Anti-war dance and slash
Item number one: Fortunately, I missed last week’s episode of the Fox network show, “So, You Think You Can Dance?” If I had seen it, I might have damaged my TV set. According to Newsbusters, the show featured a dance judge wearing Marine Dress Blues with upside-down Marine emblems on the sleeves and anti-war dances by the contestants. Video at Weblogging. The moonbat judge had absolutely no idea–no, none at all–that wearing Marine insignias upside-down would offend anyone. TV Guide:
Emmy-nominated choreographer Mia Michaels thought she was going to have a wonderful day. She woke up this morning to find hundreds of messages posted on her website. “And I thought, wow, I must’ve been a really good judge last night,” says Michaels. But then she opened the messages and was shocked by their tone and content. “It was hate mail,” she says simply. “Saying things like, ‘You should be ashamed of yourself.’ It was really intense. It was awful.”
The writers were responding to a jacket worn by Michaels on Wednesday’s show. She had no idea that anyone would be offended by it, she says. She simply thought she was being fashionable by wearing a navy blue military jacket that happened to have a Marine emblem, upside down, on the sleeves. After hearing the feedback, Michaels tried to make amends on the air. “I understand why people were upset and I respect that,” she says. “That symbol is sacred to the Marines, it’s what they earned. The problem needed to be addressed and I’m glad we addressed it. That’s why I made a public apology.”
But the problem didn’t stop with her. Adding to the perfect storm of controversy on Wednesday night’s show was Dance’s other Emmy-nominated choreographer, Wade Robson. He had fashioned the 10 identical solo dances around an antiwar theme. Set to the music of John Mayer’s “Waiting on the World to Change,” the dancers wore peace symbols and printed slogans.
Lt. Col. Patrick, a milblogger at Duty in the Desert, responds [9:03pm Eastern 7/31 CORRECTION - he's quoting Webloggin's Terry Trippany here]:
I accept the fact that perhaps Michaels’ didn’t realize how strongly people would feel about the issue but this goes beyond a simple upside down emblem. The dress blues themselves are sacred to the men and women who have earned the right to wear them. Military personnel follow strict guidelines pertaining to dress codes. Even more importantly, fallen Marines are often buried in their dress blues. The uniform is important to the families and members of the U.S. military and it should be respected.
The fact that Mia Michaels wore the blouse (not jacket) with an upside down Marine emblem on the same night that Wade Robson choreographed an anti-war dance solo is not some mere coincidence in my estimation.
Robeson has a blubbering statement on his website about his anti-war pieces non-apologizing:
“This was a cry for peace and nothing more.
In the video package they had a clip of Wade Robson saying that this was “antiwar.” We want to make sure that it is clear that Wade’s statement was in no way meant to be disrespectful to our men and women in the military, putting their lives on the line everyday for a lot of us. Wade and Amanda strongly believe that the selfless sacrifices of every one of the military’s men and women are incomprehensibly courageous.
If Wade’s statement did offend anybody in any way, we sincerely apologize for the misunderstanding.
All we were trying to say in this piece is that we don’t want anymore innocent lives to be lost on either side.
That being said, this statement is not an apology in any way for the number and its message. It is a clarification of its intention.
Peace & Love.”
Yours truly,
Wade & Amanda Robson.
To paraphrase Laura Ingraham: Shut up and dance.
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Item number two: Via Ace comes news of this anti-war nutball in the Pacific Northwest…
A college student was arrested Sunday in the slashing of 42 tires on 13 government vehicles in an Army recruiting office parking lot, saying he was angry about the war in Iraq, authorities said.
Following a number of calls about a man wearing black and slashing tires, two deputies stopped a 19-year-old college student from Colorado as he tried to run from the lot shortly after midnight Sunday, a Kitsap County sheriff’s office report said.
The man put up his hands, dropped a knife and, after being made to lie on the ground and being read his rights, asked, “Is this the time where I can confess?” deputies wrote.
