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Registered: 27 July 2005
Posts: 9
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Howdy all, don't get to post all that often but I have recently had something come up in my life. To fill you in, I've worked for Best Buy 4 years now and will be leaving to boot camp in a just over a week. Lately there have been individuals attempting to buy bulk amounts of virgin mobile phones which are no contracts and shipping them over to the Middle East, the FBI is looking into this for it is against "title 50 of us code 2401" export of US goods to foreign soil. This individuals have tried to buy up to 2000 phones in deferent areas, so they come into my store to try and buy these phones two day's in a row. On the first day we limit how many they can buy and write down all there info on who they are, and fax it in just how we're supposed to do. The 2nd day we deny them the phones all together. Two coworkers of mine start calling me racist for not letting them buy the phones and think I shouldnt care if there sending them over seas or not, they just think I should stay out of it. I told him that there are troops getting killed because of phones used in IED's WILL BE my problem in a few month's and if I lose a leg or worse and find a piece of virgin mobile phone stuck in me I'll be alittle pissed off.
Any how just needed to vent on this little item, and hope it's not to atrocious to read. One Hand On The Balls |
 Location: Southwestern Colorado
Registered: 24 November 2005
Posts: 1796
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Good post Bogert -as far as your co-workers there is a lot of people out in the world who think they can just turn off the News and it don't happen.You hear people making statements such as I am a Quaker or a Pacfist it is my Right & My Duty My 1st Adm right to speak out against My Gov. but they refuse to support their Country but also insist they have a right to live here in this Country.
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"Curmudgeon" Location: Washtenaw County, Michigan
Registered: 21 January 2005
Posts: 2241
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Now Sully, don't pick on the Quackers. There are some of them who are stong believers in this country and helped build it into what it is today. There are also some of them, as with any group, who do not.
Some of the most conservative hawks that I know never served a day in their lives and nither did their fathers or sons. "It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it" DOUGLAS MacARTHUR, 1952 |
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Location: Southwestern Colorado
Registered: 24 November 2005
Posts: 1796
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Harry- was not particuly picking on Quakers I was using anyone who claim to support our Military in General but making statements such as it is our Right & Duty to complain about our Gov.above supporting our Country.
''DAMM the Torpedoes Full Speed Ahead'' |
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"Curmudgeon" Location: Washtenaw County, Michigan
Registered: 21 January 2005
Posts: 2241
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It is the people who do not vote who are the biggest complainers in my experience. Also, it is tough to support the troops while speaking one’s mind about the sometimes inept political handling of the war. That difference between the military and political reality makes it difficult to not sound anti-troops.
We have always had peace activists and we always will – what we need is to have support the troops demonstrations regardless of each person’s attitude about the war. We know this will never happen because of the politics involved. "It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it" DOUGLAS MacARTHUR, 1952 |
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Location: Southwestern Colorado
Registered: 24 November 2005
Posts: 1796
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Harry-- you are right about the non voters as far as demostrators for support of Military has also always been the Silent Majority or doing the job. I am a Democrate and have been all of my life but at the present we have no Party they are so far to the left they are like the Socialist Party and there is some very dangerous speakers out there.
''DAMM the Torpedoes Full Speed Ahead'' |
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"Curmudgeon" Location: Washtenaw County, Michigan
Registered: 21 January 2005
Posts: 2241
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This too shall pass my friend. There are some good middle ground people in the party and they will take over in good time.
"It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it" DOUGLAS MacARTHUR, 1952 |
 Registered: 24 January 2005
Posts: 3868
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bogert....kudos to you in stopp the sale and export of virgin cell phones. These could very well have been used to set off IED's. You did good. As for those co-workers...screw them. In fact, report them to management. People and attitudes like that are getting our serivcemen and women killed everyday. Thier attitude shows me that they would not hesitate to break or fail to enforce the laws concerning export of this material.
SEMPER FI The Gunny PROUD TO BE AN INFIDEL America is not at war. The Marines are at war, America is at the mall. |
 Location: Dallas, TX
Registered: 08 October 2004
Posts: 584
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Bogert trumped the news media by a couple of weeks! See:
Surge in sale of disposable cell phones may have terror link http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=nation_world&id=3807425 |
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Registered: 27 July 2005
Posts: 9
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Yup, the guys haven't been back in my store ever since I confronted them about buying them. There's nothin to say there not goin somewhere else to get them where people dont care if they buy them.
I'll post on this again between the 6 to 8 months when I finshes my training. I'll be over in the Middle East to see if there being used improperly first hand. One Hand On The Balls |
 Location: On an 'Overseas Contingency Operation'
Registered: 08 March 2005
Posts: 1112
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interestingly:
http://mywesttexas.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15922345&BR...dept_id=475626&rfi=6 (comming to a store near and dear) |
 Registered: 05 February 2006
Posts: 8
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Way to go Bogart! I have a lot of buddies who would love to shake your hand. As far as your co-workers go...you should probably report them to store management. If that doesn't work, then to the local authorities. It sucks to Narc on your co-workers, but it sucks even more to dig shrapnel out of your buddies bodies.
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