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| By Hamilton Nolan Pastor's Fake Navy SEAL Career Based on Under Siege
"They" were wise. It took only one day for Moats to be exposed as a liar, who'd never been a SEAL at all, and who spent the Vietnam war aboard a Navy ship. Don Shipley, the retired SEAL who proved Moats had never been a member "said Moats' story about being re-assigned to kitchen duty and about being waterboarded were lifted from the Steven Seagal movie Under Siege, while his reference to being hit by SEAL instructors was vintage GI Jane." He also said he's seen lots of clergy members tell the same type of lies! (Trend story possibility alert, for journalists!) Moats says he just wanted to be a war hero and he was wrong, etc. We believe him. Look at how much attention those Navy SEALS guys are getting right now. Who wouldn't want to be mistaken for a SEAL, at least for a few days? (Ladies, don't ask me whether I was or wasn't; I just don't talk about it.) But when you feel that temptation, it's useful to remember the words of former SEAL Don Shipley, who puts in perspective why Jim Moats was so wrong here:
Don't lie about being a SEAL, because those guys are mumbling maniacs. Who knows what they might do? [PennLive.com via Christian Nightmares. Photo of Moats via cbfcfamily.org] 
| May 9th, 2011 Top Stories |
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The Daily Beast - The Afternoon Scoop - May 9, 2011
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CHEAT SHEET
MUST READS FROM ALL OVER
MIDDLE EAST
1. Exclusive: Taliban Plots New Attacks
After their massive Saturday assault in Afghanistan's second-largest
city shocked the U.S., Taliban leaders tell The Daily Beast's Sami
Yousafzai and Ron Moreau that the new offensive is part of a calculated
attempt to launch a new brand of "psychological warfare."
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WASN'T ME
2. Pakistan PM Denies Helping bin Laden
In an address to his parliament Monday, Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf
Raza Gilani struck back against accusations that his government was "in
cahoots" with Osama bin Laden. "Allegations of complicity and
incompetence are absurd," he said. That bin Laden was able to hide out
for so long was not just Pakistan's fault, Gilani insisted, but "an
intelligence failure...of all the intelligence agencies in the world."
Gilani also alleged that the U.S. helped create al Qaeda during the
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and then worsened the situation with a
"flawed" military operation. President Obama said in an interview that
aired Sunday night that "we have to investigate" the nation's government
to see if any of its members were harboring the terrorist.
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HE'S IN
Newt Gingrich to Announce 2012 Run
Will issue statement Wednesday.
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RISING
Mississippi River Flooding at Faster Pace
Could crest in Memphis a day earlier than expected.
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TRAGIC
Libyan Refugee Ship Sinks
Six hundred migrants aboard.
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBNyEo-B7SwhTB8a$dGNsjV9ord/cht5
THE LONG GOODBYE
Meredith Vieira Confirms Today Exit
Anchor weepily announces she's leaving in June.
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