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paineinthearse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-05 08:43 PM
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* propaganda photo on US Government website
Edited on Sun Mar-13-05 08:47 PM by paineinthearse
:wtf:

Someone with website capture capabilities, please grab a snapshot of http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2003/n05232003_200305236.html & http://www.americastruck.net.

(dropped the http)
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If my eyes do not deceive me, it is a SUV all tricked out with * campaign imagery. What the hell is this doing on a US government website?

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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2003/n05232003_200305236.html

Couple Travels Across U.S. to Show Support for Troops
By Denise Brown
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23, 2003 - The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks prompted Americans nationwide to convey their patriotism by displaying American flags on their cars and vans. One patriotic Arizona couple went above and beyond the call of duty, and their vehicles now rate more than a mere passing glance.

Instead of a bumper sticker or two, every square inch of Ed and Tonie Negrin's pickup trucks and sport utility vehicle display their pride in America's leaders and men and women in uniform. Obscuring the original paint scheme, the images depict the American flag, the president and troops from each service branch.

Since late 2001, the Negrins, who own and operate a courier business, have taken their vehicles on the road. They dubbed their vehicles "America's Truck Display" and began touring the United States visiting military installations to remind troops how much they're appreciated for their day-to-day contributions to ensure the nation's security.

"We meet people who don't earn a lot at what they do, but what they do is very important," Negrin said of the military. "We want them to know we appreciate it. I wouldn't be able to do any of the things I do, if I didn't live in a society like this, if I didn't have people willing to defend and protect my freedoms."

Driving their red, white and blue, stars and stripes decorated-pickup truck, they embarked on a 38-day, 12,000-mile journey that took them to 39 states. Throughout the trip, the couple gave away patriotic mementos they had purchased with their vacation savings.

"We had been saving for three years to take a first-class vacation to Europe," said Negrin, noting that the couple's 10th wedding anniversary fell shortly after Sept. 11, 2001. "But, we just didn't feel comfortable with it after 9-11, so we took all that money and bought all kinds of flags, patriotic gear, books on American history and books on the U.S. military and such, and just set out across the country. We spent 38 days traveling the U.S. from one end to the other."

On their first trip, while staying at a motel, they met Army Sgt. Maj. Tony Rose, who was attending a military conference there. Rose was stationed in the Pentagon on Sept. 11, and was instrumental in saving the lives of coworkers following the terrorist attack.

Negrin realized one of the patriotic books they were giving away contained a reference to Rose for his brave efforts on that day.

"That was our first contact with folks in the military," Negrin explained. Impressed with the service people they met, they decided to focus future travel on visiting military bases to show their appreciation for those in uniform.

They want the troops to realize "'Somebody cares, somebody really looks out for us,'" he said, "and that's truly what we want to convey -- that we love those folks, we love what they do and we want to help them any way we can."

Following their initial trip, the Negrins decided to decorate a second pickup truck saluting U.S. efforts in Operation Enduring Freedom. It was complete with images depicting U.S. military leaders, including the president, defense secretary, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and images of active duty troops. The Enduring Freedom truck is dedicated to people in all branches of the military, Negrin said.

Visiting 15 military installations in May 2002 and five last August, including the Pentagon, the Negrins gave away their patriotic mementos. "At each place we just set up tables like we did at the Pentagon and give away great books and flag," he said. He described the experience as "just a blast - we met wonderful people."

The couple recently added Operation Iraqi Freedom T-shirts to the mementos they give away. Negrin estimates he and his wife spend between $8,000 and $12,000 for each base they visit, budgeting between $130,000 and $140,000 for each overall trip. They set aside 20 percent of their gross business income for the project.

Negrin points out that they do not accept the donations people constantly want to give. "We're just a couple trying to take a portion of our income and use it for something good to support people who really stand up for and support us," he explained.

Last Christmas, the Negrins extended their generosity even further and opened their home to six military personnel for the holidays. He and his wife hosted three soldiers - veterans of duty in Afghanistan -- two Navy recruits and a Marine at their home for dinner and a four-day holiday stay.

"It was great," he said. "It was a blast for us because normally we don't have a lot of folks in our house for Christmas, so it was just tremendous."

Besides opening their home and hearts to service personnel away from their families during the holidays, they've also invited a young military family to visit.

"We just met this wonderful young couple," Negrin said. The husband had been deployed to Afghanistan, returned home and shortly after his return, deployed again to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. Now, back home again, Negrin said, "they have to get to know each other all over again."

This year's trip to military installations began last month and included stops in Florida, Virginia and Maryland. The Negrins plan to visit Fort Bliss, Texas, over the Memorial Day weekend, and wrap up their current tour next week at the U.S. Marine Corps base at Twentynine Palms, Calif.

The 2003 America's Truck Display features the couple's newest vehicle, an SUV depicting U.S. efforts in Iraqi Freedom.

"We just plastered that truck full of those images," Negrin said. One side of the truck features images of President Bush, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and U.S. Central Command chief Gen. Tommy Franks. The SUV's other side features personnel representing every service branch.

Negrin said that many military personnel assigned to several bases they've recently visited were deployed in support of Iraqi Freedom. So instead, the couple had the opportunity to meet family members. He added that they received requests to return to the bases so that returning personnel would be able to see their vehicle.

Last month's stop at U.S. Central Command headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., represents the Negrin's second visit to the air base. "I've really gotten quite close to the folks at CENTCOM. It was Gen. Franks and his people who really encouraged us," Negrin said.

"We have just been really blessed by the opportunities that have arisen from this and when I say that, I mean just meeting wonderful people we would have never met," he said.

Negrin hopes that in the years ahead, the patriotic gifts they distribute will remind service men and women that "the majority of Americans love what they do, support what they do and appreciate what they do. It's not really the value of the item so much," he said, "as it is a token of how this country feels about them."

Photos of the Negrins visit to U.S. Central Command in April can be viewed on CENTCOM's Iraqi Freedom Truckphoto gallery web site. The Negrins' "America's Truck" web site can be viewed at http://www.americastruck.net.



Ed and Tonie Negrin's decorated sport utility vehicle, inspired by Operation Iraqi Freedom, was on display during an April 2003 visit to MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. This was the Negrins second visit to the Florida headquarters for U.S. Central Command. Photo by Sgt. Barry Melton


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cry baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-05 08:45 PM
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1. In the second picture, looks like there is a chimp driving...
Ha!
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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-05 08:48 PM
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4. I thought it looked like a German shephard
but, your idea is funnier!
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paineinthearse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-05 08:46 PM
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2. http://www.americastruck.net
Posting registrants because they are mentioned in the article.

Anyone care to look into their political connections?

Registrant:
Ed and Tonie Negrin
PO Box 12640
Scottsdale, AZ 85267
US
6027633908


Domain Name: AMERICASTRUCK.NET

Administrative Contact:
Negrin, Ed ed_negrin@msn.com
PO Box 12640
Scottsdale, AZ 85267
US
6027633908
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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-05 08:56 PM
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6. If they gave, they gave less than $200 because they're not showing up
on FundRace or the FEC site.

Still checking other places.
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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-05 09:17 PM
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11. They live in Dallas, TX, now
Here's the link, but I wouldn't go to the site unless you want to :puke:

http://www.texasbobsworld.com/americas_truck2004.htm
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Wilms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-05 09:37 PM
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13. Well I didn't puke.
But it's not like his web-site didn't try.
:wow:
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-05 08:48 PM
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3. For freepers with teeny, tiny penises.
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Nikepallas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-05 08:49 PM
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5. It actually scares me. I would not want to see that in my town...
Kind of makes me wonder if they will start showing up and suddenly Draft aged young people will start "disappearing".
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troubleinwinter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-05 08:58 PM
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7. I just brightened and enlarged the driver a tad...
It's the chimp, for sure.

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cry baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-05 09:04 PM
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8. The irony is side-splitting!
:evilgrin:
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paineinthearse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-05 09:12 PM
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10. Is that a chimp or a reflection? nt
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-05 09:09 PM
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9. I just learned a few days ago
Anyone (with a Windows PC)can do a screen capture.

