Posted on 10/26/2003 2:41:49 AM PST by milemark
If you buy PFc Jessica Lynch's book when it comes out next month, you could help the children of other soldiers.
The former prisoner of war established a foundation to assist children of soldiers, particularly ones whose mother or father were killed while serving.
Lynch is doing this to honor the memory of her best friend PFc Lori Piestewa, who was killed when the 507th maintenance company was ambushed in March.
Piestewa was the mother of two small children.
Lynch's attorney, Stephen Goodwin, says the foundation will be funded with money from Lynch's forthcoming book and other revenue sources.
Goodwin says Lynch also hopes the foundation will help the Wirt County community.
She was barely out of the hospital when she was talking about a book deal. What kind of reverence is that? Yes, Jessica is white trash.
I'll bet nobody from the oddly obsessive Jessica "fan club" could name the soldier that died saving her life. For some reason he doesn't matter to them.
Jessica fans have their priorities are shoved in their a$$es.....sideways.
And Tommy Franks happened to be head of Centcom on 9/11 and be in position to lead two wars, so now he is writing a book and hawking himself as a "motivational speaker." No one would know who he is if not for tragedy and death. But he has every right to profit from selling what other want to buy, as does Jessica Lynch.
Other former POWs are planning to release books as soon as their enlistment is up. Apache pilot and gunner CWO Ronald Young and CWO David Williams will be the next after Lynch, with their book due in the spring of 2004, according to the latest Publisher's Weekly. Expect Shoshanna Johnson's book to be announced shortly as well, with others to follow as they leave the Army. Lynch's is first because she was the first to be discharged. The others would have been just as quick had they gotten out sooner.
You can't rationalize how a person who did absolutely nothing should become decorated "hero" and a millionaire, you just know that she fits into your happy-world.
I watched to 2 guys die over there and another have both his feet blown off. You don't know squat about "heros". You just know how to run your damn face and falsely call people "haters" just you falsely call others "heros".
If you think you're such a proud supporter of heros, you forget Jessicas stupid book and write a letter to the family of the d00d that got wasted saving her. That probably wouldn't fit into happy world though, where made for TV stories exist.
At times, people are like stupid brainless fish, who come to the surface to thoughtlessly consume whatever is tossed into the tank.
I'm not surprised that some proceeds from the sales of Lynch's book will benefit children of the fighters killed in the conflict. The way I see it, Lynch has found a way to use her fame to help the dependents of heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice for me and my country. I thank her for it!
I called you a hater because you're a namecaller. Cut and dried, really.
You can't rationalize how a person who did absolutely nothing should become decorated "hero" and a millionaire, you just know that she fits into your happy-world.
She went when called and she was on our side. Those who make sacrifices for others are heros. There are different degrees of heroism obviously but I'd take her over those that claim conscientous objector.
I watched to 2 guys die over there and another have both his feet blown off. You don't know squat about "heros". You just know how to run your damn face and falsely call people "haters" just you falsely call others "heros".
Blah, blah, blah. Your posts prove my point. Is there anything you're not angry about?
If you think you're such a proud supporter of heros, you forget Jessicas stupid book and write a letter to the family of the d00d that got wasted saving her.
I'm not buying her book but it's fine with me that others want to. I can't thank every soldier's family that died in a letter these last 50 years so you're request is silly. He died for his country, not for Pfc Lynch.
That probably wouldn't fit into happy world though, where made for TV stories exist.
I don't watch that kind of TV either.
By the way I assume you're a returning bannee and you're just getting all the digs you can in because of a need for revenge or whatever but you've picked the wrong guy. I'm liked less than you are around here. lol
So, you come across as an under-sexed, thoughtless minivan driver on happy pills. I'm sure that's not your intention. I guess we're even.
Does anyone know how much of the proceeds will "benefit" anyone? The reason why I ask is this:
10% of proceeds = I'm an opportunist twit and am giving just enough to cover my ass.
90% = this is a labor of love and I value the ultimate sacrifice paid by others so that I may benefit.
Again you don't know squat, in 6 years I've never been banned from FR. Thank you for confirming the fact that you run your head without having a clue as to wtf you're talking about.
I could care less who likes you or who likes me, all I care about (on this forum anyway) is the truth. The truth is that Jessica did nothing but be in the right place at the right time for a convenient propaganda initiative, and all the fools among us line up for tickets.
Sorry but that sucks.
Don't give them out, and you won't get them in return.
Oh please! Easy on the pseudo-hero worship crap.
Any nation that puts women in combat situations isn't worth defending.
Miss Lynch was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, but was placed there for political correctness. Everyone, by now, should get it that what the political correctness class wants are HEROines, not heroes!
Medals have become meaningless in non-combat situations. I once got a medal and a parade for revamping a filing system.
Then where've you been?
I could care less who likes you or who likes me, all I care about (on this forum anyway) is the truth. The truth is that Jessica did nothing but be in the right place at the right time for a convenient propaganda initiative, and all the fools among us line up for tickets. Sorry but that sucks.
Tell you what, don't buy a ticket, or a book, or watch the movie, or whatever. Different strokes for different folks. I won't be buying her book either but I don't think it sucks if others want to read about her.
They sure do paint a whole different picture then you're trying to pass on.
....and furthermore, Mile Mark, I'm sorry two children don't have a mother, but what kind of mother would leave her kids with someone else and tramp around Iraq where bullets are flying?
This falling into the Political Correctness trap is just sickening.
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