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RE: Here's an asshat that really knows how to disrespect the military and veterans
October 12, 2017 at 8:45 pm
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Quote:Yeah! Damn that guy! Well, at least he didn't take a knee.
No instead he blabbed over Retreat . Taking a knee is at least respectful.
And he didn't even do with good intent
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RE: Here's an asshat that really knows how to disrespect the military and veterans
October 12, 2017 at 9:21 pm
(October 12, 2017 at 7:28 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: (October 12, 2017 at 4:52 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/trump-d...ntroversy/
It bothered me when Fox News lost their fucking mind about Obama's coffee salute, so I won't get outraged over Trump's clear ignorance of military tradition. If he does it again, I think there's an issue.
I think stories like this, (and RawStory in general) detract from real stories of Trump's ineptitude.
Excellent point. You've got to prioritize with this guy. Information overload otherwise and everyone becomes immune to the shock value.
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RE: Here's an asshat that really knows how to disrespect the military and veterans
October 12, 2017 at 10:45 pm
A hard enough kick to put his nuggets in low earth orbit would be enough of a lesson, mayhap.
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RE: Here's an asshat that really knows how to disrespect the military and veterans
October 12, 2017 at 10:45 pm
(October 12, 2017 at 4:52 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/trump-d...ntroversy/
Quote:But on Wednesday night, the president talked through the “Retreat” bugle, a military tradition that serves to honor soldiers and veterans.
The president was speaking to one of his strongest supporters in the American media, Fox News’ Sean Hannity, at the Air National Guard in Middletown, Pennsylvania.
Mid-interview the “Retreat’ anthem started to play, and while others have stopped in their tracks to salute, stand to attention or pay their respects for the bugle, Trump sat with Hannity and continued to speak throughout it.
"What a nice sound that is," Trump said. "Are they playing that for you or for me?"
"They're playing that in honor of his ratings,” he said, referring to Hannity. "He's beating everybody.”
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RE: Here's an asshat that really knows how to disrespect the military and veterans
October 13, 2017 at 1:12 am
(October 12, 2017 at 10:45 pm)Fireball Wrote: A hard enough kick to put his nuggets in low earth orbit would be enough of a lesson, mayhap.
Small as they are, escape velocity ought not be hard to reach.
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RE: Here's an asshat that really knows how to disrespect the military and veterans
October 13, 2017 at 5:08 am
BREAKING NEWS: Trump supporters are racists that don't really give a fuck about the flag they just want any excuse to crap on black people.
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RE: Here's an asshat that really knows how to disrespect the military and veterans
October 13, 2017 at 5:59 am
Trump probably thinks 'Taps' is music to which one tap dances.
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RE: Here's an asshat that really knows how to disrespect the military and veterans
October 13, 2017 at 7:19 am
Rudyard Kipling
Tommy
I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here."
The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I:
O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away";
But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play,
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
O it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play.
I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls,
But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls!
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside";
But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide,
The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide,
O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide.
Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap;
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.
Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?"
But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll,
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll.
We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too,
But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you;
An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints,
Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints;
While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, fall be'ind",
But it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind,
There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind,
O it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind.
You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all:
We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace.
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Tommy sees!
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RE: Here's an asshat that really knows how to disrespect the military and veterans
October 13, 2017 at 3:05 pm
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I'm having trouble getting the link to work, but have a look for 'Robin Wiiiams Retreat' on YouTube.
It's a sad goddam state of affairs when a stand-up comic has better instincts about how to comport himself than does the President of the United States.
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RE: Here's an asshat that really knows how to disrespect the military and veterans
October 13, 2017 at 3:10 pm
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Boru gets it, our president doesn't. Hell, Robin Williams gets it. How bout a Boru/Williams ticket in 2020 yall? Sometimes, I think we could use a dead and/or absent president. I know at least one trumpster that voted on exactly that theory.
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