Posted on 11/26/2006 5:14:37 PM PST by Jay777
To me this story shows how military can help people develop and also that some very talented, knowledgable people serve in the ranks.
Oh...I get it...he's the "Desmond Tutu" of the US.
Men, all this stuff you've heard about America not wanting to fight - wanting to stay out of the war, is a lot of horse dung. Americans traditionally love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle. When you were kids, you all admired the champion marble shooter, the fastest runner, big league ball players, the toughest boxers. Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost and never will lose a war, because the very thought of losing is hateful to Americans.
What an ass.
If you're not running for reelection you can say just about anything you want, and they do.
Rangel is a total Fool.
Yes many Men join to get out of places where there is high unemployment. thats called a chance at a better life!!!
Yes its not College..college costs money and if Rangel's answer is America's taxpayers must pay for the college education of every person that cant find a great job...
then Rangel is a total LIAR, because there is no one who can provide that.
It is a fantasy Lie of the Left.
Rangle is as close to Treason as it gets.
Rangle went to Korea..and came back a Pinko.
Even if that is true it sounds like a Great idea to me!
When Jimmy Carter put me on the street with no future, I enlisted in the Air Force and haven't looked back!
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No Joke.
JOHN KERRY =
Pictures of a vietnamese Re-Education Camp
http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308949/posts
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A certain segment of the populace clings gleefully to this notion that only dummies go into the military. That segment is composed of what I call the marginal college graduates, the ones who got their degrees but never really amounted to anything. They are disappointed with their own achievements and must cling to the sheepskin, and their early achievement of it, as their only real emblem of status.
These are the idiots who still believe, for example, that only the incredibly gullible or the incredibly inept served in Vietnam. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is well-documented that the percentage of Vietnam vets with degrees is higher than for their non-veteran comtemporaries and, similarly, that the vets have considerably higher average incomes.
This is all about reassuring the cow-college clockpunchers that they really are part of some elite, and getting their votes in the process.
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The Words
http://www.Freerepublic.com/~ALOHARONNIE
The Pictures
http://www.RickRescorla.com/The%20Statue.htm
The Heroism
http://www.Armchairgeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24361
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What is wrong, these idiots didn't learn from Kerry, I'm a former jarhead of 8 years and now another 1 with the Air Force Reserve, and have a hell of a good career. I still serve my country and continue to serve, even after a total jerk like that slaps us right in the face....God forbid he need a service man to save him from a terrorist knocking on his front door....my gun will jamb....oops....
Men Join The Army Get Stuck In Iraq Only If They Cant Have A Decent Career
Which is essentially what Kerry said and ended up in hot water for. Democrat party had to tell him to STFU. Will the Rat party say anything this time? Not to mention, Republicans? We shouldn't let the bastard slide on this.
No, you forget about it jerk. Not everyone is willing to sit on their backsides and take potshots at the very institutions that grant them that freedom. As mind boggling as you might find it - some people do recognize the need to fight for our freedoms. Some people recognize that an ounce of prevention is in fact worth a pound of cure. That it is far better to deploy soldiers to Iraq and Afghanistan to fight terrorism than it is to deploy them to clean up after 9/11 like incidents.
No young, bright individual wants to fight just because of a bonus and just because of educational benefits. And most all of them come from communities of very, very high unemployment.
Absolutely wrong. I'd like to think I'm fairly bright. A BS in Engineering, two Masters degrees, and a job that grossed six figures last year. Guess what, when my company had a need for someone on a project that would've meant going to Iraq - I volunteered. I have a wife and two kids, yet if my country needs me over there, I'll go. As it was, I wasn't selected for the project. Relieved? Yes. Disappointed? Yes I was that too.
If a young fella has an option of having a decent career or joining the army to fight in Iraq, you can bet your life that he would not be in Iraq.
I take issue with the implication that the Army (or any other branch of the military) is not a good career choice. Sure, it is not for everyone. Neither is selling insurance, retail sales, writing pure BS, or any other career. But just because the author has issues with the Army or military in general, he shouldn't draw sweeping conclusions about everyone else's feelings.
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/01/06/column.shields.opinion.rangel/index.html
Hey Rangel, you are an idiot.
His district is Harlem, NY. Not a neighborhood noted for pinnacles of success.
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