Sullivan: Absolutely not. northwest crackdown on fake veterans in "operation stolen valor" Phony Vets Scam more than $1.4 Million and Damage Image of Honorable Veterans U.S. Attorney Jeffrey C. Sullivan today announced some of the results of "Operation Stolen Valor," a year long effort to investigate and prosecute those who lie about their military service for financial gain or other reasons. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. - Roadrager - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 11:44 am: Oh, Jesse, I dont thing you want to try playing this one up against the big boys. Politicians lie to get us into wars; generals lie about how well things are going; soldiers lie about what they did during their service. Firing people who are not willing to get the vaccine, those frontline workers who have been taking on the burden of this crisis, and then youre going to fire them? That night, a representative from Military Phonies e-mailed Amber, saying that it usually took the group several weeks to put together a complete record, and pointing her to a list of Silver Star recipients compiled by a military historian named Doug Sterner. - Retired and Still in Illinois - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:48 am: The idea of using the NG in this manner is ludicrous. Kevin Mays. Are they going to try to out right wing each other because they have tothese former Democratic voters/supportersto win todays GOP base? The only winner in this ad is the media folks making cash off of Sullivan. If he wont stand with us, we cant allow him to be our next governor? What year is it?) Last summer, Bart saw something odd at a nearby house. I have always believed in the sanctity of life. Somebody who was rational. The day Illinois voters quit voting for partys like your rooting for a baseball team is the day we will see true equality and economic growth. He photographed the trash can by the road to show that its contents never changed. It wasnt illegal to lie about a medalit was only when you pinned it on your lapel that you broke the law. On his campaign Facebook page, he displayed his medals: a Silver Star, for valor in combat, and a Purple Heart. They need to distinguish themselves, otherwise the campaign messages blend into each other for the GOP primary voter. The only vaccine mandate still in effect anywhere that was initiated by the government is the mandate for healthcare workers and that mandate was upheld by the Supreme Court. Stolen Valor Valor Thieves' Gallery. When he shared his anxieties, Cottone told him that, if a person was lying about his service, he was often lying about more substantial things, too. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:21 am: ===This ad will play well in Peoria County and south.===. One issue mentioned by others is the ethics of using uniformed police with their government funded vehicles in the ad. Well, he doesnt, I would end those on day one. In 2015, Eric Lindinger, a Gulf War veteran, had a job that involved a lot of cross-country driving. Be sure to wear a mask on public transportation. He was disheartened by the community response, but his wife was energized. - Red Ketcher - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 10:56 am: 47th Ward at 10:08 above Says It All,Says it Well. - Brr Cold - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 3:26 pm: LOL. These days, subscribers pay ten dollars a month for access to the Shipleys video library, along with regular live streams, Dianes recipes for Big Ass Meatballs and ass kickin cornbread, and Dons duck-hunting tips. Basically, there were three of usmyself, Jug Burkett, and a couple out of Missouri, Doug Sterner, who calls himself an accidental stolen-valor researcher, told me. Not the job of the guard to be our daily police force. I cant think of anyone using that phrase other than in context of being a police officer. As Justice Kennedy predicted, public shaming has become the de-facto response to suspected stolen valor. The role of patient is well defined in our society, he said. and then talking up Jesse Sullivan, who says, Im an outsider and a man of faith called to protect and serve. Is that a lie somehow? Why spend so much time defending Jesse and not attacking? Call this coward Richard Irvin, at (630) 555-1212, and demand him to be straight with Illinois Republicans.. Just before my visit, one of the familys cats was killed by a raccoon. Between Sullivan's mission in Iraq and Irvin's calling in the Guard, the stolen valor primary is officially underway. Mocked up buildings and opposing forces. The Facebook page for the Clyde Police Department was soon flooded with comments from angry people across the country: Hey Clyde PD, you have a POS Poser in your midst; Leroy Grant Foley those brand new cuff links will look good on you. Foley was placed on administrative leave. Until then businesses leave. The New Yorker may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. He should find a career where they can be put to use. Schimpf was initially reluctant to say anything about Sullivan, but eventually issued this response: Although Jesse Sullivan, who is not a veteran and has never been on active duty, should be commended for having worked in Afghanistan as a civilian contractor, his claim to have led combat patrols flies in the face of Department of Defense regulations and established practices. Follow up question: How are vaccines hurting our children, Mr. Sullivan? Made with by creatives with a