On a portable breath test, his blood alcohol level registered .168, more than twice the legal threshold for intoxication, according to the report.
He told deputies he decided to slash the tires of Army recruiting vehicles because he “hated the military and the government and the war we were in.”
He’ll get a slap on the wrist, and despite his confession of hate, bigotry, and threatened violence against a specific group, he of course won’t be charged with a hate crime.
Now, if he had slashed 42 Korans…
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That’s hate speech?
It just goes to show you how dangerous hate speech laws are. I’m so glad that Michelle spoke about how utterly counter-constitutional hate speech laws on O’Reilly tonight. First amendment anyone?
“You should be ashamed” becomes hate speech, becomes a crime.
I, I don’t even know what to say to this ridiculousness! Idiots doesn’t even begin to cover it.
I managed to catch the episode in question last week but to be perfectly honest, I just laughed at all the dancers who were wearin’ those asinine peace symbol t-shirts.
Guess I’m just so used to this sort of crap now it doesn’t even phase me anymore.
I’ve asked my Missus to ensure I’m buried in my Dress Blue. I understand completely how upset folks can get about this.
wolfpangloss
Couldn’t agree more. Also, Michelle was absolutely right on O’Reilly tonight. Thinking, or even objectionable “art”, should not be a crime, especially a felony (Koran in the toilet)! And we wonder why we have child rapists and criminial illegal aliens prowling our streets. We’re too busy filling the jails with hate crime perps.
These people make me sick. Ignorance is no excuse for this kind of behavior. Like Cameron Diaz wearing the Mao handbag, just more useful idiots making the case for natural selection.
Once again, bashing our military and a pathetic attempt to get themselves off the hook.
According to what O’Reilly considers a hate crime, the tire slasher should get charged with one. Of course, that will never happen. Hating the military is favored by the troop hating liberals.
Oops, criminal, not
criminial.So I guess the next question should be…when do we get to see the dancers featured in these t-shirts?
Talk about biting the hand that ensures your life but more importantly, your freedom.
That’s a heck of a wardrobe malfunction, lady. Being told ’shame on you’ is really awful? She hasn’t been to the Daily Kos or MoveOndotorg, has she? Clueless celebrity? Gormless twit? Maybe.
Most television shows have advisors and
if she wore it as a costume rather than her personal wardrobe choice someone had to alter the uniform so it would not appear as if she was wearing the rank or emblem correctly. Putting it upside down is one way to show it is
‘out of service’ as it were; but still showing the connection to the armed forces.
I can’t believe she wore it as a costume and wasn’t told that, or bought it as a coat and was told the reason for the upside down emblem was to show she was not a servicemember or entitled to wear it properly.
If you watch “A Few Good Men,” Kevin Bacon’s Marine captain’s uniform has about three pairs of captain’s bars, and the uniforms the actors are wearing are subtlely ‘rearranged.’
I go for gormless.
I’m sick and tired of anti-war nutjobs telling me that they are for the troops but against the war. Pick one!!! ARRRGHHH!
Off and Out
Oh, BS. Why don’t we have a show devoted to victory for once?
Can you imagine how many heads would simultaneously explode if they did?
This fellow slashing tires does not realize…or chooses to ignore…that their are people in the Middle East slashing people’s heads…and that American soldiers are trying to stop this.
This young slasher, well on his way to imitating movies with a guy wearing a hockey mask, simply has no idea what matters in life.
Perhaps I can clue him in.
http://blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com/2007/07/19/what-matters-in-life/
Respectfully (although with contempt for this young man),
eric
Well slashing tires on military vehicles on US Govt. property isn’t the same as slashing tires on SUV’s at a dealer’s lot which is private property…it is a violation of USC section 18 and he will very likely do some time in a Federal pen for this one…well earned,I might add…drunk or not
Both of these “events” are regrettable and sad. I think the media’s constant drum beat of Bush hating has taken a toll on these two weak minded people.
Yeah, pretty much, wolfpangloss.
