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2005-05-06 Home Front: Culture Wars

For every actual Navy Seal, at least 300 falsely claim to be one

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Posted by tu3031 2005-05-06 09:13|| || Front Page|| [11126 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Mr. Cottone, whose duties at the Federal Bureau of Investigation include investigating military imposters, subsequently followed his hunch, determining, he says, that Mr. Carlson, 59 years old and a local bus dispatcher, didn't earn the medals he was wearing;

Well, we now know where Kerry's medals wound up...

Posted by Raj 2005-05-06 09:39|| 2005-05-06 09:39|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm not Spetsnaz, but I play one on the internet.

Posted by badanov">badanov 2005-05-06 09:59|| http://www.rkka.org]">[http://www.rkka.org] 2005-05-06 09:59|| Front Page Top

#3 looks like you blew a seal...

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-06 10:17|| 2005-05-06 10:17|| Front Page Top

#4 At some point, the civilized side of society is going to start taking the law into their own hands to discipline the uncivilized side. This will involve, with increasing frequency, frauds like this, invited speech hecklers, and other agitators being punched in the face.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-05-06 10:39|| 2005-05-06 10:39|| Front Page Top

#5 'For every actual Navy Seal, at least 300 falsely claim to be one'
Same in Hereford (SAS base HQ) , people going round the pubs with tan's and tattoo's puffing out their chests recounting war stories and other such chivalrous acts , saying alot of 'if i told you ,i'd have to kill you crap'

Posted by MacNails 2005-05-06 10:54|| 2005-05-06 10:54|| Front Page Top

#6 looks like you blew a seal...

Just fix the damned thing and leave my personal life out of it, OK, pal?

(Kip Adotta, ''Wet Dream'')

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-05-06 13:18|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-05-06 13:18|| Front Page Top

#7 McN - Met one of the very type you describe here in the USA at a pub. We let em drink and got a slew of whacky stories out of him. Comical in the end it was. Best of all was the clown's description of service in Belfast (hometown of one of my friends who has lost most of his accent after 17 years!) and ''North Africa.''

Posted by Tkat 2005-05-06 13:29|| 2005-05-06 13:29|| Front Page Top

#8 looks like you blew a seal...

Save time, say RB Joke 1.

Posted by Dr. Science MS 2005-05-06 13:29|| 2005-05-06 13:29|| Front Page Top

#9 I'm not Spetsnaz, but I play one on the internet.

Did you stay at a Holiday Inn Express?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-05-06 18:08|| 2005-05-06 18:08|| Front Page Top

#10 Followed by ...

RB Joke 1 Response A

Posted by OldSpook 2005-05-06 18:20|| 2005-05-06 18:20|| Front Page Top

#11 :)

Posted by Phoebe Snow 2005-05-06 19:00|| 2005-05-06 19:00|| Front Page Top

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