conscience. I think he just got caught up in the moment, Sheriff Joy said. Through games of Sunday, scoring is up when compared to March and April of 2022. If they say theyre fully pro-life, theyll lose, because this is a pro-choice state. - well - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:48 am: Its a decent message for the primary, but it loses a lot of points because of how illegal the ad is. Seems like we need an honest debate on which side of American best suits our group survival. Sullivan has managed to make a big splash in the Republican primary. - northsider (the original) - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:01 pm: - Excitable Boy - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:02 pm: If Sullivan wants to play soldier so bad why doesnt he just join the military and spare us the theatrics? I think theyre unAmerican. Fire up the bluesmobile, Jake. Hes trying everything to bury the baggage thats exposed serious contradictions about his past and his record,said DGA Illinois Press Secretary Yael Sheinfeld. - Oswego Willy - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 11:45 am: If Sullivan wanted to serve, he shouldve joined a branch of service. Might be time to concentrate on getting a running mate. Sullivan was recruited to be in the Army's Human Terrain System, which. In the evening, the truck had been replaced by a patrol car. was an overdiagnosed condition cooked up by antiwar leftists; that accusations of war crimes in Vietnam were overstatedbut what captured readers attention was his exposure of military fakers. Dr. Anthony Fauci on Becoming an Activist Within Government. D for the ad because the message wont move the needle positively for Sullivan. Dont Fire Back until given command. - Correcting - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:18 pm: Jesse Sullivan just needs to serve apple pie and make his campaign theme song I am a real American by Rick Derringer. He often points to his business background as an example of his leadership, but one of his nonprofits owed money to the state of California and another waslisted as delinquent., And those are just the highlights.With days to go, Jesse Sullivan is bending over backwards to rewrite history. Foleys opponent in the Republican primary was Rick Jowers, a mild, approachable sheriffs deputy with a handlebar mustache. Do County Sheriffs police vehicles not count for some reason? Jesse Sullivan was an Army civilian, deployed by the Department of Defense to Afghanistan. Sounds to me like he needs to be a minister and not Governor. In December, Bart and his wife, Amber, read in the local paper that Leroy Foley, a police officer in the nearby town of Clyde, was running for sheriff of Callahan County. - The Fellow Edgar - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:48 am: What is Sullivan doing in this race exactly? Units being trained to respond to riots in the Cities. *** UPDATE *** Another Sullivan press release. Someone you could actually call and feel comfortable about it, said Marcia Shumway, a local stay-at-home mom and home-school teacher, who, with her husband, Paul, supported Jowers in the race. When I think of the Guard I think of disaster response not vigilantism. Adding Welp, they removed the ad. Got it. (On StolenValor.com, exposed liars are secured targets.) In a forum called Special Forces Brothers, which is associated with Guardians of the Green Beret, fifty-seven hundred current and former Green Berets help vet claimants. After more than two decades with the Navy, he worked as a contractor for Blackwater in Afghanistan and Pakistan, then ran Extreme SEAL Experience, a camp where civilians paid more than two thousand dollars for a week of simulated SEAL training. When I joined the military decades ago, I was required to get a regimen of vaccines, more when deploying overseas. This primary is fascinating because the real story is the difference in staffing. When Bart went to introduce himself to his new neighbors, no one answered the door. We have to do something and have urgency. The Times Herald reported that Williams was a Vietnam veteran; one of the papers columnists wondered whether Vietnam did that to him. On a whim, Burkett filed a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain Williamss military records and discovered that he had never served in Vietnam. Throwing the guard at addressing violent crime is a recipe for disaster (recall Kent State). Very good ad for stoking GOP base obsession with police and crime. - Lincoln Lad - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 2:05 pm: The GOP pool of candidates will make this easy for JB. - vern - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:51 am: At this point hes gonna need the National Guard to get his petitions done. Great agenda, have the guard do something theyre not trained to do and let Americans die during a pandemic. Support Renewable Energy Credits. . Last year, a Montana judge required that, as a condition of their parole, two men who had falsely claimed veteran status must stand at the Montana Veterans Memorial with placards that read I am a liar. ), Sterner had never intended to expose fakershe was more interested in the real heroesbut he kept running across them. - Ron Burgundy - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 12:13 pm: On the use of public resources (uniforms and marked vehicles) in the ad, I too find it distasteful and wonder if it might be unlawful. When Walter Washington Williams, thought