Spit Back

Posted By on September 13, 2004 at 1:08 pm

Barbara Stock at FrontPageMag.com, on Vietnam Veterans:

Satisfaction and hopefully peace will come when Vietnam vets see and hear John F. Kerry give his concession speech the night of November 2, 2004 with the knowledge that it was their votes that helped defeat him. There are approximately 2.5 million Vietnam veterans in America and they have not forgotten.
Kerry denied them their rightful place as heroes and they will deny him his dream of the presidency. Angry Vietnam veterans, silent for so long, will finally have their say. Payment in full will be delivered to John Kerry on November 2, 2004.

On November 2, Vietnam veterans will have their opportunity to dish out some payback to the one man who did the most to defile their honorable service, the one man most responsible for their shoddy treatment at the hands of “peace” protesters upon their return home.
Soon, Kerry will know what it’s like to be spat upon.
(link via Florida Cracker)

Sec. 912

Posted By on September 12, 2004 at 1:36 am

United States Code, Title 18, Section 912:

Whoever falsely assumes or pretends to be an officer or employee acting under the authority of the United States or any department, agency or officer thereof, and acts as such, or in such pretended character demands or obtains any money, paper, document, or thing of value, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both

So… does forging a document in the guise of a Texas Air National Guard officer with the intent of obtaining a thing of value (to wit, the Presidency) count as a violation of this section of the U.S. Code?
Sometimes I wish I knew more about the Law.
Update: does “obtain” mean only for one’s self? Can it mean for one’s friends, family, or associates? I presume so.
Can it be interpreted to mean to deprive another person of a thing of value? I have no idea.
See? That’s why I wish I knew more about the Law right about now.
(Inspired by this followup to this post at JustOneMinute.)
Update, 16Sep04: Bill notes the laws — Federal and Texas — on forgery.