Yup, Mr. "Shadow Government" himself has a buddy who is a pedophile (well... in addition to his other buddy, Jeffrey Epstein)
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Wade Sanders is a Vietnam Veteran and former swift boat captain who helped defend Kerry against the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth slanders during the 2004 campaign. He was so central to Kerry's efforts to combat the Swift Boat lies that Kerry selected him to introduce him at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Well, turns out there was someone who didn't deserve his war medals, but it was Sanders. According to Navy Times, the secretary of the Navy stripped Sanders of a Silver Star he was awarded in 1992 because "facts and evidence surrounding both the incident for which the award was made and the processing of the award itself" have come into question. "Additional information was brought to light after 1992," a Navy spokesperson told the paper. "Those facts could have prevented the award of the Silver Star at that time."
What could those facts be? Unclear, but it may have something to do with the fact that in 2008 Sanders pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges and is currently serving a 37-month sentence. According to his sentencing memo [pdf], Sanders caught with 13 digital images or movies depicting child pornography, including one named "BEST! HARD 7yo child abusive sex-porn.mpg.jpg."
John Kerry is a horrible, awful, stupid, stupid man.
Here's the Gawker article itself: http://archive.is/gLlqZ
One more article about their friendship from the Fort Wayne Reader (Fair warning - the word "Pizza" is involved):
Thirty-eight years ago, when they both were young Navy officers and a bit naive, Wade Sanders and John Kerry shared pizzas and beer and became friends while training in San Diego. Their naivete vanished, but their friendship deepened when both later commanded swift boats on dangerous, but seemingly senseless, missions in Vietnam.
Here's a link to that article: http://archive.is/J3wZI#selection-259.1-259.332
Here's the Pizzagate.Wiki page on John Kerry (still in development): http://pizzagate.wiki/John_Kerry
Edit: Kerry also had an employee that was a pedophile, James Michael McHaney [http://archive.is/pOlJU]
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Beaucephus ago
How the hell is it the absolute worst human beings are propelled to the top in our society?
moreAkin ago
They're the worst from a moral perspective. But, lacking moral boundaries allows them more freedom to become the best at playing the power game. The people willing to do anything to get ahead are harder to stop than people with self-imposed limits.
Beaucephus ago
I don't see it that way. "Get ahead." I see it as imprisoning themselves to an ugly fate. These people go their whole lives without ever knowing what it is to have a friend. What it's like to help someone without expecting anything in return. The best parts of life are forfeited for them. They're victims of a self-imposed crisis. It's a sad life shrouded in soft and silky drapery.
moreAkin ago
I agree, but again you're viewing it through a moral lens. They aren't.
Beaucephus ago
Imagine seeing the world as an ugly thing and having a deep desire to be the king of it?
Internally, what would that make you?
moreAkin ago
Driven.
Beaucephus ago
There's nothing hard about making money. With 250k you can buy a license to print your own in the form of a Federal Charter. If you grow up with parents that can lend you some cash, you're basically set for life unless you're a complete idiot.
They aren't driven. They are born under certain circumstances.
moreAkin ago
Your arguments are really scattered. Who said anything about small amounts of money?
"Imagine seeing the world as an ugly thing and having a deep desire to be the king of it?"
If you have a deep desire to be king of the world, you'll be driven to accomplish that goal.
Beaucephus ago
They're only scattered from your perception. It all ties in together. To be king of a pile of shit, you have to stand in shit and surround yourself with it.
To create something beautiful out of a pile of shit, that takes drive and desire along with a clear perception of reality.