to be the last surviving veteran of the Confederate Army, died, in 1959, President Eisenhower called for a national day of mourning. Last night I got a robo-poll that I would presume was commissioned by the Sullivan campaign. I find it scary. After Leroy Foleys lies about his military service were exposed, Rick Jowers seemed certain to win the Republican primary and therefore become Callahan Countys next sheriff, since no one was running as a Democrat. Ask active military, civilian DoD, and a contractor when all three are sitting at the same table. ==. You would call them out even to hunt down violent criminals. - Anyone Remember - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:32 am: ===You would call them out even to hunt down violent criminals. I stand proudly with Pro Life voters. Last February, YouTube suspended Shipleys channel for harassment. His service, to my knowledge, has not been questioned, but his ire was raised by some of Jesse Sullivans campaign claims. What he actually means: I think they are unRepublican.. Also, ibid on the whole ethics of cops play-acting in uniform in a political ad. - Flyin' Elvis'-Utah Chapter - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:22 am: Only one of you guys get to play Clint Eastwood. - Demoralized - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:18 am: Correction - We do have mandates for certain state workers in congregate care settings. I dont like the man of faith being called to serve. Now, with just days to go, hes trying anything he can to grab voters attention in a last-minute hail mary. I mean when PQ won his election, didnt he lose just about all the states counties (except for a couple)? So I guess he could get rid of those. Researching potential phonies was once a lonely enterprise; now there are a dozen Web sites, message boards, and Facebook groups that provide instruction and crowdsource the work. If a candidate hedges, theyll lose evangelicals and a bunch more of the base and ultimately lose. One of the appeals of patienthood is the special dispensationwe reduce our expectations of that person, we give them attention. The role of veteran, which comes freighted with its own set of expectations and benefits, is similarly alluring. - Long Time Independent - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:43 am: Jesse should start running campaign commercials for a running mate and not worry about the Governors race yet. - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 1:11 pm: - lenoard - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 1:22 pm: I have an idea take all the republican candidates fo r Governor put them in a sack shake it up really good. Lets go save Illinois. - Micky Finn - Friday, Jan 28, 22 @ 9:13 am: I used to think Rezin was a moderate. - JS Mill - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:35 am: He is against it and would likely go Missouri on us. . The Court found that the Stolen Valor Act violated the First Amendment. The neophyte Sullivan has peppered his campaign website and announcement with photos of himself in military uniform. If the blackout lasts into the regular season, Comcast subscribers also wouldnt have access to NFL Red Zone. The average game times of 2 hours, 36 minutes are down from 3:03 in 2022. Foley promised to professionalize the sheriffs department. - vole - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 3:27 pm: unAmerican is getting to need some definition. I am 100% Pro Life and I will be the strongest Pro Life governor in Illinois history. I wonder if his campaign has reached out to Arthur Jones yet about being his running mate. In-depth political coverage, sports analysis, entertainment reviews and cultural commentary. - Steve - Tuesday, Jan 25, 22 @ 9:03 am: C-. I think theyre unAmerican. - The Dude Abides - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 1:07 pm: As a previous poster mentioned in his comment its red meat for the GOP base. After The Hunt for Red October, everyone was a submariner, Don Shipley, who investigates fake Navy SEALs, told me. Article: What is Stolen Valor? And as far back as 2007, when Jowers applied to work at the Taylor County jail, he claimed to have been an Airborne Ranger. There is a saying in the Theater, Will it play in Peoria?. Jim Calhoun. Hes losing. Im Jesse Sullivan. - 47th Ward - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:25 pm: Im looking forward to seeing Governor Sullivan riding the CTA after he ends the mask mandate. Schimpf was born on an Air Force base in the Metro East, graduated from Annapolis Naval Academy, then graduated from law school and served 20 years in the US Marines, serving as the chief American adviser to prosecutors in Saddam Husseins trial. No money down, no payments until next year. Some Callahan County residents were ready to forgive him. On day one, I would end those. So far, I am not impressed one bit. He did his job good, got along with people good. Jowers had worked for the sheriffs office for eight years, five of them as chief deputy. There is good reason to believe that a similar fate would befall other false claimants.. IRVIN LIE: [Sullivan] says that he wore, you know, he served in uniform. That sure looks like an official police plate to me. No public funds shall be used to urge any elector to vote for or against any candidate or proposition, or be appropriated Yeah, I was wondering about that. I dont want anyone near any levers of power who refuses to protect their citizens during a