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Category: I hate hippies

  • Duff: We were smarter and tougher than WWII vets

    Gordon Duff made perhaps the stupidest comment on the internet made by any veteran ever. First of all let’s look again at who is talking. According to his records, Duff reported to basic training, or boot camp, or whatever you Marines call it, on February 28, 1969, on August 22, 1970 he was in Fort Living Room waiting for someone to invent cable TV. 18 months of military service. Of that time, he was in Vietnam August 5, 1969 until August 5, 1970. Out of those twelve months he spent from August 5, 1969 until Christmas day as a rifleman – the rest was spent as a gopher in the S-3 shop. I’m not disparaging his service – majors need someone to fetch their coffee and fluff their pillow, too.

    But you’ll see where I’m going when you read his idiot comment;

  • Gordon Duff says:

    Bobby,
    Rather than “liberal” I would point out we were better educated, more independent, and fought a brutal war with less “down time” than any American army since the Revolutionary War.
    g

    • Duff spent 18 months in the Marines. There were Marines in the Pacific that were there on Dec. 7th, 1941 and didn’t see home until after August 1945. Now unless the Revolutionary War was fought after the Second World War, his math might be off a bit. The same comparison could be made for soldiers in the Civil War who marched off to war in 1861 and didn’t get home until the summer 1865 – that’s longer than a year, too – but I didn’t need to tell you that, because you’re better at math than Duff.

    And I have to tell you, candidly, that list of awards on Duff’s FOIA is REAL light for a TOC Rat. Battalion pogues usually get medals for an especially good job of tightening tent ropes on the officers’ toilet. Couldn’t get the hang of that, Gordon?

    Those of you who know me know that I highly respect Vietnam veterans, that on countless occasions I’ve credited the training I got from some of the toughest and smartest warriors whoever wore the uniform in Vietnam for my survival and the survival of my soldiers. And I’m pretty sure that most Vietnam vets would credit WWII and Korean War veterans for their success and return home.

    No, Duff, you’re a fucking Liberal, you aren’t tougher or smarter than anyone, maybe that mouse you keep in your pocket…but that’s it. That’s your whole problem, dipshit. We’re all veterans no matter how or why we served, or how long, or what our jobs were. I don’t think there’s more than one or two real veterans I’d throat punch, but you just joined that list Gordo.

    And yeah, the VFW disrespected Vietnam veterans by disallowing them in the organization. But, your generation taught them a lesson…they came to my door and offered to pay half of my life membership dues if I’d join. So be a fucking man for a change and get over it – you limp-wristed pussyboy.

    Next time you want to measure dicks, go measure them with Code Pink, you might come out ahead.

    Thanks to TSO for the link.

  • Chrissy Matthews: Head-stomping “right wing by its very nature”

    Newsbusters’ Geoffrey Dickens writes about a moment on the Chrissy Matthews show (whatever channel and time it’s on) during which Chrissy Matthews, the teenage girl of the Leftist media twice makes the point that the “Tea party” (whoever that is anymore these days) resembles the Nazi movement in the 30s.

    “…we saw from hoodlums in the thirties in another country I will not mention” and added: “I mean it isn’t far from what we saw in the thirties, where all of a sudden, political parties started showing up in uniform.”

    He went on to say that what Tim Profitt did to Lauren Valle was “right wing by its very nature.”

    So let’s look at the video that has been making the rounds thanks to a tipster at Red State. What you’re looking for is Valle bolting from the right side of the video and pushing her way through the crowd…quite violently, in fact, if I was a prosecutor, I’d probably charge her with assault;

    About the video, the LA Times, that bastion of conservative reporters, quotes Red State describing the action on the video;

    “Toward the end of the video, you see several Paul supporters asking a police officer to come intervene. It was Paul supporters who told Profitt to back off,” RedState Insider blogged. “It was Paul supporters who brought the police. Contrary to the growing narrative on the left, this video clearly shows that Valle was not the victim of a conspiracy to ‘take her out.’ “

    But let’s go back to Matthews’ comment about brown shirts and the tea party for moment. After his “right wing by its very nature” line, matthews says;

    Name the last liberal progressive candidate who hired a private army, the last one that was stomping his political, her political opponents in the street?

    How about Bill Clinton, Chrissy? I seem to remember something about members of the the teamster union in Philadelphia providing security at a Clinton event who stomped a man and his sister in the street in 1998.

