this morning i saw something on my walk to work that really got me hot and bothered (or maybe that was the 101-degree heat): a huge-ass Hummer emblazoned with the logo of the national guard. now, i am all for servicemen and women doing their thang. but do we really need to have a gas-guzzling tank of a vehicle powering through the streets of philadelphia on what i imagine to be the taxpayers' dime? (i could be wrong, but whatevs.) it just seemed like an obnoxious, completely ignorant, who-cares-about-the-environment-we-are-the-NATIONAL-GUARD thing to do. there is a lot of violence in philadelphia...but not much in center city, and nothing a painted hummer will save me from.
and to make it worse, the two young kids in the vehicle were NOT in uniform. and the girl was talking on one of those annoying nextels that foreces everyone to hear the conversation.
like most things that bother me, like expensive pennies, i'm going to go ahead and blame mr. bush. anti-environment advertising vehicles? so unpretty.
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What? you don't think that HumV is imperative to their mission here in Philadelphia? Come on now, bean, that would mean that our gov't wastes money. And really they should know better, they're "conservative"... Well, i guess they figure they REALLY needed that HumV to get over the Philly pot-holes or something. A valid point. No? [insert sarcastic and hopelessly frustrated facial expression here]
But seriously, how else will they recruit today's youth but if not with big expensive toys and bright colors??? The camo army jeep from MASH just aint gonna cut it anymore.
here here. Next MTV will air a makeover show called "Pimp my Arm Forces"
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