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Wow! what a great speech. I was mesmerized. President Barack Obama delivered his farewell speech tonite. Always knew he was a very good orator. Could always deliver a great speech, that much is true.
But, you know what was the best part of his speech tonite? It was simply this. It was his....
FAREWELL
speech !!!
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I read that after 142 years, Ringling Bro. Circuses are closing down for good. Apparently they don't want him back.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...146-years.html
Back to Kenya with he and his fam.
If only we had made it to Friday. He could have rotted in jail. At least withered to nothing due to another hunger strike.
How can any US citizen "respect" him?
Personally, I believe he faked the whole "transgender"/sex change thing to make the US Govt. suffer as much as possible (financially to pay for a sex change) and Obama more sympathetic to him. I am 99% positive had Manning not gone that route, Obama would not have commuted his sentence. And I do have to wonder, can Trump reverse a commuted sentence (I believe pardons are not reversible)?
Manning had shown tendencies of being transgendered while in the Army. If timeline is right, first started acting on it (letter to a counselor) the month after being deployed. Then two months later, during R&R in Germany, went out dressed as a woman. Another few months later (after stealing the material), sent an email to supervisor about having gender identity disorder and a picture of Manning dressed as a woman.
As far as reversing the commutation, it's not really known. Has never truly been tested. There has only been one time a pardon/commutation/clemency has been revoked. W did it as he was leaving. It was revoked on a matter of procedure. So maybe it is possible if it goes the same way. The general consensus I have read today say it is unlikely there is anything Trump can do.
So the question remains, do we have proof (links), or is the proof of timeline ironically "classified"?
Update: According to the "Free Chelsea Manning" Website (i.e. ChelseaManning.org), the timeline given only says that Bradley declared himself a woman right after the sentencing. Seems like he was trying to get preferential treatment by the administration once his other avenues had failed.
No idea. I don't know if anyone actually has copies of the letter and email. The grainy black and white picture typically showing Manning in a blonde wig is said to be the picture from the email sent to the supervisor. Can supposedly find it and the email on the Army's FOIA page. (I don't care enough to look.) Some of the news stories having the information from previous post and more were published before Manning's announcement (the day after sentencing).