President's photo taken down at Colorado Air Force Base commissary

Well what a suprise.  

Sad. Simply sad. Along with a holocaust denier bishop and another bishop who feels that education is wasted upon women, this speaks volumes as to where conservatism has lead the Catholic Church...

I tell you Chica that no greater abomination exists than women denying their spirit of sisterhood and instead becoming the oppressor. -Rebeca, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Also, the Air Force has not had anywhere near the kinds of casualties that the Army has had in the war, so Bush et all did not lose popularity there in the fashion that he did in the Regular Army.

I tell you Chica that no greater abomination exists than women denying their spirit of sisterhood and instead becoming the oppressor. -Rebeca, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

I'd be interested to know if Bush's picture was on the sigh over the last 8 years.

The armed forces are focused on tradition and rules, so...

Even so, I have a hard time imagining that complaining about Obama's picture on the sign wasn't partisan politics at a minimum and most likely racist.

I find it frightening that someone would feel comfortable enough to express their bigotry so blatantly and that the bigotry would be respected rather than rebuked.

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in time of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. -- John F. Kennedy (inspired by Dante's Inferno)

Not to mention, this is the current Commander in Chief we're talking about, and it's a rule that his picture along with the Sec of Defense be posted (though I'm not sure if this is the same picture talked about here or if there was a 2nd one).

It's against the UCMJ to speak badly about the Commander in Chief - it's considered a breakdown in the chain of command - I wonder how that applies to a retired military person.

I would imagine that the base commander will hear about this from a level high enough above him sweating, shaking and understanding that he is not in line for another promotion.  What happens to the civilian employee running the commissary is hard to say.

1. Thank you for answering my question by confirming that the current president has been included on the signage for presidents' day in the past - which, of course, brings into question the motivation of the person making the complaint.

2. I thought it was about signage and not about the official photos that are likely in a more permanent display, so I assumed that this was not removing Obama's picture from the UCMJ required display -- which is generally at the main entrance in the main building and only includes the president and secdef.

3. The racist comment made is a separate issue from whether it was appropriate for Obama's picture to be included in this particular display, the comment was clearly blatant bigotry and should be handled as such.

To quote myself:

I find it frightening that someone would feel comfortable enough to express their bigotry so blatantly and that the bigotry would be respected rather than rebuked.

The military was one of the first American workforces to successfully integrate, and it did so by the power of command and control.  White soldiers (and sailors, and airmen, and marines) were basically told, "you're going to serve alongside black soldiers (etc.), and you're going to like it."  Period.  And it was done.

This was possible because the military has built a culture where people take orders without question.  While other American workplaces have a couple hours or a couple days of "New Hire Orientation" (usually a Powerpoint slideshow and a chance to fill out your W-2), the military sends you to weeks of boot camp, where your rebellious streaks are identified and removed, and your capacity to endure physical duress under command is widened.

I lived on many military bases during my childhood.  And everywhere you went - the commissary, the barbershop, the movie theatre, and literally every building on base, you could find a photo of the current president, the current highest ranking officer in the service (a four-star admiral if a Navy base, a four-star general if an Army base, etc.), and that base's commanding officer.

Hierarchy is important in lots of workplaces, but it's impossible to stress just HOW important it is in the military.  And so the idea that a bunch of military vets, wives, and active servicement would complain about a photo of the COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF anywhere on base is just ... unfathomable to me.

This isn't just a sign that racism isn't dead; it also tells me that our military is significantly weaker than it was when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s.  And it really worries me.

"There are two kinds of people in this world -- the kind who separate the world into two kinds of people, and those who don't."  -- Gloria Steinem

"Fucking Democrats gonna run this country into the ground."
"Goddam liberals. Fucking faggot lovers."
"Can't believe a black man was the best they could put up there."
"I will never take orders from a goddam draft-dodging uppity raghead."

I had to leave the building for a while.

God save ornery old queens! - kevinchi

Gates and Petraeus are mobilizing and organizing to thwart B.O.s efforts everyway they can.  The military industrial complex has become something to be feared by a Commander in Chief, especially with the demise of the Posse Comitatus Act during the Bush reign of terror.  How else can you account for B.O. not replacing these treasonous bastards.  They are not interested in turning around the corrupt and failed policies that they married long before B.O. took office.

Petraeus has bet his future political ambitions on the success of these corrupt, lying adventures and will continue to try to convince the public of the wisdom in trying to make a silk purse from a sows ear.  Respectfully submitted for superficial inconsideration,