Sadly, many now think the military is for losers

Austin Mis-Statesman ^ | November 07, 2005 | Gary Chapman

[sam_paine]

This idiot is on the KLBJ radio talk show right now.

[sam_paine]

He just said, "We're not Rome, we're a democracy."

[peyton randolph]

undergraduates at the University of Texas, an honors class

One of the many reasons that I will never send my kid to UT.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

He just said, "We're not Rome, we're a democracy."

Priceless. What a maroon.

[Uncle Miltie]

Here in North Dakota, those who serve are honored.

[Wallace T.]

More nonsense from the Austin (Un-)American Statesman, the most liberal daily newspaper in Texas. The actual fact is that the military is drawing from families with incomes in the $30-200K range, in other words, the middle class. White Americans are overrepresented in military combat units relative to their proportion of the population, and blacks significantly underrepresented.

However, liberals have never held truth or accuracy in high regard.

[sam_paine]

He just said he got some angry, nasty emails from military folks. Go figure.

[stm]

"They won't sign up to fight a war they consider illegal and a mistake"

This is lib-speak for "I'm a cowardly, spineless jellyfish of a lib who wants to bask in all the freedoms that come under the umbrella of protection provided by the US military without actually having to risk my pathetic girly-man hide to ensure their survival"

[sam_paine]

Don't forget, this guy went to one class, and asked one slanted question to substantiate his thesis.

There's a bunch of bumper stickers on Prius/VW Bugs in Austin that sum up Travis county slant:

"BLUE IN A SEA OF RED"

[Stellar Dendrite]

"Sadly, many now think the military is for losers"

the soldiers are bigger heroes than any athlete, movie star, musician, journalist or politician.

[lormand]

" One of the many reasons that I will never send my kid to UT."

I live in the Austin area, and like you, hope to never send my kids to UT.

[bnelson44]

Right on!

One of the problems we have recruiting from the inner city schools is that the students don't pass the entrance tests to get in the Army. In other words, they are not getting an education in inner city schools. So we are recuiting from schools in the burbs.

I know a number of honors students who are headed for Iraq, by the way.

[lormand]

The Jeff Ward Show?

I rarely listen to that show anymore.

[sam_paine]

For a followup column, Chapman could drive up I35 to Fort Hood and ask the same question.

[sam_paine]

Yeah. Jeff Ward has a trailer touting that the "Austin Chronicle" voted him a great radio show. He really thinks that's a good thing. Today's show is his standard baiting trick.

[stm]

And get his ass handed to him by a hundred very pissed off soldiers. That's a show I would pay to see!

[The Phantom FReeper]

They can't have it both ways. Either they support our military men and women, or they don't. But supporting them equals believing in their mission.

Being as the brave and handsome Sgt. Phantom has been to Iraq twice, and I am very proud of him for that, I confidently tell any fool who tries to sell me that line that I don't need or want a word from them, when their actions clearly show otherwise.

I would say then that they are not in Iraq because they are a bunch of pampered little elitists. But you can bet your ass that, if their personal safety was directly threatened, they would be screaming loud enough for someone like my husband to come along and rescue them, because they have neither the courage nor the ability to protect themselves.

[lormand]

I heard that trailer too.

Don't you just love it when Rob Ballen subs for him?

[puppypusher]

All the more reason why I support a return to a military draft with NO exemptions for anyone.

When people have to start sharing the risk of military service thoughts will change.

[Eagles Talon IV]

"They told me they support the troops, but not the war itself. They won't sign up to fight a war they consider illegal and a mistake"

Pure unadulterated bullsh*t!! These bastards are nothing but cowards and spoiled rotten young punks who think they are entitled to all the freedoms we enjoy by virtue of the fact they were born in America. They haven't the first clue what the cost was in blood and treasure was that made America the destination of choice for people world wide who seek freedom and unlimited opportunity and also allows these ungrateful jerks to babble their drivel with impunity.