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ZOT! The Walking Wounded
The American Conservative ^
| January 31, 2005
| Fred Reed
Posted on 02/03/2005 12:42:22 PM PST by hard_rocker1232
The observant will have noticed that we hear little from the troops in Iraq and see almost nothing of the wounded. Why, one might wonder, does not CNN put an enlisted Marine before a camera and, for 15 minutes without editing, let him say what he thinks? Is he not an adult and a citizen? Is he not engaged in important events on our behalf?
Sound political reasons exist. Soldiers are a risk PR-wise, the wounded a liability. No one can tell what they might say, and conspicuous dismemberment is bad for recruiting. An enlisted man in front of a camera is dangerous. He could wreck the governmental spin apparatus in five minutes. It is better to keep soldiers discreetly out of sight.
So we do not see much of the casualties, ours or theirs. Yet they are there, somewhere, with missing legs, blind, becoming accustomed to groping at things in their new darkness, learning to use the wheelchairs that will be theirs for 50 years. Some face worse fates than others. Quadriplegics will be warehoused in VA hospitals where nurses will turn them at intervals, like hamburgers, to prevent bedsores. Friends and relatives will soon forget them. Suicide will be a frequent thought. The less damaged will get around.
(Excerpt) Read more at amconmag.com ...
TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: asspirate; dummy; dutroll; kittyfood; loser; narcolepsy; painfullynaive; paleoconservative; soldiers; veterans; vikingkitty; wia; wounded; zot; zotbait
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To: MeekOneGOP
Word Perfect did the same thing, until I told it to add them to it's dictionary.
*chuckle*
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posted on
02/03/2005 5:43:40 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Trolls beware, the icy hands of the forum wraith are behind you!)
To: hard_rocker1232
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posted on
02/03/2005 5:46:58 PM PST
by
SolidRedState
(I've just peed my pants and no one can do a thing about it.)
To: Darksheare
haha! Well, there ya go. Works great for the home computer. Now at work, hmmmm? :^D
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posted on
02/03/2005 5:57:06 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: MeekOneGOP
At work.. they'd get mightily upset over seeing odd words like "Garouk Sha'uul!" and such saved to the machine.
Not to mention "U'unfratha Bu'ugraith"..
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posted on
02/03/2005 6:00:39 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Trolls beware, the icy hands of the forum wraith are behind you!)
To: Darksheare
LOL! Aw, what the heck? Give it try. Just once. :^D
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posted on
02/03/2005 6:04:28 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: Darksheare
Dang nabit! I always miss the ZOT!!!! You guys have all the fun. (Goes off in corner and pouts.)
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posted on
02/03/2005 6:08:01 PM PST
by
pharmamom
("You treat that cat better than you treat me." - the husband)
To: MeekOneGOP
You can also go up to the Edit button and hit "undo autocorrect" - and then add the word to your spellcheck.
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posted on
02/03/2005 6:09:16 PM PST
by
pharmamom
("You treat that cat better than you treat me." - the husband)
To: pharmamom
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posted on
02/03/2005 6:13:21 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: pharmamom
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posted on
02/03/2005 6:14:55 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: MeekOneGOP
How's tricks? You guys have been crazy-zotting lately. I wish some trolls would post at night...I miss all the action during the day. Reading through the pings I get, I startle the cats by laughing out loud. FReepers are funny people!
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posted on
02/03/2005 6:14:57 PM PST
by
pharmamom
("You treat that cat better than you treat me." - the husband)
To: hard_rocker1232
To: hard_rocker1232
Because Marines don't watch CNN, you dope.
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posted on
02/03/2005 6:18:12 PM PST
by
GVnana
(If I had a Buckhead moment would I know it?)
To: hard_rocker1232
You are one sick bastard.
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posted on
02/03/2005 6:18:16 PM PST
by
zip
(Remember: DimocRat lies told often enough became truth to 48% of Americans)
To: hard_rocker1232
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posted on
02/03/2005 6:31:51 PM PST
by
b4its2late
(The Lord made man before woman to give him time to think of an answer for her first question.)
To: MeekOneGOP
Let it fix it for you and type a few words beyond. Then, go back and 'fix' the word to the corrupted spelling you desire. After typing the last letter in the word, hit the "End" key instead of the space key and resume your typing.I believe that if you backspace, fix the word, and then just keep typing, Word will not change the word again.
I like the autocorrect feature--besides fixing things like "hte" and "teh", it makes life easier on me--for instance, when I was writing my Ph.D. thesis, and my topic was a scientific word containing 25 letters and 7 other characters--yeah, autocorrect can be really nice.
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posted on
02/03/2005 6:43:44 PM PST
by
exDemMom
(Truth, justice, and the American way!)
To: hard_rocker1232
I get plenty of news from military. Not that they'd call it news, they usually share what they're doing and what matters to them when they write me.
The mainstream media is doing a big disservice to the troops in 99% of the cases.
Support Our Troops, Spit On A Reporter
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posted on
02/03/2005 6:48:00 PM PST
by
Doctor Raoul
(Support Our Troops, Spit On A Reporter)
To: MeekOneGOP
A righteous ZOT. I saved the guntape.
"Breaking right, FARP inbound"
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TADSLOS
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posted on
02/03/2005 6:53:10 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
To: hard_rocker1232
You are banned but maybe you'll slink back to see this....
Well, I won't say that my style of conservatism has ever been particularly popular, but it is principled, and I think that matters more.
From what I've read, your brand of conservatism is marked by collaboration, appeasement, and compromise with your political enemies? Get along at any cost.
Sounds the opposite of principled to me!
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posted on
02/03/2005 6:59:41 PM PST
by
OSHA
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: Darksheare
"Garouk Sha'uul"
I never new their ware too u's in Sha'uul!
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posted on
02/03/2005 7:07:57 PM PST
by
OSHA
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: hard_rocker1232
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posted on
02/03/2005 7:29:48 PM PST
by
Antioch
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