A dangerous, dirty, exhausting job
A dangerous, dirty, exhausting job with no medals, no parades, no GI bill or VA hospitals. Thanks, guys.
(Coal Miners)
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Rābi’a Balkhĩ (Persian: رابعه بلخی), also called as Rābi’ah bint Ka’b Quzdārī (in Persian: رابعه قزداری) , or just as Rabe’ah was most likely the first poetess in the History of Persian Poetry. She was born and died in Balkh, Khorasan, a city today in northern Afghanistan. The exact dates of her birth and death are unknown. But some evidences indicate she lived during the same period that Rudaki, the Father of Persian Poetry, was a court poet to Nasr II of Samanid (914-943).
Her name and biography appear in Jami’s Nafahat-ol-Uns, Attar’s Mathnaviyat and Aufi’s Lubab ul-Albab. She was one of the first Afghan/Persian poets who wrote in modern Persian (Dari). Her father, Kaab, was a governor; when Kaab died, his son Haares, brother of Rabe’eh, became the governor. Haares had a Turkish slave named Baktash, with whom Rabe’eh was secretly in love. At a court party, Haares heard Rabe’eh’s secret. He imprisoned Baktash in a well, cut the jugular vein of Rabe’eh and imprisoned her in a bathroom. She wrote her final poems with her blood on the wall of the bathroom until she died. Baktash escaped the well, and as soon as got the news about Rabe’eh, he went to the governor’s office and assassinated Haares. He then committed suicide.
Those were the days when a poem really counted for something.
Also, cocks.
when did they stop giveing metals to firemen?
When the military needed all the metal for theirs.
That’s not true….. coal miners get WAY more health benefits…. and you’re a mong if you said “i’m first”
… And you’re an ass if you used the word “mong.”
You’re an ass if you’re a donkey.
WIN!!!
Thanks or the energy, sorry that your Union is killing the business that’s giving you your job.
DELETE, DELETE!! grrrrrrrrr
which means you’ve probably bragged that you were the very first poster on a picture to your mother at the dinner table
Um, no. I just don’t like people using outdated and insulting references to the disabled to slag off others.
Among what?
Totally. Not coal miners, firefighters for forest fires.
oooooh….. I thought they were CalTrans workers
Thank you for being able to tell. That is a USFS symbol on the front. They are more than likely a hotshot crew.
emm.. I know the caption says coal miners. But yellow shirts and Forest Service helmets says they fight forest fires
Yeah, those military guys get all the breaks. What’s the mortality rate for an average fire fighter?
What a cunt!
I know, right?
Actually, last year, in terms of percentages, it was more dangerous to be a wildland firefighter than it was to be on military deployment in Afghanistan and Iraq. 38 of my brothers and sisters gave their lives fighting fires, show due respect.
Which I certainly do — the thing about the guys and gals who risk their lives in service of others is that they risk their lives in service of others and don’t ask for glory — quiet professionalism is their reward. The least that we who do not currently stand in the face of adversity can do is respect all of them in their chosen profession, I know that I do.
Woah you had 38 brothers and sisters? Big family, and they all died, that sucks.
Yeah, they all died — guess what, there is more to borthers and sisters than blood passed on by biology.
Idiot.
Someone here is going to be impossible to be rescued from his burning house.
Actually what I said is mean… Firefighters are good people, they won’t let you die just because you offended them.
Firefighters do have my respect. I take issue with a caption that implies that the military is a kush job with tons of benefits.
if its so kush, the captioner can take my spot in iraq
You guys don’t get it. The caption is not saying the military have it easier. The caption says firefighters and soldiers have it equally bad, yet firefighters don’t get as much recognition as soldiers.
I do get it. But you’re wrong if you think firefighters and soldiers have it EQUALLY bad. Maybe compared to the Fobbits, they do, but the horror stories accumulated over a career of firefighting amount to a week as an infantryman in a combat zone.
Firefighters have a tough job and have my respect, but if you think they’re on par with doing multiple year-long tours in a frontline combat unit, all I can say is, you don’t know what you’re talking about.
But not every soldier gets to see combat, whereas every firefighter does.
Having many family members in both line of work, there are times when the firefighters have it rougher. Considering how different the jobs are, it’s fairly impossible to compare the two. It’s like comparing ice hockey to football. You get more knee injuries in football, but lose more teeth in hockey ^.^
Either way, firefighters see things that would scar most people. They don’t just fight fires.
Comparing the jobs is like apples and oranges. Soldiers/sailors/airmen/marines and cops and firefighters ALL serve a profession that have their own dangers, all of those professions are comprised of people who knowingly face danger for something greater than themselves. Piting one against another is pointless and serves no purpose — dead is dead, whether killed by fire or fire.
Agree!
BUT THESE ARE COALMINERS
YOUR ARGUMENT IS INVALID
SHAQ IS HOLDING A PANDA YOUR ARGUMENT IS INVALID.
A PANDA IS HOLDING SHAQ ALL ARGUMENTS ARE VALID AGAIN!
No, those are hotshots. Last time I check, coal miners didn’t work for the USFS, wear nomex, and carry chainsaws. It’s a mis-caption.
As a veteran… that was wounded in service to my country… I have to say, F*ck you.
No disrespect to anyone that puts their life on the line to save others. We are brothers in arms and the person who does pay the ultimate price should get all the honor that deserves.
Don’t cheapen anyone’s sacrifice by posting crap like this.
And don’t cheapen the fact that I had to go through hell for the burns to my arm and never got a thank you. No one was putting you down. They were just saying us fire fighters deserve some recognition for what we do.
Man, only a firefighter would be arrogant enough to say that their job is more dangerous than combat.
Now, I know as a firefighter logic isn’t a big thing for you. But, I will break this down barney style in an attempt to overcome your intellectual short comings.
Now, you claim 38 firefighters were killed last year. I will use your figures, 3.8% of the US population are firefighters. That means that 9 million people, going off of 2004 census figures, are firefighters in this country. Care to take a guess what that percentage is?
Now, I will use last years count for this case, casuality in this instance refers to deaths only as trying to compare wounded would take too much effort and I am pretty sure even someone such as yourself could see how dumb it would be to compare a missing limb to a fat slob getting a heart attack going up two flights of stairs.
Now, last year, in OEF the count was 155. Of that, the total combined force in Afghan alone was 47k at years end. Surely even you can see the difference there? Should I add in OIF too? Or would you like to continue to talk out of your ass?
