I need not prove myself to an anti military, anti American terrorist such as yourself, murkey. the only military you have been part of were the hitler youth, or perhaps the young communist movement. but there is no way they would ever let a terrorist such as yourself in our military. never.
On Dec 20, 12:18 pm, Florida Cracker 532 <[email protected]> wrote: > sure you are mark . you betcha wink wink ! > > On Dec 20, 12:07 pm, mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > as a matter of fact I am a veteran, and damn proud of our military. > > unlike murky to says he is a vet, yet does nothing but condemn and > > defame the military. the only military murky belongs to is the army > > of islam. > > > On Dec 20, 11:16 am, Florida Cracker 532 <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > so what ! and we had already been in Nam five years in 1963 > > > > On Dec 20, 11:13 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Well I am. Army 62-65. In Viet Nam in 63. And yes, that was before > > > > they > > >y. > were shooting at us. I saw no action. > > > > > On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Florida Cracker 532 < > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > no he isn't ! and frankly what he knows about the military wouldn't > > > > > fill a thimble . > > > > > > On Dec 20, 10:00 am, wncs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Are you a veteran, Mark? > > > > > > > On Dec 20, 9:53 am, mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > for someone who claims to be a proud vet murky, you sure are anti > > > > > > > military, anti America. I guess this is just one more of your many > > > > > > > lies, like telling everyone you are a republican. once a lying > > > > > > > lib, > > > > > > > always a lying lib. it is in the genes. a birth defect. > > > > > > > > On Dec 20, 8:31 am, Florida Cracker 532 <[email protected]> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > MY God are you implying bush and the pentigo wasted our money ? > > > > > > > > > On Dec 20, 8:29 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > You can also get about 5 zillion of these games at your local > > > > > > > > > video > > > > > > > > > games store OR on this very internet. > > > > > > > > > ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz............................ > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 20, 7:37 am, Florida Cracker 532 > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > just among biggots and republicans ! Oh wait they are the > > > > > > > > > > same > > > > > thing > > > > > > > > > > arn't they ? > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 20, 6:51 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > We need a new video game titled "Killing Muzzies For fun > > > > > > > > > > > and > > > > > Profit." It > > > > > > > > > > > would be an instant hit. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 4:54 AM, Florida Cracker 532 < > > > > > > > > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kids Learn That Killing Is Fun at the Army's Lethal New > > > > > > > > > > > > Theme > > > > > Park > > > > > > > > > > > >http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/113079/ > > > > > > > > > > > > The Army's new recruitment tool lets high-tech video > > > > > > > > > > > > game > > > > > centers > > > > > > > > > > > > desensitize, condition, train and even enlist America's > > > > > > > > > > > > youth. > > > > > > > > > > > > The Army Experience Center, located in the Franklin > > > > > > > > > > > > Mills > > > > > Mall just > > > > > > > > > > > > north of Philadelphia, bills itself as a > > > > > > > > > > > > "state-of-the-art > > > > > > > > > > > > educational > > > > > > > > > > > > facility that uses interactive simulations and online > > > > > learning > > > > > > > > > > > > programs to educate visitors about the many careers, > > > > > > > > > > > > training > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > > > > educational opportunities available in the Army." > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nonsense. The only thing they're teaching here is how > > > > > > > > > > > > to blow > > > > > shit > > > > > > > > > > > > up. > > > > > > > > > > > > If it's state-of-the-art anything, it's state-of-the-art > > > > > adolescent > > > > > > > > > > > > boys' wet dreams. > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Too slow! Do it again!" yells the voice in my > > > > > > > > > > > > earphones as a > > > > > new > > > > > > > > > > > > sequence of armed figures in camouflage pop up in front > > > > > > > > > > > > of > > > > > me. I -- > > > > > > > > > > > > the player -- am attached to the foreshortened barrel > > > > > > > > > > > > of an > > > > > M-16 -- > > > > > > > > > > > > and a little embarrassed by that. It's not my thing, > > > > > > > > > > > > really. > > > > > And I > > > > > > > > > > > > wasn't expecting the game to involve having to tolerate > > > > > > > > > > > > some > > > > > > > > > > > > dickhead's personal opinion about my marksmanship. > > > > > > > > > > > > > But I didn't come here to get yelled at or to play > > > > > > > > > > > > games. I > > > > > came > > > > > > > > > > > > because I was curious about the Army's latest marketing > > > > > strategy. For > > > > > > > > > > > > $12 million, this place has been dressed to kill: 15,000 > > > > > square feet > > > > > > > > > > > > (about three basketball courts) done up in brushed > > > > > > > > > > > > steel, > > > > > glass and > > > > > > > > > > > > low-light glam. But what this place is really about is > > > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > bling: > > > > > > > > > > > > strings of networked Xbox 360 pods and individual gaming > > > > > stations. > > > > > > > > > > > > And > > > > > > > > > > > > the crown jewels: a UH-60 Black Hawk, an AH-64 Apache > > > > > > > > > > > > and a > > > > > Humvee. > > > > > > > > > > > > Simulators. And it's all entirely free. > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Potential recruits are afforded a unique opportunity to > > > > > learn what > > > > > > > > > > > > it > > > > > > > > > > > > means to be the best-led, best-trained and > > > > > > > > > > > > best-equipped Army > > > > > in the > > > > > > > > > > > > world by allowing them to virtually experience multiple > > > > > aspects of > > > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > > Army," says Pete Geren, Secretary of the Army. