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Band of Brothers Tribute

Parallax

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May 2, 2007
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Waushara County, Wisconsin
These guys did an excellent job with this video... I'm speechless.

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Actors, subway rider guards, college security officers, infantrymen...all chocolate Jesus on the internet...


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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: WPG</div><div class="ubbcode-body">WTF?...over. </div></div>
WPG. I am not selling anything here so I just speak kind of openly. Took a look at your website http://www.upinarmsdesigns.com/ and I liked it.

Your comment, "At the ripe old age of 14, I was given the option of either working in the family jewelry store for the summer or working for a friend of the family," reminded me of my own youth; except, my family owned nothing but a small farm, and had nothing but there was a jewelry store in my small town, so I kind of, see your point about business you can generate on the internet and Sniper's Hide. That's great!

It's like some kind of wierd cycle. Band Of Brothers was a great series about actors portraying real men and now people with video software are renditioning vignettes for internet actors renditioning the actors of real men as real men. It took me a second, but the irony is first rate.

Once, I scheduled a meeting with a University president to show him that my rubber M-16's were rubber and that I would paint them orange so as to not scare the populace when the midshipmen ran with them. He laughed, and agreed. The next day, emergency phone calls were placed, and some professor argued strongly that "yellow" was the only color that was acceptable. Knowing in my heart his logic, I refused and instead ordered rubber RPG's to run with instead. This is how I define parallax.

Granted, this was/is the most GAY friendly college in America. The Gay Nude Peace March on the day the US Marines began their advance on Baghdad pissed me off greatly. Now..... I know people are civilized these days and more and more accept that the asshole is a vagina, but I DO NOT! I am sure that this behavior happens everywhere and I know that people just love Chapel Hill so I will not speak of the college I mentioned.

So continue to sell your jewelry.

While I throw glitter...
 
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Forty-One, my WTF was how do we go from Band of Brothers to a Tom Waits "Chocolate Jesus" performance.

My business partner is the former jeweler, I am the LE trying to prepare for life after the job. Glad you like the site, see anything of interest?
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body">LOL. Had always thought you were talking about infantry service and I see you are a college campus security officer. It makes me want to do a special dance and throw glitter... </div></div>

No, never been an Infantrymen. Actually, all but one University of Wisconsin campus is staffed by State Police Officers... no security officers here. I worked most of my carreer in law enforcement away from the ivory towers. I became the Chief here in 2000.

I don't have the time since being elevated to the throne of leadership to ply my trade as much as I once did... but I still hold my own. While I acknowledge that University officers in some areas do not share many of the hardships of their kin on the outside, I can attest to the professionalism of any officer currently in my department.

Incidently, ROTC on our campus still asks "our" permission to train with their rubber guns. The rifles are black here on our campus
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Both ROTC's rubber guns and the real M4's in each University Police squad.

I don't know where you experienced "campus security officers"... but it sure as hell wasn't on a University of Wisconsin campus. It's problematic when you paint with a brush so wide you slop on those not deserving...
 
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Reminds me of the movie "Vantage Point"

...8 minutes 51 seconds to view a whole mini-series; great! Just right for those who micro-wave their PopTarts because toasting takes too long.

...8 minutes 51 seconds for a movie trailer; probably a bit long.

...8 minutes 51 seconds for a tribute to the movie actors; seems about right.

...8 minutes 51 seconds for a tribute to the real warriors portrayed by the actors; way, way, way, way too short.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: WPG</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I hope The Pacific fares as well as Band of Brothers.

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I can't wait to see this! I hope it is as good as Band of Brothers!