Guaranteed
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun Oct-09-05 05:45 AM
Original message |
I might have finally gotten through to a South Park Republican today... |
|
It was pretty intense. The thing is that his brother is a lieutenant in Iraq right now... apparently his unit has already had eight troops killed, or they're covering for a unit that had eight troops killed- one or the other. I was a little on the drunken side, celebrating my new engagement with my fiancee's family, but I needed to take the time to bond with them. Very, very important. What he told me is that what is going on in Iraq in very, very bad, from the soldier's point-of-view.
Anyway, my future brother-in-law told me that he's going to email this email from his lieutenant brother in Iraq, and he said that it would infuriate me. Not in the ideological leftist sense, but in the common, you stupid-piece-of-shit Commander-in-Chief sense. They've been getting some absolutely ridiculous, suicidal orders, and a whole lot of them have been dying because of these orders.
I told him the numbers that I had calculated- .4% risk of getting killed per soldier-year, and over 4% for getting wounded per soldier-year, in a previous post that I made here on DU. My future brother-in-law figured that the numbers would actually be higher for his lieutenant brother because of the work that he was doing. The numbers I had calculated took into account all soldiers on the ground, including support troops.
I'm hoping to receive this email soon and post it here. I've gotten my brother-in-law's permission to do so. It sounds as if it is something we all need to see.
|
ErisFiveFingers
(354 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun Oct-09-05 06:01 AM
Response to Original message |
Name removed
(0 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun Oct-09-05 06:22 AM
Response to Reply #1 |
|
Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.
|
TallahasseeGrannie
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun Oct-09-05 07:28 AM
Response to Reply #1 |
4. I don't understand your respone. n/t |
NewJeffCT
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun Oct-09-05 07:50 AM
Response to Reply #4 |
6. from the TV show "South Park" |
|
every week, a character named Kenny gets killed and the stock response by the rest of the characters is, "Oh my god, they killed Kenny. You bastards!!!"
|
TallahasseeGrannie
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun Oct-09-05 07:50 AM
Response to Reply #6 |
|
yeah, I watch SP sometimes but just didn't pick up the reference. Thanks.
|
salin
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun Oct-09-05 07:47 AM
Response to Reply #1 |
5. nevermind - now I get it. |
|
Edited on Sun Oct-09-05 07:48 AM by salin
Speak of nonsequitor,,, oh - the South Park reference in the title. NOW I get it... (need a slap the forhead icon)
|
Fozzledick
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun Oct-09-05 11:45 AM
Response to Reply #1 |
12. Did the fnords eat them? |
ErisFiveFingers
(354 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Oct-10-05 06:43 AM
Response to Reply #12 |
wakeme2008
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun Oct-09-05 06:24 AM
Response to Original message |
3. Make you wonder why did the not brag about |
|
the number of Military that voted for * in 2004.
|
NewJeffCT
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun Oct-09-05 07:51 AM
Response to Original message |
|
Is Bushco trying to make the military look incompetent so they can justify more outsourcing to the likes of CACI & Blackwater?
|
TallahasseeGrannie
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun Oct-09-05 07:52 AM
Response to Reply #8 |
9. And now who will admit |
|
with me that they'd really love to know what the guy with 0 posts said to get hit with the delete within minutes of writing the post!?
|
cornermouse
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun Oct-09-05 07:57 AM
Response to Reply #9 |
10. I don't remember exactly. |
|
Edited on Sun Oct-09-05 07:59 AM by cornermouse
I think it was something about popcorn time. Due to the fact that I've never watched and have no plans to ever watch South Park, apparently I misunderstood the fivefingers as well.
|
TallahasseeGrannie
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun Oct-09-05 07:59 AM
Response to Reply #10 |
11. It whooshed right over my head, too |
DU
AdBot (1000+ posts) |
Fri May 10th 2024, 09:56 AM
Response to Original message |