And since when is civil service about receiving accolades and proving that you’re better than other civil servants?

If you’re going to make an asinine argument based on fact at least get your facts straight. Of those 1.2 mil firefighters there were 42k reported injuries, which is on the low end of the number that actually occur due to under-reporting of on the job injuries. Trying to say that all firefighters are “fat slobs” who can’t carry hose up two flights of stairs, and that thus it makes all firefighters inferior to military personnel is just plain stupid. Try talking to a firefighter who works in the bronx, or on skid row, or one who works in Detroit. I have the utmost respect for our men and women in the armed forces, but don’t belittle my brethren, our job is no cake walk and by calling it as such is a huge disrespect to those of us who serve our communities proudly and those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

Yeah…thanks for all you guys do.

And you know what firefighters get? The ability to be home every year and awesome pay, standard pay in So Cal is 90K a year, maybe if you went and got an education you’d get some of it too? Instead of working for the circus? The compensation that firefighters receive is far in excess of service members. Not to mention massive amounts of respect for a unskilled and uneducated profession.

Here’s to busting the unions.

If you want to add all of the armed forces the number would be 3 million. I know math might be hard at you but I shouldn’t have to explain how 3 million is less than 9 million; should I.?

Now, I know as a firefighter logic isn’t a big thing for you. But, I will break this down barney style in an attempt to overcome your intellectual short comings.

Now, you claim 38 firefighters were killed last year. I will use your figures, 3.8% of the US population are firefighters. That means that 9 million people, going off of 2004 census figures, are firefighters in this country. Care to take a guess what that percentage is?

Now, I will use last years count for this case, casuality in this instance refers to deaths only as trying to compare wounded would take too much effort and I am pretty sure even someone such as yourself could see how dumb it would be to compare a missing limb to a fat slob getting a heart attack going up two flights of stairs.

Now, last year, in OEF the count was 155. Of that, the total combined force in Afghan alone was 47k at years end. Surely even you can see the difference there? Should I add in OIF too? Or would you like to continue to talk out of your ass?

Also, I have been both a Marine, proud of that, and Firefighter, ashamed of that, so I am very capable of not only speaking from a subjective standpoint but also a factual one. The numbers don’t add up and having done both, the Firesiege of 03 and Marine crap. The stress is nowhere near the same and to say otherwise makes you a typical over paid and arrogant smoke chaser. It’s all good though, some people aren’t cut out for real jobs.

Secondly, lol: next time you can spend 2 hours deployed in a shake and bake. Then tell those guys they aren’t heroes.

*fails*

BWAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
*deep breath*
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA
*falls over*

Christ, what an ass you are.

YOUR ARGUMENT IS INVALID

Firefighters have a tough job and have my respect, but if you think they’re on par with doing multiple year-long tours in a frontline combat unit, all I can say is, you don’t know what you’re talking about.

Actually what I said is mean… Firefighters are good people, they won’t let you die just because you offended them.

instead, come over here and snuggle me.