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sir, give me a break, sir! You mean the "Career > > > > > > > > > > > > Navigators," > > > > > those > > > > > > > > > > > > fancy touch-screen installations where you can see all > > > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > different > > > > > > > > > > > > jobs the Army can train you for? No one went near them > > > > > > > > > > > > all > > > > > day. > > > > > > > > > > > > Most > > > > > > > > > > > > of these kids can't reach them, anyway. It's the shiny > > > > > > > > > > > > toys > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > > > > virtual adrenaline rush that brings them in. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Behind a glass wall, there are 40 more terminals facing > > > > > > > > > > > > a > > > > > wall of > > > > > > > > > > > > plasma screens: the Tactical Operations Center, where > > > > > > > > > > > > local > > > > > educators > > > > > > > > > > > > (principals, superintendents, school counselors and > > > > > > > > > > > > teachers) > > > > > are > > > > > > > > > > > > given an earful about how misunderstood the military is. > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Accurate information about the military experience is > > > > > > > > > > > > often > > > > > drowned > > > > > > > > > > > > out, or the information that does get through projects > > > > > > > > > > > > mixed > > > > > messages > > > > > > > > > > > > or inaccuracies," Lt. Gen. Benjamin C. Freakly recently > > > > > complained to > > > > > > > > > > > > the Northeast Times. "The Army Experience Center > > > > > > > > > > > > provides > > > > > hands-on, > > > > > > > > > > > > virtual-reality experiences and simulations for young > > > > > > > > > > > > men and > > > > > women, > > > > > > > > > > > > their parents and others to see, touch and learn > > > > > > > > > > > > firsthand > > > > > what it > > > > > > > > > > > > means to be in the Army." > > > > > > > > > > > > > There are no mixed messages at the AEC: being in the > > > > > > > > > > > > Army is > > > > > about > > > > > > > > > > > > getting to play with boy toys, 24/7. Freakly's tidy > > > > > > > > > > > > version > > > > > of "what > > > > > > > > > > > > it means to be in the Army" fails to mention what can > > > > > > > > > > > > happen > > > > > if your > > > > > > > > > > > > Humvee hits an IED, or how it might feel to be > > > > > > > > > > > > splattered > > > > > with your > > > > > > > > > > > > best friend's insides. Or your own. > > > > > > > > > > > > > As I considered that grim thought, there's a tap on my > > > > > shoulder. It's > > > > > > > > > > > > my turn -- my Black Hawk awaits. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Our orders are to protect a convoy as it moves through > > > > > > > > > > > > enemy > > > > > > > > > > > > territory. The video kicks in with a roar of rotors; the > > > > > chopper > > > > > > > > > > > > lurches and bucks as it turns to follow the trucks on > > > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > ground -- > > > > > > > > > > > > the wind, the vibrations, the report of my M-4 and the > > > > > staccato of > > > > > > > > > > > > incoming rounds make it hard to hear the screamed alerts > > > > > coming over > > > > > > > > > > > > the intercom: "Enemy on the right!" "Look out, RPGs > > > > > > > > > > > > straight > > > > > ahead!" > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bad guys are shooting at me from the alleys, the > > > > > > > > > > > > shadows, the > > > > > > > > > > > > rooftops, but I am wasting them. One after another, > > > > > > > > > > > > they get > > > > > caught > > > > > > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > > > > > > my crosshairs and -- bam! -- their bodies lift and > > > > > > > > > > > > sprawl in > > > > > > > > > > > > haphazard > > > > > > > > > > > > death. We're slammed by an IED and momentarily engulfed > > > > > > > > > > > > in > > > > > flame. My > > > > > > > > > > > > hand is getting numb from the rifle recoil, but my > > > > > > > > > > > > lizard > > > > > brain has > > > > > > > > > > > > taken over. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Too soon, we emerge from the bedlam and an > > > > > > > > > > > > inspirationally > > > > > oversized > > > > > > > > > > > > American flag indicates that we have successfully > > > > > > > > > > > > achieved > > > > > our > > > > > > > > > > > > destination -- a field hospital where rows of medics > > > > > > > > > > > > attend > > > > > to > > > > > > > > > > > > ghastly > > > > > > > > > > > > luminous, very slightly breathing shapes, the bloodless > > > > > bodies of the > > > > > > > > > > > > cyber-wounded. > > > > > > > > > > > > > 123Next page > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > *~@):~{>- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > -- > > > > *~@):~{>- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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