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Roblimo writes "Armed Forces personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan increasingly use the Internet to communicate with their familes back home, but there are not nearly enough computers and connections for them. Lt. Phillip Geiger, Medical Officer with the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, suggested using a privately-funded, long-range WiFi network to help troops stay in touch. The idea has grown from there, all funded privately with cash and equipment donations. Joe Barr has the details on NewsForge (which, like Slashdot, is part of OSTG)."
You're right about people in the U.S. making a lot of money from U.S. government violence. George W. Bush's family is heavily invested in the Carlyle Group, which owns weapons manufacturing companies. See: Unprecedented Corruption: A guide to conflict of interest in the U.S. government.
If U.S. government leaders truly respected the soldiers, the soldiers would not need charity.
It's illogical to vote Republican in 2004.
If U.S. government leaders truly respected the soldiers in Iraq, the soldiers would not need charity.
It's illogical to vote Republican in 2004.
Actually I will not be voting for Senator Kerry, and, for the record, do not think that his service was very honorable because it seems he lied or exaggerated the truth many times just to get medals or ribbons. I don't think it is out of line to reply as I did to someone who is condemning every person in the military for joining voluntarily.
I know more than a few people who went this route (military then college); college is fscking expensive and if you can't afford it, then every bit of money you can get your hands on is a good thing. I spent $300 on books alone last week. Add on housing, tuition, food, etc. and it can be pricey.
Some people will probably join after college and go to OTS. Having a degree is one way to go in as an officer. Others, like Pat Tillman, were probably not motivated to join by money or lack of any other choice. Some people join because it's what they want to do. Hell, I'm considering joining the Air Force or Navy, and I'm not looking to go out and kill people. I'll have a degree in Computer Science by then. Perhaps it'll suck and have burned four years of time, but people spend far much more time in dead end jobs from hell with a PHB. Or maybe it'll be fulfilling and I'll make a career out of it. Stockpiles of money is not what everyone is after.
Yeah, this is supposed to be about WiFi, but I felt the need to respond anyway. Yet those in the military are the ones who protect the freedom to bash those same people.
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