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I will include a link round up and more odds and ends later.

Michelle Malkin and Sister Toldjah discuss the latest example of the MSM’s desire to print a story vs National Security.

Sister Toldjah also mentions the scandal of Kosola 101, where Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, aka Kos of “Daily Kos” liberal blog infamy, is involved in an alleged ‘pay for favoritism’ scheme.

Read about the terror raid in Miami.

Click here to see how the Huffington Post banned of its own bloggers after he discovered an anonymous heckler on his blog was the Post’s technology manager

Looks like he is now officially in violation of the UCMJ,  Article 87, Missing Movement.  He also faces more serious charges, if the military decides to hammer him on this, which frankly I hope they do.

I have no problem with a person having an aversion to war.  Fine, then stay out of the military.  Don’t make an oath, train, bond with your unit then bail when the path strats to look tough.  He could have filed for Conscientious Objector status and had his out, but he insisted on making this a political issue by attaching his complaint to the one war.  And I hope he rots in prison for it.

Eh?  Unfair am I?  Harsh maybe?  Too bad.  I have no respect for him, at all.  He violated his oath and his honor and his trust.

The latest, from KOMO TV:

War Objector Lt. Watada Refuses To Go To Iraq 

 An Army lieutenant who has said he’d rather go to prison than Iraq did not deploy with his unit when it left Thursday for the Middle East, Army officials said.

1st Lt. Ehren Watada, 28, of Honolulu, who joined the Army in March 2003, has said he would be willing to serve in Afghanistan or elsewhere, but has concluded that the war in Iraq is illegal and immoral.

Watada stayed on base in his battalion’s headquarters while members of his unit left Fort Lewis by bus at 6:45 a.m., en route to their flight from nearby McChord Air Force Base, the Army said.

About 4,000 soldiers of Fort Lewis’ 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division were scheduled to be part of this deployment.

"1st Lt. Watada has been ordered to remain on duty at his unit, with some limitations on his pass privileges, pending further instructions from his chain of command," Fort Lewis officials said in a statement.

No charges had been filed against Watada as of Thursday. "None will be filed until the commander has had a chance to review all of the facts of the case and consult with the Staff Judge Advocate," the Army statement said.

For those not paying attention, a long running battle in San Diego has forced the city to defend itself from a disgruntled athiest who is demanding the city remove a 29-foot cross at the Mount Soledad National War Memorial.

This is one of those cases where I have to wonder why the person at the center of this, Philip Paulson is really doing this.

This is a war memorial, and if you honestly do not expect some sign of religious imagery, then you are being foolish.  The cross has stood there since 1913 for crying out loud.  Why is it such a threat to this guy?  Is it really worth all the fuss he has poured into this?

Since 1989 every attempt the city has made to preserve this memorial, all of which are supported overwhelmingly by the community has ended in a court with a judge overturning them.  It sickens me frankly.

Here is the latest chapter.

9th Circuit Court denies stay in Mt. Soledad cross lawsuit; supporters remain hopeful

Supporters of the 29-foot cross displayed at the Mount Soledad National War Memorial in San Diego picked up both a defeat and a victory June 21 as the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals chose not to suspend a $5,000 daily fine that a federal judge will impose if the cross is not moved, while California’s 4th District Court of Appeals said it will expedite a hearing on supporters’ behalf.

U.S. District Judge Gordon Thompson Jr. ruled in May that the city of San Diego would be fined for each day the cross remains on public grounds after a 90-day period that is set to expire Aug. 1. The city, led by Mayor Jerry Sanders, appealed the ruling, but the 9th Circuit refused to step in and grant a stay until appeals currently pending in state courts can he heard.

But there is still hope:

On the same day, the 4th District informed Charles LiMandri, attorney for the group San Diegans for the Mount Soledad National War Memorial, that the court would soon grant a hearing of an appeal of a ruling by California Superior Court Judge Patricia Cowett which said a ballot measure approved by 76 percent of the city’s residents was unconstitutional.