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(Washington Times) Hero Latest outrageous covert action: Bush and Cheney have personally, privately written the families of every fallen US soldier. Click the number to the right for loud passionate claims that it doesn't count   (washingtontimes.com) divider line
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rodeofrog
2008-12-22 12:46:05 PM  
It doesn't count.
 
santadog
2008-12-22 12:47:10 PM  
For once they are doing something right.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2008-12-22 12:49:18 PM  

rodeofrog: It doesn't count.


Pavlov FTW!
 
BritneysSpeculum
2008-12-22 12:49:52 PM  
I'll believe it when I read it in a legitimate paper. A Moonie Times exclusive doesn't count.
 
NewportBarGuy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-12-22 12:51:14 PM  
That still does not excuse one of the biggest tactical blunders in modern warfare.


Not a Hero.. No farking way.
 
Dinki [recently expired TotalFark]
2008-12-22 12:52:01 PM  
Well if they wrote the letters PERSONALLY, I guess that makes it all OK then.

/Yes it is the right thing for them to do.
//it in NO WAY makes up for all the other evil things they have done.
 
Whamdangler
2008-12-22 12:53:27 PM  
That's not far from someone personally, privately writing to all the victims of their drunk-driving crashes.
 
Asa Phelps
2008-12-22 12:53:39 PM  
Too little, too late.
 
pixistick
2008-12-22 12:54:37 PM  
form letter counts?
 
rodeofrog
2008-12-22 12:55:53 PM  
comforter in chief.

The missus and I have one of those. It's made of goose down.
 
Mordant
2008-12-22 12:55:53 PM  
Would you rather have a family member still alive, or a letter ?

Assuming these thousands of letters even exist.
 
Asa Phelps
2008-12-22 12:58:56 PM  
I mean it's nice that he took the time to wright - but it would have been better if he'd taken the time to consider whether sending them to die in the desert was such a great idea in the first place.
 
EvilEgg [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-12-22 1:00:00 PM  
The man is a hero and you Dems don't realize it. No other president has done so much for our military, but you guys keep saying it's not enough.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2008-12-22 1:03:26 PM  

Asa Phelps: I mean it's nice that he took the time to wright - but it would have been better if he'd taken the time to consider whether sending them to die in the desert was such a great idea in the first place.


Shouldn't that be "dessert"?
 
I Said
2008-12-22 1:04:22 PM  

EvilEgg: The man is a hero and you Dems don't realize it. No other president has done so much for our military, but you guys keep saying it's not enough.


Well, he certainly has done a lot related to the military, thought I'm not sure the proper phrase is "for the military".
 
Shostie [TotalFark]
2008-12-22 1:04:56 PM  

NewportBarGuy: That still does not excuse one of the biggest tactical blunders in modern warfare.


I'd say second, probably, right after the debacle that was the Vietnam. You'd think we would've figured out some method of countering a guerrilla insurgency by now.
 
I Said
2008-12-22 1:05:00 PM  

You Can't Fix Stupid: Asa Phelps: I mean it's nice that he took the time to wright - but it would have been better if he'd taken the time to consider whether sending them to die in the desert was such a great idea in the first place.

Shouldn't that be "dessert"?


Is this a cleverly shrouded "rotsky"?
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2008-12-22 1:05:20 PM  

Whamdangler: That's not far from someone personally, privately writing to all the victims of their drunk-driving crashes.


Riiight. Because if Gore had been president on 9/11, he would have just sent al-Qaida a copy of "An Inconvenient Truth" and they all would have instantly surrendered -- no military action necessary.
 
Howie Spankowitz
2008-12-22 1:05:32 PM  
Well, that's about the least they can do. About the most they could have done would have been to avoid killing them in the first place. Or, failing that, they could have equipped them properly and had, you know, a competent strategy.

