In the USA TODAY on April 13, 2012 there was an article titled "1st Amendment bars retaliation."  This is an opposing view of the same subject as the article "Marine's Facebook rants earn ticket out of the military."   The article was written by Sgt. Gary Stein's attorney David Loy, legal director for the ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial counties.  He argues that Stein's comments were less offensive than other military individuals previous comments.  He also argues that he really didn't mean it the way it sounded...hmmm!  It's there in black and white and if he hadn't wanted it to be mis-interpreted then he shouldn't have written it without first clarifying EXACTLY what he meant!  This is the President we are talking about...let's be clear if we want to insult the President so that there is no misunderstanding.  He was fully aware of the rules and he broke them!  Take your punishment and learn from it!