The liberals’ definition of “hate speech” is anything they disagree with - telling them to feel ashamed is an affront to their self-esteem and belief that they should be able to do whatever, whenever, and with whomever they please.
I think someone should write to her and say it’s okay for her to insult our troops - but to remember they’re the only ones keeping her from being shrouded in a burqua, and keeping dancing from being outlawed under shari’a law.
I think we need to start a campaign that rounds up people like this, puts them on a plane to the Middle East, and makes them live in a Muslim nation - a STRICT Muslim nation - for two months. Then watch these ingrates come back and kiss American soil.
Please define “peace”. Is it when no one’s shooting anyone and nobody ever gets hurt so everyone’s happy and dancing the maypole because of that? My dear misguided woman, Peace is NOT a state of non-war or bliss from bullets. One of the most moving times in my life was visiting friends in Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn in the mid-70’s when suddenly this little supermarket had a rush of people toward it, like there was some accident, and we thought there was because this elderly woman had fallen to her knees hysterically sobbing. Relatives were comforting her, told everyone that everything was alright, that she just came from Estonia and never saw so much food in one place before. Folks, this was no Pathmark or Safeway, this was just an average corner supermarket. As bad as the food lines and crisis was over in Estonia, the paranoia was even worst, they interpreted. If a policeman ever knocked on your door you instantly thought it was the end of the line, not a traffic ticket. They said had Estonians the arms they would’ve tried to overthrow the Soviets then and there and gotten the misery and terror over with, whatever the price — and they paid a terrible one for over thirty years for their “peace”. Americans are far too isolated and “soft” to appreciate this. There are sometimes life circumstances worst than war, believe it or not, I’m afraid. That’s why I so fear for the well-being of those enlightened and westernized women and girls in Iraq and Afghanistan if those if the style of “peace” of the Taliban and religious fanatics and other murderous zealously-macho bigots win over there.
James Greenidge
Queens New York
Who cares? If I spent half as much time as you right-wingers getting offended, I swear I’d never wake up in the morning. Social commentary through artistic channels has long been an effective propaganda device. Who cares? You wanna start another boycott?
Get over it.
Obviously, you’ve never served in the military and understand nothing about honor. Yes social commentary through the arts has valid uses. But, some things are just off limits. And I highly doubt that we “right-wingers” get offended near as much as liberals.
Thanks James Greenidge. The USA was about #39? on the list of countries to re-welcome the three taken (former communist Soviet slave-states) back into the “peaceful” community!
Useful idiot she was. Disgraceful behavior. Disrespectful and unpatriotic behavior. Note: I am describing behavior, not the person. Love the sinner, hate the sins.
I did not see the dancers nor the un-American, disgustingly offensive “gift blouse” until this a.m. My mom had 3 sons in WWII and I’m a Gold Star sister. My husband served in Korea and met our twins when they were 9 mos. old…today our grandson is in Iraq for the second tour. The pacifist “hate Bush” people really tick me off…who do they think is protecting their butts? It’s your family and it’s my family. We cannot allow the idiots to prevail. The Marines (and all other military) understand what they must do and they deserve our full support. God bless and Semper Fi!
I wish these idiots would just leave this country and then my Marine Corp would not have to protect their pitiful asses.
These people have no honor. They will never understand the concept of giving ones self for the good of all. They will never ever be able to understand the price of freedom.
No they will never understand the protection of their freedoms by others or why someone would do that for them.
So dance your dance of peace and those who have the honor will fight so you can.
The anti-war folk just don’t get it do they? They think of themselves as the textbook example of caring, thoughtful people–yet–if they really were those things they would be able to see there are other sides to the issue and tread lightly or not at all. It’s amazing how really surprised these folk are when they realize they’ve actually hurt and offended many people. They live in their own private bubble I guess.
Sometimes a little protest is good. Walt Disney hung his dishonorable discharge upside down in his office - you can see it on the wall in those old “World of Disney” shots he used to do.
But wearing the patch upside down on a dress-blue uniform? Even an idiot should have figured out it was going to go badly.
And toughen up, lady. I’m called a homophobe, racist, and bloodthirsty warmonger merely because of my politics. If you can’t handle “You should be ashamed”, you need to find a job that gets you out of the spotlight. Go talk to Simon about how to cope.
And I wonder if that 19 year old will get charged with a hate crime… Only way to get RID of the crappy law is to use it against them. Make them hate it, and it will cease to be.
——– the spin on that is so violent I’m still dizzy…………
Good lord. What a beautiful piece of Orwellian doublespeak.
You know, I really enjoy watching So You Think You Can Dance. It’s one of the few tv shows I look forward to watching each week. Especially this season because there are some amazingly talented dancers on there. This antiwar statement/dance routine was ridiculous with the dancers wearing those Peace, Love, Harmony, Patience, blah blah blah t-shirts. I turned the show off after a couple of dancers and didn’t even bother to watch the elimination show the following night. Oh what a wonderful world it would be if all it took to protect ourselves and our country was love, harmony, and giving Osama a great big bear hug. Someone should really tell this to the thugs who are threatening to murder all those South Korean Christians for the crime of daring to help their fellow man in Afghanistan. Apparently the Taliban didn’t get the memo.
The sad thing about the the college student is that he most likely thought that his actions would have some sort of positive result. Crazy, I know, but after seeing so many of these people, it seems that way to me.
Yeah…because it’s conservatives trying to push through “hate crimes” (read: thought crimes) legislation, bring back the UnFairness Doctrine, and calling sites like this “hate sites”.
You need to align your perspective better.
If it’s intolerable to insult homosexuals, African Americans, Muslims, etc. in this nation it should be equally - if not more so - intolerable to insult and degrade our troops…they are the people who give us freedom.
When a dance can fight off the enemies of the United States of America then I will participate. When a dance can stop terrorists and prevent them from murdering innocent American civilians then I will get my tap shoes out.
Until that time I will stand behind and support the men and women of the armed forces who “stand ready to deploy, engage, and destroy the enemies of the United States of America in close combat.”
Wanting peace is a noble thing. No one wants peace more than military members and their families. The difference is we don’t have the luxury of indulging in some fantasy world that a stupid dance on television will hold Al Qaeda at bay and create some utopian existence.
“Peace dancing” does nothing but feed some self centered, ego-maniacal delusion that somehow you are actually contributing something to the world that is helpful — you’re not.
Liberals like to lump gun owners into one stereotypical group by portraying all gun owners as blood-thirsty war mongers. If we were to do the same, the case might be made that all peace-loving anti-war zealots are drunken knife wielding vandals. Silly liberals.
As a Marine, it never ceases to amaze me when people pull stuff like this. She knew it was disrespectful - when is displaying any image upside down NOT disrespectful? People that do this are the same morons who wear Che Guevara t-shirts and “CCCP” gear without any thought to the tens of millions of people that perished at the hands of communists in the 20th century.
Who cares? If I spent half as much time as you right-wingers getting offended, I swear I’d never wake up in the morning. Social commentary through artistic channels has long been an effective propaganda device. Who cares? You wanna start another boycott?
Who cares? You do. You posted.
Start another boycott? I already have.
I don’t have satellite or cable television. Many people don’t have it.
Is mandated television going to be part of the left’s landscape so we can get our daily dose of propaganda, a la 1984?
The British are already forced to pay a tv tax, whether they have one or not.
May I offer that to these idiots the word HONOR is not a word … it is an ACRONYM …
Hate the military
Obfuscate the truth
Negate the postive
Obstruct the progress
Reject the successes
May the wrath of Chesty Puller come down on those that would insult my honor, my country, my family and my corps.
