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Riprorin

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Originally posted by: nutxo
Originally posted by: totalcommand
Originally posted by: nutxo
Originally posted by: totalcommand
Originally posted by: Riprorin
Originally posted by: totalcommand
Originally posted by: Riprorin
Originally posted by: totalcommand
Originally posted by: Riprorin
Originally posted by: totalcommand
Originally posted by: Riprorin
Honoring our Troops and Veterans Video

Thank you for your great service to our country.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

God Bless our Troops and God Bless America this Memorial Day.


Dammit, man. For once I thought you had actually posted something that everyone can get behind. Then I clicked the link.

How in God's name can you turn something like this into partisan BS???? Shame on you.

The video is partisan?


stop being so disingenuous. you know it is partisan. this day has nothing to do with george bush. shame on you.

Can you please point out where I said anything about George Bush in this thread?

Have you seen the video? stop being so disingenuous.

Of course. So why do you find this video tribute to our troops on Memorial Day so objectionable?

Why do you find a partisan video the only way to honor our troops? stop being so disingenuous, you know exactly what i'm talking about. the video was a photo op for president bush. you could have just posted something nice, without a link to either party.

do you actually have any value for what our Veterans have done, or are they just a tool for your partisan agenda?


edit: you probably don't even know that yesterday or today (Friday or Saturday) is not Memorial Day. It's Monday.


I can't seem to find any tributes done by anyone else. maybe you can link to one please?

I will not, because they have all been partisan photo shoots. This is something only Riprorin enjoys.

Looks to me like the people who have issues with there being only partisan tributes need to get busy and make something non partisan or step. ( wow, runaway sentence :p )

Yup, anyone should feel free to link any video tributes they like here.
 

conjur

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And from our Propagandist-in-Chief today:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050530/ts_nm/bush_memorial_dc_3
"The war on terror has brought great costs," Bush said after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, which contains the remains of unidentified U.S. troops from conflicts going back to World War One. Shortly before he spoke, an Iraqi aircraft crashed northeast of Baghdad with four Air Force personnel on board.

"For those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and Iraq, today is a day of last letters and fresh tears," he said. "Because of the sacrifices of our men and women in uniform, two terror regimes are gone forever, freedom is on the march and America is more secure."
Fvcking BULLSH*T! America more secure? HOW? Just how in the hell are we safer here now? If I was in the audience I would have shouted "LIAR" from the top of my lungs.

Karma's a bitch and the Propagandist is going to get hit hard one day.
 

Riprorin

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Originally posted by: conjur
And from our Propagandist-in-Chief today:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050530/ts_nm/bush_memorial_dc_3
"The war on terror has brought great costs," Bush said after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, which contains the remains of unidentified U.S. troops from conflicts going back to World War One. Shortly before he spoke, an Iraqi aircraft crashed northeast of Baghdad with four Air Force personnel on board.

"For those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and Iraq, today is a day of last letters and fresh tears," he said. "Because of the sacrifices of our men and women in uniform, two terror regimes are gone forever, freedom is on the march and America is more secure."
Fvcking BULLSH*T! America more secure? HOW? Just how in the hell are we safer here now? If I was in the audience I would have shouted "LIAR" from the top of my lungs.

Karma's a bitch and the Propagandist is going to get hit hard one day.

Are you threatening the president of the United States?
 

conjur

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Yeah...I control all of the karma in the world.


Are you ready, Rip? You're going to get a little taste in 3...2...1.....
 

Riprorin

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What Constitutes a "Threat?"

According to this law -- 18 USC Sec. 871 -- which reads, in part:

"...Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits for conveyance in the mail or for a delivery from any post office or by any letter carrier any letter, paper, writing, print, missive, or document containing any threat to take the life of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States, the President-elect, the Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President of the United States, or the Vice President-elect, or knowingly and willfully otherwise makes any such threat against the President, President-elect, Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President, or Vice President-elect, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both."

I'd be careful there, bub.

I hope for your sake the FBI is monitoring this site.
 

conjur

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Originally posted by: Riprorin
What Constitutes a "Threat?"

According to this law -- 18 USC Sec. 871 -- which reads, in part:

"...Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits for conveyance in the mail or for a delivery from any post office or by any letter carrier any letter, paper, writing, print, missive, or document containing any threat to take the life of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States, the President-elect, the Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President of the United States, or the Vice President-elect, or knowingly and willfully otherwise makes any such threat against the President, President-elect, Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President, or Vice President-elect, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both."

I'd be careful there, bub.

I hope for your sake the FBI is monitoring this site.
I better be careful not to print this thread out and put it in an envelope and deposit said envelope in a mail conveyance device.



Oh wait....



DOH!
 

Riprorin

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Every year, the Secret Service investigates over 1,500 reported or discovered threats against the President. While most people who threaten the President are just venting, even joking, all reported threats are taken very seriously and those who make them are in for, at least, a tough time.


Threat or Criticism
Where is the line drawn? When does a critical remark become a threat? On one extreme is the off-hand comment, the letter to a friend, the email to a co-worker, or message posted in a newsgroup. On the other, the twisted psychotic plot. Clearly, the circumstances of delivery make a great deal of difference. A "letter to the editor", or speech intelligently attacking the President's every action and policy is our right and should never be construed as a physical threat. Screaming obscenities in the President's face, sending threatening mail to the White House, or publicly stating a desire to see the President harmed are not only acts of shameful disrespect, they should always be considered threats under the law.

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