pandemic. Military Phonies was already looking into Jowerss background. Kinda awkward that his LG running mate hasnt commented yet. Illinois is a pro choice state. - Excitable Boy - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 1:28 pm: - commercial being on the civilian intelligence side over in Afghanistan, you see the power of our military and their abilities. Citizens leave. - Big Mike - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 11:02 am: - Cheryl44 - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 11:05 am: Im a white person in my mid 60s and I dont 2ant to see cops in political ads. Hope leaves. A Montana countys battle shows how faith in public learning and public space is fraying. Support Renewable Energy Credits. I briefly embedded with some in Iraq. There was no evidence that he was an Airborne Ranger or a sniper, that he had received a Purple Heart or a Silver Star, or that he had been wounded in combat. It turned out that Williams had fabricated his service, and that the second-longest-surviving Confederate soldier probably had, too. What? They would send them harassing e-mails, or theyd get a phone number and post that up on YouTube, and people would be calling it really late.. - Tobor - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:18 am: - Ron Burgundy - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:20 am: Also why is it that the GOP seems real excited to have armed troops showing up at peoples doors, so long as it is not in their neighborhood? Huh? - Annonin' - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 6:13 pm: NG units are trained for specific tasks. The interviews present a satisfying moral clarity: Shipley, a broad, deep-voiced man with lush hair, plays the role of the good soldier, confidently asserting his dominance over the dissembling faker. - Ron Burgundy - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 1:22 pm: In a primary, and specifically your first run for anything, you need to be telling people who you are and not refuting who someone else says you are. He lied till the end, Shumway said. Help Illinois Colleges And Universities Go Green. As to unAmerican, chomping at the bit to use military force against American citizens is unAmerican. Im respectful, like all military people are. Jowers seemed thrown by his opponents tough-guy posturing, and offered a different vision for law enforcement in the county. The guy would usually be polite, but the interactions felt more like interrogations than like conversations. - 47th Ward - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 10:08 am: It always creeps me out when evangelicals go into to politics to save us. He said he served in Afghanistan. /s. - Paddyrollingstone - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:09 pm: Getting some Jack! We do have some military police in the Illinois National Guard. They served their country, now they have to get a normal job, maybe they have P.T.S.D., maybe theyre not getting help from the V.A. I was born a protector and an overwatcher, he told a local television station. Then she decided to try to get the legislation passed. he was a civilian contractor, never active duty, and not a veteran. Theyll be, like, You were over there in 1992, right? Because, if I say yes, hes caught a phony. I asked him how often these encounters happened, and he gave a rasping chuckle. - Da big bad wolf - Friday, Jan 28, 22 @ 8:42 am: If police who are trained have trouble finding the criminals how are people in the National Guard supposed to do that? The Oddballs and Odysseys of Charles Portis. . - Rudys teeth - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 1:08 pm: Can Jesse Sullivan buy a set of talented advisors who could direct his message? I could be misreading the Statute though. Mr. Sullivans words are those of a person who fundamentally does not understand democratic governments and basic civil rights. Elsewhere in the news . The only differentiation is outsider. They would track down the guys family, his mother, his wife. He wrote that an official at the National Archives told him that he was probably the Archives number one individual FOIA user.. - Pundent - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:56 am: Wouldnt the first step be a fundamental shift in the Guards focus and training? So what sets these two apart on crime? You want to pair that with his hollow words on public safety, you might have something. Is the New York I used to know gone for good? Thirty Years Later, Its Still Burning. One evening, she mentioned Foleys military medals to her father, a retired colonel in the Air Force. These are just as good as, if not better than, jelly beans., Dear Deborah, Ive lost my phone and we need to talk., Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History, Restoring Valor: One Couples Mission to Expose Fraudulent War Heroes and Protect Americas Military Awards System. Hes, like, I screwed up, I told a little lie and it got big, Shumway, a veteran of the Air Force, said. I came out swinging so hard at these guys on the Internet that I brought on flocks of these junior G-men who have nothing to do but patrol Walmart and accost people, he said. Spencer Sullivan. It has since been revealed that during his time as a student at St. Louis University back in 2006, he founded the magazine One World. Open the bag the first one out would be the candidate would save a lot of money not to mention popcorn.
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