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In the discussion thread: I hate to be an ass, but stop "thanking me for my service on Memorial Day" [View all]

Sat May 26, 2012, 02:33 PM

20. This mornings NY Times had an article about an artist who does drawings of vets in VA hospital.

Vets that were disfigured or were made amputees.

It made me angry, thinking of pieces of shit ---- Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Powell and their ginning up the useless wars.

"The smoking gun will be a mushroom cloud."

I ain't that much more happy about Obama continuing Afghanistan either.

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I hate to be an ass, but stop "thanking me for my service on Memorial Day" [View all]	Recursion	May 2012	OP
If you want to thank a veteran, fallen or otherwise, for his/her service....	Scuba	May 2012	#1
Out of the park!! Grand slam!!	Ishoutandscream2	May 2012	#2
Well said	Recursion	May 2012	#3
My observation: Air force & Navy vets seem to love wars	tabasco	May 2012	#10
Sometimes you don't need to be near bullets to be injured -	TBF	May 2012	#18
Not too many army people rotted away in POW cages in Vietnam.	former9thward	May 2012	#26
Tens of thousands more grunts got blown away in rice paddies.	tabasco	May 2012	#35
Air Force vet here. Generalizations are often wrong.	Scuba	May 2012	#27
I did not generalize.	tabasco	May 2012	#32
Funny, I didn't see you "observing" in the rivers of Vietnam. & I'll bet WWII & Korean War Navy vets	UTUSN	May 2012	#36
I'm with you	SGMRTDARMY	May 2012	#37
Thanks & salutes to you both. n/t	UTUSN	May 2012	#40
Quite possibly the dumbest fucking post in DU history.	11 Bravo	May 2012	#29
Stating my observation?	tabasco	May 2012	#31
Army combat vet? Then how could you make such an observation?	AnotherMcIntosh	May 2012	#39
REALLY. My questions exactly.	cliffordu	May 2012	#45
A Shau Valley ... 70-71 ... Lam Son 719 and Texas Star	11 Bravo	May 2012	#48
Then you really don't know shit	SGMRTDARMY	May 2012	#34
Such a nice blanket statement...	rexcat	May 2012	#41
If his statement was true, that they "never go anywhere near flying bullets," no one would ever see	AnotherMcIntosh	May 2012	#46
Your observation is shit.	flvegan	May 2012	#42
Really? My Grampy was in the Air Force.	yewberry	May 2012	#43
WTF...Really???	cliffordu	May 2012	#44
I wish you would self-delete this post. I don't think it	coalition_unwilling	May 2012	#51
My dead uncle says different -	lynne	May 2012	#56
umm. The Battleship Missouri had a missle heading	boilerbabe	May 2012	#60
You observe badly.	MineralMan	May 2012	#61
That's why having real ones in government is good	Warpy	May 2012	#21
This message was self-deleted by its author	Bucky	May 2012	#5
The only way to stop sending the next generation into unnecessary and illegal wars	AnotherMcIntosh	May 2012	#12
I also favor a return to universal military conscription as a way to promote	coalition_unwilling	May 2012	#52
All this one wants as well.	cindyperry2010	May 2012	#13
This mornings NY Times had an article about an artist who does drawings of vets in VA hospital.	jerseyjack	May 2012	#20
This retired veteran	SGMRTDARMY	May 2012	#33
Thanks for giving me something to think about.	geckosfeet	May 2012	#4
Ditto! Maybe even something a bit stronger. - n/t	coalition_unwilling	May 2012	#53
Seems like those who do so are being awkward....	hlthe2b	May 2012	#6
or given how much of the military is not actually providing a real service to the nation nt	msongs	May 2012	#8
I'm new to posting, so I'll try to contain my response to just a few words..	dadchef	May 2012	#58
It's an odd thing.	raouldukelives	May 2012	#7
Well I am one of those vets that are irritated by the thanking ritual we have.	zeemike	May 2012	#9
+1,000,000,000 x 1,000,000,000 - n/t	coalition_unwilling	May 2012	#55
stop "thanking me for my service on Memorial Day"	RGBII	May 2012	#11
I'm bitter enough to say "I don't want your damn thanks."	Rozlee	May 2012	#14
+1	TomClash	May 2012	#15
Thank you for	cindyperry2010	May 2012	#17
The "thank you for your service" is an irritant. It's an echo of that publicity seeking,	AnotherMcIntosh	May 2012	#16
I agree. Whenever my veteran status comes up in mixed company,	Aristus	May 2012	#19
I usually do not tell people	cindyperry2010	May 2012	#24
And when I lived in barracks somebody	cindyperry2010	May 2012	#25
Everybody knows damn well the only reason they say it	Mariana	May 2012	#57
R#18 & K for, I am one of those who gets irritated and I like your points, too!1 n/t	UTUSN	May 2012	#22
I have told people when they said that...	Bigmack	May 2012	#23
Wow!	RGBII	May 2012	#28
Sad thing is when it comes down to really taking care of them	rainbow4321	May 2012	#30
"A country that cannot take care of its existing veterans...	alterfurz	May 2012	#49
I understand perfectly what you mean	tawadi	May 2012	#38
Sons and daughters die fighting for the 1%.	GeorgeGist	May 2012	#47
Memorial Day is a day to read and perhaps recite out loud Lincoln's	coalition_unwilling	May 2012	#50
Well, I thank you for your service.	Baitball Blogger	May 2012	#54
I will defend to the death your right to be an ass	slackmaster	May 2012	#59

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