Just read the most unbelievable statistic in Time about the war

[Initech]

Basically, they were talking about soldiers complaining about how they're not recieving enough armor and one unit said that they instead got a $15,000 plasma television so they could watch King Dumbass's daily briefings. Then, the TV broke. The unit then reported that they got a total of NINE (repeat, nine) replacements after the sets kept breaking.

So this is where our tax dollars are going for the war - our troops cant get armor, but they get $15,000 televisions so they can watch King Dumbass. This is how he supports the troops. Unbelievable.

:nuke:

[BlueEyedSon]

1. You wouldn't want that propaganda to NOT get catapulted, would ya?

[babylonsister]

2. O.M.G. Nominated for rage. Unreal. nt

[Initech]

17. I read and my head nearly exploded

[Kansas Wyatt]

3. The Beloved Glorious Leader

Needs to make sure that the troops get special cheer leading from him, because he is their Supreme Commanding Warrior.

He's not shallow like them pussy libs, who showed him up by actually serving their country fighting in a war! Never mind! They just think they are so damn special! :sarcasm:

[Nostradammit]

4. Hate screens ain't cheap

Gotta have them hate screens, dontcha know.

[Minnesota Libra]

5. This is absolutely unreal - do you have a link?? nt

[Initech]

19. Read last week's Time, it's in there.

If I can get the magazine, I'll scan it and post it.

[Minnesota Libra]

23. PLEASE do - I'd love to read this in full. THANKS nt

[benddem]

6. Link needed

I can't find this on the Time site.

[Initech]

18. It was a blurb in the first few pages of last week's issue, no link.

[malaise]

38. How much is the TV manufactuer contributing

to Bushco?

[MisterP]

26. found one (hope it works)

http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1169906,00.html

[leftchick]

7. sounds orwellian doesn't it?

:(

[Canuckistanian]

30. Telescreens were mandatory, weren't they?

Sounds like the same thing here.

[nuxvomica]

8. Link to reprint at Michael Moore's website

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=6170

To read the article at TIME, you have to subscribe.

[benddem]

9. thanks

it appears that Mike's website has shut down due to everyone trying to read the article.

[Olney Blue]

10. I didn't know they had the Bullshit channel.

[Initech]

15. They do. It's called "Fox News".

Oh snap!

[Olney Blue]

29. Good one!

:rofl:

[Yupster]

11. Famous story about Stalingrad

Toward the end of the battle, there were only a few small airstrips still open to the Germans in the pocket, and the Russians had the whole area ringed with anti-aircraft guns and fighters.

It was a real gamble trying to bring supplies to the freezing hopeless garrison but the pilots did it anyway, being shot down, hit by artillery once they landed or skidding off the runways into the ice.

One of the last few planes to make it in was stuffed with carton after carton of condoms, this when they were freezing to death, starving to death and rationing their ammo. It sure gave the German officers a very clear picture of the hopelessness of their position.

[babylonsister]

12. Thanks for that, Yupster. I'd never heard that story before.

I wonder if our soldiers are feeling the same despair? :-(

[Ksec]

13. we would all be shocked at..

the waste and overpaying the taxpayers are doing over there. Why? Because bush wont allow competition. The contracts are locked up monopolies. Like your cable company. After dereg.

Promises of dereg bringing competition ,go down with the DoDo bird.

[unblock]

14. 'cause if there's ONE THING you need in a warzone, it's a delicate tv....

[Initech]

16. Gee, I wonder why the sets kept breaking?

[upi402]

24. My thought exactly

:toast:

[NYdemocrat089]

20. Couldn't they just have watched the daily briefings on a regular TV that

only cost a couple hundred (if that) dollars?

[sheelz]

21. Who said the troops support Bush...

:rofl:

[Neil Lisst]

22. imagine how much Halliburton made off all those TVs

[MisterP]

25. who wants ChimpOvision, especially when they're under-armored?

$150,000 to pad the Monkey King's ego, reassuring him that every friggin platoon has a plasma TV to watch his transcendently beautiful, scabrous simian mug

[ChairmanAgnostic]

27. Silly EOO - They need to use the TVs as replacement ARMOR!

Boy, how could you miss the pentagon's intent?

[Initech]

34. See post #16.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

35. gotcha.

plasma screens to see the president. incredible.

[opihimoimoi]

28. Take a look at those TV Sets and we prolly will find them at TV's R US

for $4,999.00

Someone made a ton of Money....Prolly Waldo from the MIC

[spanone]

31. I'm sure they only get Faux tv.

[glitch]

32. Bushdoggle. It's like a boondoggle, only exponentially worse.

Fubush. Like a fubar, only exponentially worse (still waiting for that one to catch on).

[ArmchairMeme]

33. Needs come last when not in reality

* wouldn't want soldiers to spend too much time in reality in Iraq. If war bores him he thinks they are bored also, if they are alive.

Like the bushdoggle - it sure is!

I was reading that the "operation swarmer" was only a PR stunt. They probably want to have the video footage for future campaign use. No insurgents found, NO SHOTS FIRED! Some battle these insurgents DIDN'T PUT UP!

It's discusting.

[happydreams]

36. How fackin' pissed can a person get???!!!

:mad: :mad:

But the silver lining is that the troops will forever remember how they were treated like shit by these fascist rat bastard slime!!!

[mirandapriestly]

37. I wonder who they buy the sets from? nt