My wife and daughter love the show so it’s required viewing in our house the evenings it’s on. I could be mistaken but I thought I heard the show’s executive producer and judge Nigel Lythgoe saying that while there’s nothing wrong with artists who make statements about political issues, he thought the overt anti-war message of the “peace and love” dance was inappropriate. Wonder if there’s a transcript or tape of the episode?
The tire-slasher guy should get the book thrown at him, but ‘hate crime’?
This ‘hate crime’ stuff is getting out of hand. It’s getting to the point where it doesn’t mean anything more than
.
Get rid of this ridiculous ‘hate crime’ crap altogether. Next thing you know, it’ll be ‘thought crime’.
If I am mistaken I am sure someone will correct me … LOL … but I seem to recall that the original “hate crime law” was targeting groups like the KKK and the black church burnings in the south and such as that … as for the kid and the tires … vandalism to government property while on government property … that is grounds for some time in the slammer … but not a “hate crime” … as for the college kid and the Koran … maybe we should organize a national flush the Koran day … are they going to put 1/2 the country in jail ? … just some ramblings from my overheated brain this morning …
This veteran is a little more than upset over these deliberate insults to our troops. I expect it from the malcontent America haters in Hollywood. The college kid from Colorado owes the US Government approximately $1,470.00 (42 tires at $35.00 each) in property damages he caused. It really begins to add up when you look at lost time due to inoperable vehicles allowing recruiters to follow-up leads of willing volunteers. I guarantee the Army recruiting station does not have the funding in their austere annual Budget to cover this act of vandalism. A proper punishment for this young man would be to pay for the tires and be required to wash and wax each vehicle in the Army Recruiting Stations vehicle fleet. While wearing a T-Shirt, “I destroyed Government property wasting thousands of your tax dollars.” A little humility can be a good thing and the kid just might learn something about responsibility for his actions. I know wishful thinking. I put up with being spit on in the 70s, but this behavior from our protected class of citizens not forced to serve in the Military by a draft is appalling. They do not support the troops and should come out and say so.
Did you send your negative feedback about the individuals involved to the producers of the show?
Did you send your negative feedback to FOX?
The show will be killed.
We outnumber the liberals in most things.
When the silent majority speaks up, this Nation rolls.
Channel the outrage. (No pun intended.)
Time is precious.
I am so happy to vent my total disgust with the Fox entertainment channel, and that stupid dance show, hosted by self centered fools.
My wife loved the show, and I tolerated it. Until that despicable mess they put on last week! It will NEVER be seen on any TV in my house again!!
It makes me ill to think that young Marines are fighting and dieing in foreign lands to protect the lives and lifestyles of the trash on that show!
I sincerely hope that the disrespectful cow who disgraced my uniform meets a Marine some day. Then, maybe she will understand… but I doubt it!
Semper Fidelis
Just had a thought about the irony of it all. SYTYCD is meant to showcase the the very latest themes and styles of modern dance. While there are a lot of other elements going on, there’s no mistaking the raw sexuality and emotional abandon that are infused in many of choreographer’s works. Given the mindset of the Islamist fascists we’re fighting around the world, you’d think it might dawn on some of these “give peace a chance” twits that they would be among the first to have their heads lopped off if the Mullahs take control. Their perception of Western pop culture as one of complete immorality and decadence is one the things radical Islamists hate most. I’d love to see a choreographed piece where the women throw off hajib and the men tear off shirts bearing an image of a mullah with a cirle and slash over it. Now that would get ratings!
Yeah, that seems appropriate. Maybe toss in a fine for drunk and disorderly and a couple years of probation.
But ‘hate crime’? Might as well charge me with a hate crime, because I procrastinated on paying my community college parking ticket as a result for my very strong contempt for the campus police there.
A little more on the tire slasher. His name is Jason C Chavez via the Kitsap Sun. He is attending college in CO. Wonder if Ward Churchill is one of his instructors. Chavez is also quoted in the paper as saying ” If I was in Iraq I would kill everyone fighting on the American side.” Nice kid
“Crying” for peace. That is so typical of liberals, which I guess is the reason Al Qaeda so badly wants liberals in power.
