Iraq War Veterans - From a Tank to a Tanking Economy

[RUBIO0331]

I did two combat deployments to Iraq as a Machinegunner in the Marine Corps, and I couldn't get a freaking job to save my life when I got out.... Some Bull Sh$%.

[axsmith234]

lol put his fast food job on hold ahahahahhahahahha. hes a highschool dropout that had no other choice cause he fucked up in life. im joinin the marines but im no drop out.

[cajunhornet60]

Michael is a true hero...I wish we would have had him around in Vietnam...

Vietnam Vet

1968-69

[MegaAra1]

Another problem is that the 10 point prefrence for civil service jobs was just more bull shit and is not honored at all. I applied for a few civil service jobs and was suprised when I found out some firend of the guy doing the hiring got hired who never served a day in his life at all instead of god knows how many vets with so called 10 point preferences got spit on so I gave up on that venture.

[jeremyrose]

Why did the story only speak about those whose jobs were flipping burgers? Many of us have college degrees, including enlisted side. Yeah its hard to get a job considering the high rate of employment discrimination. Despite that we have to continue on.

[rookieru]

This really is BS. The vets I know from this war are doing grimy work making little pay, and dealing with major baggage on top of it all. If I ever meet anyone from the Bush administration or even Obama for that matter I will spit directly in their face for these guys and the way they were stabbed in the back. I voted for BO, but he's not living up to what he said he'd do for our troops or for us. Think of how many homeless Vietnam vets we saw on the streets growing up. Deja Vu!

[1XMarksSpot]

@rookieru LOL You voted for Barack Obama? Here's a tipL If mainstream media focuses heavily on a particular candidate, then that candidate is bought and paid for by the financial oligarchs and corporations. Look into Ron Paul. He'll offer REAL change that America needs!

[marcusos1111]

@rookieru you have to understan that bush and obama are just puppets of the elite's!

[Philhelm]

@rookieru A year late, but politicians only use the soldiers for political capital. They care nothing about the soldiers, and only play lip service to them. I'm not saying that soldiers should be a privileged class, but I hate being used as political leverage by the ruling class. As far as I'm concerned, the government stabbed its troops in the back by sending them to wars that they had no intention of winning.

[ShaolinSurfer777]

This is bullshit !!! bullshit Man !! these guys deserve more than this crap.

[Trigun042]

thats why you dont quit your job and if you go over seas and your job fire's you can the military can will back you up in court.

[BornCitizen]

Bitter pill.  Soldiers were sold a line about patriotism only to discover that the Country they were willing to fight and die for doesn't give a shit about them.

[biglata]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahhaahhhh

[jigsawjohn666]

the news always makes our troops sound bad.....fuck you news 7

[Ashkon93]

what are you talking about, no they don't they treat them like heroes as they should be treated. so wtf are you saying?

[crowdaddy13]

well i guess im a sellout.........what should i do, not vote? this is a two party system and im not going to waste my time voting for ralph nader.

and as far as dallas goes........fort worth and dallas are worlds apart. dallas is about an hour drive for me, so i hardly go there. the traffic sucks ass too.

and i never said that texas wasnt a melting pot, i just go by polls. dallas county is very blue, but when obama loses 60-40 %, then many minorities ar either not voting or repubs too

[crowdaddy13]

hey im a liberal through and through but i believe in fighting fire with fire........im sick of dems trying to be gentlemen in congress and trying to walk across the isle to agree on issues.......the repubs never did that for us when they were in power, i think its time we do the same, because obviously every time they are in charge they ruin the country.

two, austin sucks a giant dick.....traffic is terrible......not as bad as houston but it still sucks. i think i'll stay in fort worth

[crowdaddy13]

you seem to forget that WE are in charge now there dipshit...........have fun for the next 4 years little whiny republican bitch.

oh and by the way, im in Texas.....the land of the repubs.....and im not fucking going anywhere, im going to be a thorn in the side of every christian moral value, evangelical wannabe republican in this fucking city.

you are probably a closet home pedophile yourself you hypocrite prick, go molest an 8 year old like your idols do (craig, haggard etc.)

