Posted on 11/02/2006 1:51:54 PM PST by UB355
Minnesota unit created 'Halp us Jon Carry' sign Members of a unit under the command of the Minnesota National Guard turn out to be the creators of an intentionally misspelled sign that takes a mocking shot at Sen. John Kerry. Bob von Sternberg, Star Tribune Members of a unit under the command of the Minnesota National Guard turn out to be the creators of an intentionally misspelled sign that takes a mocking shot at Sen. John Kerry. The sign, painted in thick, blue letters across a white banner says, "Halp us Jon Carry - We R stuck hear n Irak." The picture of the sign, held by eight soldiers, has raced across the Web and on TV newscasts for the past two days. Power Line, the Twin Cities-based conservative blog dubbed the soldiers "our hometown heroes of the Minnesota National Guard." Late this morning Lt. Col. Kevin Olson, a spokesman for the Minnesota National Guard, said the "Red Bull" logo and the number on the bumper of the truck "1-34" indicate that the soldiers in the picture are under the command of a Minnesota unit. "All symptoms are there that they're from our base in Bloomington," Olson said. About 2,600 Minnesota Guard members have been deployed to Iraq and attached to the 1/34 Brigade Troops Battalion, which has a total of 5,000 troops in the war zone.
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The Red Star printed this?
Had no choice, I suspect. Would have run them over otherwise.
Anyone else gonna make those famous words into their next bumper sticker?
They were heroes before and more so now!
Some home truths for the Kerry defenders:
Staff Sgt. Erik Holtan, a Cottage Grove resident who's a member of the Minnesota Guard, told the Post he saw the picture ...and immediately posted it on his own blog site.
"I received this picture via e-mail and I love it," he wrote Wednesday on his blog and referred to Kerry: "For someone to say the comments he did, (and they are right there verbatim on the news), and then weasel out of it by saying it was a bad attempt at a joke is stupid. A botched joke is what it is. Funnier when you try to get out of the joke! Either way, of course the Republicans are gonna jump on it, IT'S ELECTION TIME!!!!"
Even the Red Star must be disgusted with Kerry. Man, he is one screw-up.
Put this in breaking news?
This article just brought on the Idea for a new game /event at fairs, picnics, and conservative conventions.
It will be called the "JOHN CARRY" in which teams will compete to see who can carry a porta-potty or replica outhouses the furthest or fastest or a combination thereof.
Teams could win bonus points or separate awards for decoration, showmanship, odor...eeeewwww, or other similar attributes.
I'm waiting for the Article 15s to be handed out to these brave men and women by some a$$ kissing career unit commander.
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Just checked out Drudge, and he has taken the picture down.
Good idea! I've already made it the background pic for both computers. The kids are enjoying it!
How about a rich widow carry?
It was there, must have pulled after complaints by the dims in Minneapolis
http://www.startribune.com/587/story/783407.html
This just worked
PING!
My Hometown!!!
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