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TiT- ???????????? Fake war hero
« on: June 11, 2009, 08:34:56 PM »
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Dennis Donovan  (1000+ posts)        Thu Jun-11-09 09:11 PM
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Fake military veteran hid under 'ocean of lies'

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/11/veteran.imposter/in...

CNN) -- Richard Strandlof said he survived the 9/11 attacks on the Pentagon. He said he survived again when a roadside bomb went off in Iraq killing four fellow Marines. He'd point to his head and tell people he had a metal plate, collateral damage from the explosion.

Richard Strandlof says he didn't mean to cause harm when he lied about being a military veteran.

Crowds ate up his story. He canvassed Colorado appearing at the sides of politicians. Inspiring and seemingly authentic, he spoke on behalf of veterans at the state Capitol.

It turns out the whole thing was a lie. He wasn't at the Pentagon. He was never a Marine. He never served his country. He never graduated from the Naval Academy. He claimed his name was Rick Duncan.

He formed a group called the Colorado Veterans Alliance, and the FBI is now investigating whether he embezzled money as a result.

Where was he on 9/11, the day he said he witnessed heroism firsthand?

"I was in San Jose, California, watching it in horror on TV with a few other people," Strandlof told CNN's Anderson Cooper.




 

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Re: TiT- ???????????? Fake war hero
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2009, 09:37:02 PM »
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3. is it too much to hope that he could be another freep?

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6. based on his organization, I'd guess he's not
   
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Here's a release about the Colorado Veterans Alliance's "Congressional Report Card," printed at SquareState, which appears to be a progressive blog focusing on Colorado (http://squarestate.net/diary/7766/colorado-veterans-all... ):

The 111th Congress has been in session for several months and in that time out elected officials have voted and been briefed on several items affecting the veterans and active duty military communities.

This report covers numerous issues important to Colorado's post 9/11 veterans, active duty troops and their families - an responsible end to the Iraq War, closure of Guantanamo Bay, support for homeless veterans and relief for military families facing foreclosure.

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Re: TiT- ???????????? Fake war hero
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2009, 09:44:41 PM »
Quote from: Ralph Wiggum on June 11, 2009, 09:37:02 PM
He's all yours, DUmbasses!
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Re: TiT- ???????????? Fake war hero
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2009, 10:10:17 PM »
I thought that name looked familiar...

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Re: TiT- ???????????? Fake war hero
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2009, 10:58:59 PM »
So another lib liar fakes being a Veteran. You don't even have to color me shocked anymore.
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Re: TiT- ???????????? Fake war hero
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2009, 05:05:37 AM »
Why do they always pass themself off as war hero's? Not all vet's are Audie Murphy.
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« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2009, 07:32:25 AM »
The primitives always want to try and pin things on others while passing the buck on themselves.  It's like these 2 nuts lately who shot the doc and the museum guard, these kooks want to pin that to talk radio.  But point out to them their own rhetoric about how Iraq is an illegal war and anyone who is in the military is automatically a war criminal, and then how the one who shot those 2 recruiters in Arkansas viewed it the same way, and the primitives are unwilling to step up to the plate and accept responsibility for their own words.  They're children, which is why pointing and laughing at them is all they've ever been worth.

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« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2009, 08:20:53 AM »
Jonn and the rest of the gang at This Ain't Hell have been all over this guy for a couple of weeks now.
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« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2009, 01:27:06 PM »
I wonder how many Mountain region/Colorado DUmmies are realizing now that the were ripped off by this individual?
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Re: TiT- ???????????? Fake war hero
« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2009, 01:49:07 PM »
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3. is it too much to hope that he could be another freep?

Anyone know of some Freeper who has passed themselves off as a war hero?
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Re: TiT- ???????????? Fake war hero
« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2009, 01:55:40 PM »
Quote from: BEG on June 12, 2009, 01:49:07 PM
Anyone know of some Freeper who has passed themselves off as a war hero?

I dunno, I had heard strange things about a Freeper who went by the handle 'Speed_Addiction' whom I got along with fine BTW.
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« Reply #11 on: June 12, 2009, 02:08:11 PM »
Quote from: FGL on June 12, 2009, 01:55:40 PM
I dunno, I had heard strange things about a Freeper who went by the handle 'Speed_Addiction' whom I got along with fine BTW.

Not hardly the same caliber as Jesse MacBeth or this last guy but I'll give it to you.

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Re: TiT- ???????????? Fake war hero
« Reply #12 on: June 12, 2009, 02:17:04 PM »
Quote from: FGL on June 12, 2009, 01:55:40 PM
I dunno, I had heard strange things about a Freeper who went by the handle 'Speed_Addiction' whom I got along with fine BTW.

I remember him as well, but not from FreeRepublic........I think that he was on CU, or perhaps Arfcom, for a while.

As I recall he did serve, but represented himself as a Ranger, when he was not........if memory serves........

I also got along with him as well, and he did "man up" and admit the mistake and apologize

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Re: TiT- ???????????? Fake war hero
« Reply #13 on: June 12, 2009, 02:18:18 PM »
Quote from: TVDOC on June 12, 2009, 02:17:04 PM
I remember him as well, but not from FreeRepublic........I think that he was on CU, or perhaps Arfcom, for a while.

As I recall he did serve, but represented himself as a Ranger, when he was not........if memory serves........

I also got along with him as well, and he did "man up" and admit the mistake and apologize

doc

Yep I remember when he came clean and admitted it all. 
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Re: TiT- ???????????? Fake war hero
« Reply #14 on: June 12, 2009, 02:18:55 PM »
Quote from: TVDOC on June 12, 2009, 02:17:04 PM
I remember him as well, but not from FreeRepublic........I think that he was on CU, or perhaps Arfcom, for a while.

As I recall he did serve, but represented himself as a Ranger, when he was not........if memory serves........

I also got along with him as well, and he did "man up" and admit the mistake and apologize

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I was offline at the time and didn't get the whole story when he left FR (or changed screen names)
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« Reply #15 on: June 12, 2009, 02:34:42 PM »
Does he have a Navy Cross?

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« Reply #16 on: June 12, 2009, 02:43:26 PM »
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Does he have a Navy Cross?

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You mean the one he earned while serving in the Marines, assigned to the Green Berets?  :naughty:
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« Reply #17 on: June 12, 2009, 03:15:13 PM »
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You mean the one he earned while serving in the Marines, assigned to the Green Berets?  :naughty:

Why yes, you know, the one that made himthe second-most decorated enlisted Sailor ever!
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Re: TiT- ???????????? Fake war hero
« Reply #18 on: June 12, 2009, 03:40:27 PM »
Quote from: BEG on June 12, 2009, 01:49:07 PM
Anyone know of some Freeper who has passed themselves off as a war hero?

I knew of one at Military.com.  Had everyone convinced he was a Navy Pilot.  Turned out he was just a train engineer or something like that.
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