Word up, dude

Cartoon by Cameron Cardow, Ottawa Citizen at Cagle.com

Rep, Mark Green, of the Victory in Iraq caucus (I didn't make that up, he organized it) says the problem is that we never hear good news, just the bad stuff about Iraq. You know, like people getting killed.

But Green is not alone. Help is on the way.

Toby Barlow at the Huffington Post reports:

“Several Senate Republicans denounced other lawmakers and the news media on Thursday for unfavorable depictions of the Iraq war and the Pentagon urged members of Congress to talk up military service to help ease a recruiting shortfall.”

Thanks to the Republican efforts, conversations between young white working class eighteen year-olds now run along these lines:

CHEESE: Wuddup G
GREG: Hey Cheese. What are you doin’?
CHEESE: Yo, blood, I’m just heading down to the recruitment center
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