Unbelievable: "Entire Ala. Family Enlists in the Navy" !!

[leftchick]

The Whole freeper family signed up.... :crazy:


http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/nation/9603170.htm?1c

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With both of his children enlisted, Kerry was easily sold on joining the Navy Reserves. He will keep running his heating and air-conditioning business while serving one weekend a month and two weeks a year.

His wife, however, was more hesitant. But Chunn said Kerry finally convinced her with a little guilt.

"He said, `Why don't you do this with me? You feel the Navy is good enough for your children and not for you?'" Chunn said, recalling a conversation Kerry had with his wife.

"Once she heard that, she said, `You are right,'" Chunn said with a laugh. "It was really neat."

[mimitabby]

1. hmmm

what will happen to the business when he is deployed overseas?

[slojim240]

17. Bull! Give me the news of families being torn apart by actually engaging

in real battle in Iraq or Afghanistan. I can't believe this shit makes the news and that Blitzer is fawning over them like they are heros already while not one media outlet will show the drapped coffing at Dover. Sorry, this news just does not turn me on. In fact, it turns me off.

[smirkymonkey]

2. A Pre-Emptive Darwin Award for the Chunn Family!

Other Freepers should follow their lead. At least you have to respect them for their integrity.

[unfrigginreal]

3. Why do you think they are freepers?

Generally, freepers are chickenshit cowards so I wouldn't jump to that conclusion.

[leftchick]

12. because they are clueless....

they have not grasped that they are nothing but cannon fodder for bush*s plan of endless war.

[QC]

27. Well, if they're from Alabama, they must be freepers, right?

That's the kind of thing that passes for "thinking" around here all too often.

[jonnyblitz]

38. it would be a safe bet.

I doubt they are lifetime members of the ACLU. please. :eyes:

[jeff30997]

4. WTF ?

I don't get it. But for my defense,I haven't slept in 48 hours so...

[patrice]

5. You're not helping me feel positive about my fellow Americans.

It's hard to feel positive about this kind of sacrifice, when the military is so completely under the control of political pressure groups, read that FASCISTS.

[BamaLefty]

8. Only in 'Bama

[jdj]

33. My best friend is Navy from 'Bama, going to Kuwait in Jan.

Maybe they'll be on the boat with her. By then, it won't be cute anymore.

[Jacobin]

6. Apparently they think this will be a grand adventure

I know a couple of young people who have enlisted, not for any political reasons, or to "defend the country" but because they think it will be exciting and "neat".

Cannon fodder

[slojim240]

16. As long as they are guaranteed there will be no Naval war to worry about

and they are assured they will not have to set foot in Iraq of Afghanistan...sure they want to sign up. Pardon my puke but this is such a publicity stunt. None of them are signing up for battle anywhere.

[Jacobin]

22. They'll soon find out there are no "guarantees" with the military

They are running so short of cannon fodder in IraqNam, that I wouldn't be surprised to see navy folks shipped over.

[calico1]

7. Dumb as a box of rocks. n/t

[Generic Other]

9. "one weekend a month and two weeks a year"

So, who's going to break the news to them??

[leftchick]

13. they have apparently missed those poignant signs.....

on the humvees in Iraq driven by reserve troops last summer reading... "one weekend a month my ass!"

[htuttle]

25. Like this one

[leftchick]

37. that's the one!

Thanks! :) Perhaps we should send it to the dad?

[colonel odis]

10. nothing's unbelievable when it involves people from alabama

n/t

[slojim240]

11. Call me when they enlist in the Army infantry or Marines.

The only war we are fighting right now requires feet on the ground, not butts on the ocean.

[Misunderestimator]

14. He should have said:

"You feel that senseless death is good enough for your children and not for you?"

Yeah... really neat. :eyes:

[patrice]

15. Consistent with "We're so fortunate the war to protect our freedom is

happening elsewhere!" I've heard completely "normal" Americans say this thing so often, and they seem completely unaware of how hypocritical and callous this is. "We're so lucky that we can protect our security and freedom by having this war in someone else's country. 'We' are fighting for 'us' and aren't we lucky that the dead civilians aren't ours! and the destruction isn't our land and lives! We're so good we deserve everything, even the sacrifice of innocent lives for our 'values'."

There's such a huge contradiction here, something for nothing, a free lunch. It's shocking! I am ashamed.

[VOX]

20. Yes. I just heard it, "Better to fight the war on terror in 'away games'"

rather than in 'home games.'"

Now, this very thinking is insane to begin with, but add the sick sports analogy into it, and it's *really* disturbing.

[BiggJawn]

18. So when are they changing their name to "Sullivan"? n/t

[BrotherBuzz]

26. When they find a fifth member of the family?

[BiggJawn]

32. They'll adopt one.

"Hay! we's all joinin' th' Nay-VEE! Y'wanna come with us? We kin be like them Sullivan guys an' mebbe git a ship named after us!"

[DS1]

19. Maybe they'll get personalized mops

Dumbasses.

[Ilsa]

21. So, why not the Army, buster? We need some boots on the ground. eom

[stavka]

23. Most countries turn sailors into infantry if desperate

...Russia and Germany both did for example when they ran out of other actually trained Army.

Sailors come with a uniform and already know how to salute, makes them slightly better than press-ganged militia.

Seeing as we are already using truck drivers as infantry and deploying grandparents to avoid a draft or public panic - it wouldn't be shocking to have the Navy tapped for some surplus deck shoes to take the place of those boots.

[NightTrain]

24. Well, I'll give them this much credit....

Unlike most of those loud-mouthed war-lovers, these people actually put their money where their mouths are!

I do, however, find it curious that they chose to join the Navy, rather than the Army or the Marine Corps. Just today, a caller to the Howie Carr radio show opined that John Kerry wimped out during Vietnam by joining the Navy, which he claimed was "the safest branch of the service."

[mitchum]

35. The "cowards joining the Navy during Vietnam" charge was leveled...

against McCain in SC in 2000. Saw several astroturf LTTE claiming this.I wonder who was behind that then and now? Like a dog returning to his vomit...

My response to that bullshit was always "Weren't a large percentage of POWs NAVY pilots? Yeah, that's really staying out of harm's way"

These criminals in the White House are lower than snake shit.

[kimchi]

28. I can't get to the link.

How old are the parents? I thought the military didn't take anyone over 35?

[proud patriot]

29. good for them , at least they stand by their convictions

I don't have a problem with that at all .

[slojim240]

31. I do, it's all for show. If they wanted action, join the Army or Marines.

This is a war of boots on the ground, not butts on the ocean.

[Zorro]

30. More power to them

Nothing wrong with volunteering to join the military. It's a rewarding experience.

[leesa]

34. I guess they felt the Navy would be the safest place.

Won't they be surprised when the First Cheerleader provokes the war even more and they have to fight. These are the kind of people who should be fodder.

[JSJ]

36. what some people will do for a little attention- hope they all buy it n/t