All you do is press the "Print Screen" key on your keyboard, then open a program like Photoshop or Ulead PhotoExplorer, (or even just the Windows Clipboard viewer) Open a "New" file, then "Paste" and there it is, Crop out the parts you don't want.
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TrustingDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-14-05 03:00 AM
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17. command/shift/3 on a mac. n/t
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-14-05 03:07 AM
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19. "Click!" n/t
:)
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bear425 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-14-05 08:24 PM
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33. Oooh, you will do wonders with this, methinks! n/t
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-05 09:18 PM
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12. 40,000 divided by 600 = approximately
66 body armor units if my math and figures are correct. One truck vs 66 badly injured young men and women.

Priorities, priorities... just where are their priorities....
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-14-05 06:22 PM
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25. when glamour become a priority for the Pentagon, yet Vets get shafted
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-05 10:35 PM
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14. Do you still want the Screen Captures?
I can e-mail them to you if you do:shrug:
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paineinthearse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-14-05 06:27 PM
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26. No thanks. But memoryhole.com may want them....
if you're up to it. I need to run.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-05 10:53 PM
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15. *No comment*
Edited on Sun Mar-13-05 10:54 PM by XemaSab
"We had been saving for three years to take a first-class vacation to Europe," said Negrin, noting that the couple's 10th wedding anniversary fell shortly after Sept. 11, 2001. "But, we just didn't feel comfortable with it after 9-11, so we took all that money and bought all kinds of flags, patriotic gear, books on American history and books on the U.S. military and such, and just set out across the country. We spent 38 days traveling the U.S. from one end to the other."

Also, can they legally drive those things with the painted-over windows? I'd love to be the cop pulling them over for that shit. That and desecrating Old Glory by putting the flag on a pile of crap.

I hate jingoists. Hate 'em.

On edit: sort of ironic that the troops are dying just to fuel that shit. Did I mention I hate jingoists?
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-14-05 03:10 AM
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20. I don't know if it's legal in all states, but...
...the window stuff is a sort of screen, but only the outward facing part is painted, the inside is black.

I does cut some visibility.
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-14-05 02:15 AM
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16. I'm pleased to see that they are exploring alternative energy sources
Because, this SUV apparently runs on pure bullshit.
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TrustingDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-14-05 03:02 AM
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18. looks like one of the 'nazgul' cars.
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paineinthearse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-14-05 08:57 AM
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22. Nazgul?
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TrustingDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-14-05 12:02 PM
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23. I like to think of the bush team as nazguls sometime.
sounds close enough to nascar. ah, nevermind. :)
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paineinthearse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-14-05 12:16 PM
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24. I think you are onto something
NAZGUL = Nazi gas guzzlers
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TrustingDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-14-05 07:21 PM
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29. NAZies in GULf wars? n/t
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-14-05 03:11 AM
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21. These people worship the Gods of War.
There is nothing "American" about that monstrosity.

It is an object of idolatry.
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zulchzulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-14-05 06:33 PM
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27. Does it carry caskets of the dead soldiers?
It looks ike they could fit a couple caskets in there...since if they really want to support the troops in their jingoistic way, they'd be glad to show people what this war has done to families that have lost their loved ones to Halliburton and PNAC.
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zulchzulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-14-05 06:36 PM
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28. What? No PNAC or Halliburton logo?
Maybe a little quote saying "A few billion a week...that's all we ask."
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Mr_Spock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-14-05 07:43 PM
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30. Hey, if it makes some simpleton feel like he's doing something good
so bit it - I need a good laugh once in a while!
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AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-14-05 07:44 PM
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31. It's the CHIMP MOBILE used in Southern States for Campaign 2004
Lovely. Chimp behind the wheel, and wondering how much it cost to have that crap job done. How much body armor might it have bought?
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buycottJoe Donating Member (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-14-05 08:15 PM
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32. The website should have something that represents the Chimp
and U.S. policy more accurately:


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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-14-05 09:00 PM
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34. Fun, but two years old
It was posted here then, too.
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paineinthearse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-05 11:40 AM
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35. Well, excuuuuuuuuuuuse me!
I appologize for posting something that you already knew.
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-05 12:33 PM
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36. Didn't mean to offend you
Apparently, I did, sorry.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-05 12:34 PM
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37. Cool that car is violating so many rules for Cali
taht I hope the CHP does stop it... lets start wtih them windows....
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