Desert,
If Chesty was still with us, I think he’d say:
“I’ve got the HuffPo twits in front of me, Kos’ kids behind me, moveon.orgsters on my left flank and Code Pink on my right. Outnumbered 29 to 1. I have the nutroot tards right where I want them.”
It Just goes to show how Fox is a propaganda tool of the Bush Administration (sarcasm).
Yet another example of a clueless lib who thinks artistic expression is more important than security and respect for those who provide it. Sad. Perhaps she has learned something.
I’ve just got one question….where can I get these $35 tires???
Actually my local paper said he did $4200 dollars in damage. His parents must be real proud He is still sitting in the Kitsap county jail with only a $10,000 bail. Of course from most of the comments I’ve heard around town he might be safer inside, seeing as this area has a lot of military personnel.
Hopefully the judge will take into account the dope’s comment about “killing everyone fighting on the American side”.
How about having him do some time where he might have to have lunch with vets or take long walks in the yard with them? He could go into detail about what he meant by slashing the tires and saying who he would kill if he was in Iraq.
It would be very educational for the school boy.
God bless you, Chesty Puller, wherever you are.
well I don’t know about y’all, but that peace dance completely changed my point of view. Who would have thought that dancing and t-shirts could do such a thing…oh wait, they can’t. Newsflash to libs, you’re t-shirts, posters, dances, and drum circles don’t change peoples minds.
Wade Robsun is an moron and a disloyal jerk.
Mia Michaels, as best, is a clueless retard and, at worst, an insensitive clod.
The tire slasher should pay restitution and replace the tires he slashed. Then he should be sentenced to 12 months emptying the bedpans of our wounded troops at Walter Reed.
Further, as a convicted felon (the damages qualify), his student financial aid should be revoked and his existingl loans called in. And he should be expelled from college as well.
And everytime he applies for a job he can explain to his potential employer that he was conficted of a felony and what that felony was.
Myra Langerhas
I think any Marine would totally agree with that thinking … as well as the following Marine Corps Rules of Engagement …
US Marine Corps Rules:
1. Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one.
2. Decide to be aggressive enough, quickly enough.
3. Have a plan.
4. Have a back-up plan, because the first one probably won’t work.
5. Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
6. Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun whose caliber does not start with at least a “4.”
7. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. Life is expensive.
8. Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend. (Lateral and diagonal preferred.)
9. Use cover or concealment as much as possible.
10. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours.
11. Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.
12. In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber, stance or tactics. They will only remember who lived.
13. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating your intention to shoot.
More of that approach and less “dancing for peace” and we can take Al-Qaeda out once and for all …
I am currently a Budget Analyst for the Air Force and we are able to get a lot of commodities at a discount. Plus we don’t pay taxes on what we buy. I’m not sure if anyone in Congress has figured out how the Government can tax itself, yet.
Either the competing dancers are all left-wingers too or they care too much about winning to have objected. Shame on them too, either way. There’s no way you could’ve talked me into doing propaganda like that.
How old is this choreographer? If she’s under 30, this may be the first time in her entire life anyone has told her she should feel ashamed of crass behavior.
I would add a couple personal favorites.
- There is no overkill. There is only “open fire” and “I need to reload”.
- If violence wasn’t your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.
And for Boomer - so only $1,470.00?
I think it’s probably more than that. I would guess it would be over $1,500…
In which case… Class B Felony.
Assuming he’s even charged…
I just looked at the Seattle Times article. I see they edited out the killing Americans comment. For the full story(if I get the link right)
This fellow also could have been doing God’s work. In 1990, religious cultists, convinced that flat tires were the key to salvation, went along traffic slashing tires. They brought traffic to a standstill.
As people cursed them, they actually said things equating to “God loves you.”
I am not sure if they copped an insanity plea.
