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Her Jay
Location: Ontario for now....
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Greg Gutfeld and the rest of Red Eye Panelists.........Fuck You
So I was watching CBC this evening and they ran a story about a faux news program Red Eye that mocked the Canadian Military and the job they're doing in Afghanistan.
Now I live in a military town and haven't seen a flag raised fully in weeks, the 4 soldiers killed this week were stationed in my hometown so yeah we've taking a shit-kicking here and don't appreciate assholes cracking jokes about our soldiers who are serving and dying in that fuckin country.
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“Isn't this the perfect time to invade this ridiculous country?” Gutfeld asked panelist Doug Benson. Of course, what Gutfeld meant was that someone besides himself should do the invading.
“I didn't even know that they were in the war,” Benson said, adding he thought Canada was where someone went to avoid fighting. By the way, I could find no evidence that Benson ever served his country, either. He quipped that this would be Canada's tourism draw, “Come on by while we nap!”
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Seriously people watch this shit? This is the kind of shit that ruins America's reputation around the world when you have asshats like this spouting off about something he knows nothing about. He didn't know we were in the war, he's more than welcome to come to Trenton to watch a reparation ceremony, or stand on a bridge while the hearses carry our fallen down the Highway of Heroes on their way to Toronto.
That's about all I have to say on the subject for now, fuckin assholes should come to my town and open their mouths, I'm sure we could find a nice piece of forest to rest in.
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Chickenhawk Red Eye Panel Mocks Stricken Canadian Army As Slackers
FOX News' Greg Gutfeld has never put his own fanny on the line for his country but that didn't stop him and a similarly non-serving Red Eye panel from mocking the Canadian military as a bunch of slackers while overlooking the extremely heavy casualties it has received assisting the United States in the war in Afghanistan. As part of the “joke,” Gutfeld also suggested the Canadian military is making us more vulnerable to attack. With video.
The recent YouTube video below, called “How to lose friends and alienate countries,” posted by “taffyincanada,” shows an episode of Red Eye, FOX News' answer to The Daily Show, in which Gutfeld repeatedly smeared and jeered the Canadian military. Gutfeld either was ignorant of or deliberately withheld from the audience the fact that the Canadian military is fighting in one of the most dangerous pockets in Afghanistan and has suffered a disproportionately high number of casualties (In 2007, it was 2.6 - 4 times higher than British or American soldiers in Afghanistan and 2.6 times higher than the death toll of U.S. Soldiers in Iraq). Not long ago, Canada's Lieutenant General Andrew Leslie announced that, the Afghanistan mission is taking a dramatic toll on the military and, due to personnel and equipment shortages, it may need a “year-long break from operations when its current mission in Afghanistan ends in 2011."
With evident disgust, Gutfeld opened the “commentary” by sneering that Leslie was “an unusual name for a man – yes” as the Red Eye panelists laughed derisively. Gutfeld “joked” that the Canadian military wanted to “do some yoga, paint landscapes, run on the beach in gorgeous white capri pants.”
“Isn't this the perfect time to invade this ridiculous country?” Gutfeld asked panelist Doug Benson. Of course, what Gutfeld meant was that someone besides himself should do the invading.
“I didn't even know that they were in the war,” Benson said, adding he thought Canada was where someone went to avoid fighting. By the way, I could find no evidence that Benson ever served his country, either. He quipped that this would be Canada's tourism draw, “Come on by while we nap!”
More uproarious laughter ensued. Gutfeld said approvingly, “Exactly!”
Gutfeld suggested that Canada was just taking advantage of a military tail wind from the U.S. He asked, “Would Canada be able to get away with this if they didn't share a border with the most powerful country in the universe?”
Panelist Monica Crowley, who admires Donald Rumsfeld's “successful effort to bring freedom to Afghanistan,” nodded in sarcastic agreement.
“No, they probably wouldn't,” regular Bill Schulz said. I could find no evidence that he ever served his country beyond sarcastically smearing our ally, either. “Does this surprise any of us?" Schulz asked. "We have police officers and they have Mounties. Our cops ride heavily armored cars. They ride horses. We have bullet-proof vests. They have wonderful little red jackets THAT CAN BE SEEN A MILE AWAY (his emphasis). This is not a smart culture, Greg.”
Crowley, who made it 0 for 4 for military service, giggled. She acknowledged that the Canadians are “good allies” but added, “This is why I'm so disappointed in them.” She joked, “So they're getting manicures, they're getting pedicures. Everybody needs a little time off.” She then agreed that, like Europe, Canada “couldn't take a year off from their military if they didn't have the security backdrop of the United States.”
