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Scott Taylor Takes House Floor Speaking Of Newest Medal Of Honor Recipient Britt Slabinski
“‘For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity, at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty,’ these are the words that begin every Medal of Honor citation our nation’s highest and most prestigious military decoration. They are uncommon, but not as uncommon as the actions and sacrifice detailed in the narrative summaries of those awards,” Congressman Scott Taylor (VA-2) said when he took to the floor of the House of Representatives on Thursday, May 24. He was speaking on behalf of retired Navy SEAL Master Chief Special Warfare Operator Britt Slabinski, who will receive the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Donald Trump later today.
On March 3-4, 2002, in what became known as the “Battle of Roberts Ridge,” two Chinook helicopters carrying U.S. troops roared through the chilly air above an Afghan mountaintop when an unfortunate disaster struck. Rocket-propelled grenades and machine-gun fire ripped into one of the heavy aircraft as it approached its landing zone, ejecting a Navy SEAL Team 6 member, prompting a daunting rescue operation.
Warmly speaking about Slabinski, Taylor said, “He led his men back into the fight into overwhelming odds and superior enemy fire. There would be no element of surprise, there would be no tactical advantage, and, despite the odds and despite the risk, he chose to lead.”
“They took the fight to the enemy until it reached the brink of their own destruction. They did not run, they did not hide, they fought.”
Slabinski is credited with bravery in the face of fire from al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters on the snow-covered Takur Ghar mountain while leading his team in search of the missing Petty Officer 1st Class Neil C. Roberts.
In a report from The Washington Post, Slabinski gave an interview about being bestowed with the highest of honors.
“I’ll accept that medal with great humility, because all my guys followed me up the mountain that day, as did the aircrews that kept the flights coming, and the Rangers who came not because they knew us, but because they knew we were in trouble…In many ways I’m uncomfortable being singled out because when you wrap your head around that whole battle, every one of them deserved this medal. That’s no exaggeration.”
The incident, in which seven American soldiers, including Roberts, were killed, spawned studies at U.S. warfare schools, the 2006 book, Roberts Ridge: A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan, and even the 2010 video game Medal of Honor, all because of the mission’s dire nature.
Taylor, a former combat veteran said, “If you wear a uniform, you walk in the dark shadows of heroes everyday.”
“Bravery is not motivated by fear, rage, hate, or the desire for awards or recognition – bravery is motivated by love – love for an ideal, love for a country, and love for a teammate. Bravery is not a certainty; it is a choice.”
Taylor said the bravery, regardless of the men in women in uniform fighting on behalf of the U.S., ” is an example to every American.” The former Navy SEAL ended his speech by saying, ” long live the brotherhood.”
Michael Bloomberg Brags About How Much He Enjoys Taxing Poor People
Leftist fundamentalism is loudly, quite arrogantly boasted these days, probably louder than ever before. Progressives are now publicly claiming things like “The first thing I will do when I get to Washington is ‘roll back’ the tax cuts,” or “We’ll have to pass the bill [Obamacare] so that you can find out what is in it.” Recently, left-wing billionaire Michael Bloomberg alluded to this nuance of unashamed progressivism by admitting on video how much he enjoys raising taxes on poor people.
Bloomberg has personally funded and promoted all kinds of regressive taxes and regulations in New York City in an attempt to control people. All this has been accomplished by using the coercive power of the government to force people to live their lives as he believes should happen.
In April, at an event hosted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), he appeared on stage with IMF managing director Christine Lagarde, another one of the world’s bureaucrats. Bloomberg referred to low income individuals as “those people” and then takes a shot at coal miners and the U.S. military, with an arrogant, bullying worldview.
Bloomberg said:
“Some people say, well, taxes are regressive. But in this case, yes they are. That’s the good thing about them because the problem is in people that don’t have a lot of money. And so, higher taxes should have a bigger impact on their behavior and how they deal with themselves. So, I listen to people saying ‘oh we don’t want to tax the poor.’ Well, we want the poor to live longer so that they can get an education and enjoy life. And that’s why you do want to do exactly what a lot of people say you don’t want to do.
The question is do you want to pander to those people? Or do you want to get them to live longer? There’s just no question. If you raise taxes on full sugary drinks, for example, they will drink less and there’s just no question that full sugar drinks are one of the major contributors to obesity and obesity is one of the major contributors to heart disease and cancer and a variety of other things.
So, it’s like saying, ‘I don’t want to stop using coal because coal miners will go out of work, will lose their jobs.’ We have a lot of soldiers in the United States in the US Army, but we don’t want to go start a war just to give them something to do and that’s exactly what you’re saying when you say ‘well, let’s keep coal killing people because we don’t want coal miners to lose their jobs.’ The truth of the matter is that there aren’t very many coal miners left anyways and we can find other things for them to do. But the comparison is: a life or a job. Or, taxes or life? Which do you want to do? Take your poison.”
Lagarde responded:
“So its regressive, it is good. There are lots of tax experts in the room. And fiscal experts, and I’m very pleased that they hear you say that. And they all say that two things in life which are absolutely certain. One is death, the other one is tax. So you use one to defer the other one.”
Bloomberg replied:
“That’s correct. That is exactly right. Well said.”
All of this was met with thunderous applause.
Bloomberg has bankrolled numerous highly unpopular policies across the U.S. In a report from Americans For Tax Reform, he has attempted to raise the cost of everyday groceries in places like Chicago, New Mexico, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. through higher beverage taxes. Soda taxes do not work; they never do. They are regressive and extremely disliked across the political spectrum, and result in low income people having less money in their pockets.
For example, the Bloomberg-sponsored soda tax on Chicago residents was so reviled that it was overwhelmingly repealed. In 2017, Santa Fe, New Mexico, a city which supported Hillary Clinton by over 70 percent, resoundingly rejected – with nearly two-thirds of the vote – the same type of soda tax that Bloomberg is pushing all over the country.
NFL’s New National Anthem Policy Void Of Kneeling, Disrespecting Flag
On Wednesday, NFL owners unanimously approved a new “National Anthem policy” that requires players to …