Also, I have been both a Marine, proud of that, and Firefighter, ashamed of that, so I am very capable of not only speaking from a subjective standpoint but also a factual one. The numbers don’t add up and having done both, the Firesiege of 03 and Marine crap. The stress is nowhere near the same and to say otherwise makes you a typical over paid and arrogant smoke chaser. It’s all good though, some people aren’t cut out for real jobs.
Add just to follow this up.
If you want to add all of the armed forces the number would be 3 million. I know math might be hard at you but I shouldn’t have to explain how 3 million is less than 9 million; should I.?
And finally at hotshot. lol. Yeah, second degree burns to your arm is so the same thing as losing said arm? How many friends have you lost in your time? I wonder what the number is for the average service member. My God, the arrogance of firefighters is astounding these days and reminds me of how leaving that leaper collony that is the fire service was the best choice I’ve ever made.
And you know what firefighters get? The ability to be home every year and awesome pay, standard pay in So Cal is 90K a year, maybe if you went and got an education you’d get some of it too? Instead of working for the circus? The compensation that firefighters receive is far in excess of service members. Not to mention massive amounts of respect for a unskilled and uneducated profession.
Here’s to busting the unions.
9 million Firefighters?? What? According to the NFPA there are approximately 1.2 million firefighters in the US, and 103 LODD last year.
If you’re going to make an asinine argument based on fact at least get your facts straight. Of those 1.2 mil firefighters there were 42k reported injuries, which is on the low end of the number that actually occur due to under-reporting of on the job injuries. Trying to say that all firefighters are “fat slobs” who can’t carry hose up two flights of stairs, and that thus it makes all firefighters inferior to military personnel is just plain stupid. Try talking to a firefighter who works in the bronx, or on skid row, or one who works in Detroit. I have the utmost respect for our men and women in the armed forces, but don’t belittle my brethren, our job is no cake walk and by calling it as such is a huge disrespect to those of us who serve our communities proudly and those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.
First of all, thank you to whoever made this. It’s nice to finely have someone say thank you for what we do. We all appreciate it very much.
Secondly, lol: next time you can spend 2 hours deployed in a shake and bake. Then tell those guys they aren’t heroes.
They’re not. Go on a patrol for four days with two MREs. Than get back to me. Also, 72 hours bump and run with four 10k foot hoselays in that time period during the fire siege of 03.
Yeah. I know I’d be thrilled to be thanked by someone turning civil service into a bitter pissing contest.
Um, those are fire fighters, not coal miners.
They actually have a pretty high mortality rate and it is a fairly dangerous job, although nothing compared to the military. And they’re rather better paid than the military Enlisted ranks are as well.
Lots of firefighters I knew used it as a way to pay for school, and often had back-up from local National Guard and Reserve units if the fires got really bad. I did fire duty a couple of times while I was in the ANG.
I think “highly paid” is a matter of opinion. When I looked into firefighting a couple decades back, it was indeed a way to make a lot of money in just a few short months- twenty to thirty thousand dollars for five months work, around ‘89 or ‘90.
However, this was for working nearly 120 hours per week every week from April or May through September. Not exactly easy money.
To be fair Mark, the 120 hours was probably “on call” time, not actual firefighting and equipment maintenance duties, wasn’t it?
Not taking anything away from them, but I know very few salaried jobs where 120 hours/week is anything other than gross duty hours before breaks.
No, if you weren’t fighting fires, you weren’t getting paid. In Oregon, at least, it’s an hourly job paid not too much above minimum wage. It’s only the massive overtime that allows an Oregon firefighter to make big money. It was 12 to 16 hours per day, seven days a week; tough hours!
The regs may be different now, of course. I haven’t looked into it.
I’ve spent three summers working for US Fish and Wildlife Service here in Oregon as a wildland firefighter. The most I’ve made was $16,000, and that was because I got a lot of fires. We work an average of 60 hours a week, and when on a fire we work 16 hours a day for 2 weeks straight, no breaks. I get paid about $14 and hour base for this.
Thanks for the clarification!
Fires don’t take breaks, firefighters are always understrength, there is no way they can take a break — when you sign on, you work. That is the intensity. Firefighters, cops, EMTs, soldiers all haave jobs that may have downtime on occasion, but when they’re on there is no off until the duty is done, even when you’re sleeping, you’re still in the mode. There is no way to describe the intensity of any of those types of jobs.
There are new rules about how much they can work. You can only work 2 weeks on the line and you have to go home; no exceptions. I think you can’t come back for at least 2 weeks. Lots of other rules. Better than a union and still makes good money if you save it and not blow it all on booze, cigs and the local hookers. Don’t have sex with the hookers in the kinds of towns you end up staying in when you’re firefighting.
“Don’t have sex with the hookers in the kinds of towns you end up staying in when you’re firefighting.”
Lmao!
(I thought firefigters got it for free just because women liked them a lot?)
I think it’s the idea of the firefighters in the calenders. When the real thing comes up reality hits and the women get turned off. Not that I don’t respect the men. Just that most of them aren’t an Adonis.
Not true, I work across the street from the fire station and I have quite a few co workers who are more than happy to oogle the firefighters. Though Im not sure how attracted theyd be to a firefighter whos spent the last two weeks fighting a fire…the soot and the smoke and sweat smell would probably be a turn off.
That just means you get to go play in the shower. And we all know what kind of fun you can have in a shower.
Actually, think I’ve forgotten what kind of fun that is. Could you please elaborate for those of us who are a little rusty in our skills?
use details, send photos…
I’m afraid I don’t know what either of you two are talking about.
-.- well let bitter troll show you with this pop up book
Oh, I’ve never seen a book pop up! This should be interesting.
some people have described it as interesting…others curl up inthe corner and cry
Yes well, I’m something of a book nerd, so this would be right up my alley.
-twitch , hands her the book and walks away- enjoy the reading, watch out for the pop ups cause you mgiht put out an eye
*muffles guffaw*
*fails*
BWAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
*deep breath*
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA
*falls over*
Actually, you do 2 weeks on, have a mandatory 2 days off, then can come back for 7 days. Some of the hotshot crews work 14 on, 2 off, all summer because they’ve signed releases. Which is why they have NO sense of humor, it’s been burned out of them.
