Apparently some village is again putting out an APB for their idiots, because the Navy has been sued, and told by a judge to stop using their sonar equipment. What is the judge going to do if the Navy does not comply? Take away the keys to their boat?
Next these guys should sue over the use of RADAR at airports, because you know, it might confuse the birds or something.
I was having lunch at Skyline today when a lone marine walked in. We were just finishing our lunch, so as I paid, I asked our waitress to give me his check. I debated about saying something to him that I appreciated his service to his country, but instead I just paid the bill. I think sometimes that speaks louder than pointing myself out to him as the guy who bought him lunch. Really, it was the least I could do.
So Target seems to have a(nother) PR nightmare on their hands. After kicking two US Marines out of their store for what one hyper-sensitive manager assumed *might* be “recruiting”, Target starts quoting their anti-solicitation policy — instead of doing what they should have done — apologize and promise that the manager who should have used his brain before opening his mouth would be disciplined. That would have been the end of the story.
Target was getting ready to come off my “don’t shop, don’t buy there” list after kicking out the Salvation Army and refusing to acknowledge that we put up Christmas trees in this country, not Holiday trees. After this, no way. Target’s response to the media story was to spin like an out-of-control tumbleweed and pretend they are either ignorant of the situation or didn’t do anything wrong.
The only way this non-sense will stop is if we vote with our wallets and shop somewhere else. Even if it does cost an extra $1 or 5 minutes of our time.
So MA Senator John Kerry came out a couple of days ago and tried to make a point about his disagreement over our current policy in Iraq. What was meant to be lame joke about the President of the United States came across as an insult to the intelligence of our men and women in uniform. From an AP story: Two days ago, Kerry stirred controversy when he told a group of California students that individuals who don’t study hard and do their homework would likely “get stuck in Iraq.” Aides said the senator had mistakenly dropped one word from his prepared remarks, which was originally written to say “you end up getting us stuck in a war in Iraq.” In that context, they said, it was clear Kerry was referring to Bush, not to the troops.
The point is that I had to laugh when I saw the following on TV tonight. At first, I really was scratching my head wondering why these people with this banner spelled the senator’s name wrong. Then it dawned on me. I would be pretty ticked if someone called me dumb or suggested I was uneducated because I’d joined the military. Instead, these guys used irony to make their point. No dummy would have come up with something this funny in light of the senator’s remarks:
