Check out the Peacekeepers! (pic)

[donco6]

Just in time for Veteran's day. I was particularly impressed with the "peacekeeping" accessories!

Don't get me wrong - I appreciate those of you who are veterans, I know we need a military, etc. etc. But do we really need this doublespeak? I find it appalling.

[NV Whino]

1. Good God!

[C_U_L8R]

2. holy crap !

is this for real ? like a real toy?

[donco6]

13. Straight out of JCPenney.

Page 426 of the Christmas catalog.

[C_U_L8R]

32. Ohmigod

You're right :-0
They say it's for ages 3 and up.
Are they friggin nuts ????? !!!!
Since when do you give a 3 year old
a flamethrower and anti-personnel mines ???!!!

First we have to combat the idiocy of
Intelligent Design... now we have this crap.
What a world !

[donco6]

42. All those tiny pieces - regardless of what they represent.

I can't imagine giving this to the three year old - for multiple reasons.

[C_U_L8R]

45. Is that a landmine???

Yeah.. wrong on so many levels.

I cc'd this over to the news nets... with a big rant.
JC Penney should be publicly shamed
for such stupidness

[kahleefornia]

3. that's horrible!!

Please tell me that's a joke!

No, ok, that has to be a joke. I totally fell for it until I started counting the guns.

...it *is* a joke, right?

[kahleefornia]

12. it's real!!!

I googled it! aaaaagghhhh!!!

[mzmolly]

4. I see this comes complete with Depleted Uranium.

:eyes: I wonder if they'll develop Gulf War Syndrome dolls?

[NanceGreggs]

17. OMG!

:rofl:

[bloom]

31. yeah

maybe it should include babies with birth defects...



good grief. age 3 and up.

[mzmolly]

33. Ah, yes. That might be prudent.

My goodness, ey?

[chknltl]

60. Thank you so much for that mzmolly

I have gotten so little rise out of folks here in the big DU over DU, (Depleted Uranium). I managed to put together a thread which wound up on the greatest page for 2 days many months ago but since then yours is the only mention of this WMD that I have seen! Have you gotten the Beyond Treason DVD yet? Click on my link below, it is current as of 4 July '05 and free to all veterans, (18$ otherwise but worth 1000 times this if it help keeps someone near and dear to you from exposure).
www.beyondtreason.com
:patriot:

[mzmolly]

76. I've been concerned about DU for sometime, and it's frustrating that even

Dems poo-poo the dangers.

Thanks for the tip, my Dad is a vet - I'll pass on the info and ask him to share the DVD with the family.

:hi:

[chknltl]

77. PLEASE, get it, watch it.

It is long and dry, pretty much a boring viewing BUT the facts are all there nice and tidy. Beyond Treason is IMO the single most important documentary about shit that happened in the gulf period. Depleted Uranium weapons have poisoned that area making it absolutely unfit for human habitation for the next 4.5 BILLION years but that is only 1 of 3 horrors which are documented on that DVD.

The ramifications of Executive Order 13139 signed By President Clinton is explored here too. (Google it then surf through some of the Non-Government stuff about it) In essence Rumsfeld and others are profiting every time a soldier gets a shot in the arm prior to going over to the gulf. Some of those shots are experimental drugs, as of yet untested and some are downright deadly over time.

Another thing on the DVD is the truth about the WMD that WE and others sold Saddam. There is video and testimonials about bunkers the size of the Houston Astrodome FILLED with this stuff. We secretly blew those things up in place thereby removing the incriminating evidence and POISONING everything for hundreds of miles downwind of those bunkers, to include OUR TROOPS.

I realize that I sound a bit frantic on this topic....I chose my name chknltl, (Chicken-Little) because I must spread these words. In the Disney movie Chicken Little was right, the sky did fall. I wish that I was not right. PLEASE get the DVD

[leeroysphitz]

5. Are those White Phospherous rounds next to that mortar? n/t

[Rick Myers]

9. Praise Bob!!!

And welcome to DU!!!

[tatertop]

6. yes, that is apalling

[SoFlaJet]

7. where can I..

get that?Perfect gift for an Iraq soldier I know

[donco6]

14. JCPenney.com - I found it in their catalog.

I had to look at it twice. It just didn't register at first.

[SoFlaJet]

59. I know it's politically incorrect and all but.......

that's the kind of stuff I used ti love when I was a kid playing army in the woods with kids from the block.Oh wait-it's a 12 inch soldier-I was never a GI Joe guy-they seemed too much like dolls

[donco6]

66. I had army men, too.

But you know, we just called them army men. The thought of calling them "peacekeepers" would have left us scratching our heads.

[Rick Myers]

8. Damn!!!

All they left out was the 'hajii' casualties!!! This is really getting to be a SICK country!!!

WTF is the garbage can for???