As a firefighter for 12 years for the USFS and BLM there are exceptions to the rules. If life or property are under threat then firefighters can break the rules as long as it is justifiable. I have worked several 36 hour shifts and worked for 21 days straight. The government tries to limit the days to 16 hours a day and 14 days of work with 2 days off but that isn’t always the case. You don’t have to go home either. The incident has the choice to keep you in the field for the 2 days off. The money isn’t that great either. I do the job because I love it but there are other ways I could make better money. I have a Bachelors degree as do most firefighters and we all could be making better money somewhere else but stay with this job.
They didnt say highly paid. Just better paid than the military Enlisted ranks. All the payment talk I saw after this comment proves it.
People in the military can’t unionize.
Hmm, but people in unions CAN militarize… it really makes one wonder…
They look more like fire fighters?
OOPSI,hit ? insted of. Sorry!
They are firefighters, and most have other jobs with the National Park Service, US Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management, or state agencies. They work fires on an as-needed basis. The ones who do most of the dangerous fire-fighting are the professional, full-time crews.
Assuming the guys in the pic are coal miners… who do we thank next? The tobacco farmers for their nice hard work? I know, I know… it isn’t the workers’ fault that someone of pushing a frigging bad product.
Still… feel kind of strange to give thanks for helping create such a product, doesn’t it?
Assuming they are firefighters however… then I agree. Firefighters, paramedics, police, doctors, nurses, etc… they heroes in so many ways, having saved countless of lives and made living for everyone better. Why don’t they get parades? Just wondering…
/Son of a cop, married to a nurse
bitter troll will pretend they are coal miners for humor reasons now!
EWAdams next needs to make a “LOL” about bakers, how they never get metals and rewards for all those cakes they thanklessly bake
OR a “LOL” for the people in the sweat shops who sew togther strippers thong underwears..if it wasnt for those brave brave children working 14 hours a day..where would the strippers put the dollars?
Bitter troll, I’ve done a little …..undercover surveillance, and I found the next “LOL”.
LMAO!!! Love it, diss… well done!
bitter troll will make some EWAdams style “lol”s tonight.
one thanking such classics as
the child touching priest
the nanny who shakes the babies
both men in congress who have not slept around
Llama’s…the hairy kind not the dolie kind
the US border patrol
the amish ( even thou bitter troll still dont trust them)
We could turn it into a whole theme…like those “Real Men of Genius” beer ads. I love those. Mr. Multi Colored Sweater Weeeaaarer!
Mr. Rolling Cooler Cooler-Roller
You have everything you need for a picnic…except a friend to carry a cooler (Unpopular!!)
Mr. Jumbotron Screen Proposal Guy
You’ve got everything covered. Unless she’s in the bathroom, they spell her name wrong…or she says “no.”
Best commercials on the radio. Period.
And I just discovered that they are all compiled here. *cries tears of joy*
*tear* They’ve all but stopped playing them around here. Don’t know if Miller’s just not making them anymore or if they just won’t air them in Budlite country. I sing along with those as much if not more than the regular songs on the radio.
They’re Bud Lite commercials.
bitter troll almost crashed his bitter car the first time he heard the taco salad one…” i dont see no lettus”
One of my favorites (because it’s me!): Mr. 80 spf sunblock wearer. “There are 24 hours in a day. You’re wearing 80 hour protection. If the sun fails to go down — you’ll be ready!”
…and sadly, I’ve realized it’s not ALL of them on that website. But it’s still a LOT of them.
Why did I always think they were Miller lite? I’ve lost my mind. But now it really doesn’t make any sense for them not to play them around here. Did they just decide they didn’t need to spend part of the advertising budget on a region that’s going to buy them anyway?
This native St. Louisan winced at you calling them Miller Lite ads. LOL
I know, I know. My mother would be so disappointed in me. I’m having an off day. I apologize.
That’s BEAUTIFUL!!
*cries tears of joy*
A sanctimonious, preachy, snippy “lol” from EWAdams, with no laughs, funny, or potential for humor….must be Wednesday.
You noticed that too?
We’ve been deluged with an unfortunate number of his unLOLs lately. But apparently PK is supposed to be a soapbox. We’re supposed to go look at cats if we want the funneh (his words, not mine).
Next on Soapbox Kitchen: Unfunny LOLs – why you should show respect for them. Then, host Caren Troll will attempt to make you feel bad for having a sense of humor. Later, we’ll discuss sarcasm, and why stupid people don’t get it. Don’t unplug your computer and back over it with your car, we’ve got all this and more coming your way right after these words from our sponsors!
can i just throw my computer off an overpass?
Who the HELL did that? Now I need a new windshield.
umm, not me. it was my brother.
*points in the direction of brother in AZ*
he did it.
Please make sure the road below you is empty before you do so. I just had to work a claim similar to that and it wasn’t pretty. *recalls photos and shudders*
that and then we would get pics of rescue workers helping people with broken windsheilds callingthem heros
The rescue workers weren’t doing anything but loading people into body bags. People who got in a fight with the pavement and lost after they were thrown from the car. Days like today I hate my job.
owe…-hugs-
Thanks. I’ll be ok. Soon I’ll get to see someone suing someone else for no reason and I’ll get a goo laugh again.
Check your FB inbox shortly, I’m going to send you a laugh.
I will as soon as I get home. (in about an hour) And a big TY in advanced for any laugh!
We’ll just add whatever you do to the list of things I don’t wanna do when I grow up.
I work in insurance.
I’m sorry.
I thought he was being sarcastic when he said that. To think I gave him the benefit of the doubt. Doh!
I wish people would really stop with using sockpuppet accounts to vote up their own lol-less lols. I demand some sort of reform.
*holds a teaparty*
i like sugar in my tea. no milk, that’s just weird.
Don’t worry. I’ve brought plenty of sugar. The only milk I’m carrying, well . . . would require some effort to get out, and you probably wouldn’t want it in your tea. Or would you?
*looks around for ivan*
umm, i’m spoken for ’round these parts. so, i’m gonna take a pass on the milk. plus, ew.
*reaches down in pants and wriggles around for a little bit, pulls out buttermilk*
I know. This stuff is awful, isn’t it? Couldn’t even imagine it in tea. Ew.
WHAT’S GOING ON HERE?
i said no… even told him i was spoken for. lefty’s just a perv.
I’ll moiduh da bum!
no… don’t do that. you’ll end up in prison and then they’ll send you out to fire the wildfires.
instead, come over here and snuggle me.
*snuggles his sweet Petunia*
In that case, I hesitate to ask if you’ve got chai.
