tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680390.post1706547158727876519..comments2023-10-17T06:32:16.879-05:00Comments on yawp: Because You Deserve to Know What Your Tax Dollars Aren't Paying ForUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680390.post-62602520205908334132007-08-11T15:19:00.000-05:002007-08-11T15:19:00.000-05:00I had a shrapnel laden teenager-ish boy in my shop...I had a shrapnel laden teenager-ish boy in my shop last week. He got it in Iraq. He was almost finished with his first tour when his Hummer ran over an IED. I asked if he was going back and he had to guess if I was one of them or one of the sane ones. I talked him into staying home with his wife and 1 year old. Then he started to talk. Ten thousand dollars for your life, think that will pay for a semester in college for your son? What a crock of sh-+.Alijah Fitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12798808206482416283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680390.post-51945350833073099402007-08-10T21:05:00.000-05:002007-08-10T21:05:00.000-05:00Disgruntled: I watch the News Hour With Jim Lehrer...Disgruntled: I watch the News Hour With Jim Lehrer every night and they wrap up the show with a roll call of the men who have died. They always list their ages. I see the number 20 a lot and it makes me think, "They're just kids." I cry every day.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159687903619549873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680390.post-61139774935306996112007-08-10T19:29:00.000-05:002007-08-10T19:29:00.000-05:00i cry and wince a little every time i see some you...i cry and wince a little every time i see some young kid who doesn't know the first name a razor walking around in our mall in his fatigues. i see alot of them when they are on leave or furlough from camp aterbury which is about 20 miles south of me. i just want to run up to them and say "please, keep your head down and be careful," but then they're 18-21 and they're indestructable, right? immortal... no. sadly, they aren't.loofrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09536726261625483977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680390.post-36368420337849479282007-08-10T12:16:00.000-05:002007-08-10T12:16:00.000-05:00It's heartbreaking and frightening to realize how ...It's heartbreaking and frightening to realize how little this administration values a human life ... unless it hasn't been born.Cuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00306848986781193911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680390.post-4387570461282594092007-08-10T11:58:00.000-05:002007-08-10T11:58:00.000-05:00When I was in the Navy during the first Gulf War, ...When I was in the Navy during the first Gulf War, we had a lot of guys that were given the choice between military service and jail. There is a very large group of military personnel who specialize in doing next to nothing and working the system. We called them "oxygen thieves" and if we could just put them out on the front lines our military would be better served. <BR/><BR/>Seriously though, I worry about all of our troops. They are good kids for the most part and we are destroying their lives by sending them to Iraq for no good reason.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159687903619549873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21680390.post-21821702615977395912007-08-10T10:01:00.000-05:002007-08-10T10:01:00.000-05:00The B in 11-B (light infantry) stands for "Bullet ...The B in 11-B (light infantry) stands for "Bullet Catcher".<BR/><BR/>I have heard some really bad things about what is going on in basic training and AIT. You don't have to pass any of the tests to graduate. The attitude is "Their active duty units can fix it."<BR/><BR/>If I knew someone stole my stuff, he had best sleep with his eyes open and never go into combat with me. Buddy F***ers don't live long in a fire fight.<BR/><BR/>So, yes, the answer is they are basically treating soldiers as mobile sand bags. Sorry.<BR/>~BPPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com