The two small rectangles in the middle with pointy things coming out of them are CLAYMORE anti-personnel mines!!!

[frylock]

15. enemy combatants sold seperately

[mzmolly]

34. You mean, "Rag-heads" sold seperately.

Look at them terrorists!

[BuyingThyme]

10. Ten bucks says Urban Terri is made in China.

[MinneapolisMatt]

46. It is!

It is made in China! (Not that I'm shocked...)

[politicaholic]

11. Holy crap!...24.95?

look at all of those accessories!

[ktowntennesseedem]

28. Yeah, I just paid $34.95 for mine!

Wouldn't you know it, they'd put it on sale right after I buy it!?!?

Happens to me every time!!!!

:evilgrin:

[donco6]

29. I hate stepping on that tiny stabby knife.

OUCH!

[geekgrrl]

16. link- sold at JC Penny

here's another one. these have been out for a few years now- I remember seeing them before.

http://www4.jcpenney.com/jcp/Products.aspx?GrpTyp=PRD&ItemID=0a53627&RefPage=Products&StoreRegNo=&catalog_base=&firstpage=&cmOrigID=0D08935&cmPosID=1

[spindrifter]

24. Suggests it's time for a boycott. eom

[Solly Mack]

18. Sort of looks like a TA 50 layout at my house

but I can do without this as a child's "toy"

[kahleefornia]

19. Ooh! I hope they have

a WMD set. It could just be an empty box!! How profitable.

[deutsey]

20. Flag-draped coffin sold separately

:evilfrown:

[Der Blaue Engel]

21. Peacekeepers, indeed

Somebody must be keeping it safely locked away in a box somewhere, because I haven't seen it in a couple of years.

[Marr]

22. Ah, the tools of peace.

:P

[HysteryDiagnosis]

23. Hmmmm, no dogs to sic on the prisoners.... maybe the next

version will have dogs.... I like dogs.... the dogs of war, I don't like.

PINK FLOYD LYRICS

"The Dogs Of War"

Dogs of war and men of hate
With no cause, we don't discriminate
Discovery is to be disowned
Our currency is flesh and bone
Hell opened up and put on sale
Gather 'round and haggle
For hard cash, we will lie and deceive
Even our masters don't know the web we weave
One world, it's a battleground
One world, and we will smash it down
One world ... One world
Invisible transfers, long distance calls,
Hollow laughter in marble halls
Steps have been taken, a silent uproar
Has unleashed the dogs of war
You can't stop what has begun
Signed, sealed, they deliver oblivion
We all have a dark side, to say the least
And dealing in death is the nature of the beast
One world, it's a battleground
One world, and we will smash it down
One world ... One world
The dogs of war don't negotiate
The dogs of war won't capitulate,
They will take and you will give,
And you must die so that they may live
You can knock at any door,
But wherever you go, you know they've been there before
Well winners can lose and things can get strained
But whatever you change, you know the dogs remain.
One world, it's a battleground
One world, and we will smash it down
One world ... One world

[meisje]

25. Free Burial Flag when you order two!!!!

Grieving mother and child is extra

[mzmolly]

36. Oh my.

:yoiks:

[oneold1-4u]

26. MREs!

Wonder if they are real tiny snacks? ROFLMAO

[niallmac]

27. What are you supposed to put in the little toy trash can?

Hopes and dreams?

[fiveleafclover]

30. I think that's Oscar the Grouch

I could be wrong though.

[Robert Cooper]

64. "Peace-breakers" (some dis-assembly required) nt

[shadowknows69]

35. Funny

I don't see one implement of peace in that ad

[mzmolly]

37. This deserves a recommendation.

The perversion is undeniable.

[donco6]

44. Thanks!

:hi:

[Ilsa]

38. Did any "Willy Pete" come with it? Or was that the soldier's name? eom

[Ilsa]

39. They forgot to include the prosthetic limbs for this "peacekeeper". eom

[Wilms]

40. Ouch. This needs some recommendin'. n/t

[Ilsa]

41. I wonder if Saturday Night Live would be interested in this one? eom

[donco6]

43. It almost sounds like a SNL skit!

From back in the Dan Ackroyd days.

[Jara sang]

47. Woohoo! I loves me some claymores!

[Straight Shooter]

48. A white male soldier with a classic physique. How original.

:eyes:

[Marie26]

49. Training our future troops

If we're going to be in Iraq another 10 years, I guess they figure the time to start training these troops is now. By the time they turn 18, they'll already be skilled in urban combat!

[Chan790]

61. I had a friend in college whose aunt owned a PR firm

The army tried to contract her to market new weapons and vehicles as cool with an ideal target audience of...wait for it...


11 year old boys.

