This venerable and much honored WW II vet is well known in Hawaii for his seventy-plus years of service to patriotic organizations and causes all over the country. A humble man without a political bone in his body, he has never spoken out before about a government official, until now.

He dictated this letter to a friend, signed it and mailed it to the president.

Dear President Obama,     

My name is Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13 of this year.  People meeting me for the first time don't believe my age because I remain wrinkle free and pretty much mentally alert.

I enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1934 and served proudly before, during and after WW II retiring as a Master Chief Bos'n Mate.  Now I live in a "rest home" located on the western end of Pearl Harbor, allowing me to keep alive the memories of 23 years of service to my country.

One of the benefits of my age, perhaps the only one, is to speak my mind, blunt and direct even to the head man.

So here goes.

I am amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I do, but you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish.

I can't figure out what country you are the president of.

You fly around the world telling our friends and enemies despicable lies like:

             " We're no longer a Christian nation"

             " America is arrogant" - (Your wife even

                 announced to the world,"America is mean-

                 spirited. " Please tell her to try preaching

                 that nonsense to 23 generations of our

                 war dead buried all over the globe who

                 died for no other reason than to free a

                 whole lot of strangers from tyranny and

                 hopelessness.)

I'd say shame on the both of you, but I don't think you like America, nor do I see an ounce of gratefulness in anything you do, for the obvious gifts this country has given you.  To be without shame or gratefulness is a dangerous thing for a man sitting in the White House.

After 9/11 you said," America hasn't lived up to her ideals."

Which ones did you mean? Was it the notion of personal liberty that 11,000 farmers and shopkeepers died for to win independence from the British?  Or maybe the ideal that no man should be a slave to another man, that 500,000 men died for in the Civil War?  I hope you didn't mean the ideal 470,000 fathers, brothers, husbands, and a lot of fellas I knew personally died for inWWII, because we felt real strongly about not letting any nation push us around, because we stand for freedom.

I don't think you mean the ideal that says equality is better than discrimination.  You know the one that a whole lot of white people understood when they helped to get you elected.

Take a little advice from a very old geezer, young man.

Shape up and start acting like an American.  If you don't, I'll do what I can to see you get shipped out of that fancy rental on Pennsylvania Avenue.  You were elected to lead not to bow, apologize and kiss the hands of murderers and corrupt leaders who still treat their people like slaves.

And just who do you think you are telling the American people not to jump to conclusions and condemn that Muslim major who killed 13 of his fellow soldiers and wounded dozens more. You mean you don't want us to do what you did when that white cop used force to subdue that black college professor in Massachusetts, who was putting up a fight?  You don't mind offending the police calling them stupid but you don't want us to offend Muslim fanatics by calling them what they are, terrorists.

One more thing.  I realize you never served in the military and never had to defend your country with your life, but you're the Commander-in-Chief now, son.  Do your job.  When your battle-hardened field General asks you for 40,000 more troops to complete the mission, give them to him.  But if you're not in this fight to win, then get out.  The life of one American soldier is not worth the best political strategy you're thinking of.

You could be our greatest president because you face the greatest challenge ever presented to any president. 

You're not going to restore American greatness by bringing back our bloated economy.  That's not our greatest threat.  Losing the heart and soul of who we are as Americans is our big fight now.

And I sure as hell don't want to think my president is the enemy in this final battle.

Sincerely,

witnessing an abortion on ultrasound. She is now fighting to save the unborn on the PRO-LIFE side. She said, "I feel so pure in heart (since leaving). I don't have this guilt, I don't have this burden on me anymore -- that's how I know this conversion was a spiritual conversion."  She had worked at the clinic for eight years and was extremely pro-abortion. This changed drastically when she watched the ultrasound of a baby being vacuumed out of its mother's womb. She said, "I just thought I can't do this anymore, and it was just like a flash that hit me, and I thought, 'That's it!'" She had been the clinic's director for two years. She had faced pressure from Planned Parenthood to generate more revenue by increasing the number of abortions.

She said, "Every meeting that we had was, 'We don't have enough money -- we've got to keep these abortions coming. It's a very lucrative BUSINESS and that’s why they want to increase numbers.'" She is thankful that she left and has no regrets about getting out of the baby killing business. (emphasis added to the comments)

COMMENT: Congratulations to Abby Johnson for seeing the truth and transferring to the WINNING team. It is obvious that Planned Parenthood is not concerned about women's health but making money and ramming abortion down the throats of America. This organization is outright EVIL and should be totally defunded of tax dollars and ultimately put out of business. Even their name is an oxymoron. It should be Planned NON-Parenthood since no women become mothers who enter their doors.

Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me to "recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:"

Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enable to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.

And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions; to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shown kindness to us), and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best.

I am glad to see NBC refusing to show PITA's anti-turkey video. I feel sorry for those who have been so deceived so as to think that MEAT IS MURDER. PITA is right in line with Hinduism who sees animals as gods while millions of Indians are starving to death because of the huge amount of food consumed by rats and other animals to the detriment of HUMANS. Trainloads of grain are eaten by rats yearly and yet they will not allow these rats to be killed.

I especially feel sorry for those Christians who have refused to eat turkey on Thanksgiving or Christmas because they have bought into this lie. The Bible clearly says that God has provided certain animals for human consumption. The medical research has shown that people who are strict vegetarians cannot get all the necessary nutrients from veggies alone. I wonder if these folks sit and read the labels of packages to see if any animal products went into the processing of it.

Well, for all you veggies this Thanksgiving, just enjoy your tofu turkey and I will enjoy my turkey, dressing, gravy, yams, cranberry sauce, apple pie, pumpkin pie etc. etc. etc.

A mind is truly a terrible thing to waste! So is a good turkey!

Interestingly enough, the city refuses to apply these same rules to abortion clinics, which pride themselves on hiding the truth about unborn children, abortion, and its lifelong effects. Where is the same treatment for Planned Parenthood? Why aren't its clinics required to post signs saying, "We'll encourage your underage daughters to have an abortion without your knowledge or consent"? Or, "Our employees willingly cover-up sexual abuse and statutory rape of girls as young as 12."

Hundreds of millions of dollars are either missing or misidentified. In dozens of fake districts, the website claims millions of dollars were spent to create a handful of jobs. Take Oklahoma, for instance. Recovery.gov says it took the Sooners $19 million to create 15 jobs! Still, Ed Pound, a spokesman for the Recovery Board, announced yesterday that the agency has no intention of correcting its math. "Unless we find significant errors causing public confusion, we are not planning further corrections," said Pound. "Significant errors" like inflating the number of jobs created by 20,000? "Humans make mistakes," Pound told reporters. They sure do--like agreeing to bills like this one.

for Obama, Holder and the rest of the DC crowd for treason on the near horizon. Who on earth could have imagined that we would see such a blatant takeover of our government. When the people voice the majority opinion on the trials set in New York, health care reform, cap and trade, drilling for our own oil, ignoring the call for more troops in Afghanistan, Fanny Mae and Freddy Mack, GM, Chrysler, the bank takeover and the list goes on and on, it will be a great day in the USA when we see these atrocities brought to trial and many if not all of these folks sent to prison. This is truly a case of the inmates of the insane asylum taking over the asylum. Unbelievable!

When will Obama wake up and make a decision about Afghanistan? He has done nothing but get on his jet and fly all over the world while avoiding the most pressing question of the day. When will he give Gen. McChrystal an answer on his request for a troop surge? Will he just let more of our troops be murdered in this war? He is the most indecisive leader that we have ever had in the Oval Office. If he would just stop bowing down to world leaders and stand up for our troops then he might actually get some legitimate respect for a change instead of the plastic respect ginned up by the alphabet networks. Show some leadership, Mr. Obama!

It seems that the crazies of the 1960's are now in charge of setting policy in government. They have been irrational since the 60's and have only gotten worse through being educated in the so called Ivy League schools. Marxism has been fed to them on a steady diet for the past forty plus years and has corrupted an entire generation of students. Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Columbia and others like them are no longer the universities that they were founded to be. Most old universities in America were founded as Christian schools to train missionaries and pastors to minister to the American Indians and settlers of this new land. In time the godless were allowed to crawl into places of authority and just like a jar of fruit left open to the elements, they rotted and began to stink. If you look at the original documents of these schools you will confirm what I have written. If you look at the shields and wall etchings you will find Scripture verses all around the campuses. Today ivy has been allowed to grow over these verses and just like Obama when he spoke at Georgetown University, the crosses were covered up so as not to "offend" anyone who might be watching him.

