{"id":37057,"date":"2016-11-01T00:30:28","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T03:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=37057"},"modified":"2016-11-15T01:54:14","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T04:54:14","slug":"is-mikey-weinstein-really-a-usafa-honor-graduate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/is-mikey-weinstein-really-a-usafa-honor-graduate\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Mikey Weinstein Really a USAFA Honor Graduate?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"mikeyhonor\"Recently, a brief article addressed a fairly simple question: Did Mikey Weinstein Serve in Combat?<\/a> The basic answer was “who cares?” — except in those cases in which Weinstein himself tries to play the military\/combat card.<\/p>\n

That was<\/em> going to be the end of it.\u00a0 But Mikey didn’t like it.<\/p>\n

Weinstein’s lawyer, Randal “Randy” Mathis, sent a letter the next day expressing Weinstein’s displeasure with one of the closing paragraphs of that article:<\/p>\n

You wrote that Mr. Weinstein was not an “Honor Graduate” of the United States Air Force Academy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If there’s one thing that will raise Michael “Mikey” Weinstein’s ire, it’s an affront to his ego — but that’s not exactly what the article said [emphasis added]:\u00a0 <\/p>\n

A\u00a0better question would be why<\/strong> Mikey Weinstein (and now his son) continue to say Mikey Weinstein was an \u201chonor graduate\u201d of the US Air Force Academy.<\/p>\n

If you were to try to look up what that means<\/strong>, you\u2019d find the \u201ctitle\u201d doesn\u2019t exist<\/strong>, because the US Air Force Academy doesn\u2019t have<\/em> \u201chonor graduates.\u201d<\/strong> Now, why would the Weinsteins feel the need to spruce up Mikey\u2019s r\u00e9sum\u00e9?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Perhaps Mathis’ inability to accurately articulate a claim is why he’s only managed to lose<\/strong> the lawsuits<\/a> he’s filed for Mikey Weinstein.<\/p>\n

As accurately stated, the US Air Force Academy neither describes nor defines\u00a0the\u00a0honor Mikey Weinstein claims — at least not in any public form. Further, if you enter “USAFA honor graduate”\u00a0in your favorite internet search engine, almost every single result will be “USAFA Honor Graduate and MRFF Founder and President Michael L. “Mikey” Weinstein<\/strong>.” (One poor guy named Troy made the unfortunate mistake\u00a0of claiming he was a USAFA “honor graduate for athletics.”)\u00a0 Even\u00a0Weinstein’s own classmates — a few of whom are pretty famous — don’t make the claim, at least not with Weinstein’s regularity.\u00a0 (See Daryl Jones<\/a>, for example.)<\/p>\n

Still, Mikey Weinstein is so<\/em> proud of his “USAFA Honor Graduate” claim that he’ll sic lawyers on you if you question it.<\/p>\n

Thus, Randy Mathis to the rescue.<\/p>\n

There are two important points in\u00a0Mathis’ response:\u00a0 First, he\u00a0conceded USAFA does not<\/em>, in fact, have an honor graduate program — but he says they used<\/em> to.\u00a0 Fair enough.\u00a0 Second, he seems to acknowledge there is\u00a0no public information to support that claim. Thus,\u00a0Mathis kindly provided a partial copy of the US Air Force Academy\u00a0graduation program from 1977:<\/p>\n

\"mikeyprog1\"He even pre-highlighted it:<\/p>\n

\"mikeyprog2\"Now we know what<\/em> Weinstein uses to justify claiming\u00a0the “honor,”\u00a0but we still don’t know what it is<\/em> — because, as stated already, even the Air Force Academy doesn’t define it<\/strong>.\u00a0Randy failed to provide an Air Force description of any\u00a0title or graduation honor — but\u00a0he\u00a0provided enough\u00a0information to figure it out.<\/p>\n

Mathis also sent a copy of Weinstein’s Graduate Education letter — something USAFA does<\/em> still have, though it is now known as a “Blue Chip” letter (as referenced in USAFAI 36-163,<\/a> which is the only place USAFA mentions<\/em>, but does not\u00a0define<\/em>,\u00a0an “Honor Graduate Program<\/strong>“):<\/p>\n