Army marketing is targeted to 11-year-old boys so that they'll grow up wanting to be soldiers and wanting to "play with the neat new guns". The idea is that if they wait until they're old enough to enlist to start targeting them...they've already lost them. I guess they learned that trick from the tobacco industry.

[Hissyspit]

50. I want 50 of them. I already have an art installation in mind...

But I'll also need 50 of their White Phosphorus Insurgent Corpse figures to go with them.

Not that I would give J.C. Penney that much of my money.

[Autonomy]

51. Who needs all those toys!

I'm getting Johnny a real AK-47 for Christmas! And when he turns 7, it's time for a grenade launcher! Nothing says family like weapons of death and destruction. :)

edit: ok, i lied. i don't have any kids yet, but if i did, i could get back at my parents for never buying me that BB gun when i was a kid. ;(

[Jim Sagle]

52. So where's the Lynddie England action figure?

[obxhead]

53. Amazing. Simply amazing

and just think, you could probably buy one now and get at least a 1000% return to help a grand-baby with college.
Provided it was still "new in box."

[dutchdemocrat]

54. Here's another version of it...

Note: Made in China.

http://www4.jcpenney.com/jcp/Products.aspx?DeptID=446&CatID=4141&CatTyp=AGE&ItemTyp=G&GrpTyp=PRD&ItemID=0d08935&ProdSeq=2&ProdCount=10&Cat=figures&Dep=toys&RefPage=SearchProducts&ShowMenu=T&ShopBy=0&SearchString=toys&FromBanner=N&S4DeptID=446&S4CatID=33365&S4PageSize=30&S4Tab=categoryon&S2HighLight=False&S4Fil=1&PCat=action+figures&PCatID=32393&S4PCatID=32393

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[hootinholler]

56. Just make sure you're not trying to pwn some redneck

Democratic ass too.


-Hoot

[Robert Cooper]

74. "Ages 3 and up" ????

My son is 3 1/2! No damn way!!

[hootinholler]

57. Next week is a special on Malibu Barbie...

Fucking for Virginity set.

-Hoot

[DS1]

58. Use the toy on the left and SHITCAN this whole thing!

Some of the weapons are forREEIIGNN!!

and the grenades are out of scALLLLEEE!

and I don't want anything to do with that tiny belt of Mk19 GreaNNAAADES!

and cases of MREs are never lugged by haaaAAANNN@

I'm a



GOD WarrrRIOORRR!!

[Robert Cooper]

62. Enlistment starts early, I see

get them playing with 'toys' while they're young and they'll enjoy playing with the big boy 'toys' when they're older.

However, they seem to have forgotten a few things: waterboard with bucket, electrodes for genitals, vicious attack dog and female 12" figure with smile and thumbs up.

"Peacekeeper"? "Death-dealer" more like it.

(Edit: typo)

[seafey]

63. Interesting the "hero" is a white male

Thanks for posting this. Capitalism is really helping itself along with this product.

[bluedawg12]

65. For another $9.95 you can get a 15 piece neo-con

think tank kit.

It comes with inflammatory speeches.

Radicalrightwing propaganda magazine.

Faux TV neo con news analyst.

A, "how to build your own world domination instruction booklet".

And live, inaction, figurines of Bill Krystakcon, Perlecon, Rummycon,
Wolfiecon...and more! These figurines are gaurnateed never to go to the front lines!

The entire set is encased in a small carrying case- called, The Think Tank.

....batteries for torture not included.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

67. Ooooo! A P-90 WITH a silencer.............

claymores and a mortar! I must have this.

[donco6]

68. All in the name of peace, I'm sure. eom

[CrownPrinceBandar]

69. Oh yes.....

It will be my arsenal of peace, of course. Because nothing says peace like a fully-articulated action figure with a locked-and-loaded M14.

[donco6]

70. Just the term "arsenal of peace" made me snicker! eom

[LWolf]

71. Doublespeak rules the U.S. these days,

becoming more transparent and accepted all the time. :eyes:

We had a nice activity at my "new" school; kids invited veterans from their families and communities to school, served apple pie and sat and chatted with them for awhile. Then the veterans formally introduced themselves and talked to the whole group about their service. There was an interesting variety of vets in attendance: men and women, peacetime vets and war vets, world war II to viet nam, a swift boat vet who claimed to have met Kerry in 'nam, coast guard, navy, marines, airforce. Interestingly, no army. One of the recurring themes in what they had to share was that they took pride in service, and that some of the service they were proudest of were non-combat humanitarian missions.

None of them claimed to be "peacekeepers," and none of the stories were about weapons or combat, although I'm sure they have some of those to share off school grounds.

[The Stranger]

72. Where's the prison torture equipment?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

73. and Orwell rolls over in his grave... again.

hell. probably spinning in his grave at this point.


Kicked and Recommended

[AnnieBW]

75. I Prefer THESE Peacekeepers