Free hat - sweet!
I watch a little G4 (formerly TechTV) now and then... a very frequent advertiser on that network is your very own U.S. Army. I guess they figure most of the people watching a channel geared toward video games are Army-aged guys living at home, with not much hope of a career.
The ads themselves are pretty nice; exciting visually, promises of college money and/or thrilling careers... One of the ads looks quite a bit like a video game. In fact, they show a 'targeting cursor' finding its mark on the back of an Arab's head, from the perspective of the TV viewer. Makes you kind of feel like you can just squeeze a trigger (either real or game controller) and drop that diaper-head (who's gotta be an Iraqi insurgent or terrorist)!!!
Watching that commercial gives me an odd feeling. It's very tempting to watch someone (who you've been told is your mortal enemy) appear in the crosshairs of what seems to be your very own AK-47. I find myself almost wishing it WERE me looking down the barrel, just a small squeeze away from taking out a 'terrorist.' It gets a little adrenaline flowing, which I guess is the desired response. Then some kid calls the number on the screen, enlists, and goes to give his life overseas for the Great Bush/Cheney Lie.
In case you didn't know... the "No Child Left Behind" act requires secondary schools to furnish personal information of students to the military when requested, or face a cutoff of federal funds. An education bill, supposedly created to improve the lives of 'underpriveleged' children, gives the military access to our kids? Mother Jones news story.
Wow. I just saw a commercial for the Army. Now they're offering a free "boonie" hat for those who call to inquire about military service. A free hat AND the chance to put a bullet in a freedom-hating camel jockey??? Sweet! Call my high school and sign me up!!!
The ads themselves are pretty nice; exciting visually, promises of college money and/or thrilling careers... One of the ads looks quite a bit like a video game. In fact, they show a 'targeting cursor' finding its mark on the back of an Arab's head, from the perspective of the TV viewer. Makes you kind of feel like you can just squeeze a trigger (either real or game controller) and drop that diaper-head (who's gotta be an Iraqi insurgent or terrorist)!!!
Watching that commercial gives me an odd feeling. It's very tempting to watch someone (who you've been told is your mortal enemy) appear in the crosshairs of what seems to be your very own AK-47. I find myself almost wishing it WERE me looking down the barrel, just a small squeeze away from taking out a 'terrorist.' It gets a little adrenaline flowing, which I guess is the desired response. Then some kid calls the number on the screen, enlists, and goes to give his life overseas for the Great Bush/Cheney Lie.
In case you didn't know... the "No Child Left Behind" act requires secondary schools to furnish personal information of students to the military when requested, or face a cutoff of federal funds. An education bill, supposedly created to improve the lives of 'underpriveleged' children, gives the military access to our kids? Mother Jones news story.
Wow. I just saw a commercial for the Army. Now they're offering a free "boonie" hat for those who call to inquire about military service. A free hat AND the chance to put a bullet in a freedom-hating camel jockey??? Sweet! Call my high school and sign me up!!!
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Everytime the Army or Navy called my house I just told them I was in a wheelchair or I weighed 400 lbs; sometimes both. Then, for some unknown reason they just stopped calling ...
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