This is a nice gesture, though, I'm sure. I bet they feel better. Bush and Cheney, I mean.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2008-12-22 1:07:01 PM  

I Said: You Can't Fix Stupid: Asa Phelps: I mean it's nice that he took the time to wright - but it would have been better if he'd taken the time to consider whether sending them to die in the desert was such a great idea in the first place.

Shouldn't that be "dessert"?

Is this a cleverly shrouded "rotsky"?


Akshully, I'm knot sure why I rote that.
 
ToxicMunkee
2008-12-22 1:07:11 PM  

EvilEgg: The man is a hero and you Dems don't realize it. No other president has done so much for our military, but you guys keep saying it's not enough.


Like not raising pay, reducing benefits, and denying them body armor that would save their lives? Screw you.

/ex-military
//served during Gulf War
 
EvilEgg [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-12-22 1:07:23 PM  

You Can't Fix Stupid: Riiight. Because if Gore had been president on 9/11, he would have just sent al-Qaida a copy of "An Inconvenient Truth" and they all would have instantly surrendered -- no military action necessary.


I'll admit, your troll was better.
 
Howie Spankowitz
2008-12-22 1:08:44 PM  

You Can't Fix Stupid: Whamdangler: That's not far from someone personally, privately writing to all the victims of their drunk-driving crashes.

Riiight. Because if Gore had been president on 9/11, he would have just sent al-Qaida a copy of "An Inconvenient Truth" and they all would have instantly surrendered -- no military action necessary.


Yeah...your guys' failure is excused because of the fantasy you have in your head about how the guy who didn't win maybe might have possibly performed. You better adjust your helmet before you drown in your soup.
 
WaltzingMathilda
2008-12-22 1:08:56 PM  
I have lots of form letters and a neat little program that will insert names and addresses in appropriate places within the letter. All that is required is a little data entry from a minimum wage worker and my signature and I can personally write every member of Fark.

Obama did the same thing nearly everyday during the campaign. I got letters in teh mail that said "Dear Bryan" and signed "Barack Obama." Can you believe he took the time to write me personally!!!???!
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2008-12-22 1:13:35 PM  

EvilEgg: I'll admit, your troll was better.


What do I win?
 
bologna.town
2008-12-22 1:14:33 PM  
I find it hard to believe either of them know how to use mail merge.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2008-12-22 1:14:57 PM  

ToxicMunkee: enying them body armor


You mean the body armor that was in the appropriations bill from Bush that the Dems in the Senate killed?
 
ToxicMunkee
2008-12-22 1:15:40 PM  

You Can't Fix Stupid: ToxicMunkee: enying them body armor

You mean the body armor that was in the appropriations bill from Bush that the Dems in the Senate killed?


That Bush showed absolutely no interest in pushing through anyway?
 
OlafTheBent
2008-12-22 1:15:56 PM  
He should... he caused their deaths
 
FarkinNortherner
2008-12-22 1:16:24 PM  
Assuming this is true, why didn't the GOP Presidential campaign capitalise on it ?

/not sarcasm
 
Bukharin
2008-12-22 1:16:36 PM  
Yeah, if my kid died over there,
I'd be thrilled to receive some letter for a failed oil tycoon from New England.
 
Complicit
2008-12-22 1:17:40 PM  

Whamdangler: That's not far from someone personally, privately writing to all the victims of their drunk-driving crashes.


FTW
 
rodeofrog
2008-12-22 1:17:52 PM  

OlafTheBent: He should... he caused their deaths


They were condemned to die as soon as they were born into this world.
 
packrabid04
2008-12-22 1:18:00 PM  
Bush and Cheney have personally, privately written the families of every fallen US soldier.

Did it work or are the soldiers still dead?
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2008-12-22 1:19:30 PM  

FarkinNortherner: Assuming this is true, why didn't the GOP Presidential campaign capitalise on it ?


Because Bush isn't doing it for the cameras. RTFA
 
BritneysSpeculum
2008-12-22 1:20:55 PM  

You Can't Fix Stupid: You mean the body armor that was in the appropriations bill from Bush that the Dems in the Senate killed?