I love milky tea! Only if it’s black tea though, or chai tea, not herbal.
I like my tea coffee-flavoured thanks.
Same here. Sometimes a nice cup o’ tea is good though. Like when I’m out of coffee. Or it’s bed time and I’m cold and don’t want a lot of caffeine. But that’s about it.
Tea with lemon, hold the sugar.
C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!!
C-C-C-COMBO RESTARTER!!!
I’ll just hook these jumper cables up to the combo real quick and…
*BOOM*
Oops. Guess I did that wrong.
Are there scones? You must have scones at a real teaparty!
of course… just don’t ask for butter. the milk it was made from is a bit odd.
Has strawberry scones at my place. And tea. And coffee. And bis.. biscot… Cookies!
-leans in and looks around like Dr House- did someone say cookies?
Nope. No one said anything about cookies.
*hides cookies*
biscotti.
Thank you! I have biscotti and just regular cookies. But don’t tell BT. He kind of scared me with the House like glare. I don’t think I want to share with him now.
-leans in with a phantom of the opera like stare- did someone say biscotti
BT is that you? I can only see half your face.
the bitter troll is gone…now is the phantom of the pundit kitchen!
But everyone loves House!
Except real doctors.
i’m starting to wonder if EWAdams is a sock of someone who used to ALWAYS get unfunny LOLs on the front page. i don’t remember her name (i managed to erase it from my memory, yay!) but she had like 3 different names and would comment with all of them, admitting that she was the same person but would only publish the LOLs under one name.
but when we accused her of having pull at PK she got pissy and started just bitching at everyone. you remember her, right?
so considering the quantity of unfunny LOLs that have made the homepage from EWAdams, i’m wondering if she’s back…
Nah, hers were at least attempting to be funny even if they very often failed. These don’t even TRY.
from what i remember they weren’t particularly funny though…
these are just straight up preachy. and i particularly loved a few LOLs back when EWAdams complained that there were too many preachy LOLs. *headdesk*
You mean HeatherJLC?
ah dammit eddie. i’d managed to forget her name. but yes, heather. i don’t remember what the jlc stands for… help?
jlc = jerk loving c*nt?
right! it was part of her name… i thought it was an acronym for one of her socks.
and i don’t think the PK filters care if you say cunt. i think the only one they really pick up is the f-bomb. which is weird. i tend to find cunt a bit stronger of a word, but the only word that will adequately describe some people…
huh, PK does like the word cunt. and ass. and shit. and damn. and bitch. but not the f-bomb. weird.
some moderator’s got an odd sense of what’s “ok” and what’s not.
Lol… it’s a topic of some amusement that the filter for comments on my local newspaper’s website won’t allow the word “cracker”.
You can say “cunt” but you can’t say “v!codin.”
Could it be because it’s a brand name? Although all the other brand names seem to be allowed.
I think it’s because phenomenon of the ‘Scunthorpe problem’. A small town in England caused problems with the software. I only know that cos I was brought up there. And yes I’ve heard ‘em all..
nest fail. CNUT.
And editing/grammar fail. *sigh*
Huh. I wonder if you can say Lortab.
Coumadin? (Turns out X@nax is filtered, too!)
the list of what is filtered is weird.
I was about to guess Junior League C*nt. Those damn “sweater-set and pearls” set!!
*strips off sweater set and pearls*
*reveals only a lacy bra*
this’ll be awkward to explain to the bosses…
(p.s. i work in a conservative office. i hate it. sweater sets are not my personal style…)
Soooo, you’d rather go to work in just a lacy bra?
i need to rethink this… the creepy almost 60 year old SVP is rather perv-y. but he’s screwing my office mate (*shudder*)… so i might be able to do it without him oogling me. however, pretty sure my manager would have an aneurysm and that wouldn’t be so good.
Hmmm. Waitaminute, I’m wearing a sweater and pearls, too. I only have one sweater, though. It’s not a set, I’m wearing it under a suit. So, I’m ok, right?
You’re always more than ok, Diss. Plus, you’re not in the Junior League, are you?
This is relevent to my interests!
*perks up*
He’s wearing his cornflower blue tie. That means it’s Tuesday.
You can swallow a pint of blood before you get sick.
Well, I gotta tell you: I’d be very, very careful who you talk to about that, because the person who wrote that… is dangerous.
And this button-down, Oxford-cloth psycho might just snap, and then stalk from office to office with an Armalite AR-10 carbine gas-powered semi-automatic weapon, pumping round after round into colleagues and co-workers. This might be someone you’ve known for years. Someone very, very close to you.
I am Captain Wow’s inflamed sense of rejection.
I flipped through catalogs and wondered: What kind of dining set defines me as a person?
One you can lick without the pattern coming off?
I want to know who votes this b.s. to the front page so I can beat some sense into them.
*hands hel a tire-iron*
if you’re going to beat them, you gotta do it right.
Thanks, TOS! This will be very helpful. Unfortunately, we have to find them first. I wish they’d do the right thing, by every one, and come to us for the beating.
In my limited experience doing lols, when I’ve tried (as an experiment, you understand) to do a preachy one it’s gone down better than out-and-out funny/silly ones. Looking at the different bits of the cheezburger empire, there seem to be separate communities with way different attitudes to the funnies. Maybe politics/news attracts a disproportionate amount of people with an agenda other than humour. We must all make a solemn vow to vote against preachy lols: including mine.
I’ve done a couple preachy LOLs in my time. They didn’t do great. I pride myself on going for something just flat out goofy, and thank goodness it occasionally works.
And how!. OK, funny it is from now on..
Shite! Don’t tell me we’re going to have something similar to Vladurday? I like Vladurday, but don’t think I take another -day based on anything by EWAdams.
You hear that EW? We’re sick of you being not funny! BE MORE FUNNY!!!
for every unfunny LOL he posts here i suggest we get a midget to punch him in the balls* a dozen times.
even if he doesn’t get the point we’ll be guaranteed he’ll never procreate.
*if female, then a punch to the ovaries will suffice.
EW gets butthurt and starts defending the unfunny in 3…2…1…
I just saw another unfunny lol by them in voting, so I’d say they have not met our demands. Who’s punching them in the balls?
*raises hand* I believe it’s HelOnWheels, in the balls, with a tire-iron.
or a weed wacker!
