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In reply to the discussion: Nobel Laureates Call for End to TV's "Stars Earn Stripes" [View all]fantomas
(94 posts)7. Why is Todd Palin trying to steal our soldiers' valor?
I'm sure he'd put in on his resume that he served in combat and try to get free lunch at the VFW.
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At the show's conclusion, they should give the "stars" traumatic brain injuries. nt
Hissyspit
Aug 2012
#12
Would like to see Todd Palin take the old Vietnam era tradition of half a helicopter ride.
gordianot
Aug 2012
#4
No one knows what is sacred anymore. This is one of the worst symptoms of our dysfunction
patrice
Aug 2012
#42
That doesn't make it right. If I were one of thoe charities, I'd say, "No thanks!" Charity should
patrice
Aug 2012
#36
WTH doesn't KNOW this?? These are celebrities playing AT "war." Maybe they could also read "My Pet
WinkyDink
Aug 2012
#44
Desensitizing War for Profit. Commercialization of killing. It's over, all. What have we become?
patrice
Aug 2012
#31
No YOU have it wrong. Charity should not NEED this kind of sacrilege against the deaths of INNOCENT
patrice
Aug 2012
#39
This is whoring for what makes charity necessary in the first place, for what MAKES people POOR.
patrice
Aug 2012
#41
Is NBC keeping the advertising revenue or are they also "contributing to charities"?
Tom Ripley
Aug 2012
#49
This is just the latest push to make the military an acceptable element of civilian life; aka, mili-
WinkyDink
Aug 2012
#43
if Todd Palin and Nick Lachy are so into military training they ought to enlist instead of playing
Cass
Aug 2012
#47
If they want to make the public understand what soldiers go through, they should dispense with the
Lydia Leftcoast
Aug 2012
#65
It's part of the corporate media promoted police state, Big Brother, loving propaganda effort.
Uncle Joe
Aug 2012
#72