Crowley continued with the odd joke that Sarah Palin might be in trouble because this might send a signal to the Russians to invade.
Then Gutfeld called on “capitalist pig” Jonathan Hoenig. “J-Ho, should we be worried at all about unguarded borders here or is their military pretty ineffective at all to begin with and it was always a problem?”
Hoenig began, “I have a tremendous respect, Greg, for anyone who serves – Canadian, American...”
“I do too,” Gutfeld said. Sure you do, Grego. You just proved what kind of respect you have.
As readers have probably guessed, business expert Hoenig did not, apparently, break the non-serving record of the panelists. But at least he didn't sneer at the soldiers. “We've tied these kids hands. I mean, after all these years, we can't even say militant Islam... I mean, my God let's win this war! And I think we've been soft for too long. And it's a shame to have to keep them there year after year after year when we're not actually going after the enemy at hand,” Hoenig said.
Schulz then took a swipe at the Mexicans, “joking” that maybe they'll copy Canada and want a siesta while “relying on our army, too.”
Benson was asked for the last word. He replied, “How about evildoers who're saying thanks for the heads up on that year thing, Canada?”
The panel broke out in loud laughter again.
“Very good!” Gutfeld exclaimed, as Benson beamed with pride.
What a bunch of disgraces to this country.
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Cheap shots come in wake of recent deaths in Afghanistan
OTTAWA – As Canadians mourn the loss of four more fallen soldiers in Afghanistan, a videotaped segment of an American TV talk show where panelists mock Canadian soldiers as slackers is making the rounds on the Internet.
The five-minute segment, which aired recently on Fox News late-night program ‘Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld’ and later posted on youtube.com, features American panelists suggesting Canadian soldiers need time off for “manicures and pedicures.” The item aired after Gen. Andrew Leslie, the Canadian Forces Chief of Land Staff, told a Senate committee the tapped military would need a one-year break from operations after the difficult mission in Afghanistan winds down in 2011.
“The Canadian military wants to take a breather to do some yoga, paint landscapes, run on the beach in gorgeous white capri pants,” Gutfeld said with a sneer, adding: “Isn’t this the perfect time to invade this ridiculous country? They have no army.”
Another panelist Doug Benson said he was unaware Canadian troops were on the ground in Afghanistan.
“I didn’t even know they were in the war. I thought that’s where you go if you don’t want to fight - you go chill in Canada,” he said.
The segment has been posted online (YouTube - How to lose friends and alienate countries) by an outraged Canadian who titled it “How to Lose Friends and Alienate Countries.”
So far, more than 3,000 people have posted responses to the clip, which also makes fun of RCMP officers and their red uniforms. Fox News was not immediately available for comment.
Ottawa-based Conservative commentator Geoff Norquay called the segment “insulting and beneath contempt.”
“In a week when we lost four more brave soldiers, Canada deserves better from this so-called news network,” he said. “I really wish I subscribed to Fox News so I could cancel it. I hope Canadians will boycott these ignorant children and their pathetic comments. They do not deserve to earn a penny from Canadians.”
Steve Staples, director of the Ottawa-based Rideau Institute, called it a “shameful display” that a panel would laugh it up at the expense of families who have lost loved ones.
“The dismissal of Canadian efforts in Afghanistan simply rubs salt in the wounds of Canadian families whose sons and daughters have been injured or killed in the war,” he said. “It’s significant because Fox News, a major backer of the Bush administration, echoes the ignorance of many in the U.S. who have no idea about Canada’s significant contribution to the war in Afghanistan.”
Liberal MP and defence critic urged Canadians to write to Fox News to protest the panel and said Canada should raise the issue with U.S. President Barack Obama.
“What’s a disgrace is that a lot of people are watching this and it is promoting stereotypes,” he said.
Calling Canada’s military “the best little army in the world,” retired Gen. Lewis MacKenzie lambasted the American panelists as “distasteful” and showing an “appalling ignorance.”
The bodies of the four fallen Canadian soldiers will be repatriated to Canada Monday, three days after their deaths in two separate bomb arracks in Afghanistan. Flag-draped caskets of Master Cpl. Scott Vernelli, 28, Cpl. Tyler Crooks, 24, Trooper Jack Bouthillier, 20, and Trooper Corey Joseph Hayes, 22, will arrive at CFB Trenton for a repatriation ceremony. The four deaths and eight more injuries occurred as the Canadians were working with U.S. troops to attack and disrupt Taliban command centres and supply lines.
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