BTW, BT, your clicky is an education. I’ve just discovered I’m 7 sorts of troll. Don’t know whether to be happy or sad.
then clearly you should be bi-polar
All have is a tire-iron. That’s all that T-O-S gave me.
Hands HOW a EP Trollstick 2000.. give that a try. Be careful not to push the blue button unless you mean to go in for the kill.
Right in the babymaker.
Have you ever seen “What Happens In Vegas”? I love what the best friend wants to do to the ex-fiance…..
(paraphrased) “So we go over to his house, kneel down in front of the door, and ring the bell. When he answers the door, one punch, RIGHT in the nuts! Then when he asks ‘why????????’, we just look at him and say ‘YOU know why.’”
Bonus: get a midget to punch him in the nuts and scream “YOU know why!!!!” as he runs away.
*snerk*
never seen that movie. but i’d be ok with doing that to EW.
For some reason, I’ve always gotten a definite feel of “femaleness” about EWAdams.
any sense of gender was always overwhelmed by an enormous sense of “raging preachy douchebag”.
LMAO! Well played, Shorty!
I respect fire fighters and I do think they would sacrifice themselves in order to save others, but I don’t believe the cops would do the same for me…or at least not the ones in my country. Most of them are corrupted and lazy and I don’t trust them one bit! And I get angry when I hear that our brave cops deserve better wages and all sorts of advantages because they sacrifice for us. I haven’t heard of a single cop to sacrifice at least one finger for a citizen in the last 20 years or so…and trust me, the media is hungry for this kind of stories…
Getting shot and/or killed trying to get dangerous criminals off the streets doesn’t count? You have a very limited view of what “sacrificing for the citizens” means.
Of course, Scartz, You COULD become a cop and do the right thing, So put your money where your mouth is and sign up tomorrow. What’s that? Cat got your tongue?
If you are referring to US cops, you can shove your opinion of them up your nether regions. Corruption isn’t as bad as naysayers like to claim. I’ve seen more cops die in the line of duty trying to do good than I’ve ever heard of them doing wrong. You’re just more inclined to remember the bad about those that have authority.
I think corruption, protection, loyalty, and courage are all based on local experiance and are all relative. Cops are brave as fu(k. And some of them are useless. Depends on which one you have to deal with.
So true, my Mother had allzhiemers and wandered away several times. The cops here could not have been nicer. They were kind and gentle with her and compassionate with my Dad who was frantic about losing her. There are bad seeds in any profession. But I think the good cops way outnumber the bad ones.
I tend to be wary of the police. Why? Because I’ve been pulled over a lot in the past (nothing in the last couple years. Getting arrested for missing a court date on a speeding ticket kinda scared me straight). But how many of us are wary of the police because of stuff that WE do wrong? As pissed off as I’ve been in the past at being pulled over, frankly I deserved it.
Of course it’s also possible to be brave as fvck and useless at the same time…the bravery has to be appropriately targeted!
Overall, though, yes. The thing is, they’re human, not superheroes. Most of them are decent, reasonably hardworking people doing a job that, quite honestly, most of us don’t want to do. They don’t just “sit there writing tickets” or “eating donuts”, they’re dealing with the scudgy underside of humanity at its worst a lot of the time; people don’t generally call the cops when things are going well. It’s when they’ve been burglarized, when they’ve beaten the sh1t out of each other, when somebody’s injured, dying, or possibly been dead for a few days as their apartment’s not smelling too great. When they get drunk and decide to smack hell out of their kids, or run into the neighbor’s car. In my experience observing the cops I know, a steady diet of this tends to lead to a certain amount of cynicism, but they keep showing up for work and they keep doing their best to keep the crime in their area under some type of control, very often with limited equipment and dubious organization and supervision. Some of them burn out. Some get past it. And some (a minority, I think) become corrupt. It’s the ones who go bad that make the headlines, so that’s what a lot of people think about.
I’ve never encountered a cop who’s been anything other than courteous and helpful.
To me anyway.
Obviously you’ve never been a skateboarder, in the U.S anyways.
There are cops who do a great job and risk it all everyday, but many just sit around looking for easy things to bust. I wish media would highlight the real heroes more, but many simply perpetuate the stereotype.
I’m a short haired white man in nice clothes- police officers are always nice to me now!
When I was a long-haired rebellious fvck at anti-Bush rallies, my experience was somewhat different.
That would be Bush I, btw, not Bush II.
” I’ve seen more cops die in the line of duty”
You have? How curious…
Does anyone else think it’s weird that wherever you see a dead police officer, Scythelord is nearby? I’m beginning to think it’s more than just a coincidence!
You’re right. If you look at crime scene photos, there is Scythelord, in the crowd. I hear the FBI is VERY interested in talking to him.
Well if they’re that interested they should just tell him how they feel.
They know that you’ve wanted to express your feelings longer.
I think an interesting question to ask yourself is how often you’re happy to see a cop vs. how often you’re not happy to see one. I usually feel like cops are out to give me a ticket or make my day crappy in some way.
That’s because in an attempt to end the stereotype once and for all, it is possible for an officer to be fired if he/she is seen with a doughnut.
But… but they love their donuts!! (and I know quite a few cops, and they all agree, Donuts are awesome)
Lol…side story here — we have a problem with people habitually driving too fast down our street (narrow, residential, cars parked to the side, lots of kids playing….they will hit 40 or 45 easy!). We were on the front porch recently and a guy drives past at a reasonable speed. I remarked on that, and said “You know, if I was a cop, I’d drive people nuts, because sometimes I would want to just pull over people who were driving well and compliment them on it and tell them to keep it up….and that would freak people out.”
They did that on Candid Camera once…the cop would pull over a driver and hand them a bouquet of roses.
Another side story, my grandmother was pulled over once for driving too slowly and holding up traffic. It was a chronic problem apparently, because I also remember a story about how she was driving in the mountains and a guy behind her on a motorcycle gestured for her to pull over. When she did, he reached into the car, pulled out the keys, and threw them in the bushes.
Poor granny.
I feel that way too. And from what I’ve heard, they like following you for a while just to keep you on your toes.
I’ll buy that. I was just on the freeway the other day, next to a cop going exactly the speed limit. Traffic was backed up for quite a ways but nobody wanted to pass the cop. I could just sense the power trip emanating from the cop car.
Well, admit it. It would be funny sometimes.
(Also, he can’t really win — if he was speeding like everyone else, then he gets “OMG the police don’t obey the traffic laws either but they give ME a ticket” from people, so it’s really a no-win for them if you think about it!)
