01-23-2007, 07:21
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What is going on people???
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01-23-2007, 08:09
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Web Site Kicks Sand in Faces of GIs in Iraq Asking for Mats to Ease Hardship of Sleep
This article will live on in it's infamy. What a wonderful "people" & religion. Thank you Fox news for reporting this incident.
TS
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
FOXNEWS
An American GI assigned to one of the harshest posts in Iraq had a simple request last week for a Wisconsin mattress company: send some floor mats to help ease the hardship of sleeping on the cold, bug-infested ground.
What he got, instead, was a swift kick from the company's Web site, which not only refused the request but added insult to injury with the admonition, "If you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of Iraq."
Army Sgt. Jason Hess, stationed in Taji, Iraq, with the 1st Cavalry Division, said he emailed his request to Discount-mats.com because he and his fellow soldiers sleep on the cold ground, which contains sand mites, sand flies and other disease carriers.
In his email, dated Jan. 16, 2007, he asked the Web-based company, registered to Faisal Khetani, an American Muslim of Pakistani descent:
"Do you ship to APO (military) addresses? I'm in the 1st Cavalry Division stationed in Iraq and we are trying to order some mats but we are looking for ships to APO first."
On the same day, Hess received this reply:
"SGT Hess,
We do not ship to APO addresses, and even if we did, we would NEVER ship to Iraq. If you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of Iraq.
Bargain Suppliers
Discount-Mats.com"
Khetani on Monday told FOX News that the person responsible for the email reply had been fired. The Web site, meanwhile, has been temporarily taken down.
Hess emailed that he has since found two mat suppliers willing to ship to an APO address in Iraq.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,245718,00.html
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01-23-2007, 08:10
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Um, er, um.... Anything I say will truly get me in trouble and might get the Feebs knocking om my door for hate crimes against 'floor mat suppliers', bastards, real friggin bastards - wait till Pakistan gets it's next disaster and see how much support they get from me.
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01-23-2007, 09:14
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There's got to be a special corner in hell for people like this.
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01-23-2007, 09:28
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Not that I've ever needed a mat...
But **** these people.
Never buying a damn thing from them.
j
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01-23-2007, 09:41
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But **** these people.
Never buying a damn thing from them.
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you and everyone else..
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01-23-2007, 10:49
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Fox News Story
Unbelievable!
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01-23-2007, 10:52
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They will be up and operating as a new company by the end of the month.
The sad thing is that I suspect that the statement reflects the true views of the management.
TR
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01-23-2007, 10:54
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It appears that his websight has been shut down. He also has another website (DON'T GO THERE) ( http://www.quality-discount-scooters.com/ ) the scooter site is somehow infected with Bloodhound.Exploit.20 and Trojan.ByteVerify viruses..
Faisal Khetani has a uwm.edu email adress. Same name and phone number found here... http://www.aboutus.org/Basketball-Drills-And-Plays.com Wonder what's happening with that? 
I'm sure there are tons of people Googling "Faisal Khetani"
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01-23-2007, 12:01
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They will be up and operating as a new company by the end of the month.
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IMO, I think no matter what name they change to, this F_uck up will follow them around..
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01-23-2007, 12:06
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I think I see an oxymoron in there - American Muslim - it seems in today's gobal society - you can't truly be both.
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In the business of war, there is no invariable stategic advantage (shih) which can be relied upon at all times.
Sun-Tzu, "The Art of Warfare"
Hearing, I forget. Seeing, I remember. Writing (doing), I understand. Chinese Proverb
Too many people are looking for a magic bullet. As always, shot placement is the key. ~TR
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01-23-2007, 13:16
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I think I see an oxymoron in there - American Muslim - it seems in today's gobal society - you can't truly be both.
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I would add the word "committed" to your statement.
I don’t feel one can be both a committed American and a committed Muslim.
I base that statement on the statements made in the Declaration of Independence vs. those in the Koran.
or perhaps did you mean either rather than both? It seems that there are some who would favor neither. (Heavily U.N. minded types)
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01-23-2007, 13:51
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Well, Cascade, the makers of the Thermarest mattresses I use just verified that they happily ship to APOs without any problems or issues. They also carry a great line of stoves in MSR and outstanding water bladders in Platypus.
Good, American owned company from Harsey's neck of the woods. A lot of military units buy and issue their stuff.
http://www.cascadedesigns.com/
Buy American, from Americans.
TR
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
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01-23-2007, 14:27
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Thermarest was issued gear when I was at 10th SFG(A) - great product, as are the platypus bladders and the MSR stoves. I believe they give a military discount too, not sure though, it's been a while.
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In the business of war, there is no invariable stategic advantage (shih) which can be relied upon at all times.
Sun-Tzu, "The Art of Warfare"
Hearing, I forget. Seeing, I remember. Writing (doing), I understand. Chinese Proverb
Too many people are looking for a magic bullet. As always, shot placement is the key. ~TR
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01-23-2007, 15:39
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Beat me to the punch !
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Originally Posted by The Reaper
They will be up and operating as a new company by the end of the month.
The sad thing is that I suspect that the statement reflects the true views of the management.
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It's likely that the email was recieved by someone other than the owner or owners of the mattress company and the individual took the opportunity to reply on behalf of the company with his or her liberal anti-federalist views.
What I picture is some liberal, hemp hugging, tie dyed wearing assistant hacking away at the keyboard before notifying the owner of the request. If I'm correct, this person is probably sitting in line at the unemployment office as we speak. If this is not the case, then senior management has little in the way of personal and professional charachter. His or her successful business plan just went into the toilet with one email. The wonders of simple blunders. 
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