CNN Commander Walter Reed Caned

[Monkeyman]

Happy days are here again. Now who even else know time to go bye bye .At 1:01 CNN Said Commander has been released

[hippiechick]

1. Caned?

Isn't that a bit harsh? :shrug:

[babylonsister]

8. ...

:rofl: :spank: Context! Canned, I'm thinkin'. :)

[no_hypocrisy]

Caned the way Charles Sumner was caned in the Senator by

Preston Brooks before the Civil War?

[Arger68]

11. My first thought too!!

:rofl:

[JackRiddler]

25. What's a CNN Commander?

I was unfamiliar with that rank.

[Kolesar]

47. Media liason for the Navy

Can't get battleships bought without a good PR campaign.

[Cha]

38. I thought it might be a bit

much, myself..what are we animals like they are? ;)

[babylonsister]

2. Who, Kevin Kiley? George Weightman? nt

[jobycom]

3. We cane failed military commanders? Cool!

[MissB]

5. .

:spray:

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

4. Don't you mean "canned"?

Perhaps it was a Freudian slip! :O

[jobycom]

7. Darn, I hope not!

:rofl:

[Tom Joad]

19. heh, it works in Singapore.

[spinbaby]

6. Eh?

Who is Commander Walter Reed Caned?

[Jack Rabbit]

13. Commander is a Naval rank

Walter Reed was an Army doctor.

[InternalDialogue]

14. And when did CNN get commanders?

:shrug:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Caned? Wow, the military is getting really tough these days.

They used to just relieve people of their command...

[Norquist Nemesis]

16. LOL!

*smack smack*

Yeah, just heard the news myself. That the 'news' of them being aware of it for quite some time is getting press, somebody's gotta go. Interesting that they relieved him though instead of the old 'time with his family' routine.

Was this the same guy that offered to resign at the start of it?

[WI_DEM]

10. if this were a parliamentary system Bush's ass would have been canned long ago

[damntexdem]

26. You can can Dubya's ass, but ...

I'll be damned if I'll buy a can of it. ;-)

[JackRiddler]

28. mmmmm... Bush ass...

[Cabcere]

52. I wouldn't mind

openin' up a can of whoop-ass on Dubya's ass. :P (Figuratively speaking, of course - I hope I never have to be within fifty miles of that slimeball.)

[Debi]

We cane people here in America?

Man..things have changed!

[tavalon]

51. Nope

but we do waterboard. Give us time.

[Debi]

12. Ooops, dupe - guess I'm next

:spank:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

15. It's the ChimpCo way

Remove and charge the General at Abu Ghraib for policies implemented by ChimpCo itself. Remove the Commander at Walter Reed only when ChimpCo's failings become politically embarrassing. My Pet Scapegoat volume #23.

[Jacobin]

17. Whew!! they found a scapegoat.

Now all the wrongdoers can relax.

[maddezmom]

18. CNN link: General who oversees Walter Reed hospital relieved of duties

General who oversees Walter Reed hospital relieved of duties
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The commanding general at Walter Reed Army Medical Center was removed from the post Thursday by Secretary of the Army Dr. Francis Harvey, the Army announced.

The action against Maj. Gen. George Weightman followed revelations of poor conditions in parts of the medical complex. Weightman also was commanding general of the North Atlantic Regional Medical Command.

In a written statement, the Army said it is working quickly to addresses problems at the facility.

"Maj. Gen. Weightman was informed this morning that the senior Army leadership had lost trust and confidence in the commander's leadership abilities to address needed solutions for soldier-outpatient care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center," the statement said.

"The commanding general of U.S. Army Medical Command, Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley, will be acting temporarily as Walter Reed commander until a general officer is selected for this important leadership position." (Posted 2:01 p.m.)


http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/03/01/thursday/index.html

[babylonsister]

21. IMO Kiley should have been fired before Weightmann. The * admin

is running true to form...

[dkofos]

20. Caned??

I thought they would have just reassigned the incompetent MOTHER FUCKER.

[Lex]

22. LOL! Best. Typo. Ever.

:rofl:

[Graybeard]

23. Some societies would expect Hara Kiri for this disgrace...

...this creep didn't even have guts to resign in shame. Caning would be too good for the bastard.

[shain from kane]

24. "Helluva job, Brownie." "Smack."

[Connie_Corleone]

27. OUCH! That's gotta hurt!

How many times was he caned for his poor performance?

[helderheid]

29. OUCH! I thought they outlawed that!

[POAS]

30. If only!! n/t

[A Brand New World]

31. Not a funny subject by any means but thanks for the laugh

regarding the "Subject" line. Best typo ever.

[Jack Rabbit]

32. His butt must be infected

If he was caned in building 18.

[dogday]

33. He will be the one falling on his sword to save the DOD

and this administration. I mean someone has to take the responsibility, you know the ones truly responsible would do this....

[Hubert Flottz]

34. I wonder who will be the new guy?

The general who took the 5th on Abu Ghraib?



A man of GREAT faith?

[slackmaster]

35. I thought they only did that to litterers in Singapore

:nuke:

[niyad]

36. court-martial the whole stinking lot of them--let them rot in leavenworth!!

[DeepModem Mom]

37. COME ON, FOLKS -- WE ALL MAKE SPELLING MISTAKES, ESPECIALLY...

WHEN SOMETHING IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US, AND WE'RE IN A HURRY TO TELL OTHERS.

[MissB]

39. I don't think anyone is really making fun of the OP's spelling.

I think people are mostly laughing at the image of a military officer being caned.

[wicket]

41. Yup

Talk about a pile-on!

[bagrman]

44. Eye dno't tinhk it's the selpling taht cnuots as lnog as the mgsesae gtes out.

Latr

[slackmaster]

45. Please stop yelling at us

We can hear you just fine in mixed case.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

54. Oh, c'mon. People are laughing with the OP.

Not at him.

[lectrobyte]

40. I'm usually against corporal punishment, but in this case, I make an exception.

[JNelson6563]

42. How many threads are you going to post on this?

:shrug:

[DeepModem Mom]

46. Please forgive Monkeyman his excitement --

He devotes his life to vet activism, and, I think, is especially enjoying some good news since the recent death of his wife. (No way for most DUers to know this, of course.)

[WiseButAngrySara]

48. So sorry to hear! But honestly all of us are laughing at the words!

Not at him, and all of us realize that when you're typing fast to get newsflashs' out, mistakes are made! Such a funny picture though! And I hope Monkeyman gets a good hearty laugh out of this too!

Again, so sorry to hear of his recent loss.

[caligirl]

43. This is not good. Kiley did nothing with serious complaints he received

This is what Bev Young, Congressman Young's wife said was her experience with Kiley and this isn't all of it.

"Beverly Young said she complained to Kiley several times. She once visited a soldier who was lying in urine on his mattress pad in the hospital. When a nurse ignored her, Young said, "I went flying down to Kevin Kiley's office again, and got nowhere. He has skirted this stuff for five years and blamed everyone else."

Young said that even after Kiley left Walter Reed to become the Army's surgeon general, "if anything could have been done to correct problems, he could have done it."

Soldiers and family members say their complaints have been ignored by commanders at many levels.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20...

and there were other serious complaints to Kiley that went now where. Now he is in charge?

[SidDithers]

49. K&R for the typo alone!..nt

Sid

[tavalon]

50. I wish caning were the punishment!

[SoCalDem]

53. Sounds a bit harsh.. Was he "renditioned' to Indonesia?

:rofl:

Is it gonna be on Pay-per-view? I'd pay to see a general get caned :)

[fishnfla]

55. Hey monkeyman hows that lawsuit coming?

nt