I usually only apply the double-standard when they’re going way faster than traffic – that’s when I mutter something about not obeying laws
Fighting Against: Fire (oh yeah, its real)
vs
Fighting Against: “Terrorism” (a blanket term used to describe anyone without US interest at heart)
Protecting: People, Buildings, and Belongings
vs
Protecting: “Freedom” (a blanket term used to descibe US interest)
Although the individuals involved are both brave and equal as people. The organizations they belong to are quite different. Parades and medals are definitely in order.
What a piece of chit comment. I was wondering when you were going to start spewing your crap today…didn’t take you long. Please leave the county and go live in some “communist/socialist” meca.
Nope! I am here for you!
I didn’t ask for you nor would I ever willingly let you represent me in any way, shape or form. Have a nice day
Thanks! I will have a nice day! All because you said so!
And that’s your official position?
doggie style-nods-
Reverse cowgirl.
Wait, what?
Did you get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? Or did you just forget that “Patriotic”=/=”I like it every time we bomb a brown person”?
He said that firefighters deserve medals and you’re calling it a piece of shit comment? I may not always like VNV’s wording, but I think he nailed this one. I think our government definitely throws the word freedom around when it comes to US interests. I also think he made it very clear that he respects both American soldiers and firefighters’ bravery. What’s the problem? That he doubts the nation’s intentions?
If there was every any question, I will repeat. I doubt this nation’s intentions.
So do I. I didn’t see a problem with your post, and I really think Semperfidd jumped the gun on you this time.
Sorry Rando, that’s not what he said. You (& the other guy) are displacing the word government with soldier. We are the government. Soldiers execute the policy “we” select. Funny thing, democratic republics, “we” have a process to select people to make policy, then point fingers at those who carry out our policies.
SemperFi — why do you talk to this guy?
And don’t forget that alot of those “brave as fu(k cops” you are praising are veterans.
Thanks for your reply!
I seriously, seriously think people who say “freedom is the only thing that counts, I will sooner die than lose any freedom” has lost a wee bit of track of reality. Freedom is only worth something while you’re a live. Working in the military, choosing (the reasoning behind this to be debated in some other place) to substitute your life for a vague idea of freedom – in a pretty capitalistically defined sense – is really, really idealistic, but I’d rather wake up unfree in an unburned bedroom tomorrow than not wake up in an infinitely free pile of ash.
I’m not really trying to make a point – just putting a leeeeetle fuel on the fire. No gas or nuffin, just a little twig poked in from the side…
I was told not to thank people for doing a job that they are paid to do.
I completely disagree. One should always thank people for doing their job well… unless, of course, their job involves doing harm to you. Then, feel free to be an ungrateful cretin.
What, are you charged $$$ every time you thank someone? Come on, cut loose with some gratitude. It costs you nothing and helps spread happiness around.
(I bet you’re a lousy tipper!)
Yeah. We shouldn’t thank Fat Tony for destroying your bakery for not accepting his boss’s “protection.”
VNV? Is that you? I’m squinting, but you’re so far out in left field it’s tough to make you out.
Oh it’s me!
VNV can actually be quite funny when he’s in a good mood, I’ve noticed.
yeah… its only about 75% of the time I suck.
But I try to improve daily!
Me too. Good goal.
It could be worse. There are those who post here who suck 110% of the time. How is it 110%? Nobody knows.
I thought this as well, PM!
I always thank my hookers for their hard work.
With 1’s or with attempted kisses on the mouth (cause that’s gross)?
With bitchslaps of course (they’re just hookers). Now get back to work!
“Why tip someone for a job I’m capable of doing myself? I can deliver food. I can drive a taxi. I can, and do, cut my own hair. I did, however, tip my urologist, because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones.”
i can’t tell if you’re serious or just messing around (i hope the latter)
You sound like Mr. White:
Hey, I’m very sorry that the government taxes their tips. That’s fvcked up. But that ain’t my fault. it would appear that waitresses are just one of the many groups the government fvcks in the ass on a regular basis. You show me a paper says the government shouldn’t do that, I’ll sign it. Put it to a vote, I’ll vote for it. But what I won’t do
is play ball. And this non-college bullsh!t you’re telling me, I got two words for that: “Learn to fvckin type.” Cause if you’re expecting me to help out with the rent, you’re in for a big fvckin surprise.
“Shut up and throw in a fvcking dollar you cheapskate! What the hill’s wrong with you!”
I accept your thank you. As a firefighter for the USFS and BLM for 12 years I have specialized in protecting human lives and communities. Legally the job description for the USFS and BLM only requires the protection of federal land. Once the fire hits private property it can be considered not our jurisdiction. We protect lives and property because we want to and feel it is our duty and its the thank you from people like you help.
Coal miner = FAIL. Relevance = FAIL. WTF = WIN!
Christ, i remember when sites like this used to be fun and there for a laugh rather than a place for self righteous teens to moan about political issues in a ‘look at me, im deep’ kind of way.
If you really do have something remotely hard hitting to say, surely there’s a better platform for it than an offshoot of lolcats?
You want funny? I’ll give you funny!
A priest, a rabbi, and a preacher are in a bar. The question of when life begins comes up and each gives his answer. The priest asserts that life begins at conception. The rabbi is certain it begins at birth. They turn towards the preacher to hear his opinion and he leans back, takes a deep breath and says:
“Welp, life begins when the kids move out, the dog dies, and the wife finally shuts up.”
*applauds*
Firefighters are not coal miners. These folks are wearing fire shirts and carrying pulaskis. They have the US Forest Service logo on their hard hats. Firefighting is way more dangerous than coal mining in the short run (though I suppose coal miners have more long-term health hazards.) They often work 12 hour shifts, digging line and dumping dirt on smoking stumps. If you live near or in the woods, you are really glad that they are on the job!
So, because coal miners and fire fighters have dangerous jobs that negates the danger that our military face? Tell me, when was the last time you saw a coal miner blown to bits by an IED? Or a firefighter under fire by terrorists? That’s some sick thinking. And to think that I stopped in here to get my grin on this morning!
TOOO SOOOOOOOOONNNNN11!!!!!!!!!!!!!111ELEVENTYONE!!!!
But firefighters lack the pleasure of torturing people, unlike the people in the armed forces!
There has to be some compensation.
Die in a fire.
It’s a post by EWAdams – there will never be anything grin-inducing from him/her.