Folks, we are in deep weeds in this country and it is time for those who have NOT been brainwashed to stand up for freedom before it is removed from the American scene. Obama and company are radical Socialists and they are on a hell-bent course to radicalize America as fast as they can. They must be stopped before this healthcare bill is passed into law. Their goal is to destabilize this country so that they can step in and take over our nation just like Russia, China and other Socialist nations did in the past and now multiplied millions live in slavery to the state. America the beautiful is being transformed under the hammer and sickle by any methods necessary.

Are we just going to let our children and grandchildren be placed as slaves of the state or will we let our voices heard in DC and our state capitals and let these legislators know that if they vote for government takeover of healthcare or cap and trade etc. then we will vote them out of office. The 2010 election is less than a year away now. It is amazing how time flies when there is a flaming purpose burning in our hearts. It is appropriate that we are represented by the elephant in the Republican Party since the elephant never forgets. If you vote for these bills we will remember you in November of 2010, and that's a promise!

After six long weeks, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) finally unveiled the Senate Majority's version of health care reform. But one look at the mammoth 2,074 page bill and most agree: the legislation was hardly worth waiting for. In a small concession to social conservatives--and parents--the Senate version of reform does revisit Title V abstinence funding, which President Obama completely dropped from his 2010 budget. Although this bill wouldn't restore the money to Bush-era levels, it would give a surprise boost to an abstinence movement that was abandoned by Congress earlier this year. Unfortunately, even that good news isn't great, since Title V dollars will be balanced with a push for "comprehensive" sex-ed as well. As for the other spending, Sen. Reid was careful to keep the price tag below $900 billion--but he had to use some clever accounting tricks to do it. He claims the plan's bottom line is $848 billion, but he neglects to mention that it delays most of the spending until 2014. From there, the actual costs skyrocket to $2.5 trillion over the first 10 years of full implementation (2014-2023). Here are some other tidbits that may test your blood pressure:

• Taxes: Under the Senate bill, U.S. taxes will increase by $493.6 billion --almost a half-trillion dollars!
• Government-takeover Option: Although he shrewdly renamed the public option, Sen. Reid did stand by his promise to include it. His " Community Health Insurance Option" would allow states to opt-out of participating in government-run health care, but they would still be expected to pay for portions of it.
• Employer Mandates: Sen. Reid's bill would impose $28 billion in new taxes on employers that don't provide government-approved health plans. The new taxes would ultimately be passed on to American workers in the form of reduced wages or lost jobs.
• Marriage Penalty: To punish married taxpayers, the Senate plan would inflict an additional 0.5% payroll tax on married couples making more than $250,000 a year in wages. Cohabiting couples, on the other hand, are free to make $200,000 each before getting slammed by the same tax.
• Number of Uninsured: Five million Americans would lose their employer coverage under this plan.
• Taxpayer-Funded Abortion: IT'S IN THERE!

Setting up what Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) calls "a holy war," the Stupak-Pitts language was entirely stripped from the liberal plan and replaced by the phony compromise first introduced by Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif.) in the House. On pages 116-124, the legislation authorizes the Secretary of HHS to fund abortion in the public option, offers tax credits to private plans that cover abortion on demand, and abolishes conscience protections for health providers who refuse to perform abortions. It even goes so far as to insist that a plan to cover abortion must be available in every U.S. District.

Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Nebr.) aired his frustration on the Senate floor this morning. "Now, supporters say don't worry, public funds, well, they would be segregated. They wouldn't be used for abortion. But this provides no solace whatsoever. It's impossible to segregate funds... Congressman Stupak and about 40 of his Democratic colleagues... stared the Speaker in the eye and they said... if it isn't pro-life, we're not there, and the Speaker had no choice but to put the Ellsworth amendment up for a vote. Over 40 courageous Congressmen stuck to their convictions and they made a difference. Today in the Senate, we don't need 40 Democrats to stand up for what's right. We need just one."

It looks like President Obama will do everything he can to keep that one senator from tearing down the wall between taxpayers and the bloody business of abortion. In an interview with Fox News yesterday, he said the Stupak amendment didn't "strike the right balance" between paying for abortion and "restrict[ing] women's choices." With all due respect, this isn't about striking a balance; it's about maintaining the status quo. And that status quo is that the federal government doesn't bankroll the abortion industry.