There is a rather stiff penalty for making that claim. Offenders can spend up to a year in jail or be fined up to $100,000 for falsely claiming or stating they have recieved the Nations Highest Award, The Medal of Honor.
Repeat that again and I will personally guarantee your prosecution. There are some things that are not to be joked about. Every man or woman who has served their country would back me. NO ROOM FOR JOKES. I DEMAND A SINCERE RETRACTION AND APOLOGY TO ALL THE VETS ON THIS BOARD. On Dec 21, 10:03 am, mark <[email protected]> wrote: > 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." > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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