When did the Senate ever not approve a supplemental appropriations bill?
 
FarkinNortherner
2008-12-22 1:24:09 PM  

You Can't Fix Stupid: Because Bush isn't doing it for the cameras. RTFA


Bush might not be, but he doesn't run the electoral campaign.
 
Howie Spankowitz
2008-12-22 1:31:19 PM  

You Can't Fix Stupid: FarkinNortherner: Assuming this is true, why didn't the GOP Presidential campaign capitalise on it ?

Because Bush isn't doing it for the cameras. RTFA


Have you not been paying attention to the "Great Bush Legacy Revising Tour" currently underway (remember the shoe guy?). I wonder how this story "leaked" out? I bet Bush and Cheney were livid...livid! I can see them berating their respective staffs now:

"This was a private gesture to show our appreciation to the fallen. We never...EVER...wanted this released to the public!"

Sure.
 
burndtdan
2008-12-22 1:41:27 PM  
i'd say it's the least they can do, but they've redefined what the least they can do is so many times that i suppose we should be impressed that they did something.
 
Diogenes [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-12-22 1:42:25 PM  
Lipstick on a pig.
 
Lionel Mandrake
2008-12-22 1:44:02 PM  
Some hero...

Dear _____________,

Sorry I killed your kid.

Sincerely,

The Decider
 
FlashHarry [TotalFark]
2008-12-22 1:44:12 PM  
that's it - i'm voting for mccain!


/seriously, this is literally the very least they can do, when you consider they directly caused the deaths of these people's relatives.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2008-12-22 1:45:42 PM  

FlashHarry: /seriously, this is literally the very least they can do, when you consider they directly caused the deaths of these people's relatives.


Not to be callous, but part of the president's job is sending troops out to die. The only question is where.
 
Mr. Coffee Nerves [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-12-22 1:47:09 PM  
And how much did all those crayons cost the taxpayer?
 
King Something [TotalFark]
2008-12-22 1:47:25 PM  

rodeofrog: It doesn't count.


No, no, no, you can't just put it in plaintext. For it to be loud and passionate, it needs formating, all-caps and spelling errors. Like so:

IT DEOSN'T COUNT!!!1!



See? The way I did it counts toward the "loud passionate claims" that Submitter was talking about, whereas yours does not.

/in any case, W and Cheney are douches for starting the unnecessary war in the Iraq to begin with
 
rodeofrog
2008-12-22 1:47:34 PM  

FlashHarry: they directly caused the deaths of these people's relatives.


explosives and/or gunshots might be cosidered more direct causes of the deaths in question, but you go on and make your point.
 
BritneysSpeculum
2008-12-22 1:47:44 PM  

You Can't Fix Stupid: FlashHarry: /seriously, this is literally the very least they can do, when you consider they directly caused the deaths of these people's relatives.

Not to be callous, but part of the president's job is sending troops out to die. The only question is where.


Did you come up with your login id in a particularly self aware and reflective moment?
 
GAT_00
2008-12-22 1:50:25 PM  
Dear Mr./Mrs. Soldier Parent,

I'm sorry I got your kid killed for no damn good reason. I made up a bunch of shiat and then had him go charging into the desert to kill some towelheads, which was awesome. But then he died, and that's sad. Guess we should have gotten better armor on those Humvees. Oh well. Hope you didn't value your son's/daughter's life too much because I'm not going to pay you much for your kid's life, because we blocked that too. Oh well, remember to vote Republican in 2012!

President George W. Bush
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2008-12-22 1:50:29 PM  

BritneysSpeculum: Did you come up with your login id in a particularly self aware and reflective moment?


Wowser. Ya got me. Zing! No one's EVER made that joke before. You have a rare gift, my friend.
 
BritneysSpeculum
2008-12-22 1:52:26 PM  

You Can't Fix Stupid: Wowser. Ya got me. Zing! No one's EVER made that joke before. You have a rare gift, my friend.


Thanks. So I'll put you down for a "yes" then?
 
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