Oh, you'll love this post on the Yahoo boards.

[bluestateguy]

I know, the Yahoo boards, but this is just too funny. It's a thread on the father who burned a Marine van in Florida after being informed of his son's death. This post is in response to a guy who argued that the rich rarely serve on the front lines of war.

http://news.messages.yahoo.com/bbs?.mm=&action=m&board=37138445&tid=apmarinekilledfatherburned&sid=37138445&mid=1810&thr=1257&cur=1257&dir=d

Re: Rich never serve in war.
by: eightiesdaze 08/26/04 10:45 pm
Msg: 1810 of 1859

That's just Marxist propaganda. It probably makes sense that most of the front line soldiers are not rich. Would it really be in the national interest for the rich to be on the front lines of war when they are more likely to be better educated, and when they are more likely to own businesses, thus making them the job creators of this country? It serves the nation's best interests for the rich to stay home during a war, as we need them here to keep creating jobs and keep our economy moving. Poor folks usually are not very skilled or educated, and thus have little to offer the homefront, so they can serve their country on the battlefield. Besides, it's the rich who pay all the taxes in this country for all the welfare programs used by the poor. Shouldn't they have to give something back and earn their keep in America?

[mark414]

1. holy shit

is that guy for real?

[Libby2]

2. oh brother

Now I've heard everything.

[bleedingheart]

3. What brand of kool-aid is this ding dong drinking

[UCLA02]

64. Unfortunately not the Jonestown kind... n/t

[A_Possum]

4. Probably a person who considers themselves a "Christian" too

Maybe Jesus really does need to get back here and explain a few things.

Then again--maybe it's satirical post. It's almost too much.

[The Ref]

55. Satire

Yeah, I did notice his name is "eightiesdaze." Sorta sounds like his NAME is making fun of the Reagen era.

[sistersofmercy]

62. I agree with you, it is satire! n/t

[TransitJohn]

5. Wasn't social darwinism

discredited decades ago? Cripes, this guy must think that other human beings can be property. :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:

[fearnobush]

22. I am convinced they are brain washed. I see it at work. They don't

care about Bush/Chaney corporate crimes. They actually believe that getting their own co-workers jobs exported to India is good for the economy.

One man actually attempted to justify it by saying Trickle Down economics is better because for every 300 jobs sent to India call centers, it actually creates 3 new jobs at home that pay better!!!

THREE FUCKING NEW JOBS.... HOLY SHIT PEOPLE WOW 3 JOBS FOR 300 LOST.

I asked him if he actually heard himself just talk. It was unbelievable. Especially all the anger and spew he was retching because I simply dis-agreed with him. Not once did I ever insult this man. At any rate, all he did was just reinvigorate my drive to get as many undecideds and normal non voters to the polls as possible.

[The Ref]

56. On the other hand...

Oh, social Darwinism is back, thanks to Ayn Rand, Alan Greenspan, Rush Limbaugh, "The Bell Curve," etc.

[pacalo]

6. It has "I support George W. Bush" written all over it. What an idiot.

[Massacure]

7. "It is the Stronger who make the Weaker"

[WLKjr]

8. oh FUCKOFF FREEPTARD!!

That yahoo poster is an asshat that isn't edumacated or even compassionate. He/she are what we call an IDIOT. nuf' said.

[The Ref]

57. By now you've probably realized...

... that the guy was reposting an example of how stupid some people are, and those are NOT his own views.

[AlCzervik]

9. In the world of Judge Smails......

"The world needs ditch diggers too."

What a total ass.

[Jack Rabbit]

10. Love it. Excellent satire.

[Inland]

11. Poor people are such ingrates.

They should go die for oil after washing my car.

[The Straight Story]

12. If the rich are smarter, they can fight better - send them first

If the rich are so much smarter than they can fight better and defeat the enemy faster, so it only makes sense to send them first.

[mediaman007]

21. If the educated stay home, then Bush* should be in the front lines

[Tansy_Gold]

39. If the rich were so much smarter

Maybe they wouldn't have got us into the war -- ANY war -- in the first place.



Tansy Gold, Marxist on occasion

[The Ref]

58. Good point!

We surely do want to make sure the "finest" serve, don't we?

[smirkymonkey]

13. Sounds exactly like my freeper brother-in-law!

"The rich pay all the taxes and the poor get all the benefits" - pathetic whiner.

I asked him if he'd like to trade places with the poor then, since they get so many "benefits" and he just sneered and swilled down another martini.