    Am I justifying Profitt’s actions? Not in the least. There is no good reason to put your feet on a woman…unless she asks. And, oh, there was no “head-stomping” going on in the video.

  • NPR plays victim

    According to the Washington Post, NPR received a bomb threat letter on Monday and, of course, they relate it to Juan Williams’ firing last week;

    The letter didn’t reference the Williams firing specifically, but people at NPR, who spoke about it on the condition of anonymity, said the timing and tone suggested it was sent after Williams’s widely publicized termination.

    Yeah, we always hear about the death threats that somehow get sent to the Left but there is never anything substantial and no one ever gets charged. During the rise of the Tea Party crowd, Congress was always on about death threats but I never heard about anyone being arrested.

    It’s always about getting some sympathy from the public and try to restore their constituency. NPR probably suffered a bit in the way of donations and staged this to get their customers to audibly breathe “Awwww” and start sending them money again. And maybe some of those Republicans who were calling for the defunding of NPR would feel sorry for them.

    Who, besides Williams, would have anything to gain by threatening NPR? No one. And if we’re all racists anyway, why would we feel the need to commit an act of revenge for Williams? This doesn’t pass the smell test, and it certainly doesn’t inspire me to open my wallet for those two-faced “journalists” at NPR.

  • Tuesdays with Claymore

    One week until the elections and they’re slinging snot over at Democratic Underground, Claymore says “The stench of fear is palpable.”;

    …unlike union thugs, I suppose:

    The key word here is ‘broke’.

    Worst. Excuse. Ever.

    I’m sure this is Bush’s fault.

    Major Goofy.

    Communist Air.

    Whack-job….get it? Whack?

    Party time!

    But don’t dare call them communists.

    Juan more time.

    Well there goes the primary source of lottery contributions.

    Headline noobs.

    Get a brain, morans.

    Paging Dr. Dean…

    Anyone else remember 2006? Yeah…apparently not.

    Spel chexer iz ur fren.

    They hate us because they love us so much.

    More feelings over fact. Natch.

    The mind of a liberal…you’re not just an opponent, you’re their enemy.

    Keep hope alive…

    Yes, because clearly the way to create jobs is to have us all employed by the Federal government. DUmbass.

  • Yea great idea. Why didn’t we think of that, oh yeah it is stupid.

    I have friends who are active in the group Rethink Afghanistan. Sometimes the post stories and comments that seem more like satire. But lately I am having a hard time telling the difference anymore. This one is a perfect example.

    Nicholas Kristof’s New York Times column shares a shocking statistic that shows the U.S.’s warped priorities in Afghanistan: if we brought home just 243 troops, we’d save enough money to pay for all higher education everywhere in Afghanistan this year.

    Yep cause the fact that Afghanistan’s illiteracy in that most people in Afghanistan cannot read and write. So the money that would be freed up would be used for post secondary education would not be abused for other things.

    “Remember Afghanistan has been at war for 30 years, and neither the Soviets who were here before the Taliban nor the Taliban put people through school. So education was not prized. As a matter of fact, the Taliban shut down the schools.”

    But with the time proven statement of “Nothing is impossible to those that do not have to do it” have people over at Rethink Afghanistan is a great idea.

    Mr. [Greg] Mortenson says that $243 million is needed to fund all higher education in Afghanistan this year. He suggests that America hold a press conference here in Kabul and put just 243 of our 100,000 soldiers (each costing $1 million per year) on planes home. Then the U.S. could take the savings and hand over a check to pay for Afghanistan’s universities.

    The war in Afghanistan isn’t making us safer, and it’s not worth the cost. The fact that bringing home 243 troops could pay for all higher education in Afghanistan this year shows that there are much, much better ways of stabilizing Afghanistan and improving the lives of Afghans if we’re willing to let go of military force as the answer.

    Yea with so in review how does passing around this little gem that would not only not work but no one that thought of it will be willing to make it work. But it sounds nice, which is more important then anything else.

  • Social Justice rapping

    Someone sent me this video about a “social justice” protest in Austin the other day in which Governor Rick Perry is called a “terrorist” because he allowed the execution of a murderer Cameron Todd Willingham. The “social action” doofuses have assembled perhaps tens of protesters and are supported by ProfessorD(dot)US a racially ambiguous rapper. And as always, the rapping is more important than the protest;

  • VFP Phony in Seattle?

