The Funny Farm

Irony Alert Overload

^{Fryday, 26 Betteroff 2007}

This is how 'compassionate conservatives' reward those who buy into their propaganda:

Wounded Soldier: Military Wants Part Of Bonus Back -- PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- The U.S. Military is demanding that thousands of wounded service personnel give back [part of their] signing bonuses because they are unable to serve out their commitments. To get people to sign up, the military gives enlistment bonuses up to $30,000 in some cases. Now men and women who have lost arms, legs, eyesight, hearing and can no longer serve are being ordered to pay some of that money back. One of them is Jordan Fox, a young soldier from the South Hills. [snip] Fox was seriously injured when a roadside bomb blew up his vehicle. He was knocked unconscious. His back was injured and lost all vision in his right eye. A few months later Fox was sent home. His injuries prohibited him from fulfilling three months of his commitment. A few days ago, he received a letter from the military demanding nearly $3,000 of his signing bonus back. [snip] But Fox feels like he's already given enough. He'll never be able to pursue his dream of being a police officer because of his wounds and he can't believe he's being asked to return part of his $10,000 signing bonus. KDKA contacted Congressman Jason Altmire on his behalf. He says he has proposed a bill that would guarantee soldiers receive full benefit of bonuses. (© MMVII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.) excerpted from online article - full online text available at the linked web site

Now, I hate having to say I told you so - but I did! - and it would behoove youse to listen once again:

Bush keeps lying People keep dying

and I sincerely hope that someday a Republican't gets the full impact of the concern and frustration for the sheer injustice of the current junta's policies and their long term effects on the health and well being of america and americans everywhere that has caused me to drone on and on about it lo these many moons.

There's a routine that goes on each time we have to pulverize the motherCheneying irony alert siren that makes it more difficult to come back each time, and hence each time the frelling thing goes off it is because levels have gone up again. The borrow and spend Republican'ts have tripled the national debt* for the second time while trying to tell others how to best utilize their income. While taking back some of the blood money that they offered to the marks in the first place. The rats are deserting the ship, the Mouth of Sauron has a new book out to say they made me lie for them**, the Deciderer has become the Vetoerer and can't even give a Thanksgiving speech without bringing his bubble with him, and the Democratic candidates are sniping at each other about their positions on core Republican'ts value issues. So clearly the bar has been raised as far as outrageously ironic quaffling from the current cabal is concerned. And it's somewhat quieter now that the irony alert siren has been pulverized once more. Until these thieving scoundrels top themselves yet again. After all, they've still got almost a year to go!

It's well into the holly daze here at the Funny Farm and other than the increasingly scarce monetary units that no longer seem to reside in my wallet, life goes on much as it always has. Hope all is well with you and yours and keep on trying to squeeze some joy out of getting through the experiences you need to get through. Ciao fer now!

* - that's not counting the clusterCheneys in the middle east (so far). Those costs will be extra...

** - perhaps a senate hearing might be in order. Just to clear things up about who was lying about which covert CIA operative the Republican'ts were trying to squelch at the time. How is that Sibel Edmonds whistleblower investigation coming?

[Editors' Note: this entry has been cross-posted at the American Street]

Posted by (: Tom :) at November 20, 2007 09:51 PM