Bush Socks US Taxpayers $200M/YEAR (!) for 2 Word Slogan:

[elehhhhna]

'Army of One' Gets the Boot Military Hopes New Slogan Will Boost Recruitment

WASHINGTON (Oct. 10) - In its battle to win the hearts and minds of recruiting-age Americans, the Army is replacing its main ad slogan - "An Army of One" - with one it hopes will pack more punch: "Army Strong."

The new approach, the fruit of a $200 million-a-year contract with a major advertising agency, was announced Monday by Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey. He said "Army Strong" will be the centerpiece of a multimedia ad campaign to be launched Nov. 9, timed to coincide with Veterans Day weekend.
Army officials acknowledge that recruiting during wartime is difficult, particularly with the Iraq war grinding on far longer than Bush administration officials expected and U.S. troops dying in battle almost every day.

"There's no question that we want to have a marketing boost right now, it's important to us," said Lt. Gen. Robert L. Van Antwerp, who oversees the recruiting effort as commander of U.S. Army Accessions Command.

http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/army-of-one-gets-the-boot/20061009114009990010?ncid=NWS00010000000001

[LSparkle]

1. Sounds like Caveman to me: "Army Strong. Bush Dumb."

[elehhhhna]

2. Yep. grunt grunt grunt.

[Kutjara]

3. Who came up with that shit: Tarzan?

"Army Strong." What a crock of shit. Right along with "Sky Up" and "Cheetah Bad".

[elehhhhna]

7. Army Strong! Rumsfeld WEAK!

[CatWoman]

26. hahahahahahaha

:rofl:

[Lerkfish]

4. LOL! these guys sure know how to waste money.

"Army Strong. Hulk Smash."

[elehhhhna]

5. Maybe Frankensteins' Monster will be their spokesman...

"Army strong!"

[LSparkle]

8. I keep hearing Tor Johnson (Ed Wood ensemble actor)

"Army strong. Tor strong. Tor go Army."

[elehhhhna]

14. One of my FAVORITE films of all time, infinity!

[Clark2008]

11. Now you know the wingnuts will think that's Frankenstein

Most of them have never read Mary Shelley's book, so they're not aware that Frankenstein was the monster's creator, not the actual monster.

:7

[elehhhhna]

15. I said MONSTER already.

[Clark2008]

20. Oh - I know you did.

I was speaking of the dummies who wouldn't know what you were talking about.

:hi:

[CatWoman]

27. FIRE, BAD!!!

:rofl:

[gatorboy]

6. ARMY SMASH PUNY HUMANS!!!! n/t

[Marr]

9. L. M. F. A. O.

You win.

[elehhhhna]

16. All your strong belong to us!

[lapfog_1]

10. Anyone know what the annual recruitment goal is?

Cause I'm thinking that an offer of $1000 signing bonus would get them 200,000 warm bodies...

and cost them only $200 million. All without bothering a major advertising agency.

[truthisfreedom]

12. for $200M i'll sell them my new slogan. how about "An Army of Me"?

oops, i guess i'll have to split some of it with Bjork.

[gatorboy]

13. I got a better one.

"An Army without me"

[elehhhhna]

17. Pee all that you can pee.

[Kutjara]

24. How about "Army of None"? n/t

[central scrutinizer]

18. Gort! Klaatu barada nictu!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

19. Sounds like something Mongo would say

"Mongo only pawn in game of life."

[Supersedeas]

23. but some RW Ad Company is laughing all the way to the bank

[Donnachaidh]

21. Stupid is as Stupid does

I think we should ban advertising agencies and PR firms.

Army Strong

Government Stupid.

[Generic Other]

22. Army Strong?

Could they have bought an article or some verbs for 200 mill?

[bamacrat]

25. Yep, sounds like a retard said it.

[CatWoman]

28. will you guys fucking quit it???

THIS THREAD IS KILLING ME!!!!!

:rofl:

[MercutioATC]

29. "All Your Base Are Belong To Us"

It's got better recognition within the demographic than "Army Strong"...

[Rex]

30. Dam...they waste 200 million a year on this shit?

I could have told them way back when that "Army of One" would be a total failure FOR FREE. Lemme say that again - FOR FREE.

Oh yeah, 'Army strong' won't work either and is worse in some ways. To bad no one listens. :eyes:

[svpadgham]

31. Yeah, that's a stupid slogan.

"Army of one," was/is really lame as well. When I was in the Army we all thought that it was stupid because it went against the whole concept of the military: people working together for a common goal. We always wondered why they changed "Be all that you can be." Most everybody I served with liked it.