[leesa]

26. You of course remind him of Bush saying, it doesn't matter if the rich

are taxed because the have lawyers to get them out of paying. Man, these people are soooooooo gullible!

[T Town Jake]

14. This must be either very rich satire..

...or very poor mental prowess on the part of the poster (please pardon the puns). If it's the latter, and the poster is serious, all I can say is: :wtf:

[eaprez]

15. a Natzi no doubt...if he'd contined writing he'd soon rationalize that....

...whites shouldn't be on the front lines....

[Lorien]

16. The poor keep the economy moving

they're the people actually doing the work! I've known plenty of millionaires during my film days, and most of them are IDLE rich; the job gets done in spite of their efforts to trip up those who are doing it. Nope, I can think of about a dozen rich bastards right off the top of my head that could be sent overseas as a BOON to the megacorporations that they work for!

[soothsayer]

17. post this colin powell quote in response:

"I am angry that so many of the sons of the powerful and well-placed... managed to wangle slots in Reserve and National Guard units...Of the many tragedies of Vietnam, this raw class discrimination strikes me as the most damaging to the ideal that all Americans are created equal and owe equal allegiance to their country."
--Colin Powell, My American Journey (1995), pg. 148

[BiggJawn]

23. Is that the same Colin Powell

Who now carries water for Massah Dubya?

[alittlelark]

25. Yes, it is.

Isn't it embarassing, humiliating, and denegrating that he is doing it?

Oh, yeah.his idiot son is now head of the FCC.

[BiggJawn]

33. Being in the Communications business....

..Unfortunately, I'm acutely aware of how big a dumb-ass his son is over at the FCC.

Mikey Powell's FCC is all about "How much money can we make auctioning off all this spectrum" and who cares if the proposals are technically feasible, like BPL...

That's some powerful stuff, that PNAC Kool-Aid, isn't it?

[nini]

18. who is going to take those jobs and buy those products?

if they're being slaughtered in stupid wars.

urgh

[Jaybird]

19. i think my brother wrote that...

he's always bitching about how he shouldn't have to pay taxes for teachers salaries and schools because he doesnt have any kids.

[Green Lantern]

27. Maybe

those kids should whine and protest that they shouldn't have to support your brother when he has retired and is looking to them for his Soc Sec and health care. That would be fair, huh?

Apologies-not aimed at you- have a wife, son in law, daughter and niece- all teachers.

[Jaybird]

48. i understand...

his dad and sister-in-law are teachers also

[sistersofmercy]

63. I love your handle...

It's the nickname my Grandfather gave me when I was a kid and he still calls me that. :hi:

[murielm99]

20. I guess we know how * is spending his latest vacation...

posting on the yahoo boards.

[Name removed]

24. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Autobot77]

28. typical Yahoo troll

Yahoo message boards are filled with these creeps, this dosen't surprise me at all. Remember these people are cowards and driven by fear so they will feel embolden by the anonyminity a free Yahoo account affords. So they spew this crap that they wouldn't say in real life. If you met one of them in real life they'd prob pee their pants and run away.

[The Ref]

61. About your tag:

Hey! William Hung was a very smart coputer engineer wasn't he? How about "The Jessica Simpson" of politics?

[dpt223]

29. Wow, ignorance levels climb!!!

That is simply one of the most ignorant things I've read.

[VOX]

30. "I pimp for the Master Race, so they probably won't execute me."

"Look at me, I'm spouting the Party line, about how the rich pay all the taxes. I just know that when they start loading the trains with the useless libs, poor and homeless to take to the camps, I'll get my just reward."

Wonder what this guy has done to "earn his keep" in America? Exactly how is America been made a better place by this guy?

[GingerSnaps]

31. I must be old

Because I am not aware of the new types of drugs out that makes you completely insane.

He's nuts!

[DaveSZ]

32. Yep

I'll bet he considers himself a good Jesus lovin' man.

[lapislzi]

34. Social darwinism in its undiluted form

You don't see that very often any more. Even the most ignorant will try to put lipstick on that pig. You have to kind of admire the poster for being so...nakedly Neidermeyeresque.

[ProfessorGAC]

35. What An Idiot!

People who fight the wars are in their late teens and early 20's. Ergo, they're NOT likely yet better educated, they're NOT likely running a business to hire other people and create jobs, and without those "poor" people who take those jobs, the economy is a stationary object. No growth, no profits, no cash flow!

