You know, it really is a shame that our military has to hear such elitist crap like this. Millions of people appreciate the job they are doing and know they have sacrificed so much to take such a thankless job and yet what do they hear? Ridicule from a schlocky horror hack writer. I wonder if there were any kids from military families in the audience and how they felt to have their parents equated with illiterates just because they are in the military.
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Oh, and the dishonorables for similar activities IN the military.
Michele, when you are wrong, you are so spectacularly wrong it makes you look worse than foolish, it makes you look dumb.
"It's obviously a slam on the military because the military does have standards. You have to be able to read to enter."
You also have to be able to read to enter Grade 4, no?
Like EmergingPoodle said, "the military has just about the lowest standards for hiring of any major employer in the nation"
Not only that, now they are upping their quota of criminals and gang members they hire.
"It's a slam because the left thinks those in military are there because they can't get a job anywhere else because they are idiots."
No, even idiots can get deferrals. George W(armonger) Bush comes to mind, and we all know about his glorious service to his country, eh?
The apparently qualified yelladawgNC gets it right: "The values of the military have not changed, but it has been forced to lower its standards drastically because of this misbegotten and bungled war."
Not to mention the Imbecile-in-Chief also won't let eminently qualified Arabic translators do their job because they love people of the same sex. Beyond not letting them DO their jobs, he FIRES them from their job. Talk about STOOPID!
Seems you have deliberately spun King's words and got his meaning entirely wrong (as several comboxers point out above). That you chose to do this twice (2 separate threads on the same topic) doesn't speak well to your comprehension level.
Your comment, "Just because a book sells doesn't make it a classic", (although true) simply makes you sound petty. How many bestsellers have YOU written? Besides, who is to say "Carrie" (or any of King's other numerous #1 best-sellers) ISN'T a "classic"?
"How many bestsellers have YOU written"
To make a judgment on a writer the question isn't how many books I've written, the question is how many I've read. And enough to know what I'm talking about. But don't listen to me, go read the reviews of his books yourself.
"Carrie" *snicker* "A classic" *snicker* are you serious?
Michele,
Your original comment was "Just because a book sells doesn't make it a classic", so I still believe my question as to how many books that "sell" you've written was both fair and pertinent. I think that's a fair question because it had to do with your comment - just exactly how well do your books "sell"?.
Note, I didn't ask how many GOOD books you had written - that would have been in response to your calling Mr. King a "hack", iow it regards the quality of the books in question. I could now ask how many GOOD books you've written, or I could just dismiss you as another mere "hack" bloggiste based not on the quantity of what you type but the quality of its content.
And yes, I was partly kidding about "Carrie". However, I would NOT be kidding if I had mentioned "The Shining". Or maybe "The Green Mile". Or "The Stand", or "Hearts in Atlantis", or "Misery", or "Needful Things", or ... (well, I haven't listed even a 10th of his novels let alone any of his screen plays, but I hope by now you get my point).
And I am very sure that horror afficianadoes would indeed consider "Carrie" to be a 'classic', just not in your sense of the word.
Oh, and don't let's forget his book, "On Writing". Seems he can not only write - both WELL and prolifically - he also has the bigness of heart to share with other aspiring writers some actual tips on how to be a better, more successful writer.
What's the name of YOUR book on successful 'writing'? It seems to have slipped my mind.
Speaking of snickering ...
Further to Michele's denigration of Stephen King as a "hack writer", seems Mr. King was a "Recipient of the National Book Foundation's Medal for DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTION TO AMERICAN LETTERS AWARD, 2003".
So much silence on this from Michele. It speaks volumes about your mean-spirited, unbased but certainly biased attack.
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