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July 31, 2005
Send the Poor to War, Go Play Golf (Every Other Day)....
I suppose First Sgt. Olympio Magofna is waiting for poverty to get even worse in his native land, so that he can go play golf every day:
The Army has found fertile ground in the poverty pockets of the Pacific. The per capita income is $8,000 in American Samoa, $12,500 in the Northern Marianas and $21,000 in Guam, all United States territories. In the Marshalls and Micronesia, former trust territories, per capita incomes are about $2,000.The Army minimum signing bonus is $5,000. Starting pay for a private first class is $17,472. Education benefits can be as much as $70,000.
"You can't beat recruiting here in the Marianas, in Micronesia," said First Sgt. Olympio Magofna, who grew up on Saipan and oversees Pacific recruiting for the Army from his base in Guam. "In the states, they are really hurting," he said. "But over here, I can afford go play golf every other day."
What is there to say?
Posted by zeynep at July 31, 2005 11:21 PM
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Reading this post reminds me of the brilliant antiwar song by System of a down called BYOB (bring your own bombs) you can check out the lyrics here:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/systemofadown/byob.html
The main verse of the song pretty much says it all which is:
"Why don’t presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?
Why don’t presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?"
Suprising enough this song is often played on a Clear Channel owned radio station in Corpus Christi, TX.
I guese this is one song that even the corporate media can't supress.
- Bob :)
Posted by: Bob Castro at August 1, 2005 02:22 AM
I'll bite. What's your point?
Posted by: NOTR at August 5, 2005 12:04 AM