Hey, bush, you know what's REALLY disrespecful to soldiers?

[Redstone]

Shipping them off to fucking Iraq to die for nothing.

Redstone

[I Have A Dream]

1. I've got to recommend this one. n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

2. Meeee tooooo!

K&R

:kick:

[bonito]

3. Greedy lying thieves that have no respect or dignity for LIFE.

[Kajsa]

4. Count me in!

K&R!

Redstone, you rock!

:yourock: :kick:

[Octafish]

5. Brilliant.

Excellent choice of words, Redstone.

Wish you were his speechwriter.

[understandinglife]

6. Exactly. Recommended.

Never Forget: George W. Bush willfully violated National Security to cover-up his willful launch of a war of aggression and illegal occupation of Iraq.... and, if you doubt it, just check 'the google' ...

[indepat]

7. In republiCON eyes, $6-$10 trillion in oil revenues mostly inuring to four big oil

companies is not nothing: besides, Amurikans will have the privilege of buying gasoline at grossly inflated/rigged prices to keep their monster SUVs humming.

[bdamomma]

8. and Bush not going to one US soldier's funeral, that is disrespectful

Bush better just hang up his poms poms it's over.

[Major Hogwash]

9. Well said, Redstone.

And in years to come, they will say we should have stayed longer, too.

[Redstone]

12. Like Kerry said, HALF of the names on the Viet Nam wall are dated AFTER

the government KNEW we were fucked over there.

Redstone

[Unbowed]

10. Amen!

[Lisa]

11. and then adding insult to injury

... by showing up to pose with an inedible turkey, when they needed body armor and other vital equipment.

[NanceGreggs]

13. The perfect answer to today's (ridiculous) debate ...

... in twenty-five words or less.

YA GOTTA LOVE THAT - and you've got to K & R it, as well!

[DemReadingDU]

14. to die for NOTHING

except for the political & monetary gain for Bush & Cheney

Soooo disrespectful

[The_Mule]

15. Glad to recommend this one

Exactly to the point, Redstone.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

16. yes, it is.

[TheBaldyMan]

17. you forgot nicknaming troops "fodder units", IMO that is criminally disrespectful

Jeb and Dubya Bush jokingly use that term. A similar term OFU was coined by their father, it stands for 'One Fodder Unit' a jocular term for a member of the US armed services.

:sarcasm:
Those Bush family members have a great sense of humour and lots of repect for the troops.

[Straight Shooter]

19. Do you have a link to an article which covers that issue?

Even if it's part of the military jargon, soldiers are entitled to their own self-deprecating humor. Outsiders are not.

That's interesting. I've never heard that term before.

[TheBaldyMan]

20. I dont know if the article is still up on the net ...

OFU = "One Fodder Unit." Attributed to George H. W. Bush Sr., by Al Martin in his article: "The Ambassador Wilson Affair: The End of Karl Rove -- And George Bush?" Published September 2, 2003, http://www.almartinraw.com/

I have seen it attributed to Jeb and Dubya elsewhere by Michael Moore and Geg Palast but these were secondary sources.

This is not normal servicemans' gallows humour, it is the kind of snooty frat-boy humour laughing at the plebs for being too dumb or not rich enough to duck service.

on edit: original article by Martin reproduced by Richmond IM article

[Straight Shooter]

21. Normal serviceman's gallows humor.

No wonder I've never heard it. Lots of military in my family.

Thanks for checking on this. I'll do a bit of research. Honestly, I don't think knowing about this would make a difference to the American public, though. :(

[TheBaldyMan]

22. here's a link to a shockwave flash animation that mentions it as well

apparently GHW Bush coined the term originally for a US tax-payer as 'One Fodder Unit' like a lot of cattle in a stall. Then he used the term 'lots of fodder units' to refer to dead servicemens' caskets being returned to airport in the US. Jeb and Dubya may have picked up on that usage.
Take Back the Media - Murder by Numbers

It's an excellent animation but it will probably shove your blood pressure up above safe levels

[Straight Shooter]

24. Thanks.

And thanks for the warning. My BP has been a rollercoaster for the last 6 years anyway, I'll risk it.

:hi:

Edit to add: Just watched it. I wasn't aware of Reagan and Clinton attending all those services. WTF is wrong with bush?

Don't answer that. You'll be up all night penning a post.

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. K& R!

[Imagevision]

23. Bush woulld say, "it's not for nothing, it's for the precious oil!!

[uppityperson]

25. exactly Redstone, exactly.

[Megahurtz]

26. Exactly. n/t