Logically speaking Capn I've always believed it was impossible to give more that 100% If you only have one unit a hundred % of that unit is 1 unit. You can't give more that you have. Yes this peeves me also but it's way down the peeve pole for me.CAPN CRUNCH said:
And no one who posts on a message board supports the troops 100% or else they would be in Iraq as a combatant and probably dead.
Most people, no matter how good their intentions, only support the troops around 70% and at that they most likely have a loved one there.
Where are all those stupid sheepish genocidal nazi fuks now??
Spichter? Floyd? Are you reich wankers aware that you've been played again by the Bush Admin?
Idiots like you two are destroying our country with your blind cheerleading.
Go enlist, you cowards.
Spichter? Floyd? Are you reich wankers aware that you've been played again by the Bush Admin?
Idiots like you two are destroying our country with your blind cheerleading.
Go enlist, you cowards.
CAPN CRUNCH said:
Absolutely!
One of the best laughs I ever had was when I watched the Simpsons episode in which Mr. Burns bets a rival $1 million on a company softball game...
He hires a hypnotist to psyche up the players and when he's got them all in a trance he says:
"You are all great players"
Then the players respond in unison in a hyponotized drone-like tone:
"We are all great players"
Hypnotist: "You will beat Shelbyville"
Players in unison: "We will beat Shelbyville"
Hypnotist: "You will all give 110%"
Players in unison: "That's impossible. No one can give more than 100%. By definition that is the most anyone can give."
That was more than 10 years ago and I still go :lolBIG: every time I think about it.
JinnRikki said:
I think Jinn has a point. There's a lotta so called supporters who believe all they gotta do is sport a "Support the troops" ribbon on their SUV and that's the extent of it. Most people don't even support them 50 percent. If they did, they'd be out in the streets protesting cuts in the VA and combat pay (myself included). Most of us have our own lives to live and have no sacrifice to make in this ordeal other than to pass our massive debts on to our children and future generations. As far as the general public goes, we don't even support 'em 25% - and that may be a high estimate.
E & P:
Where, in the week after the Great Newsweek Error, is the comparable outrage in the press, in the blogosphere, and at the White House over the military's outright lying in the coverup of the death of former NFL star Pat Tillman? Where are the calls for apologies to the public and the firing of those responsible? Who is demanding that the Pentagon's word should never be trusted unless backed up by numerous named and credible sources?
Where is a Scott McClellan lecture on ethics and credibility?
The Tillman scandal is back in the news thanks not to the military coming clean but because of a newspaper account. Ironically, the newspaper in question, The Washington Post,which has taken the lead on this story since last December, is big brother to Newsweek.
The Post's Josh White reported this week that Tillman's parents are now ripping the Army, saying that the military's investigations into their son's 2004 friendly fire death in Afghanistan was a sham based on "lies" and that the Army cover-up made it harder for them to deal with their loss. They are speaking out now because they have finally had a chance to look at the full records of the military probe.
"Tillman's mother and father said in interviews that they believe the military and the government created a heroic tale about how their son died to foster a patriotic response across the country," White reported. While military officials' lying to the parents have gained wide publicity in the past two days, hardly anyone has mentioned that they also lied to the public and to the press, which dutifully carried one report after another based on the Pentagon's spin.
Where, in the week after the Great Newsweek Error, is the comparable outrage in the press, in the blogosphere, and at the White House over the military's outright lying in the coverup of the death of former NFL star Pat Tillman? Where are the calls for apologies to the public and the firing of those responsible? Who is demanding that the Pentagon's word should never be trusted unless backed up by numerous named and credible sources?
Where is a Scott McClellan lecture on ethics and credibility?
The Tillman scandal is back in the news thanks not to the military coming clean but because of a newspaper account. Ironically, the newspaper in question, The Washington Post,which has taken the lead on this story since last December, is big brother to Newsweek.
The Post's Josh White reported this week that Tillman's parents are now ripping the Army, saying that the military's investigations into their son's 2004 friendly fire death in Afghanistan was a sham based on "lies" and that the Army cover-up made it harder for them to deal with their loss. They are speaking out now because they have finally had a chance to look at the full records of the military probe.
"Tillman's mother and father said in interviews that they believe the military and the government created a heroic tale about how their son died to foster a patriotic response across the country," White reported. While military officials' lying to the parents have gained wide publicity in the past two days, hardly anyone has mentioned that they also lied to the public and to the press, which dutifully carried one report after another based on the Pentagon's spin.
