Corporate war.

"A former U.S. soldier injured in Iraq said he was forced to pay $700 for a blood-soaked Kevlar vest that was destroyed. Medics in January of 2005 removed the vest to treat the 25-year-old soldier for critical shrapnel wounds to his right arm."

That is just sick. I wish it was a joke.

Is this conflict ONLY about money? Can't they TRY to make it look like it's not. We know the US is in there over Oil not terrorism, but the could USE some PR and make an attempt at something righteous. They send US citizens, who have nothing to gain and so much to lose, to invade a foreign land to kill strangers, who have nothing to gain and so much to lose, all to serve the very rich, who have everything to gain and nothing to lose. Which isn't bad enough, then make these poor bastard PAY for the bullets (so to speak,) to pay for equiptment that is MEANT to be destroyed (by stopping bullets) that is to say, the equiptment did it's job (it kept you alive) so now you have to pay for it.

"Hey army if you didn't want it damaged you should have ordered me somewhere I could have been shot at."

So if he died would his family have got the bill?

"You son died honourably defending america, m'am. ...oh and here's a bill. we'll give you a few extra days on that as your grieving and all. okay?"

This sounds like The Company Store.

Clearly it was a mistake, but the fact that it's even possible. I couldn't imagine getting accidently sent a bill for the computer I was working on at work or mistakely being forced to pay for the paper I used in the printer, and then being re-embursed and told managment was very sorry for the mistake.


Today's Song of the Day is "C Is For Cookie" by Frank Oz off the 1974 album "C" is for Cookie."

Crazy Fact: An article in The Wall Street Journal claims that the gutteral singing style in death metal bands is called "Cookie Monster Voice".

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