You’re right. Burning to death is so much easier/better than being exploded by an IED. Good thinking.
/sarcasm.
The military faces and enemy, just like we firefighters do. Only difference is that our enemy is truly implacable. “Terrorists” can be frightened into surrenduring. No matter how much water you show a fire, it won’t stop until you go in and stop it yourself. It’s not “negating” the danger our military forces face, it’s showing that other people also face danger that is just as important and just as deadly.
And the caption is right, though it forgets that seasonals don’t get benefits, either.
I agrre with you, in general, but fires are unthinking and react acording to set principles, even if those fighting them can’t have all of the information when they need it. Human enemies are thinking and , even if you have good information, they can change. Both are tough jobs, both require skill and bravery — one is not better than the other, just different.
I wouldn’t say they react to “set” priciples, outside of “Hear Rises” I have seen fire burn against the wind, I’ve seen it burn down hill, and I’ve seen it burn structures that were supposed to be fireproof. I have seen fire react as a living, breathing creature, and anyone who’s ever been on a fire at night will agree with me 100%
Try this..
This person obviously has no idea what it is like to be in the military. Sure, the GI Bill is a nice perk, of course it took my husband four months and an unlawful rejection before they gave his benefits to him. The medals don’t mean squat to miliatry men and women, as I was told, it is really for them to look at each other and know where the other guy/gal has been and what they’ve seen. And don’t even get me started on the VA; the half-dozen men in the southeast US region with HIV can tell you about that one…
Yeah, we don’t even get ANY of that. Or the free medical care, free transportation, free footwear, free gear, non-taxable wages, free housing, etc etc etc. We get JACK SQUAT. I had to pay for my own boots ($250) fire shirt ($120) and pants ($90) and while I was given my pack, I had to give it back or pay over $400. The only way I got free medical care is if it qualified under workman’s comp. The only free food I got was while in fire camp. We never get medals because the concept doesn’t exist in fire world. And I’m paying OUT OF POCKET for college right now, since I apparently make too much fighting fires to qualify for financial aid. You guys do have SOME things pretty goddamn easy.
Stay in school. If you graduate, you can get a GI Bill, VA benefit package and parades. If you drop out, you can become a coal miner and get black lung.
It could be worse, they could be miners in China.
In fact that goes for all of you. So be grateful to grateful to your employer for whatever you get, it’s no doubt better than you deserve.
You wouldn’t be saying that if you were a housekeeper for Hyatt in Boston…
And the mine owners in China should all be hung by their toes until they die.
*claps*
I hear you, HelOnWheels – and EWAdams claims to be Canadian,and obviously thinks that all U.S. firefighters are male and NEVER get medals.
MOAR firefighers!!! YAYZ but where iz teh kittehs!!!
I LOVE firefighter bravado! GEEZ people, it is THEIR JOB! they WANT to do what they do. So thanks, thanks for wanting to crave danger..good for you, you are a tough guy/girl! you are brave!
Thanks for being a “hero” LOL…post like EW’s are funny only beucase the smell of fail is so strong it is like a hot fart under the comforter on a cold night!
You got that right. And the poetry will stay with me for a long time!
# yes those are firefighters, U.S. forestry service by their gear. but how about remembering that there are a lot of firefighters out there making a buck an hour. anytime you see a firefighter wearing orange, they are prison inmates, and any guesses who gets the hottest, nastiest, most dangerous assignments, that the prima donna’s dont want?
Wait are you saying we don’t respect murderers enough? I’m honestly confused.
And that “regular” firefighters are prima donnas??!! The people who pull your stupid ass out of a burning building, risking their own well-being??
Am I the only person who thought “Well, at least they’ve got the prisoners doing something productive instead of just watching tv, giving each other tattoos, and shanking each other?”
i was more along the lines of “i can’t believe we’re paying these fvckers a dollar an hour.” they’re in prison. they have NO need for money. and if they killed someone or something else of that caliber… i’ll send them out to fight a fire with a watering can and NOTHING ELSE.
I think it’s important that when we let prisoners out, they have enough money to make it until they can get a job. Otherwise, what do you think they might do to get their next meal?
That’s actually a good point, although it could be argued that it’s an issue best addressed by putting them in a work-release program for the last few months of their sentence.
Ooh, that’s a very good idea.
Yeah, the whole reintegration thing can be a BIG issue (and obviously problems with that are a huge cause of recidivism). Probably an area we should devote more thought/resources to.
i definitely agree with this.
but i also think that when we let people out of prison they shouldn’t be better off than they were when they went in. if we’re making sure they’ve got cash when they leave when they had none to come in, then they’re better off and that’s not quite right. i think the best course of action is to freeze their accounts until they’re released then let them back at them. if they had money, they still have money. if they were dirt broke, they’re still dirt broke. yeah, it’s harsh… but it’s not “fair” for the dirt broke guy to be in jail and then come out a few grand richer. that would encourage people doing a crime to get the cash (in certain situations, definitely not across the board).
Based on my experiences with people being sentenced in the Federal system, about 85-90% of them are dirt broke, also uneducated and not all that bright to begin with, often compounded with drug problems. (Note that my experience is largely with those who qualify for appointed counsel, so that would necessarily exclude most defendants with resources.) It’s actually pretty depressing, but I do think concentrating on getting these guys at least semi-literate and teaching them some type of job skill while they’re a (literal) captive audience would go a LONG way.
forced education. i like it.
hell, it’d probably be a harsher punishment for some of those guys than sitting in a cell staring at the wall 24/7.
“write a 5 page paper about sexism in shakespeare’s plays”
“awwww man, can’t i just go pick up trash in the park?”
That’s a good idea! Then, inmates can start trading cigarettes for term papers! “Hey mac, I got 2,000 words on bird metaphors in Kate Chopin’s “The Awakening” – it’s yours for a toothbrush and your copy of “A Streetcar Named Desire.”
I finally watched Shawshank Redemption the other night, and reading these comments just had images flashing in my head. I can actually see some of those guys saying what you said. LOL.
shawshank was filmed in the mansfield state reformatory in mansfield ohio. every halloween they set up THE ENTIRE PRISON as a haunted house. it’s fvcking awesome. scariest haunted house i’ve ever been too. especially when you’re walking through “the pit” and there’s shit jumping out at you and stuff.
Did you know that prisoners can collect unemployment benefits while they are in jail?
