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[–] 105 points 2 years ago (3 children)

So, wait. He wants to secede, but also supports the US military spending money to sponsor an event in his state? Do you want help from the federal government or not, Gregg? Or did the tree hit more than your spine when it fell on you? Though I suppose both can be true…

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You mean the tree limb that fell on him, sued his neighbor, got a massive payout (millions) and then got elected to higher office only to turn around and pass laws to make sure no one else could get payouts like that? Fuck Greg Abbott. I hope the tree comes back to finish the job.

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  • [–] 106 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Recruitment. They were sponsors so that people think it's cool to be in the army.

    Same reason they do flybys and giant flag-things and shit at sporting events.

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  • [–] 74 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    We have a literal propaganda division that helps with movies like transformers as long as they have a say in how the military is portrayed in them.

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  • [–] 66 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    And rarely you get to see gems like this from the movie Sgt. Bilko (1996):

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If only that movie wasn't terrible.

    I had the displeasure of seeing it in the theater.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Maybe if the US Army had cooperated it wouldn't have been so terrible! At least it provides a chance to see Phil Hartman.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    The actually cool way of increasing recruitment would be to pay higher salaries and increase the work place safety, with tax money taken from crying billionaires.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    False. Theres nothing cool about army recruitment.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    It makes me want to become an army recruiter for video game armies, instead of trying to sleazily recruit high school kids to go get murdered or maimed across the planet I use all the same rhetoric army recruiters use to make the the military seem cool but I recruit kids to play video games while dressed up in camo instead.

    My pamphlets are of video games where you can do cool military stuff without actually killing anybody or getting hurt. Hey check out Arma 3, you can use all those cool looking jets and tanks to nerd out and blow stuff up and THEN when you are done you can just turn it off and go do something else because it’s a fantasy.

    Framed on my table is a picture of Iraq after 20 years of brutal occupation and war with stats on the amount of civilians dead, infrastructure destroyed and American servicemen killed. Next to it is a framed picture of Blood Gulch after 20 years of brutal multiplayer matches with a bunch of zeros next to all the same stats.

    I also have a “But I Want To Serve My Country” pamphlet which suggests types of jobs and careers that actually serve the country and local community like teacher, nurse, tradesman, social worker etc…

    The poster behind my recruiting table says “Just Go Play A Video Game, Joining The Military Is Lame”.

    This would be hilarious to do in character as a recruiter from Helldivers 2.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    There’s no way you can make fighting for the interests of American oligarchs “safe”, though. Even as advanced as our military is; it still ultimately comes down to putting boots on the ground.

    And being the boots on the ground is to walk into a meat grinder.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    This is just one more step towards Texas looking like Russia. I'm sure this will cause a major backlash and have a ton of artists refusing to play Texas regardless of the venue.

    Does this idiot not know how much revenue these fests generate for an area?

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's not about money for Greg Abbott, it's about hate.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I know. It is however about money for the businesses that rely on these festivals for a large portion of their income. They are alienating everyone who doesn't believe the crazy bipolar shit they do.

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  • [–] 70 points 2 years ago

    Just another lead-addled piece of shit.

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  • [–] 54 points 2 years ago

    Greg "Jade Helm" Abbott? The chucklefuck who said the US army was invading Texas?

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  • [–] 45 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    "We don't need your money here. Especially not when we re-legalize slavery."

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    So, if Abbot thinks he has the legal authority to tell people they can't go to texas... that could be very interesting.

    the US has a right of travel. States can't ban people coming into their state for any reason.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago

    I don't think he believes any such thing as his words being legally binding.

    He's just being your run of the mill petulant childish Texan politician with the "nuh uh YOU ARE!" type rhetoric.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    Well then Austin can secede from Texas and then the more conservative neighborhoods can secede from Austin. Secedeceptions all the way down. Why not?

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    No problem.

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