I am not defending what this young man did, but if he is politically on the left, it is possible he is simply certifiable.
http://www.blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com
OK I’m still computer illiterate, but the full story with quote is in http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2007/jul/30/tire-slashing-war-protestor-charged-with-felony/ Hey I think I got it this time
First,let me say electricity is expensive,and so is cable/satelite hook up.I want to make my “carbon footprint”small.so I don’t waist energy on junk T.V.My time either.
As for the slasher,make his family pay for the slashed tires,send him to the Maracopa County Jail,Arizona.Sherrif Joe will take good care of him.
But don’t question his patriotism!!
swj719AWG
Thanks for the additional items to my list …
Bill DeFelice
I agree … Tent City Resident for sure
Does anyone else feel this kid thought this was a good thing to do because in a recent election a bunch of Democratic campaign workers slashed all the tires of a Republican volunteer group … a group that was going to be providing transportation to the polls for people that couldn’t get there to vote otherwise?
Almost everyday, something like this reminds me of why I got rid of the damn TV.
Evil Never Sleeps, Ban the Box.
They are not mine, I should note.
They are the creation of Howard Taylor, creator of Schlock Mercenary.
They are out of a “book” called ‘Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates’…
Schlock Mercenary is, btw, funny as all get out.
I’m still boggling at the notion that anybody who’d recognize a USMC uniform insignia would be watching “So You Think You Can Dance?” in the first place.
Come to think of it, forgot about recognizing the insignia. You can extend that to just plain old anybody.
They watch because they hope to se some moron try a flip and land on their head…
These are the same people who don’t know about You-Tube.
Semper Fi to all my Marine brothers. I have a bumper sticked that reads ” Marine YOUR BEST FREIND YOUR WORST ENEMY” Guess which one the ignorant Ms. Mia Michaels and Dancing Fools & Co. fall under. God Bless my Marine Corps and all who wear the EGA honorably , Semper Fi
Sadly there will always be the few morons in hollywood that believe the military is nothing more than a “punchline” to a joke, and that we are tough enough to ignore it.
To bad they were not wearing the Medal of Honor-then there would be consequenes for that.
“Dhimitude or Freedom-Your Choise”
Telling someone they “should be ashamed of themselves” constitutes ‘hate-mail?’ Someone’s way too sensitive.
Marines take the dress blue uniform very seriously. She really was clueless, but the show’s producers were also clueless.
Those upside down stripes are for a Lance Corporal (E-3). As a former L/Cpl I am not pleased to see the uniform dishonored. But I stop short of saying it’s hateful to see someone wearing Dress Blues with a misplaced and inverted rank signature. Moronic and insensitive, sure, but I’ll take this womans word of apology at face value. Perhaps she’s learned something of the meaning of honor and respect Marines show to the symbols of the uniform that will stand her in good stead in the future.
magicky….
ON YOUR FACE, PUKE!!!
NOW!!
PUSH UPS… ‘TIL I GET TIRED!!!
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Where the hell do you get off feeling sympathy for the enemy?!?!? That slimy, self absorbed, bovine, piece of hollywierd trash disrespected my Marine Corps, on national television. The entire show also spit on every American serving in the military, and fighting a vicious, despicable enemy. The woman gets no quarter, and deserves any disrespect we throw back!!!
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I’M NOT TIRED YET, SWEET CHEEKS!!!
As bad as dishonoring the Dress Blues was, it appears from the picture that she was also sporting a pretty scary mullet. Talk about adding insult to injury.
“Squat thrusts forever, ready, begin”
Gny Sgt Wheeler, 1966, MCRD Plt. 3303
I don’t think she will do squat thrusts; she prolly will overbalance
and go boom…
After reading what everyone had to say, I revise my opinion. I go for deliberately inflammatory, and not gormless. That blouse with the upside down rank was not a coincidence; it was subtle. Why ‘just happen’ to wear it
during a ‘peace dance?’
Puhhleeeze…I guess my lack of idiot box watching is catching up with me.
I s’pose I will have to get it now or be forever clueless.