[animalmother669]

pedophiles aren't homos, which is what i assume you meant with "home pedophile." don't lump fags in with walking dead men, kill a child fucker

[crowdaddy13]

oh I totally agree.......but i use the derogatory words for gay when republicans demean that lifestyle then get caught trying to get gay sex in a bathroom.....i have nothing against gays

liberal gays and lesbians=good people

republican closet homos=prick, pedophile homo assholes

[bwfield]

you're brain washed

[crowdaddy13]

yea, and listening to glenn beck does wonders for you i assume.......stfu

[crowdaddy13]

im sure you got a hard on when he started crying during his show.......he's such a "real" compassionate guy...hahaha

[bwfield]

I didn't even watch the video, I just noticed quotes of intolerance. You are a strange one. Why would anyone get a "hard on" when a guy cries? Why would u say that? Is that what happened to you?

[crowdaddy13]

well mind your own fucking business then......you comment on youtube videos you dont even watch, thats probably the same way you study politics, you debate issues without gathering any facts.......the same thing fox news does........leave me the fuck alone

[MegaAra1]

I have to agree with you on that but until spoiled america gets atacked for real, and don't mean a one day terror attack. They will never learn. I think most of them still think its just another TV show that will never happen here.

[Racingfeet21]

I"m a Afghan vet and the public really don't want you in there businesses. They think were all mentally f*ed up in the head... poilice in cali won't hire combat vets. POGS have free reign in that field.

[crowdaddy13]

well its diff here..........every cop i talk to thats my age is a vet of one of the wars

[crowdaddy13]

i think you got the names Michael Moore and George W Bush mixed up.......if there was any law and order in this country, the whole Bush administration would be sitting in Gitmo right now.

Id rather be an indentured servant to the views of Moore, than be a brainless sheep that follows the republican wolves in sheep costumes

[copasgrande]

thay wana make them cops!!!!! are thay crazy thay where killers give them a low stress job not a nother gun

[Elin48]

You're right...it's craziness. Give them a gun and post traumatic stress, and you've got a deadly combination.

[crowdaddy13]

plus, being a cop sucks dick too.........at least here where I live. lets not give them any VA benefits, hand them guns and let them have at it for $25k a year. thats progress isnt it?

[delaneywalsh]

This is EXACTLY the kind of injustice my video is about! It's the only video in my profile, I'm a singer/songwriter and I want to help anyway I can. I wrote a song and made a video with stats about the economy and war...maybe the words, pictures, and facts will move others, I just want to do my part. Thanks for the great video, Michael!

Delaney

[Eaglesfaninca]

What a monumental fuck up!

9/11 was a mishap of policing! Not foreign policy issue.

Than bush lets the accused family, along with saudi's leave the country 2 days after 9/11 with no interrogation.

How disgusting.

[queerbuzz]

Down with the NWO!

[BRANSCOMBEx]

we have less than 20,000 vets, im sure

u talking wwII? or war on terror?

[creedstat]

anyone who serves in this illegal war deserves every hardship they get...

[BRANSCOMBEx]

yeah really..

i mean if you blow the fuck outta someones house and return to america and find you lost yours...

dont cry hard times

[creedstat]

no doubt

[knoose]

It was just Bush blowing everything on

foreign affairs.

Hes gone now thankfully.

[WKaliber1]

I don't regard troops as heroes. They're just workers.

[ipwnorcs]

in this "war", sadly, i would have to agree

[workingclasssociety]

these people need to get their ducks in a row, Get your shit straight, if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen. I am sick of people regardless of military service or not, blaming someone else. If you don't have a job, find one, go to school, contact

[SRHawk24]

Its sad that they put they're lives on the line for us and yet they come home to unemployment.. There should be some sort of guaranteed employment after serving,

[crowdaddy13]

yeah, it was called civil service, but with the economy in the shitter, you cant even get a govt. job nowadays.........im a laid off federal employee myself, thanks to Bush's numerous "contracting out" programs.........Haliburton and their subs now do the work I once did......thanks Cheney

[Richardgwm]

Rick Santelli calls them "losers".

[speciesamused]

Santelli is a brain dead zombie, who should jump of the building he works in. These people are as real as it gets.

It means nothing anymore to have served. It is a shame indeed. If I have any service women or men come in to me I will look upon them with the highest regard. One love

[speciesamused]

{looking for employment]

[KataVideo]

Santelli hates America