On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 15:10:29 GMT, Mike Dargan
wrote:

I've never voted for a Bush, but I can't blame George and Bar for
getting their kid a save haven during Vietnam. Why waste a child in a
foolish and illegal war?

Seems to me that our Constitutional process was followed in that war.
Who declared it illegal? And, foolish? Only if you didn't see a
Communist threat of world domination at that time. (That last phrase
is key...we know now much more about the validity of the threat, but
in the late '50s and '60s, it looked pretty real.)

At least they didn't get him a complete exemption, as did the Cheney's.
I am amused, though, by the cynicism of those who brag up Bush for
zooming around in an F102. He wasn't a pilot because of his brains and
physical prowess. Had his daddy been a janitor in Harlem, rather than a
Repulican swell, he'd have been humping the boonies and dodging punji
sticks.

Dunno about that last. My daddy was a very low level functionary for a
Chicago newspaper, living in the city, making about $150 a week and I
didn't hump the boonies or dodge punjis. Seems like it's always been
possible with hard work and perseverance for anyone in America to get
to college and even to gain an AF commission and fly jets. Doesn't
take Skull & Bones to make the grade, only commitment.



Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN #1-58834-103-8