People like this are so trapped in two dimensional thought, that they can't even begin to realize how stupid these statements are.

The economy is driven by two basic things: The money people spend on "stuff", and the money the government spends on "stuff" all supplied through the taxes paid by the people who MAKE THE STUFF. Take away the ability of people to make and buy "stuff", and there is no economy, no taxation base, and the rich people stop being rich.

That ought to be simple enough, even for this imbecile to follow.
The Professor

[HarveyBriggs]

36. An honest Republican!

Diogenes, put down the lamp!

Here's finally a Republican who admits the way Republicans view soldiers.

They think soldiers are beneath them socially and do not respect them. He's admitted to the worst kind of class warfare.

Give this guy a medal, preferrably one of those Bush wore but didn't earn.

Harvey Briggs

[Cronus Protagonist]

37. I"m sure the same applies to blacks, right?

Ya know, since "we" brought them over here to have the "opportunity to work" and be successful. "We" brought them to "freedom", slavery is better than savagery...etc...etc... :puke:

[stlchic]

38. When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die. (Jean-Paul Sartre)

[skypilot]

40. The dumbass is completely ignoring the fact that....

...it's not just a matter of rich vs. poor. There are also members of the middle class who join the military for one reason or another. His post also begs the question of where he stands on the economic ladder. If he is poor or middle class then he should have been posting this from Iraq or Afghanistan if he wants to put his money where his mouth is. If he is rich then the stupidity of his post completely disproves his thesis that the rich are better educated.

[LiberalBushFan]

41. Alas, that is how society has always been and always will be

The huddled masses of the rich oppressed by the few fortunate enough to be poor.

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

42. In my country, we don't let farmers enlist during wartime.

Ironically, for much the same reasons as this guy gives for keeping rich kids safe at home.

[GiovanniC]

43. Well There's Some Logic That Eats Itself

The uneducated are poor because they are uneducated. Because they are uneducated, they deserve to be poor.

The educated are rich because they are educated. Because they are educated, they deserve to be rich.

The poor deserve to go fight our wars for us because they are uneducated. The rich deserve to stay here and make more money because they are educated. The rich become richer while the poor become poorer -- or dead. The rich then can afford good educations for their children, ensuring that they will not have to die in wars, either.

This is class warfare at its very core.

[in_cog_ni_to]

44. and thus,

YOU are a fucking IDIOT! Geezuskrist! Will you people ever get a brain? :grr:

[Ron Green]

45. Then let's bring back the draft!

In responding to this guy, whom most here agree is a nutcase, we must acknowledge that some kind of universal conscription is the democratic answer. Get rid of this system of mercenaries and private contractors who have replaced what used to be a real representation of our citizens.

[Catfight]

46. You sure Bush didn't write this? Seems like his logic is getting through.

[Catfight]

47. Please put that photo of Kerry/Edwards with Dream Team vs. Mean Team

and have one of Cheney/Bush with their scowls. By the way, I'm now posting Cheney/Bush since we all know who's really running this country.

[jayfish]

49. How Do You Get The Message Boards To Show Up As A Tree Like That?

I fight on the Yahoo boards often and that would make it a whole lot easier to manage.

Thanks In Advance

Jay

[rniel]

50. And this is what most poor people are voting for...

Because bush is with jesus... huh huh

[skygazer]

51. The guy's an idiot

First he says it's Marxist propaganda then he says it makes perfect sense. Which is it, dickhead?

:spank:

[immoderate]

52. This poster is particularly "double-jointed"...

to be able to get his head so far up his ass.

People who are rich got that way because they inherited it, which doesn't strain one's intelligence, or they earned it, which means they were once poor.

Forgive me choir for preaching to you.

--IMM

[KelleyKramer]

53. So what crowd is HE in?

Is he in the Paris Hilton group? .. or is he a stupid, uneducated and expendable non-rich US peasant???

And if that’s how he feels about it, why isnt HE on the front lines right now??

[ElsewheresDaughter]

54. OMFG! i'm speechless

[0007]

59. Love to see a photo of this cretin -

Won't be long before someone puts this idiot in the hospital.

[Andy_Stephenson]

60. What an asshole!

A big ol stinking asshole.

[Swede]

65. I see stupid people,they're everywhere.

They don't even know they're stupid.

[Hubert Flottz]

66. I heard the exact line of bullshit from a freeper posting on the old

FreeDem board almost four years ago! The guy was as serious as a heart attack! They start them and make money off of them, so let them fight them!