dickfreckle: I'm taking the under on this man's penis size.

...but once someone tags him under the Stolen Valor Act, I think the size of his cornhole is what's going to matter in PMITA prison...

[puzzled][confused]

Who is this guy, and why is he on my fark?

[/confused][/puzzled]

/Stolen Valor Act ruled unconstithtutional.
//Ruh-roh.

Broktun: [puzzled][confused]

Who is this guy, and why is he on my fark?

[/confused][/puzzled]

Yeah, what's the deal. Why should we care? Let the guys at the local VFW administer a little street justice on his ass.

Ok, but how many Corellia Commendations does he have?

Broktun: [puzzled][confused]

Who is this guy, and why is he on my fark?

[/confused][/puzzled]

Oh. . .Reality Show Contestant (RSC)

In before Marine Core Soldier

But but, reality tv is fake, right?

Sgt Otter: The Combat Infantryman's Badge (CIB) is also strictly awarded to soldiers who are either Infantry or Special Forces who have been in direct combat with the enemy. Medics get Combat Medical Badges (CMB), and everybody else gets a Combat Action Badge (CAB). As a Supply specialist, he would have earned a CAB, if he had actually gotten into a firefight with the enemy (not just deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq and stayed on the base).

There's no "I was assigned to an infantry battalion, so they gave me a CIB" rule, either.

They do give out CABs for fobbits, or at least they used to. I've got one myself. They were awarded in a blanket memo for our entire battalion. I guess being in the general vicinity of at least one mortar round at some point throughout the course of a deployment qualifies.

When I worked in a congressional office we had a woman call and request her recently deceased husbands army medals. Long story short, I had to tell a widow her husband was a liar with no military record. Best day ever

HotIgneous Intruder
/Stolen Valor Act ruled unconstithtutional.

From your own cite:
On January 27, 2012, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals overruled the district court and reinstated the charges against Strandlof.

/ruled Constitutional again
//overruled

The CIB is important. This guy had over 90 decorations and it was the dearest award of his. Even more important than the two Distinguished Service Crosses and TEN Silver Stars.
/close friend of my dad's from Vietnam

OldManDownDRoad: Broktun: [puzzled][confused]

Who is this guy, and why is he on my fark?

[/confused][/puzzled]

Yeah, what's the deal. Why should we care? Let the guys at the local VFW administer a little street justice on his ass.

Not that I don't care about the military record lies, just hadn't heard the story, and the linked article didn't provide any details about AGT.

No offense intended.

I think the one thing that all branches of the military can agree on is that there are a high percentage of D-bags assigned to supply departments.

To The Escape Zeppelin!: When I worked in a congressional office we had a woman call and request her recently deceased husbands army medals. Long story short, I had to tell a widow her husband was a liar with no military record. Best day ever

You must have a shiatty life.

HotIgneous Intruder: Stolen Valor Act ruled unconstithtutional

From the article that YOU linked:

"On January 27, 2012, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals overruled the district court and reinstated the charges against Strandlof. Two judges on the three-judge panel held that false statements are not worthy of constitutional protection. In dissent, Judge Jerome Holmes wrote that the majority was reading language into the act to justify upholding it"

Could this just be and elaborate Poe?

Sabyen91: To The Escape Zeppelin!: When I worked in a congressional office we had a woman call and request her recently deceased husbands army medals. Long story short, I had to tell a widow her husband was a liar with no military record. Best day ever

You must have a shiatty life.

I was being sarcastic. It was horrible. I quit because I ended up having to give people terrible news all the time.

To The Escape Zeppelin!: Sabyen91: To The Escape Zeppelin!: When I worked in a congressional office we had a woman call and request her recently deceased husbands army medals. Long story short, I had to tell a widow her husband was a liar with no military record. Best day ever

You must have a shiatty life.

I was being sarcastic. It was horrible. I quit because I ended up having to give people terrible news all the time.

Ahh, sorry about the broken detector. Yeah, that had to suck blowing up people's views of their beloved deceased.

Broktun: OldManDownDRoad: Broktun: [puzzled][confused]

Who is this guy, and why is he on my fark?

[/confused][/puzzled]

Yeah, what's the deal. Why should we care? Let the guys at the local VFW administer a little street justice on his ass.

Not that I don't care about the military record lies, just hadn't heard the story, and the linked article didn't provide any details about AGT.

No offense intended.

Nah, I was agreeing with you - the guy's a lying douchebag, but there are a lot of those around (Congress, for instance) so why should we care about this particular lying douchebag?

Article writer needs to learn a little something about including background.

Stolen Valor cases are weird. You see the morons like Poe, who decided to boost his resume so he'd have an advantage on a freaking talent show, but you also have the sort that will pretend they're practically the reincarnation of Chesty Puller.