While unemployment compensation laws vary from state to state, most states DO require, among other things, that you be available to work and actively seeking work; I don’t see how you could possibly do that in prison. What state allows this?
Nevada
Well, that’s just stupid. You should write your state legislator.
Well, maybe that goes along with the whole Las Vegas thing?
Nah, I don’t believe it.
i think my head just asploded.
this is so wrong. you’re not unemployed, you’re in jail. big difference.
I found this on Lawyersdotcom, regarding Nevada employment law:
“Unemployment Benefits
Unemployment benefits are based on combinations of federal and state statutes. Unemployment compensation programs are administered by the state and normally provide monetary compensation to workers who have been terminated without cause, through no fault of their own. Employees who voluntarily terminate their employment for “good cause” may also be entitled to benefits.
Nevada unemployment benefits provide temporary compensation to those workers meeting the eligibility requirements of Nevada law. The basic requirements for collecting unemployment are:
•Must have been employed
•Must be determined to be unemployed through no fault of your own
•Must file ongoing claims and respond to questions concerning your continued eligibility”
I’m no lawyer, but it would seem to me that convicts cannot collect unemployment, since they would be in jail for reasons that *are* their fault.
I’d be interested to hear the individual stories that contradict that, though. I bet they are frustratingly amusing!
“But I didn’t do it, man! I was framed!” Argument made to unemployment office…
/snark
We’ve got people collecting unemployment from my company because they missed too many days of work and were fired under our “no-fault” attendance policy. I have a guy getting paid unemployment for failing a drug test and getting fired over it (he was made to wait “too long” before taking the drug test and that was deemed unfair. Yeah, having to sit for an hour before you pee in a cup for the third time because you didn’t do it right the first two times is unfair). I have several getting unemployment for three day no call no show because my predecessor didn’t know how to block unemployment claims, and if you don’t appeal the claim, it gets paid.
I can totally see how a prisoner could get paid unemployment, especially if they get an overly sympathetic case-worker coupled with a lazy HR person at their former job.
I would say having to take three tries before you can pee in a cup properly should be considered prima facie evidence that you are too mentally deficient to have a job in the first place and quite possibly should have the state check to make sure you’re safe living unsupervised.
I thought that too lol….would like to see more orange jump suits doing work personally.
I’d rather them be doing that stuff then working out. That way when they get out they’re flabby and have horrible cardio instead of being bigger, and stronger.
Of course, then they’re a drain on health care expenditures =P
I’m calling bullshit on this. I’ve worked with what we call the Conny Crews, and they are some of the most polite, well behaved and hard working men I’ve ever served on a fire with. They ARE NOT murderers, they are guys with non-violent convictions who have served their time as model prisoners, and are being rewarded with a chance to serve their community. They pull their weight and more, and we appreciate them greatly. And the whole “hottest, nastiest” crap is just that, crap. The hardest jobs are reserved for the most well trained crews, namely smoke jumpers, helitak crews, and hotshot crews.
these arent prison workers. They are people employed by either the state or federal government and volunteer to become Wildland Firefighters. I did this for 2 summers. 250 hours of work in 14 days. 6am – 8am digging fire lines or putting out spot fires. shower, sleep, repeat.
not easy work by any means. and very hazardous. a slight change in the direction of the breeze can be deadly.
I don’t think she was saying those are prisoners, just that there are some doing the job. Not that they are pictured.
Wait, you got a shower? Lucky Dog!!
In my view, this is a preemptive strike against the military to immunize the current administration for any upcoming setbacks.
In my view, your comment makes no sense. It does not match the lol in question.
Obama’s setting forest fires to distract us from Afghanistan, maybe? *adjusts foil hat*
Have some of the KoolAid… :-I
Bleh. Mine doesn’t have any sugar in it.
It’s healthier that way.
But icky! Bring on the diabetic shock!!
Only black lung.
Boring LOL is boring. I thought we went over this last week and agreed to stop voting for these kinds?
WE agreed. The rest of the dopes who vote “win” on this shit apparently weren’t paying attention.
pretty sure the guy just socks it and votes for himself over and over, cause he keeps getting front page with lame “lol”s
These are not Coal Miners! These are Forest Firefighters – made up of professionals and trained volunteers. My husband is a Wildlife Manager who was trained and went to the Northwest on the big fires in 1988. Both of our sons and both of our daughter-in-laws fought many tough fires for the USFS, working out of Wyoming. Often all four were “out” on different fires. They’d call us when they could & leave messages for the others. Although both sons graduated from UWyoming with double majors in Wildlife Management and Fisheries Biology, our younger son worked on the fire crews, then was promoted to Fire Crew Chief. This caption is correct in that it is a dirty, tiring, and very dangerous job. Both sons now are USFS Law Enforcement Officers. I don’t know which job is more dangerous.
A WVMom that always stays concerned and prays a lot.
What happened, ewadams? What do you have against the military? Did that “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy piss you off?
of course! COAL MINERS, sent off to fight for freedom!
Coal miners rule, without them we wouldn’t have been able to power trains, and without them we wouldn’t have opened up the west. Thank you coal miners!
Fact fail – Most “Old West” locomotives were fueled on wood, hence the smoke and double truncated cone spark-catcher chimneys.
yeah.. these totally wildland fire fighters and not coal miners. Give some credit where its due!!
Again… wheres the funny?
My hats off to ALL public safety members, Veterans of wars past and present, and service men and women alive and dead. For those people who think these USFS firefighters don’t put their lives on the line for those people who worry about losing their homes because some dumbass set some woods on fire, just remember that two of those firefighters lost their lives this year and that five were killed in 2006.
well, at least they get a fail-blog shout out.
Yeah, those vets have it so sweet, the slackers.
Christ, what an ass you are.
First things first…hats off to the military and to the coal miners for they make this country go ’round…in the pic those are most definitely US Forest Service wildland firefighters…I know because I am one by profession!!! It is my chosen life and I love it…hats off to my brothers and sisters in the “hot seat”…
Those arent coal miners, they are US Forest Service wildland firefighters.
Also,
A) Nobody trying to shoot them
B) Nobody trying to blow them up
C) No 4-15 month deployments
D) No living in a tent in the middle of a crap hole desert
E) All of the above.
Yeah…thanks for all you guys do.
Since when do firefighters get no recognition? Since when are firefighters not considers heroes? Since when do they not receive benefits?
And since when is civil service about receiving accolades and proving that you’re better than other civil servants?