Wherein I ponder the concept of President Chimpy...War Vet(???)
It's gonna be one of those days, I can already tell. Work's slow as hell, which allows me to surf the web...and discover stuff that pisses me off to no end.
I swear, I really did used to be such a nice boy. I used to be happy and carefree and all that stuff. Blame politics, because often, that's where my ire comes from.
So, it seems that as reported in the Cove Herald, not everyone has gotten sick of ol' President Dubya. Fine, I can tolerate that. I can't really understand it, but I can certainly tolerate that. Especially when, as it seems, they are absolutely delusional. Check this shit out. Posted from the article...
WASHINGTON - Bill and Georgia Thomas reported they were elated Monday when they met in the Oval Office with President George W. Bush to present him with a Purple Heart.
"We were just absolutely bowled over. Without reservation, it was one of the highlights of our life. He was such a gracious host," Thomas said. "It was just an incredible, incredible experience."
The couple was able to meet with President Bush for about 20 minutes to present him with one of three Purple Hearts that Bill Thomas received during his service in Vietnam.
"He said he didn't feel like he had earned it," Thomas said, noting the president looked thinner in person than on television.
Thomas said he and his wife came up with the unprecedented idea to present the president with the Purple Heart over breakfast one morning a few months ago as they discussed the verbal attacks, both foreign and domestic, the commander in chief has withstood during his time in office.
"We feel like emotional wounds and scars are as hard to carry as physical wounds," Thomas said.
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Seriously. No, SERIOUSLY. Some war vet thinks that because Chimpy having people be mean to him about his ridiculous policies, that he deserves a FUCKING WAR MEDAL.
Hey. Idiot. You earned that Purple Heart by putting yourself in the line of fire in a war that, while unpopular and misguided, you were willing to fight, because that was what you were told to do. You showed courage and bravery. Now you're showing a complete lack of basic sentient reasoning.
I wouldn't be so pissed about it, and would just consider it a lame stunt, if it weren't for the following:
May, 1968: While soldiers are dying in Vietnam, George Bush, by virtue of his Congressman father's considerable influence, gets snuck into the National Guard, inexplicably jumping to the top of a list of 500 people to get in, despite receiving the minimum passing score (25) on the pilot entrance aptitude test and listing no other qualifications. Ben Barnes, the former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives and Lieutenant Governor of Texas, stated under oath that he had called the head of the Texas Air National Guard, Brig. Gen. James Rose, to recommend Bush for a pilot spot at the request of Bush family friend Sidney Adger.
Sooo...let's get this straight. Chimpy chickens out of the war because he has a rich daddy (if he had moral objections, he should've protested his conscience like everyone else), but he gets a fucking Purple Heart?
Unfuckingbelievable.
--Jer