The Daily What's New

Sunday 15th June 2003

Yup. Two days in a row. You never see that....
Mostly because I rarely have much worth mentioning. Of course, sometimes I mention it anyway.
So. Here's the news.

rlinnb2003@yahoo.com

Hunter started something interesting yesterday. A new caption game. Begun with a shot of icaresschrist from the chatroom.
To carry that further, look to the hideous freak of nature to the right. A fraudulent troll with terroristic tendencies [rlinnb2003 : God created us and he can take us out of this world so if you talk like he doesn't exist well maybe you won't if he so decides] who considers faith to be more important than reality. Which is fair, I suppose; if I looked like that, I'd probably have similar values.
So. Here's today's victim. You decide what's going on in this jpeg....
In other news, I got forwarded this EMail today:

----- Original Message -----
From: davidcrosby@the-i.net
To: veterans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 4:21 PM
Subject: [veterans] Target store

I thought every one should Know

Vietnam Veterans Association
By Dick Forrey

We asked our local Target store to be a sponsor of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall during our spring recognition event. We received back a reply from Target management that veterans do not meet our area of giving.
We only donate to the areas of the arts, social actions, gay and lesbian causes, and education.
My thought: If the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and veterans in general, do not meet their donation criteria, something is wrong at Target.
We were not asking for thousands of dollars, not even hundreds, but simply sponsorship of an endorsement for a memorial remembrance.
As follow-up, I E-mailed the corporate headquarters and their response was the same.
Personally, I will NOT be purchasing anything at Target Stores again. If the Vietnam Veteran or Veterans in general do not meet their area of giving, then why should I, as a Vietnam veteran, spend my hard earned money in their stores?
Please pass this on to as many people as you know.
Sincerely,
Veterans Helping Veterans
PS: Target will also not allow the Marines to collect for Toys For Tots during the holidays.
Beverly Willard, Republican
National Committeewoman for NV

Which figures. I've been a bit pissed at Target ever since they stopped selling cigarettes.
Not that I personally care whether a wall exists. If you need a wall to remember that someone died, you're probably better off forgetting altogether. A better question might be why there's any shortage of money. There's something wrong with having to ask Target for less than a hundred bucks [nothwithstanding getting turned down] when the military responsible for these veterans are spending millions on weapons per year.
Hell: that's not even accurate. They're not wasting money on weapons. They're wasting money on ammunition. Weapons can be reused. There's something strange about pressing a five-dollar button hooked up to a five-thousand-dollar computer and launching a five-million dollar missile which destroys itself on impact. All while neglecting to pay their employees' pensions. Hunter has been out of the army since the Clinton Administration; she's still waiting for them to get everything done on her disability benefits. Which amount to less than $30,000 a year.
Something else I should add to the timer....
More later....
--Gremlin