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ForgedCrank

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23. When one

Reply to Oeditpus Rex (Reply #16)

Fri Aug 29, 2025, 05:51 PM

Aug 29

is enlisted, you job is to do whatever the hell you are told to do and to smile while you are doing it.
These guys don't get a choice so I don't know why so many people are mocking the guys on the ground. I seriously doubt a single one of them is enjoying this duty assignment.

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National Guard spreads 380 cubic tons of mulch in DC [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Aug 29 OP

What is a cubic ton? Seriously. taxi Aug 29 #1

Laughing. Yeah, that does kind of stick out. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 29 #8

1 cubic ton - (40 cubic feet) LeftInTX Aug 29 #14

Thanks! taxi Aug 29 #19

I got it from Wikipedia. I used timber. LeftInTX Aug 29 #22

My First Question Too ProfessorGAC Aug 29 #24

Thank God! We are all so much safer now!!! n/t Ars Longa Aug 29 #27

Any chance I can get the National Guard to come to my house? I need some bushes trimmed, invasive vines cut and, Vinca Aug 29 #2

If the National Guard went to work pulling up English ivy in Rock Creek Park, mahatmakanejeeves Aug 29 #9

Is there kudzu there? LeftInTX Aug 29 #15

That's a lot of crime right there! Jilly_in_VA Aug 29 #29

I thought this was a euphemism JoseBalow Aug 29 #3

National Gardensmen: "Always Ready, Always There--With A Rake!" RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Aug 29 #4

Boy and Girl Scouts could do that GusBob Aug 29 #5

ABC has already taken the page down bob4460 Aug 29 #6

It's still on their feed. Those links get lost in their feed. I noticed that yesterdAy. LeftInTX Aug 29 #17

National Guard Troops Are On Garbage, Gardening and Toilet Cleaning Detail Huh? MrWowWow Aug 29 #7

Crims are repelled by well manicured gardens and flvegan Aug 29 #11

Is this the "be all you can be" part of the program? flvegan Aug 29 #10

Hope they are carrying guns! People steal mulch. yellowcanine Aug 29 #12

HOW MUCH THIS IS COSTING US!!!!! The TAXPAYERS!!! US!!! niyad Aug 29 #13

That's not the Guard's job Oeditpus Rex Aug 29 #16

Hee-hee..Or make Hegseth do it for free. He seems to like slavery anyway. LeftInTX Aug 29 #18

When one ForgedCrank Aug 29 #23

Meanwhile, trump is busy spreading tons of manure. 2MuchNoise Aug 29 #20

I suspect that's "cubic yards" which is how mulch is measured jmowreader Aug 29 #21

Fighting crime in DC one weed at a time LetMyPeopleVote Aug 29 #25

Dems should have made DC a state when they had the chance.....NOW Bread and Circuses Aug 29 #26

National Guard troopers ordered to deploy in DC have been tasked with spreading mulch in local parks LetMyPeopleVote Aug 29 #28

What's the going rate for a hotel room in DC? Emile Aug 29 #30

TRUMP'S SLAVES! Xoan Aug 29 #31

One thing about trump's regard for the military: it's consistent. (nt) Paladin Aug 29 #32

trump is stiffing and cheating our national guard personnel LetMyPeopleVote Sep 3 #33

The Battle of DC LetMyPeopleVote Sep 4 #34