Enlistment commercial "Join military, clean up Oil spills for environment"

[symbolman]

Anyone seen the latest, most abhorrent Enlistment Commercial IMHO most PROPAGANDISTIC, Heart strings tugging, TOTAL BULLSHIT Commercial for being KILLED over Oil in Iraq?

I was watching the "Sneak Preview" of the latest Harry Potter film and my wife TIVO'd a Bizarre Enlistment commercial..

Hand held camera, POV is YOU as Mother of young black man (you're adjusting a hanging plant and as you turn there is a reflection in the window of him taking off his headphones as He walks up to you while on back patio)with a bright face, sharing hopes and dreams, in full Sincerity..

Got his backpack on (Suggestion of still being in school, maybe High School), wearing his headphones around his neck. Back yard filled with decent lawn furniture, a bike on it's side with a big red ball next to it on edge of yard.

He walks past windchimes, as he adjusts his backpack, sliding it to one shoulder..

"Mom, you know how I like being on the Water all the time, Right? And how I'm really into the Environment? Well, I want to enlist in the military..(Leans closer to POV camera, YOU as MOM, more in your face) I could be part of an Environmental Response Team working on Oil Cleanups and Stuff..

I'm serious about this.. so what do you think?"

POV of you as Mom, handheld camera pans left, slight zoom to bike on side, big red ball (suggestion that my baby boy is growing up?) then back to his curious, plaintive face where it becomes overlaid with clean white font that says, "YOUR TURN" and freezes for a second or two..

Voice over, "Make it a two way Conversation..." Switch to White Screen with more voice over, "Get the facts at TODAYSMILITARY.COM.." which is shown in Blood red color, bounded by blood red box in center of white screen..

Under the Box "TODAYSMILITARY.COM" are ARMY, MARINE CORPS, NAVY, AIR FORCE, COAST GUARD, ACTIVE, RESERVE. in Black..

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My wife went to the website which mentions nothing about Oil Response Team, but says that 85% of Military Jobs are NON Combat, etc..

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I was thinking of all kinds of comebacks for this commercial by Momma.. saved the Commercial in case I could upload it with some nice additions to it -- Like Momma saying, "HELL NO you ain't joining NO military where Bush and Cheney are getting RICH! You gonna be on the Water alright son, with no legs or arms after they've been blown off and everyone calls you "BOB" after that while you float in the water facedown and DEAD.

If you want to clean up Oil Spills then YOU go join HALLIBURTON and get PAID 150 thousand dollars a YEAR while they got them Mercenaries all standing around in black shooting the shit out of anyone that comes near YOU as you work.. you still might not make it back, but you'll be rich if you do, and at least you won't be getting your ass blown to Kindom Come in a Humvee with no Armor for no 1200 bucks a MONTH.. doing the same work as Halliburton, maybe being commanded by THEM since you CHEAP in the McTroops Corp..

You let someone they promised a GREEN CARD to, to go and die for that.. we been SLAVES long enough, now EVERYONE being a SLAVE to Bush cos they starving us all to death..

You go get up in that bedroom and get them pants down now cos I'm giving you a whipping like you never had before for even thinking about doing something this godaweful STUPID..

You getting sent off to school at BERKELY and while you there if any of them enlistment guys come up to you then you show them this dimebag of WEED and tell them that Ecstasy done burned HOLES IN YOUR BRAIN ALREADY.. or that you so GAY that you're momma won't talk to you no more, and SHE has to sign them enlistment papers..

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THis is the LOWEST.. THE ENVIRONMENT? Cleaning up OIL SPILLS?

Why not HUGGING PUPPIES? Maybe HE could be in charge of collecting the FLowers they throw at the troops and making sure the troops have enough CANDY to hand out to the Iraqi Children that run smiling to the TANKS that run up and down the street at 75 miles an hour..

I'm a Vietnam Era Veteran, drafted in 1971 and this PISSED ME OFF TO NO END..

This crap has to END NOW. Goebbels would be PROUD of these Mother F*ckers..

Seen it? Pass the word if you haven't, cos this one is ESPECIALLY SICK!

[orpupilofnature57]

1. Protect the wealthiest , Victimize the innocent, same ole same ole

[Kolesar]

2. It was a night of Kennedys that kept me up last night

Have not seen the "Generic Military Branch" commercial. I have just been worrying about how our leaders are the ones who get assassinated. I woke up thinking about it.

[orpupilofnature57]

4. Only the courageous ones , Shrub is safe, wish we were.

[Kolesar]

5. JFK campaigned on civil rights for Black People, if I recall correctly

Such a position was hardly a majority or "consensus" opinion in 1960, so that was courageous. Note that I wasn't even born when JFK started campaigning, so I don't remember this first hand.

[orpupilofnature57]

7. Thats COURAGEOUS, which is what I meant!!!

[emanymton]

3. Comeback, "You Want To Die/Kill/Be Maimed For Oil?"

Tell the child to wait until the Bush twins are in Iraq.

Just think come back missing a limb and you can't work, you are a non-person. Support the troops?!


Bush Lied. People Died. Media Cheered.

[yankeedem]

6. What BS

especially since the US military is about the biggest polluter in the world. Depleted uranium anyone?

Didn't I read that the US military uses 1/6 of the current world production of diesel fuel?

[laruemtt]

8. how outrageous can they get?!!

they're one of the biggest destroyers of the environment! i almost feel anyone stupid enough to fall for this new campaign deserves what they get.

[Left_Winger]

9. "Make it a two-way conversation..."

OK, listen to a vet: DON'T DO IT! YOU'LL BE SORRY!

Check out the link at www.veteransforpeace.org : Before You Enlist: The Real Deal About Joining the Military

[formercia]

10. 85% of jobs ar non-combat but when you get to Iraq

you suddenly get handed a weapon and told you're on security detail.

[Left_Winger]

12. A former student of mine joined the Marines in 2002

and became an aircraft mechanic (his choice and guaranteed MOS). In short order he was sent to Iraq and owing to the shortage of infantry, he was assigned as a rifleman during the battle in Fallujah.

[formercia]

13. exactly. The Govt. spends hundreds of thousands

training someone to be an aircraft mechanic, then sends them to Iraq, hands them a weapon and sends them into combat without proper training where they are a danger to themselves as well as others.

[No Exit]

11. Good God! It was REAL!

I thought it was a joke till I read your description of it!

I really love your answer to it, though!

[symbolman]

14. Yeah, couldn't believe it myself

my wife saved it for me and my jaw dropped and hit the floor..

What's next SKATEBOARDING INTO IRAQ?

Veal, these kids are VEAL and the psyops know it, and they do it to every generation, the stabbing in the back of basic youthful altruism..

Good posts, thanks! Watch for it, you won't believe it..

[No Exit]

16. Whatever happened to the days when political leaders led their troops

into battle? Julius Caesar, Napoleon, George Washington?

GENERAL Bush. GENERAL Cheney. GENERAL Rumsfeld.

We need to bring back that tradition. I want to see those bastards' sorry asses out there fighting. If they believe so much in their cause, they can just put their OWN flabby asses on the line!

[mtnester]

15. A very well intentioned acquaintance of mine joined up with Halliburton

to fight oil well fires. They are actually out capturing tanks, etc. Told him that would be what happened, but he said NO, that could never happen, he was a firefighter and would be only fighting fires.

Got an Email last week from him showing us the tank his division of mercenaries captured. In code, he stated it was not what he signed up for, and we all were right. Could not say much more as he was mailing from an Email address of @halliburton.com. Said his training was strictly boot camp soldiering. Has not fought a single fire.