Opinions have no play in a Communist Country. This is NOT (yet) a Communist Country. He can have and voice, his opinions to his heart's content, so long as he does not do it in an official manner (i.e. in Uniform, or as a representative of the United States Marine Corps). But he DOES maintain his 1st Amendment Rights. Until or if, the SCOTUS rules otherwise.

But you don't honor and respect Gary who has done just as much to defend YOUR right to freedom of speech and feelings huh????

I don't give a rat's butt if they are military or not, FIRST AND FOREMOST THEY ARE AMERICANS AND ALL AMERICANS EARN THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND FEELINGS, AS LONG AS HE DOES HIS "JOB" GARY STEIN SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN GIVEN ANY KIND OF DISCHARGE AND IF OUR PRESIDENT WAS ANY KIND OF "MAN" AT ALL HE WOULD STAND UP FOR GARY'S RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH WHETHER WAS UNFAVORABLY OF HIM OR NOT, BECAUSE OPINIONS VARY AND THIS IS MINE!!!!!

Jackie: The Dixie Chicks are American. I bet you whined like a baby when they dared to critize Bush. They received death threats. PS YOU DONT HAVE TO YELL. LMFAO

IF you honor and respect those of us who HAVE served OUR Great country, then believe us when we say we are NOT so STUPID as to give any HONOR to a SOCIALIST, regardless of who he is!!!!! Ole barry is an ILLEGAL Anti American pres who won't even salute OUR flag, that should tell ya something,, HELLO!! anybody home up there??!! Gary is a TRUE AMERICAN and MARINE, that is EXACTLY why he is an ENEMY of the Liar in chief!!

You are absolutely correct Charly.

As a Marine, I'm disappointed that this individual could not follow simple orders with respect to his facebook comments. If he can't follow the simple orders, why on God's green earth would anyone want him in command of their son or daughter where carrying out orders becomes much more complicated and with lives at stake.

There are nearly 200,000 Marines on active duty and 99.99999% were able to follow this simple directive, 1 INDIVIDUAL couldn't and that's the 1 some people here want to praise...seems to me the praise belongs to the other 200,000 that did follow the rules.

Semper Fi

don't take the oath. if you want to defend your country, start with defending your own state. join a militia. stop joining the military and stop being a slave to corporate interests.

Fortunately when you enlist you do NOT give up your rights to Free Speech. Only Officers give up their rights like that, it is illegal for them to say anything against any government official. He respected the Office, as required. There is no way to force someone to respect a person.

Doug, when is it appropriate to criticize your boss? If your boss works you long hours, barely pays you, sometimes forgets to pay you, takes money back from you any chance he gets, frequently sends you into dangerous situations and only sometimes gives you the safety equipment to protect yourself, is it ok to post a critical opinion then? What if said boss is a drug user, a drunk, and spends all of their time at work so buzzed that they can get no work done? Or perhaps when you run into your boss, he continually makes lewd comments or touches you inappropriately? Is it still not ok to post a critical opinion just because he is your boss?
Why should Service members not have the right to have and share their opinion, yes, even about their "boss"? They are the ones with the intestinal fortitude to go and fight and give up body parts and sometimes their very lives to defend your right to be an idiot. Shut up and sit down.

Evidently Doug you weren't around for your Constitution classes. Once you take your Oath, you are sworn to Uphold and Defend THE CONSTITUTION. Not the President. Yes he is the Commander in Chief, and yes you are bound by law to follow LAWFUL ORDERS. You are OBLIGATED by the same Law, to DISOBEY ILLEGAL orders. Cases in point. ALL of the Nuremburg Trials. Lt Callie of Mi Lai fame. Turn your weapons on an American Citizen in violation of that Oath and you become an enemy of that Constitution. You will be held accountable.

Thank You Billy Bean!!!!!!!!!!!! You said all I wanted to say.

And you sir is full of it, You don't know what the regulations say, You cannot be in uniform or say you are representing the Marines, Lern before you speak.

Amen brother. Once you put on the uniform you make a deal to serve ALL commanders in chief, not just those you like. Wanna act like a civilian? Become one.

