If You Can't Read, You'll End Up in the Army

[AtulaSiriwardane]

Writer Stephen King: If You Can't Read, You'll End Up in the Army or Iraq


By Noel Sheppard
May 5, 2008 - 08:54 ET



Remember shortly before Election Day 2006 when Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) suggested that if you don't get a good education, "you get stuck in Iraq" (video available here)?
Well, last month, famed horror author Stephen King was speaking in front of a group of high school students at the Library of Congress, and he virtually made the exact same statement.
For those that can bear it, what follows is another in a long line of liberal media members bashing the military

I don't want to sound like an ad, a public service ad on TV, but the fact is if you can read, you can walk into a job later on. If you don't, then you've got, the Army, Iraq, I don't know, something like that. It's, it's not as bright. So, that's my little commercial for that.
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Nice sentiment when the nation is at war, Stephen.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/05/05/writer-stephen-king-if-you-cant-read-youll-end-army-or-iraq

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If he makes that statement here, he will be categorized as an LTTE supporter.

 

[AtulaSiriwardane]

Who is Stephen King?

Stephen King

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Stephen King
Stephen King, February 2007 Born September 21, 1947 (1947-09-21) (age 61)
Portland, Maine, United States Pen name Richard Bachman, John Swithen Occupation Novelist, Short story writer, Screenwriter, Columnist, Actor, Producer, Director Genres Horror, Fantasy, Science fiction, Drama Spouse(s) Tabitha King Children Naomi Rachel King
Joe King
Owen King

Influences[show]​

Burton Hatlen [1], Robert Bloch, Clifford Simak, Ray Bradbury, William Golding, Shirley Jackson, Fritz Leiber, H. P. Lovecraft, Richard Matheson, John D. MacDonald, Don Robertson, Thomas Hardy, Theodore Dreiser, John Fowles, Edgar Allan Poe, J. R. R. Tolkien, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Robert Browning (Dark Tower Series), Daphne du Maurier (Bag of Bones), Alexandre Dumas, père (Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption) Rod Serling (The Langoliers)​

Official website Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of contemporary horror, fantasy and science fiction.
Having sold an estimated 300–350 million copies of his books, King is best known for his work in horror fiction, in which he demonstrates a thorough knowledge of the genre's history. Many of his stories have been adapted for other media, including movies, television series and comic books. King has written a number of books using the pen name "Richard Bachman" and one short story where he was credited as "John Swithen". In 2003 he received The National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
Contents

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• 1 Biography
  • 1.1 Early life
  • 1.2 Education and early creativity
  • 1.3 Success with Carrie
  • 1.4 The Dark Tower books
  • 1.5 Richard Bachman
  • 1.6 Confronting addiction
  • 1.7 Car accident and thoughts of retirement
  • 1.8 Family life
  • 1.9 Since 2000
  • 1.10 Interests
    • 1.10.1 Philanthropy
    • 1.10.2 Baseball
    • 1.10.3 Radio stations
    • 1.10.4 Society and politics
• 2 Work
  • 2.1 Writing style
  • 2.2 Influences
  • 2.3 Collaborations
  • 2.4 Films and TV
• 3 Reception
  • 3.1 Critical response
  • 3.2 Influence on popular culture
  • 3.3 Awards
• 4 See also
• 5 References
  • 5.1 Additional reading
• 6 External links

 

[keveen]

Hmmmmmmmm

 

[whooff]

Writer Stephen King: If You Can't Read, You'll End Up in the Army or Iraq


By Noel Sheppard
May 5, 2008 - 08:54 ET



Remember shortly before Election Day 2006 when Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) suggested that if you don't get a good education, "you get stuck in Iraq" (video available here)?
Well, last month, famed horror author Stephen King was speaking in front of a group of high school students at the Library of Congress, and he virtually made the exact same statement.
For those that can bear it, what follows is another in a long line of liberal media members bashing the military

I don't want to sound like an ad, a public service ad on TV, but the fact is if you can read, you can walk into a job later on. If you don't, then you've got, the Army, Iraq, I don't know, something like that. It's, it's not as bright. So, that's my little commercial for that.
​

Nice sentiment when the nation is at war, Stephen.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/05/05/writer-stephen-king-if-you-cant-read-youll-end-army-or-iraq

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If he makes that statement here, he will be categorized as an LTTE supporter.

 

[Poscher]

Athulasiriwardana, Gotabe rajapaksha said that either you want to support terrorism or you want to finish it.. so there is no grey are... its just black and white...

 

[xmpddaja]

Athulasiriwardana, Gotabe rajapaksha said that either you want to support terrorism or you want to finish it.. so there is no grey are... its just black and white...

 

[AtulaSiriwardane]

Athulasiriwardana, Gotabe rajapaksha said that either you want to support terrorism or you want to finish it.. so there is no grey are... its just black and white...

It is a statement made by a Govt. servent. Another Govt. Servent can make a statement differently.
Who is he for me...
just another Govt. servent paid by us, all the people of Sri Lanka....
and in what law his statement become Law.
It is a statement with no legal foundation.
This is a democratic country and one can't be forced to do a job which belongs to Security Forces.
War is not people's affair.
It is between Forces and LTTE. Majority agreed here that the credit should go to the forces.
It does not even belong to Govt, though they are very keen to name other's children.
No Govt servent pay me to follow his orders or even wishes.
If you want to follow them for free, you are welcome.
But don't force others to follow you.
That is not civilized.

 

[saman.n]

If you can't read in SRI Lanka They are belongs to UNP supporters

 

[AtulaSiriwardane]

If you can't read in SRI Lanka They are belongs to UNP supporters

Could be true.. Then it must be them who always complain about long posts..
and if you put these two together army=UNP supporters????