\"mikeyprog3\"(Mikey, you should really tell Randy to redact your Social Security Number before<\/em> he sends these letters out.)<\/p>\n

The Blue Chip letter lets a USAFA graduate know about their eligibility for future graduate education under military programs.\u00a0 What’s the criteria? Though it may vary from one year to the next, it is generally a class standing\u00a0in the top 20%.<\/p>\n

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Mikey “Motor Mouth” Weinstein, USAFA Class of 1977<\/p><\/div>\n

There were 867 graduates in the class of 1977<\/a>. Weinstein’s program shows graduates up to number 175 with an asterisk by their name — approximating 20%. “*Michael Louis\u00a0Weinstein” was number 130.<\/p>\n

In other words,\u00a0it seems likely Mikey Weinstein was a “USAFA Honor Graduate” because he graduated in the top 20% of his class.<\/p>\n

Now, that’s not necessarily something to scoff at. Being tail-end Charlie at the US Air Force Academy is still better than graduating<\/em> from some other colleges.\u00a0 That wasn’t the question, though.\u00a0 The question was why<\/em> Mikey\u00a0Weinstein and his supporters incessantly<\/em> trumpet\u00a0what\u00a0we\u00a0now know is nothing more than his college class standing.\u00a0\u00a0It’s one thing to note your “elite” graduation status in a biographical sketch,\u00a0but to brandish a college transcript\u00a0at every opportunity seems\u00a0pretty pedestrian. (Remember, the entire reason for this conversation was Curtis Weinstein using Mikey’s “honor graduate” status in response to an attack over his lack of combat experience.\u00a0 Now that we know it’s his class rank, what in the world does that have to do with combat?)<\/p>\n

After all, Mikey Weinstein is over 60 years old. Does he really believe\u00a0anyone\u00a0cares<\/em> what his class rank was 40 years ago?<\/p>\n

Actually, he probably doesn’t<\/em> believe anyone cares — which is why he uses the vague phrase of “honor” that, until today, was undefined<\/strong> and unverifiable<\/strong> by\u00a0generally accessible public means.\u00a0\u00a0“Honor graduate”\u00a0sounds<\/strong> very grand and noble, though, meaning Mikey Weinstein can “spruce up” his r\u00e9sum\u00e9\u00a0with a term for which\u00a0people couldn’t\u00a0find a definition\u00a0if they wanted to.<\/p>\n

In other words, it all boils down to Mikey Weinstein’s ego.<\/p>\n

For the record, with the exception of the awkward wording of the Blue Chip program, it does not appear the US Air Force Academy\u00a0recognizes or categorizes graduates below “distinguished graduate<\/strong>” (top 10%, as described in detail in USAFAI 36-3510<\/a>) any longer, though\u00a0there are other “honors” with other criteria.<\/p>\n

In attempting to defend his oft-repeated<\/strong> but never-verified bio<\/a><\/strong> — and his ego —\u00a0<\/strong>Mikey Weinstein has now admitted his status as an Air Force Academy “Honor Graduate” reflects little more than graduating\u00a0in the 80th percentile at USAFA.<\/p>\n

This discussion\u00a0is actually important and very revealing\u00a0—\u00a0because it is yet\u00a0another demonstration of how\u00a0Mikey Weinstein majors in undefined terms<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Whether its “dominionist Christian<\/a>,” “MRFF client,”\u00a0USAFA “Honor Graduate,” or a host of other terms and phrases, Mikey Weinstein is intentionally\u00a0vague<\/strong> when it suits his agenda — in other words, when he wants to make something sound<\/em> better than it actually is<\/em>.\u00a0 When called to explain what he means<\/em> by these terms, he’s intentionally obtuse and difficult to\u00a0pin down (but every now and then someone finally succeeds<\/a>).<\/p>\n

In addition, Mikey Weinstein\u00a0has demonstrated<\/em> a penchant for playing loose with the truth — or outright lying<\/strong><\/a> (more than once<\/a>) — so he should be given no quarter in his use of vague, unsubstantiated, and generally unverifiable claims.\u00a0 When Mikey Weinstein says something, he cannot be taken at his word<\/em>.\u00a0 Weinstein must be made to support his claims — and if he cannot, he should be treated the same way any other deceptive person is treated when they make baseless accusations.<\/p>\n