Are You Between 17 and 38 and Want To Have Some Fun?

[centristo]

This is disgusting. Is this the best they can do? I got this as a pop-up and it takes you to usmilitary.com, a military recruiting site.

[progmom]

1. see your name in the headlines???

as a casualty of war?
holy crap. x(

[Contrary1]

14. Too bad it doesn't read...

"Are you a Republican between 17 and 38?"

[rman]

2. This is begging for satire;

it can easily be linked 'something else' war-related, showing just how much "fun" war really is.

[Poiuyt]

3. Killing Iraqis IS fun!

According to Marine Gen. James Mattis

http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/extra/archives/001444.html

[bryant69]

4. That's so insane it makes me think it must be a hoax

I could be wrong, but it's hard to buy.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[insane_cratic_gal]

5. I think they need to fire

their marketing company they contracted

[SouthernDem2004]

6. Wasn't that thing bogus? There was another thread on it. /nt

[splat@14]

7. Pure desperation. Did you see the size of the advertised bonuses?

Up to $150000! Sort of contradicts the notion of the purity of patriotism motive associated with an "all volunteer" military. Osama's boys won't give him up for millions.

[SouthernDem2004]

9. You believe that bonus????

[petepillow]

8. i saw this in a pop-up and assumed it was fake

it's not fake?

umm, they're going after the dim ones now.

[Tsiyu]

10. Pathetic

Absolutely pathetic :thumbsdown:

[gollygee]

11. Oh yeah that looks like lots of fun

:sarcasm:

38? They aren't going to draft my 35-year-old husband, are they?

yikes.

[aden_nak]

12. Man, even FUN sucks now.

[uppityperson]

13. Now that is the funniest thing I've seen today, think it's real.

parody, has to be parody.

Edited to add: I went to the website and it repeats the words of no personal data will be saved, and just for fun. It wouldn't let me sign up since I'd disabled my cookies, but I stand corrected, think it is real. Get my name in the headlines by dieing for an illegal invasion? right.

[centristo]

15. sadly

i don't think it is one. I think this webpage is supposed to get candidates information to armed forces recruiters. I checked out snopes.com and found nothing close to this posted as a hoax.

There are some realistic looking links on here to salary information and school loan info.

http://www.usmilitary.com/Jan2004PayChart.pdf
http://www.usmilitary.com/militaryscholarships.html

This is just sad, to the point of pathetic. Plus its an extremely poorly designed website.

[Cocoa]

16. have your name read on the House floor!

:bounce:

[NMMNG]

17. That is so freaking lame

It makes me think of a Beavis and Butthead cartoon where they had specialized recruiting videos for particular groups. The recruiter selected the "losers" one for B&B; that one advertised the Army as a place for metalheads who drive around in tanks drinking beer and listening to Metallica. :eyes: Then the recruiter asked if the boys had ever heard of a "quota"...

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. this is fun, war is fun... really

SICK

[LightningFlash]

19. Post it all over freerepublic....

....Somebody seriously needs to post it all over there, I know how the military will quickly fill its quota.

:evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[Swamp Rat]

29. YES!

Excellent idea! ... like flies in honey!

[Chokey]

20. Want to get out of military service?

Just show up for the physical drunk or stoned out of your gourd. They wont want you.

You dont have to go into the service unless you want to.

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. Ahe when the drat comes we shall see

by the way... yuo realize taht troops did show up stoned before a deployment, they popped possitive.., they were still sent over there.... I am sure you did not know that.

[LightningFlash]

23. Interesting thing....

Legally, if you have a confirmed mental condition and paperwork they can't draft you. Could it work for those who get drunk out of their mind? Nope probably not....Otherwise they couldn't draft Jenna :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[RobertSeattle]

22. Are you George W Bush?

:evilgrin:

[Warren DeMontague]

24. It looks like they did a rush job of changing that "38" from a different #

It'll probably keep going up, too.

[Warren DeMontague]

25. Flash Forward A Few More Months:

[WildEyedLiberal]

28. OMG

I LOL'd. Thanks.

[snickersnee]

26. i believe this is their new recruit evaluation procedure

... ie the box where you type in your name. Good luck, Rambo.

[Twist_U_Up]

27. Remeber this is just for fun....................

NO PERSONAL DATA will be saved.

yea ok :rofl:

[markbark]

30. Fill in somebody you love.....

Like Jenna, Barb, Noelle, etc...

Have some FUN!

--MAB

[tk2kewl]

31. Do you really wanna go out with a BANG

[jarnocan]

32. Bush league!

ironic how they say no personnel data will be saved- they already have all that!

[southernleftylady]

33. "US Military.com is your single most-awesome resource ..."

"most awesome"??
wth??