    Rurik sent me a link to this post at Geobent about a gaggle of organizations who protested the war in Seattle. I see ANSWER signs, a Military Families Speak Out sign, and some Veterans For Peace banners and participants. One guy from the latter group stuck out to me. He wore four rows of ribbons with the Combat Infantry Badge beneath them. Anyone who was ever earned the CIB knows that it goes above everything. Well here’s a picture of the hero;

    I blew up another picture that shows his rack a little better;

    I may be off a bit, but it looks like his highest award (reader’s top left) is the Korea Defense Medal which is certainly not the highest among the medals he’s wearing. Next is a single award of the Army Commendation Medal which is plausible, but the next is a Meritorious Service Medal – the highest award of the whole mess. Then the Army Achievement Medal, then the Reserve Components Achievement Medal 4th Award followed by the Republic of Korea War Service Medal – a foreign award which goes after all US Army awards – and it has some funny devices on it that I don’t recognize. The ribbon on your far left in the second row from the bottom is the South West Asia Service Medal. The next one is the Overseas Service Ribbon – not a medal so it’s lower than medals. Next is what looks like four awards of the Army Service Ribbon – awarded for six months in the Army. I’m not aware of consequent awards of the ribbon. I’m pretty sure you only get it once without any palm leafs. Following that ribbon is the National Defense Medal which should be above the two ribbons preceding it – it’s a medal. That’s followed by the foreign award of the Saudi Arabia Defense Medal, it’s followed by the Kuwait Liberation Medal, but it should probably be right-side up instead of the way this doofus is wearing it.

    Now, below that is the CIB and master Sergeant rank, so I have to think that he’s trying the give the impression that he’s a Master Sergeant with combat infantry experience. Now he has some reserve medals, which mean he was in the Reserves. If he was in the Reserves during Desert Storm, he didn’t get a CIB, because no reserve infantry units deployed to Desert Storm. If he was on active duty when he deployed to Saudi Arabia, where is an Army Good Conduct Medal? Just one for three years of service without stepping on his dick.

    There’s no NCO Development Ribbon, yet he made it to Master Sergeant? Impossible if he was promoted after 1986. So he thinks he’s a Master Sergeant, but got his ribbons and medals mixed up and upside down? And if I’m not mistaken, the Korean Defense Medal is for combat.

    But I do know that if everything on his uniform true, and someone walked alongside of me with that sign, I’d seriously think twice about the company I’m keeping because associating myself with someone that stupid doesn’t honor my fallen comrades.

  • Anti-War.com; are veterans our only hope?

    Some bubble-headed, antiquated hippie named Kelley B. Vlaho wrote at a website called “Anti-War.com” that veterans are our only hope – no not for saving the world from peawitted hippies, but from the “establishment”…yes, they still use that word for everything from the guy at MacDonald’s who screwed up their order to the military.

    Of course, the main character in her little story is Ethan McCord, of “Collateral Murder” fame. The guy who claims that his battalion used “rotational recon by fire” or some shit – you know, looking for the enemy by firing in all directions all of the time. Out of the nearly one thousand people in his infantry battalion McCord is the only one brave enough to come forward. Makes sense.

    “There is a whole lot of us,” said McCord, who when he left the military, eventually connected with other vets at IVAW, or as he puts it, “a group of comrades who felt the same way I did, who thought the war was wrong, immoral and illegal.”

    “It’s just the mainstream media wants nothing to do with us.”

    Yeah, that’s it, McCord. The media wants nothing to do with you because they’ve been burned by the Jesse MacBeths, the Rick Duncans, the Michael McManuses, the Michael Hamiltons, the Kevin Grimsingers. The Geoff Millards.

    The only ones left who’ll listen to you are the hippies. And then they’ll only use you as long as you’re useful – as long as you wear your “_____ Against the War” T-shirt and throw your fists in the air for the cameras. Look how far Cindy “absolute moral authority” Sheehan has fallen when she outlived her usefulness.

    Hippies have such low self esteem, they’ll let some doofus like Michael Prysner lead them. I’ll bet none of your buddies back in the infantry wouldn’t be seen in public with Prysner, his politics aside.

    And you’ll all end up being Bill Perrys and Ward Reillys.

    Most of America joins me in hating hippies.