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Khephra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 05:27 PM Original message |
Military Amputees to Get New Rehab Center (GOAL: To Send Amputees To War) |
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colonel odis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 05:29 PM Original message |
reminds me of the scene in "holy grail" where the black knight |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 05:17 AM Response to Original message |
26. check out this sleazy piece of shit |
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colonel odis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 01:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. i imagine some of them want so badly to feel like they still belong |
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uncertainty1999 (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
35. "It's just a flesh wound!" |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
45. Losing leg, Black Knight replies: "It's only a flesh wound." |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's less to return them to battle than to fuck them out of disability pay |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. That is just too sick |
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ilovenicepeople (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 01:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. Neverending War? |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 04:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. More like the Forever War |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. they could be more effective than the full bodied soldier |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 06:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Maybe they can build the weapon right into the prosthetic! |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 06:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. anyone else picturing EVIL DEAD stuff here |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 09:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Welcome to DU, MagicRat! |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 04:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. The guys from Rednck Rampage might help |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. And eliminate SSD |
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Ima (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 10:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
43. oh man |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. Man, this is like some shit outta that hoacky fHollywood take on |
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Sin (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 05:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I Was |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 06:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. movie appears to mock the rightist book |
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blackcat77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 09:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Yeah, and Iraq is Klendathu... nt |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. Read Bruce Catton "A Stillness At Appomattox" |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. Oh dear lord. |
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samtob (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. There really are those (soldiers) fighting to get back |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 05:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Of course, the Pentagon will tell us that ALL soldiers want to go back. |
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Khephra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 06:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Oh, I don't doubt it. And more power to them for wanting to do it. |
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samtob (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 06:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Scary thought, hopefully never n/t |
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colonel odis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 06:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. if i'd lost a limb, i'd beg for a chance to go back and kick the crap |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. Follow the money...is Carlyle Group supplying prosthetics? |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 06:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Got any wood? |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. Remember the creepy military guy in Harold and Maude? |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
19. Nobody should say Shrub isn't an environmentalist |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
22. I think it's to be expected that they wish to be "normal" again. |
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DeadManInc (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
23. return to combat |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
25. How about ten million bucks so people with disabilities |
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bin.dare (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
29. Compared to $4 Billion a year for recruiting ... |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
30. I seriously doubt these amputees... |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 07:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. They can't supply the troops with the right equipment to keep them safe |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 08:16 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I was being sarcastic... |
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KayLaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
31. Of all things! |
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A Simple Game (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
34. Does this also mean |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
36. Yep |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
38. In all my reading, the only good thing about getting wounded |
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gordianot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
40. One of the best British pilots off WWII was a double amputee. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 01:29 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. I have heard of him |
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gordianot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 01:32 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. He had to fight to fight. |
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NCN007 (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
41. ever heard the quote |
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Dude_CalmDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
42. Give me a break - this center is only being built to give back to those... |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
47. Have you ever heard an active duty soldier say he didn't want to go back? |
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genieroze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
48. ?????? |
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