Rob,
 
Not true. Many of us have questioned his military service, but have never  
been given the straight answers. It seems that privileged children live  
privileged lives, even in the military. Since it's already Friday and I have a  ton 
of yard wok to do this weekend and won't be actively on the list, I will  leave 
with this parting comment. Our current president is the dumbest son of a  
bitch that's ever taken the oath of office. History will back me up on  this.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 5/2/2008 2:44:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  rlowe at vt.edu 
writes:

Nobody  questioned his service, Herb.

----- Original Message ----- 
From:  "Herb Parsons" <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"  <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 11:34  AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] This day in history


> And,  I'll add, bitch all you want to about his politics. When you insult
>  his service, you're being a jerk. THAT was what was pathetic.
>
>  Brad Haslett wrote:
> > Rob,
> >
> > Herb's a big  boy and can defend himself, so I'll let him.  I too feel
his
>  > frustrations at times though.  The carrier landing was a celebration  for
the
> > men and women who had been at sea for a good long  while in support of
the
> > Iraqi liberation. They were honored to  have been visited by their
Commander
> > in Chief and it showed on  their faces.  President Bush didn't
immediately
> > rush for  the Admiral's quarters, he spent a lot of time with the
'grunts'
>  > taking photos, hugging them, etc.  It was obvious they loved having  him
> > aboard and watching it live made me proud to be an  American.  Was it a
> > political event as well?   Everything a politician does is a political
event.
> >
>  > Today's newspaper is the first draft of history and often wrong in  the
> > reporting and analysis.  Go read a newspaper from 1948  to 1952 and see
how
> > popular Truman was at the time.  Some  people are so jaded by their BDS
(Bush
> > Derangement Syndrome)  that they can't see anything positive in anything.
You
> > are  probably a classic case.  Bush's term is almost over and it might  be
> > time for everyone to move on to tomorrow's problems.
>  >
> > Let me say this - when I think critics are taking delight in  the
difficulty
> > and losses our military is encountering because  it suits their political
> > slant, it pisses me off to no end.  Frankly, I don't think we should have
> > engaged in 2/3rds of the  deployments we did under Clinton, and I didn't
and
> > still don't  like the Clintons.  That said, I want to see any engagement
> >  where we put our troops in harm's way to go well regardless of how I  may
> > personally feel about the commander.  My guess is, Herb  gets upset for
the
> > same reasons I do.  Bitch about Bush  is you want, it's a free country.
The
> > men and women on that  boat that day risked their lives so you can do so.
> >
> >  Brad
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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