Doug, when Gary became a Marine 9 years ago, we a REAL PRESIDENT that would not require new recruits to pledge allegience to HIM but to the American Flag, Country and Constitution. This Liar in the White House wants supreme power over all Americans, first of all the USMC's. This is obvious because he is afraid of them formost of all other military departments. That is why he is single-handedly firing 30,000 Marines, giving them no benefits and no jobs when they return home. He is hoping that the remaining military troops will stay squashed under his thumb for any reason he chooses. Marine Veterans and ALL Vets must watch out for him because he is imprisoning vets left and right because he knows they are capable of rooting him out. Troops, please do some research and see that he is lying to you and that you are being made a laughing stock to the rest of the world by him, even though you are the best trained fighters in the world. Also, please be aware of the International Crimes Committee (ICC), which obama and clinton will join. That committee can hold you prisoner in any country that apprehends you with no help from the US gov (obama) for as long as they like and even determine execution if they see fit. This group is located in Switzerland and you can be captured anywhere in the world and accused of war crimes with no help from the US whatsoever. Think obamas on your side? We have not joined the ICC yet but sure will before Nov 2012. Please stay safe!

Except that this is the United States of America... The UCMJ was written by Congress. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the FREEDOM OF SPEECH, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

...certain unalienable Rights... => Your opinion is STUPID.

Bill Bean sounds like someone put a gun to your head and made you join...

The military didn't promise you jack...you (and they) knew what you were getting into, if you don't want to fight stay at home, if you don't want a fine stay out of trouble, if you don't want to work long hours go to work for Walmart, if you want the world to know your opinion go to work for a newspaper or write a blog...BUT DON'T JOIN MY MARINE CORPS!!!

Malingerers, Non Hackers and Sick Bay Commandos need not apply!

(.. . More Power to the men and Women in Service to the United Sates and its Constitution.)

Obama is Insane. Our Constitution is NOT!

I see, the president with a one vote majority in the Senate, and in the minority in the Republican controlled house and republican controlled Supreme Court, nevertheless has dictatorial powers that he cannot use to get his policies enacted. But this situation makes him "Hitler".
What the hell are you smoking?
Seriously, how do you make that connection?
I know the republicans have vowed on his inauguration to "make him a one term president."
But just making up stuff seems a little crazy.

Rich, I wonder if you ever served a day in your life in the military, do you even understand the working of the Marine Corps? you're screaming about the consitution, this has nothing to do with the consitution, this is about a disobeyance of an lawful order. Stein commanding officer ordered him to take down the website, initially he did, but he put it back up, he disobeyed an lawful order, therefore he paid the price, blame the president all you want...it was a general who signed the paperwork to send him packing...mis-directed anger is what you're experiencing. BTW I retired from the Corps honorably after 30 yrs active service in 2006.

No One person... not Even the President, should be Above the Constitution of the United States. That is how Dictators, and even Hitler, began.

As to Hitler... even Hitler had his followers, just as Obama does. And I imagine that they said about the Same things as you are saying here... That You Have to Follow HIM!

Our Country is based on Our Founding Father's Constitution.... NOT the President... But "We THE PEOPLE."

Our Constitution matters a Hell of a lot more, than any President... even one that has gone insane. Do you follow an Insane man?? Or do you Follow the Constitution of the United States??

That is a question that you All will have to answer.

Because our freedoms depend on that answer.

Richard,
You may agree or disagree with Barack Obama, but comparing him to Hitler seems a bit of a stretch. There's a well-known "Internet rule" called Godwin's Law, which states in part that during an argument, the first person to compare his opponent to Hitler automatically loses the argument. Unlike most "Internet rules," that one actually makes a lot of sense to me. Barack Obama is not Hitler. George W. Bush is not Hitler. Only Hitler was Hitler. Until an American president starts a program to systematically wipe out 6 million members of one ethnic group within the space of a few years, I don't think Hitler comparisons are particularly apt.

It's hilarious when people bring up Godwin's Law like a Talisman to keep them safe! Like a child saying Cooties.

“During an argument, the first person to compare his opponent to Hitler automatically loses the argument"
"Godwin's Law... I win"
Feel better?

Like throwing down the Race Card: "You're Racist... I win!"
Childish at the least! Like a person who can't formulate his own opinion into words, you have to throwout a pre-designed Card for you to use that fits the setting you need: "Race Card" "Godwin's Law Card" "Cooties Card". Childish.

