Author Topic: Contractors Implicated in Prison Abuse Remain on the Job (Read 3298 times)

Nash · « **Reply #60 on:** May 06, 2004, 10:54:57 PM »

I was a heroin junkie.

lol.

No I didn't read what you said as a dig at me at all, and I also think it's cool that funked defended me.

Uhm... yeah.

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #61 on:** May 06, 2004, 10:58:29 PM »

studmuffin

Nash · « **Reply #62 on:** May 06, 2004, 11:04:39 PM »

lol@!

Funkypants when I buy ya the pair of Shark tickets next season, one of those tickets is gonna be mine. And you KNOW I love the dirty talk.

wulfie-away · « **Reply #63 on:** May 06, 2004, 11:13:06 PM »

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Originally posted by Nash
I was a heroin junkie.

Big deal. What's really important is do you know a lot about Sean Connery? In his prime would you consider him to be a muscular Cary Grant?

Mike/wulfie

p.s. How accurate do you feel that movie was?

Gyro/T69 · « **Reply #64 on:** May 06, 2004, 11:16:50 PM »

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no but possibly we could have gotten well trained forces from other countryies had we not taken on a war that virtualy nobody in this world wanted short of our pressident and his fanboi's.

And maybe frogs will sprout wings and learn to fly. Look Capt, if all you wanted to do was grind your Bush is a moron axe that’s fine. You could have save me a lot of trouble by just saving so in the first place. You wanted to know why contractors where in Iraq. Toad and I tried to give you a plausible reason for them being there. If you feel the US military should have to look for troops from other counties to fulfill their mission, that also fine with me. I for one don’t agree with it. Read wulfie-away post for more info that I would every have.

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had he not started this mess our curent levels would have had been fine to handle the situation in Afganistan (possibly not even requiring reserves or guard).

And if none flew planes into the world trade center we wouldn’t be in Afghanistan, If Clinton had kiss Bin Laden butt and killed all the Jews for him during the ninety’s every thing would be just peachy. What’s the point? It’s get us nowhere.

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and it wasn't like these troops where needed overnight, he spent quite a while selling this war.

And if you think the Military can train and re-quipped the amount of troops needed in that period of time, I believe it was less that a year. You need to do more research. We had, I believe 500,000 in 91. There are around 150,000 there now. They have done a hell of allot more that should have ever been expected from them. But, Like I said before. We didn't need a large standing Army anymore. That is, until we need them

Nash · « **Reply #65 on:** May 06, 2004, 11:32:02 PM »

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Originally posted by wulfie-away
Big deal. What's really important is do you know a lot about Sean Connery? In his prime would you consider him to be a muscular Cary Grant? p.s. How accurate do you feel that movie was?

I gotta plead ignorance. I was a heroin junkie, but I was a pretty misinformed one. I #@$%ing styled at it, but I don't know much about the culture other than cobain and parsons. Didn't even know about rehab and stuff until the folks on this board started screaching at me about it. I have no idea what movie yer talking about.

Gyro/T69 · « **Reply #66 on:** May 06, 2004, 11:37:47 PM »

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I was a heroin junkie

Sorry to hear that Nash. I have a two quart 24/7 booze hound for a brother-in-law that is killing my family. So I do know to a degree, what you are goin through. But having said that, your still a nit-wit

Good luck....

Nash · « **Reply #67 on:** May 06, 2004, 11:41:40 PM »

I have wee bit of experience and would be called a traitor for saying this....

But he can only kill y'all if you let him. Chances are yer letting him kill himself while yer at it.

Don't put up with any of it. Not an inch.

wulfie-away · « **Reply #68 on:** May 07, 2004, 12:05:58 AM »

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Originally posted by Nash
I gotta plead ignorance. I was a heroin junkie, but I was a pretty misinformed one. I #@$%ing styled at it, but I don't know much about the culture other than cobain and parsons. Didn't even know about rehab and stuff until the folks on this board started screaching at me about it. I have no idea what movie yer talking about.

Trainspotting. I've never been addicted to anything (that I know of - knock, knock) but I'll make an extremely uneducated guess and say that the case of beer is on me if you don't like that movie.

Mike/wulfie

Nash · « **Reply #69 on:** May 07, 2004, 12:08:44 AM »

Ah yeah that one pretty much nailed it.

Saw it before; cool movie and all.

Saw it during.... and holy.

Saw it after, and had some good laughs.

You get to keep your case of beer, for now.

wulfie-away · « **Reply #70 on:** May 07, 2004, 12:11:39 AM »

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Originally posted by Nash
Ah yeah that one pretty much nailed it.

Saw it before; cool movie and all.

Saw it during.... and holy.

Saw it after, and had some good laughs.

You get to keep your case of beer, for now.

Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: Never again, Swanney. I'm off the scag.
Swanney: Are you serious?
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: Yeah, no more. I'm finished with that ****e.
Swanney: Well, it's up to you, man.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: Gonna get it right this time. Gonna get it sorted out. Gonna get off it for good.
Swanney: I've heard that one before.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: The Sick Boy method?

(Sick Boy is passed out on the carpet behind them, having just taken a hit of heroin)

Swanney: Well, it nearly worked for him, hey.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: Well, he's always been lacking in moral fiber.
Swanney: He knows a lot about Sean Connery.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: That's hardly a substitute.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117951/

Mike/wulfie

StabbyTheIcePic · « **Reply #71 on:** May 07, 2004, 01:21:45 AM »

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Originally posted by txmx
Compared to how many civilian contractors killed dragged behing cars and hung up like rag dolls?

They could have died from injuries recieved in combate as far as we know.

2 have already been ruled homocides. Why don't you stick your head further into the sand.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040507/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_prisoner_abuse&cid=540&ncid=716

Bottom of the article.

txmx · « **Reply #72 on:** May 07, 2004, 01:32:45 AM »

Ah shucks.
Then poor peace loving people.
Maybe we should pack up our 100 billion dollars worth of infrastruture and come on home.

Hey thats sounds good don't it ? gets my vote .

StabbyTheIcePic · « **Reply #73 on:** May 07, 2004, 01:34:29 AM »

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Originally posted by txmx
Ah shucks.
Then poor peace loving people.
Maybe we should pack up our 100 billion dollars worth of infrastruture and come on home.

Hey thats sounds good don't it ? gets my vote .

For someone with jesus saves in their sig you really have little to no respect for human life.

Tumor · « **Reply #74 on:** May 07, 2004, 01:35:38 AM »

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Lookit - I'm getting mightily confused myself, and I don't even know what my point is.... But it strikes me as strange hearing that the Government aint willing to pay for more troops, yet they keep asking for billions upon billions to pay for private contractors who are prolly more expensive than the regular forces.

Nash

It's quite simple. A contractor is working under a contract. The NUMEROUS contractors I work with daily are paid handsomely, but... the contracts average only a year with no garuntees of renewal, and they don't recieve any training because they don't need it. Generally, they are already experts in thier field.

Consider the amount it costs just to train a new military member and add that to the fact that the average GI is in for a stretch of 4yrs minimum and things should quickly begin to make sense.

T.