Then, you find out about the crazy ones - like a guy who actually did have a Silver Star and a Bronze Star, but who told people he had a number of fairly minor awards along with them. Awards that nobody outside of the military would even recognize, and were trivial after the two "big" medals.

The ones who claim to have the Congressional Medal of Honor are the worst. Not only is it an even bigger slap in the face, it's also the one that's most easily confirmed. If the guy you're talking to is under 50 years old, there's only three guys it could possibly be... and none of the three were from the Iraq war.

/four medals
//Good Conduct Medal was the top one
///wimp

Adm. Boorda approves

phimuskapsi: HotIgneous Intruder: Stolen Valor Act ruled unconstithtutional

From the article that YOU linked:

"On January 27, 2012, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals overruled the district court and reinstated the charges against Strandlof. Two judges on the three-judge panel held that false statements are not worthy of constitutional protection. In dissent, Judge Jerome Holmes wrote that the majority was reading language into the act to justify upholding it"

Oh YES, you can READ.
Your citation and decoration are in the mail.

It takes a special kind of retard to lie about military honors/accomplishments. I don't understand what motivates people to do that, aside from greed. Other than getting a free beer or two the next time you hit a bar, what can you really gain from saying, "Oh yeah, I have four Purple Hearts. Yeah, took a wound in ________. I guess I'm just lucky."

Although thanks to the comments underneath the article, I have a new phrase to use to describe the trolls that populate Fark: "fetid sack of oozing dick drippings."

Sounds like club business to me.

/Time to pull his cut.
//What would Jax Teller do? (WWJTD)

beantowndog:
Just remember that next time some random douche tells you that Stolen Valor is harmless lies that don't hurt anyone.

Just remember that they're right?

Not really.

One of the interesting things you run into when you read up on the various "real" Stolen Valor cases is that the people who get caught are mostly using their faked military records to pull off other scams. Very few are the "innocent braggart" types - almost all of the ones who get prosecuted are in the middle of some other crime when they get nabbed.

It's funny, though: the folks who see no problem with someone lying about their military record are almost always the same folks who hate the military in the first place. That's why so many of the "big" Stolen Valor cases involve groups like VVAW or IVAW. They use the fake "veteran" to spout anti-military propaganda, but then pretend it's no big deal when their guys get caught.

HotIgneous Intruder:

Oh YES, you can READ.

So you admit that you knew you weren't being honest about the case?

Either that, or admit that you can't read...

cirby: beantowndog:
Just remember that next time some random douche tells you that Stolen Valor is harmless lies that don't hurt anyone.

Just remember that they're right?

Not really.

One of the interesting things you run into when you read up on the various "real" Stolen Valor cases is that the people who get caught are mostly using their faked military records to pull off other scams. Very few are the "innocent braggart" types - almost all of the ones who get prosecuted are in the middle of some other crime when they get nabbed.

It's funny, though: the folks who see no problem with someone lying about their military record are almost always the same folks who hate the military in the first place. That's why so many of the "big" Stolen Valor cases involve groups like VVAW or IVAW. They use the fake "veteran" to spout anti-military propaganda, but then pretend it's no big deal when their guys get caught.

If only they'd pick up the guys on the street corner that hold signs like: Vet, Marine Vet, Vietnam Vet, Etc. Etc. Might make driving home more pleasant. ha! Nice post! Thanks!

cirby: HotIgneous Intruder:

Oh YES, you can READ.

So you admit that you knew you weren't being honest about the case?

Either that, or admit that you can't read...

Oh, we got us an internet tough guy here.

/Actually, I didn't read far enough.
//But it's still bullshiat. Why should the law have to deal with something military vets should be able to deal with themselves, off the record.
///Time to pull his cut, no problem, no muss, no fuss.

And why the fark is this in the entertainment tab?

Why are you army guys so sensitive about some guy BSing his resume? When you wrote that you were Manager of McDonalds when in fact you were Assistant Manager-Is that not the same thing?

HotIgneous Intruder:
Oh, we got us an internet tough guy here.

/Actually, I didn't read far enough.

Well, once you admit you were being an internet tough guy, that's half the battle right there.

//But it's still bullshiat. Why should the law have to deal with something military vets should be able to deal with themselves, off the record.

You were doing so well, but you're backsliding already?

It's called "rule of law." Lynch mobs, while entertaining for people with a certain broken mindset, are not legal.

You know, like pretending you're a veteran when you're not.

HotIgneous Intruder: And why the fark is this in the entertainment tab?

Y'know those tear jerking, heart warming backstories on the reality talent shows?

Apparently this is the only one that is total bullsh*t.