[Rhodes22-list] This day in history

[Claude Cox]

You don't care for Bush do you Rummy.
Claude
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> 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>
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> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 11:34  AM
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>
>
>> 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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