Wheeler Smoke Bomb Story Is Clearly Bogus

From CNN.

One of the many issues about Wheeler is that he had been involved in a lengthy legal fight with a couple building a new home across the street in a historic district of New Castle, a project opposed by Wheeler.
The dispute may have become contentious but Wheeler's attorney, Bayard Marin, said "I can't recall a confrontation" and "Everything seemed to be kept within normal bounds."
Thornblom discounted speculation Wheeler would have been involved in an alleged smoke bomb incident at the construction site of the house.
"This is so out of character and I can tell you right now, all of us at West Point went through demolitions and mine-clearing technique training and even how to construct field expedient napalm. If Jack had wanted that house disappointed or burnt down, he would've done it. Nobody would have known about it. And he certainly wouldn't have been stupid enough to leave his iPhone there," Thornblom said...

Anti-War Protest At West Point During Obama Visit

I received an email from World Can't Wait about a small Anti-War protest to take place today at West Point. I was in the area so I drove down and took some pictures. There were members on hand from the Orange County Democratic Alliance
, Iraq Veterans Against The War, and others.
After speeches at Highland Falls the group of around a hundred or more marched down to the West Point Gate not far away.



A few Pro-War protesters were also on hand. Strangely one of them was holding a "Don't Tread On Me" flag. This is pretty illogical(not the flag, but the intention here) since wars of occupation certainly are all about treading on people, not to mention the Patriot Act and all the rest that comes with these wars. Still many are caught up in the old leftist/right-wing blame game which insults the intelligence of anyone who cares about the issues themselves. I shouted out to the man, "the Tea Party isn't for these wars" thinking that might snap their thinking. Hoping of course the Tea Party isn't for these wars, though it is still unclear, in my mind at least, how far the movement will distance itself from the typical mainline republican my-country-right-or-wrong attitude.



We were also closely watched by some black uniformed troops carrying some assault weapons and wearing "Police" on their shirts who seemed to be guarding the West Point gate.



Enjoy the pictures.