Fortunately I'm past that "Dick and Jane book” mentality.
I can, and Do, think for myself. I am outspoken. And I can verbalize objections without regurgitating pop-psych-CatchPhrases which have no substance. Like “Godwin's Law”
Feel better that you used it?

The catchphrase changes nothing: Hitler had his followers just as Obama does. Blind followers who quoted catchphrases, Devout to the Honor of Following him... to hell. And They were blind to it. All they Saw was Love and Honor; and Not what was really happening.
You really can't dismiss that: Millions of individuals following a MadMan. Like Obama.

"Godwin's Law" not withstanding. It's Not who uses the word Hitler who wins or loses that Childish play.... It's the inability (and dead Refusal) to see the comparisons, by which we all lose. All Americans, All Service Men and Women, should be protecting the Constitution of theUnited States. Not a madman gone insane.

If you are in the military, you know that it is not okay to disrespect your Commander In Chief. I really don't believe you are in the military. As an ex-military person, I never saw or heard anyone during my stint even talk about politics. We voted for who we wanted but we respected the office of the president.

Mary, maybe when you were in the military we had a president, not a dictator which even returning servicemen without jobs or benefits, obama using the money for vacations and elections, refer to as a dictator, see photos on facebook. When our troops return from deposing a dictator in another country and say and show publicly that they were sent to war to remove a dictator and they will not tolorate one here, well that is what is happening now. Past your time maybe, huh? Are you still seeing the truth or just the obama propaganda media machine? Wake up..kick ass and take names!

Unfortunately Jon you are trying to talk legal sense to several people who already have political agenda's of their own and wish to shut everyone else up so that they can continue to drag us into the cesspool of communism.

I'd have to disagree on one point you made Truthnut. Adolf still has him beat by a mile. Tho I'm sure if he wins this next election, he will do his absolute best to fix that little problem. There will be nothing then to stop him. He already has signed several EOs that have effectively nullified existing laws. He has refused to allow the Congress of the United States to investigate fully, possible criminal activity in relation to running guns south of the border by his own DOJ, and he has stonewalled every attempt to find out about his documented past. Tho the last one is not a violation of his own Oath to uphold and defend the Constitution. The others are actionable by the House of Representatives. But so long as you can't put one complete spine together from all of the members of the House, none of those flagrantly ILLEGAL EOs will ever be rescinded.

I see, President Obama is more evil, than Hitler, Stalin, Genghis Khan, Pol Pot, Saddam Hussein.
Really?
LOL

Andy, not sure of your age and truthnut, you are right on the money but obama is following EXACTLY the steps of Hitler. Most of you young people will not know how Hitler started his propaganda campaign because all that is remembered is how it ended with the holocaust. Well, this is starting out just like Hitler's propaganda machine and will end up MUCH worse. obama is forcing us into a socialist/communist dictatorship that will end in the United Nations taking away all our weapons UN small arms treaty (all weapons), National Heratige Sites (they already did that), coastal waters LOST treaty, ICC and relying on NATO to tell us where and when to send OUR TROOPS! Do you want countries like Egypt, Syria, Iran and others telling your sons and daughters in our military who we are going to fight for and where they will be sent with NO protections from the US? Yes obama is way, way worse than Hitler ever was and if elected again.....you decide, if you get the picture which it looks as if some of you really do not????

So if you knew me please explain who are or at least how you knew me. Because the Marines I worked with would dispute anything you posted on here

Shouting won't make your rant sound intelligent.
First of all, he was discharged precisely because he couldn't or wouldn't DO his "job".
The first "job" of a Marine is to follow orders. That is the primary lesson learned in boot camp. He disregarded the orders of his superior officers in regards to his internet postings. The president has stayed out of this, and rightfully so. This is an internal matter in the Marine Corps.

Hey DOUCHE BAG i AM a military vet my husband IS IN The military ... this guy IS a douche bag and so are YOU for ASSuming we are not affiliated with the military ourselves.. He disobeyed a direct order so BAM he is gone. He acted in a manner NOT becoming of a REAL marine.. if you don't like it then STFU.. I met this guy in person and he is NOT all high and mighty like you think. lol. Get a BRAIN

Michael I would love to hear exactly how the Potus has declared war against the Constitution. You throw that around like it's a given fact, but where has the Scotus declared his policies unconstitutional? Come on surely you must have 4 or 5 right at your fingertips. I would love to hear them.

