Lcpl Boudreaux' cardboard sign (from Iraq) was real

self ^ | 4/11/04 | self

[chemical_boy]

The Marine is Lance Cpl. Ted J. Boudreaux Jr

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-2810106.php

[Justa]

What a dork. Nothing like inciting the enemy. Maybe when Boudreaux is booted from the Marines he can become a Shiite cleric. Those two boys will be required to regain their family's honor at the expense of the Marines. Perhaps they'll just run at the next convoy they see and blow themeselves up. What a dork.

[Justa]

What a dork. Nothing like inciting the enemy. Maybe when Boudreaux is booted from the Marines he can become a Shiite cleric. Those two boys will be required to regain their family's honor at the expense of the Marines. Perhaps they'll just run at the next convoy they see and blow themeselves up. What a dork.

[GeronL]

If he did it himself, he is an idiot. A future used car salesman?

[Lancey Howard]

Apparently, this sign is real:

Well, it is interesting that the Marines "are working to determine whether the claims on the sign are true", not whether the photo is real. This would seem to indicate that the Marines believe the photo is indeed real.

[Syncro]

Didn't anyone see chemical boy's post and link?

He says this is the original picture, and he changed it.

But who knows???

[AmericanVictory]

Well, you tell Lepl that the other one smells like rotten crawfish to us, ya hear!

[DB]

That's pretty much what I think.

The problem is, it will be used as a weapon against American troops stationed there. And that is too high a price to pay for a few laughs.

[DB]

That's pretty much what I think.

The problem is, it will be used as a weapon against American troops stationed there. And that is too high a price to pay for a few laughs.

[Lancey Howard]

Two problems:
The word "knocked" fits in there a lot better than the word "fixed" - - see the empty space around the word "fixed"?
The letter 'S' looks identical in the words "saved" and "sister", which leads me to believe the letter was either transferred via photo-shop, or carefully copied.

[Shery]

Probably done on purpose, otherwise, why the sign? Thinks he will be a hero of the left, giving the world another reason to hate America! This appears to be pre-meditated, maybe one way to get out of this assignment, thinking it would give him a quick trip home.

[usmcobra]

It a fake, I used a PhotoShop program to examine the "cardboard" Sign close up and the pixels are much larger then the rest of the picture, a sure sign that it has been modified.

Also you will notice that when you zoom in on that area the colors are artificial and not well blended.

[FreedomPoster]

The only think we know for sure is that there's an investigation going forward, and that the "original" pic is offensive as Hell.

[KneelBeforeZod]

the "original" is obviously photoshopped.... look how the smear on the X in fixed is has the same greasy looking spot as the X in boudreux, and the D in fixed is totally obvious as a photoshop job.

JMO having sent many many many photoshops to fark, somethingawful, and worth1000.... not to mention the thousands of other peoples photoshop jobs I've seen at those sites.

pixelation around text happens A LOT when resolution is changed in pictures.

[Junior]

Damn coon-ass.

[Junior]

Damn coon-ass.

[KneelBeforeZod]

hmmm

[usmcobra]

I'm sure it was.

Or it it was something like this.

[KneelBeforeZod]

dont worry, I found the original

[FreedomPoster]

I looked in some of the linked threads for the one with "All Your Base Are Belong To Us!"

Seeing that one really put this in perspective.

I should take 30 minutes, make one, and host it (I stink at Photoshop, hence the long time).