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Kingshakabobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 11:52 AM
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Bush handing out Freedom medals like hotcakes! WTF?
Who the f--ck does Bush think he is? The Wizard of Oz? I guess if he hands out enough medals some of the shine will reflect on him?

Bremer gets a medal? Give me a f-ckin break! We all now how well the occupation is going. The guy should be brought up on charges.

Tenent? Nice job preventing 9/11 and giving us that "slam dunk" intelligence. I guess Bush can't blame you for faulty intelligence any more.

Franks? What a master tactician it took to defeat Saddam. Let's drive straight to Baghdad. I've planned more complicated caravan trips to Dead shows than this.

http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2689817
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FloridaPat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 11:54 AM
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1. There are a lot more incompetent people working for the gov't
then compentent. So there will be a lot more rewards handed out then if they were actually given to people who qualified for them.
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Benhurst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 11:59 AM
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2. These medals have been a mixed bag for a long time. Whittaker
Chambers (!!!!) was given one posthumously by Ronald Reagan.

So Franks is just one more clown to get a discredited medal from a gutted and dying republic.
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Kingshakabobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 12:05 PM
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6. I don't recall ever seeing three people getting the medal at once?
I guess Bush has an itchy medal finger and wants to hand out a shit-load of medals like his hero Ronnie "I'm shoveling shit now in hell" Reagan did in his splendid little war in Grenada.
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 12:00 PM
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3. It's because the Iron Cross medals are still on backorder
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Menshevik Donating Member (674 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 12:13 PM
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9. lol!
good one
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 12:02 PM
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4. Compare that to the Clinton's Lincoln Bedroom thing...which is most
sickening? :puke: Yes, the Pukes version cuz we know they aren't into effin freedom if they are occupying a foreign country.
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Sara Beverley Donating Member (989 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 12:03 PM
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5. He has to reward his failures. What's wrong with you?
Arrogance and hypocrisy has no bounds.
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GarySeven Donating Member (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 12:06 PM
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7. Freedom Medal now equals the Iron Cross
Handed out to heroes of the Fatherland, or whoever donates more than $1,000 to the Republican Party. It disgraces all previous recipients to politicize this honor.
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MatrixEscape Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 12:07 PM
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8. Here is your freedom medal!
Now go back to our Police State and keep your mouth shut!
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 12:16 PM
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10. Freedom's just another word
for nothin' left to lose,
Nothin' ain't worth nothin', but it's free....

Ahh, Janis, you were a prophetess. American in the 21st century is a wilderness.
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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 12:33 PM
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11. point of order
kris kristofferson is a prophet.

amazingly enough.
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Nordic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 12:42 PM
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12. with Bushco, if you fail, you are rewarded
if you tell the truth and try to do the right thing, you are fired and smeared.

Pretty simple, actually.
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fob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 01:30 PM
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13. It sure is a shame that the entire republick party and bush*co shit
a dark, stinky load upon any/all medals associated with Amerika's wars/warring. It may have meant something at one time to show bravery and receive a medal HONORING said bravery, but now, any of these motherfuckers bush* is awarding medals to is gonna have to show me their gaping, horrific wounds. They're gonna have to have INDEPENDENT verification of their actions that the medal was awarded for, because the republicks have taught me that regardless of the bravery shown in battle, people can write up their own reports and DEMAND to receive whate ever medal they fucking feel like gettin'. I sure wish there was HONOR in the HONOR System the repbulicks use.


/madness
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Kingshakabobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 05:45 PM
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16. That's a great idea.
Police veterans for truth.

Iraq war veterans for truth.

Iraqi police veterans for truth.

Start a smear campaign against these a-holes.
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Beetwasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 01:41 PM
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14. Remember Yossarian in Catch 22?
That should tell you all you need to know.
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 01:58 PM
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15. A better name would be Medal of Loyalty.
With king george, it's all about loyalty.
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n2mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 06:19 PM
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17. Freedom medals
The medals were given for them to keep their mouths shut.
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