Yes it does, but the Oath was to Uphold and Defend the Constitution, not the President OR the Government. The Constitution clarifies that WE the People of the United States. Not I Obama (or Bush, or <fill in the blank here>). Any Order to the contrary of that Oath is illegal.

Heath, heres a link to a story in Fortune magazine explaining Fast and Furious. There has been a lot of false information about it, with a lot of people thinking the government was providing the weapons involved. Which is not true. All of the weapons were purchased by private citizens from licensed gun dealers.
http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/06/27/fast-and-furious-truth/
And I would remind you that this country was started by Liberals and the Revolutionary War was fought by Liberals against the British Army.
The Constitution IS A LIBERAL DOCUMENT.

SPB, if Obama is so far from socialism, then why is the government subsidizing the auto industry (Obama, not Bush, signed that. Bush made the mistake of putting it together but Obama signed it), Green technology, etc? Why is he putting the government, not the people, firmly in control of our health care? "If Obama was a socialist, he would be busy privatizing American means of production"? You have got to be kidding me. Go back and read up on what socialism is. It ISN'T privatizing anything. It puts everything under the control of the government for the "common good". Obama IS a socialist, through and through. He just knows he cannot put his socialist policies in place all at once or he will face an enraged public that will forcibly undo what he has done.

Yes, letting it be known that you don't like the person sitting in the office as your boss tends not to do you any favors but he is entitled to his opinion. Liberals are always yammering about "freedom of speech" until it is against them. Then suddenly, the guy is wrong to give his opinion.

Addy, he acted in a manner becoming of a free American citizen. Being a Marine doesn't make him a robot. He was not a slave. He took it down when they told him to and they still canned him DISHONORABLY no less a month before his ETS date. Whatever else he might have done, they were wrong, very wrong, to can him for that.

@ Bill, you are right, I made a mistake in my post. When I said privatization of means of production, I meant to say make means of production public. Oh to make a political statement on little sleep. Nice catch, but on to the real point:

There is a difference between letting it be known you don't like your boss and openly creating a page on the internet with the sole purpose of letting as many people as you can know that you don't like your boss. Anybody who did something like that would get fired. I'm sorry, but I have no sympathy.

As far as your charge against liberals and freedom of speech: Liberals and Conservatives are partners in the same dance of insult and umbrage. One side says/does something stupid, then the other side exaggerates it for political posture... the aggrieved side then does the exact same thing but on a different issue thereby upsetting the other side... round and round we go.

Re: healthcare, the problem is that it isn't public. The burden is placed on employers. Its a recipe for job loss, and ultimately its going to bear some bitter fruit. I see healthcare as a public good, like fire or police protection. Public healthcare is no more socialist than a police force that enforces all laws equally, or a fire department that protects everybody's house.

Re: subsidies, come on man. Everyone in gov't has a pet industry. The left pushes for green industry, the right for agri-business and oil. Its legalized corruption. Just follow the $$$

Deadbeat through and through

If he was a marxist communist illegal alien .........HELL YEA!

so.... disliking the president = racism, but calling white people crackers is fine?

Actually, the term cracker is laughably hokey. The half of me thats white isn't particularly offended, though you offend everyone's intelligence with your asinine comment.

Yup, we're all racist crackers for having critiques of our president... Though I think I would be considered whole wheat...

Well.... I don't think I ever see the Muslim Brotherhood marching in a Gay Pride Movement. They must be laughing their Muslim heads off.

Still.. they will follow Obama into the Gloryhole of derogation as if they have no American Free will. And they Don't. They are only "Follow Order" grunts.

I take it some comments were deleted? I got notice that there were more comments and I came to see them but I see only this one about not cursing. Interesting. Wonder what I missed?

Don't pay any mind, Gary Stein, to the Obama boot-lickers.

Mr Secor, I am surrprised a candidtae for a high political office would post such a poorly written, almost unintelligible comment such as yours. May I suggest you have someone proofread your public postings before you post them up? By the way, thank you for your service to our great country.