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I Love a Mark in Uniform (Meet the sleazebucket car dealers who prey on our troops)
MotherJones ^ | July/August 2009 Issue | By Stephanie Mencimer/Taylor Wiles.

Posted on 08/25/2009 9:06:35 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay

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To: fight_truth_decay

Military bases will warn those stationed there who to do business with locally, and who not to. Here’s a good example of why.


21 posted on 08/25/2009 11:01:29 PM PDT by Alex Murphy (One man, alone! Betrayed by the country he loves, now its last hope in their final hour of need!)
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To: ltc8k6; Neil E. Wright

In answer to your first question, my answer would be Tar, Feathers and a nice, rough rail with lots of splinters for the LONG ride out of town! Failing that, a week-long vacation visit with the Iron Maiden... and I KNOW it could be made to last at least that long, maybe longer!

Neil, what do you think???


22 posted on 08/25/2009 11:16:42 PM PDT by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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To: SAJ; FreedomCalls

Agreed. Kipling was a MASTER at capturing emotions... Read his “Last of the Light Brigade” and his poem on fighting in Afghanistan. Masterpieces! (And the Afghan one is STILL right on the mark. On the other hand, his “White Man’s Burden” is an ode to the sort of smug arrogance that made the Brits well and cordially hated ‘round the world.


23 posted on 08/25/2009 11:22:26 PM PDT by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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To: dcwusmc

A sodden thought slogged its way through my mind just now... “White Man’s Burden” could ALSO be used to describe how the Kennedy Klan which just lost two of its number this last week or so, including tonight, views the world... the smug, smarmy arrogance and attitude of that whole family is evil incarnated.


24 posted on 08/25/2009 11:26:07 PM PDT by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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To: fight_truth_decay

“I feel used!”

That’s only because you ARE used... on a daily basis, and without either a drop of K-Y Jelly OR a kiss afterward.


25 posted on 08/25/2009 11:29:17 PM PDT by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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To: fight_truth_decay

Just for everyone’s FYI, I found the dealer’s website and a review of the dealership from an unhappy customer:

http://www.militaryfinancingspecialists.com/

http://www.my3cents.com/showReview.cgi?id=14024

Sounds like a real shark operation.


26 posted on 08/25/2009 11:57:44 PM PDT by DemforBush (Somebody wake me when sanity has returned to the nation.)
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To: fight_truth_decay

First clue was the guy claiming he worked for NFCU. There is NO WAY they would do anything like that.


27 posted on 08/26/2009 12:00:27 AM PDT by Marty62 (former Marty60)
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To: fight_truth_decay

My old Sergeant Major told me back in 1986 (a young bright eyed Corporal)there are two things you just cant talk a young Marine out of but should try
1. getting Married
2. buying a car

I did both (sorry Sgt Maj) The car lasted about a year! Still have the wife tho! Runs better than ever!

PS Navy Fed is a great credit union I’ve been a member since 1989


28 posted on 08/26/2009 12:23:13 AM PDT by MrStumpy (Proud Motor Transport Sergeant, USMC 1984 - 1992)
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To: fight_truth_decay

Mother Jones?

GMAFB


29 posted on 08/26/2009 12:57:18 AM PDT by bustinchops
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To: FreedomCalls

Thanks. Me ‘at is off to ye!

:)


30 posted on 08/26/2009 1:04:18 AM PDT by bustinchops
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To: Gondring
Those guys are screwing with the wrong people.

This is like the snake-handling cults in Georgia, or the cobra-kissing swamis of India. They're courting injury and death pulling this crap and lying so ebulliently about it.

31 posted on 08/26/2009 2:54:22 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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PS Navy Fed is a great credit union I’ve been a member since 1989

I was a member (it was LANTFLT NORVA FCU when I joined) from 1972 until they changed to a commercial bank so they could sell out to WAMU a couple of years ago. Left enough with them so they could make a ton of payday and Christmas loans over the years. One way to support the Fleet, right?

They were pokey, but they served the purpose and helped the people who needed it.

32 posted on 08/26/2009 2:58:35 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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To: lentulusgracchus
PS -- Still have the old white mug on my bathroom counter, complete with a silhouette of a heavy guided-missile cruiser from the Good Old Days.
33 posted on 08/26/2009 3:00:17 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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To: nckerr

Real men don’t toss cheap shots like yours at fellow service members.


34 posted on 08/26/2009 3:13:19 AM PDT by Jacquerie (Tyrants rightly fear the people.)
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To: fight_truth_decay

When I was a company commander at Ft Campbell, I occassionally got calls about debts like this for my soldiers. I told the collector real quick that I was not a collection agency and not to call me again.


35 posted on 08/26/2009 3:28:54 AM PDT by Bulldawg Fan (Victory is the last thing Murtha and his fellow Defeatists want.)
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To: Blue Jays

In norfolk, in ‘71, several of us took cars on ‘test drives’ from differant ‘dealers’ and dropped them off at the base impound area, and gave the keys to the JAG’s office.

What happened after that was above my pay grade; but a couple dealerships went out of business. Rumor was that the credit unions ‘black listed’ the dealerships. No young sailors to take advantage of, no bussiness.


36 posted on 08/26/2009 3:46:13 AM PDT by maine yankee
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To: bustinchops

Some good articles at times..in response to your GMAFB. Times change.


37 posted on 08/26/2009 5:54:18 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: papasmurf
That was all I needed to see.

Just like those that don't read bills? but comment anyway. ;)

38 posted on 08/26/2009 5:57:17 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: papasmurf
"all I need to see"

Apparently most of the posters on this thread have no idea what kind of rag Mother Jones is. It's way to the far left folks. Think of The Nation on steroids. They not only don't like shady car dealers, they don't like car dealers period. If they had their way, there would be no cars.

39 posted on 08/26/2009 6:03:17 AM PDT by driftless2 (for long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion)
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To: fight_truth_decay

The same can be said for the NY Slimes.

The bias is obvious.


40 posted on 08/26/2009 11:34:12 AM PDT by bustinchops
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