of sticky situations. But Obama's M.O. is to grind it out. That, more than anything else, was the message he wanted to send last night -- both he and the country are grinding it out.
Got that?  Dear Leader has been "bloodied and bruised"...just like Cory Remsburg.  Murray is admitting that Obama was literally using Remsburg as a prop in order to highlight Obama's heroic struggle! 

Go back and read again the extensive injuries that Remsburg has suffered on the battlefield and keep it in mind as you deal with the deeply disrespectful perversity of Dear Leader's fanboy douchebags.



Favreau is a former Obama speechwriter who apparently thinks he's Sam Seaborn.  And as for Murray, well...this probably won't come as a big surprise:

Naturally this nonsense quickly became the target of much mockery and derision:



But then Murray doubled down by actually defending his point:




And this is how we deal with bullshit like this...

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