Medal of Honor

Private First Class Robert E. Simanek

Citation:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with Company F, in action against enemy aggressor forces. While accompanying a patrol en route to occupy a combat outpost forward of friendly lines, Pfc. Simanek exhibited a high degree of courage and a resolute spirit of self-sacrifice in protecting the lives of his fellow marines. With his unit ambushed by an intense concentration of enemy mortar and small-arms fire, and suffering heavy casualties, he was forced to seek cover with the remaining members of the patrol in a nearby trench line. Determined to save his comrades when a hostile grenade was hurled into their midst, he unhesitatingly threw himself on the deadly missile absorbing the shattering violence of the exploding charge in his body and shielding his fellow marines from serious injury or death. Gravely wounded as a result of his heroic action, Pfc. Simanek, by his daring initiative and great personal valor in the face of almost certain death, served to inspire all who observed him and upheld the highest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service.

Pfc. Simanek: We humbly salute you and thank you for your service.



Hat tip Home of Heroes

There are fewer than a hundred living MoH recipients today. Their names and their stories should not be forgotten. My mission is to honor one of those heroes here each week, and salute them for their courage and sacrifice. In the words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

“A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces, but also by the men it honors; the men it remembers.”

Racists of the Left Fear, Attack Herman Cain

Despicable doesn't even begin to describe this (via Hot Air):

In the immortal words of Megatron in Transformers: The Movie, Herman Cain’s speech at CPAC really is bad comedy. As you know, I find black garbage pail kids black conservatives fascinating not because of what they believe, but rather because of how they entertain and perform for their White Conservative masters.

When race minstrelsy was America’s most popular form of mass entertainment, black actors would often have to pretend to be white men, who then in turn would put on the cork to play the role of the “black” coon, Sambo, or Jumping Jim Crow. Adding insult to injury, in a truly perverse and twisted example of the power of American white supremacy black vaudevillians would often pretend to be white in order to denigrate black people for the pleasures of the white gaze. …

In total, CPAC is a carnival and a roadshow for reactionary Conservatives. It is only fitting that in the great tradition of the freak show, the human zoo, the boardwalk, and the great midway world’s fairs of the 19th and 20th centuries, that there is a Borneo man, a Venus Hottentot or a tribe of cannibals from deepest darkest Africa or Papua New Guinea on display. For CPAC and the White Conservative imagination, Herman Cain and his black and brown kin are that featured attraction.

We always need a monkey in the window, for he/she reminds us of our humanity while simultaneously reinforcing a sense of our own superiority. Sadly, there are always folks who are willing to play that role because it pays so well.

"Monkey in the window"? A scum sucking liberal writing for the site "AlterNet", which I shall not link to here, trots out every racist slur they can imagine and then projects them onto conservatives. To me, this much vitriol* must be genuine and heartfelt, not imagined. This may be due in part, because they have an "alternate" reality in which black is white, right is wrong and intolerance is tolerance.

When it comes to race relations in America, and matters of racial prejudice:

The Leftie doth protest too much, methinks.

H/T Memeorandum
Cross posted at LCR.

*A perfectly good word overused in the Arizona shooting incident.

Quote du jour

"A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as bad."
-Bob Edwards

"Headless Woman Dies of Natural Causes"

I heard about this on the radio today. Link via Support your Local Gunfighter. And while it is perfectly natural to die when one's head is removed, that wasn't the case here!

TULSA, Oklahoma -- Tulsa Police have identified the woman found dead inside her home Monday.

Police say 55-year-old Janice Lynn Weisman may have died of natural causes in late December or early January.

Her body was discovered near the front door inside the home. The woman's head was found in another part of the house.

Animal Control removed two dogs from inside the home which police say may have eaten parts of the body.

So, she dies alone, of natural causes, and no one is left to buy the kibble. Man's best friend or no, a fella's gotta eat!

Reporter Suffers Stroke Live on Camera

Given the miles of video tape shot and the ubiquitous camera phones with scads of digital memory, I guess it's to be expected that one day soon, every conceivable event will have been captured on video. Here is a reporter apparently having a stroke on live TV:



Know the warning signs of a stroke:
* Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body
* Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding
* Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
* Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
* Sudden, severe headache with no known cause

If you witness someone with these symptoms, get them medical attention immediately, even if they protest that they don't need it. Time is critical when treating stroke victims. If you have experienced these symptoms before and they reoccur, hie thee to a physician!

Quote du jour

Fortunately, spinning straw into gold is the stuff of fairy tales. Ron Paul in the White House would be positively Grimm!

-Proof, on RonPaulstiltskin winning his first CPAC straw poll

Mouse Taxidermy and the Paulbots of Doom

Because we're all about the love here at Proof Positive, and because some Ron Paul supporters with really tiny attention spans have been showing up lately, we wanted to find something that Paulbots could do after their guy gets blown out of the primaries, until the general election. What could be better than...mouse taxidermy?


Hamlet





Let your creative juices flow, Paulbots! There's always 2016! (Yeah. Right!)