Posted on 08/13/2012 7:36:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Nine Nobel Peace Prize winners are speaking out against a new NBC competition series they say treats military maneuvers like athletic events.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the other Nobel laureates protested in an open letter that the show, "Stars Earn Stripes," glorifies war and armed violence.
The series, which premiered on Monday night, pairs celebrities with inactive U.S. military personnel for simulated military challenges. Celebrity participants include boxing champion Laila Ali, Superman actor Dean Cain, Olympic gold medalist Picabo Street and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s husband, Todd Palin...
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The United States Armed Forces:
Doing the things those eggheads think they can do, but can’t admit that they can’t.
Busybodies. Mind your own country’s business and leave us to our wargames.
Yeah, I’m so glad to hear the world’s so much at peace that Nobel peace prize winners can concentrate their ire on a reality show.
All the usual idiots except Al Gore and Barry Soetero.
(2) Nobel Peace Prize recipients, like Yasser Arafat, also have oodles and oodles of moral authority.
(3) That being said, any excuse to put Laila Ali on TV is a good thing.
Only the US military is despised by these leftists.
Only the US military is despised by these leftists.
“Nine Nobel Peace Prize winners”
Ok, hold it right there. Bozo is a Nobel Peace Prize winner isn’t he? That means that it doesn’t mean shiite! These people need to STFU and worry about what goes on in their own countries. Oh, and by the way, stay in your own countries and stop visiting here! This goes double for all you UN delegates!! All you do is talk down our country! Go home and stay there!!
Who in the wide world gives a red rats patoot what Desmond Tutu has to say.
If he has anything to say why doesn’t he go back to Africa and say it to the killers and racists there.
Tutu and Doodoo they rhyme.
Is that him? I don’t think I’ve ever seen a picture of him before.
I had to laugh the other evening when we saw the advertisement for this show when we were watching the Olympics. My husband said, “Yeah, what would really make that show interesting is if they spent a few weeks training the “stars,” and then promptly sent them on an actual mission in Afghanistan. :-0. It would certainly bring a whole new meaning to “reality TV.”
Nine Nobel prize winners call for axing....duh, axing. The way Nobel prizes are awarded, nine Nobel prize winners is the equivalent of four trained monkeys which generally don’t carry a lot of weight or substance about any subject with me.
Closet homo. Real men want adventure, guns, and explosions!
Blah. Blah. Blah. Blah!
When was the last time Desmond Tutu’s opinion was worth more than a bucket of warm spit?
Drop his ass in the middle of any Third World S*hit Hole, Chicago’s South Side, or Bed~Stuy and see how long he survives.
Just watching. Looks fun.
Watched it last night. Todd Palin came off like Rambo, actually impressed the actual military members.
Then there’s the whole origin of the Olympic Games thingy to consider.
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