[Newspoetry] be all that you can be

[William Gillespie]

Be a crash-test dummy for Lockheed-Martin
Be exposed to poisons and have nightmares for the rest of your life
Be killed

Joe Futrelle wrote:

> Army Retires "Be All You Can Be" Jingle
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/01/10/new.army/index.html
>
> Alternatives:
>
> Be all you'll ever be
> Be less than you can be
> Be what you're told to be
> Be all we'll let you be
> Be not asked and don't tell
> Be what you can get away with being
>
> The new slogan is "An Army of One".
>
> Dear Representative,
>
> If we have an Army of One,
> why does it cost
> hundreds of billions of dollars?
>
> Yours,
>
> --
> Joe Futrelle
> editor-toward-chief
> Newspoetry dot calm
>
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