sure ya are murky. sure ya are. and I am looking at my Medal of Honor. On Dec 21, 7:42 am, Florida Cracker 532 <[email protected]> wrote: > mark you guys really crack me up ! just so you know i am sitting here > in my home office looking at the not one but two service awards from > the Congress of the United States of America hanging on my wall next > to my retirement certificate from the U S Navy . for " Honorable > service in The United States Navy " > and for " outstanding service and loyalty to the United States of > America " > On Dec 21, 7:01 am, mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > again murky, I have no need to prove myself to one such as yourself. > > and as I have said, you having no respect for the military, either was > > drafted and spent your time in the brig, or this is just another lie > > that you have said so many times you actually believe it to be true. > > the military would never accept such a military hating lib such as > > yourself. not willingly. > > > On Dec 21, 3:31 am, Florida Cracker 532 <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > mark you already have provided proof in the things you say and post > > > that you have never been in the service . > > > > On Dec 20, 7:00 pm, mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > >ue. > > > > 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 > > ... > > read more ยป --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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