Jessie cashes in

Thomas Schoene wrote:
Phineas Pinkham wrote:
Ed Rasimus wrote:

While I don't begrudge her the money, the choice of a questionable
ghost writer, released from the NYT for by-lining a story written
by a free-lancer means the whole project will be discredited.

Sounds like jealous sour grapes to us, old boy!

Not to me. Ed's already got one excellent book written by his own hand and a
second on the way. He may not outsell Lynch, but I can certainly tell you
that he's getting more of my money and she is not.

Well said. While I've recommended Ed's book to all my friends,
relatives and family members, I won't even bother to peruse
the book jacket of any book written about Jessica Lynch. I wonder
what the name of her book will be...

-Mike ("The First Casualty of War is the Truth?") Marron

"Mike Marron" wrote

I wonder what the name of her book will be...

"How not to use GPS in an RPG environment"

I wonder what the name of her book will be...

"How not to use GPS in an RPG environment"


According to the Reuters story, it was the company commander (!) who
used the GPS incorrectly.

I am, by the way, reading a superlative book about the Iraq war: "The
March Up" by Bing West and Ray Smith. Both are former marine officers;
Smith retired as a maj gen. It is one of the best pieces of reporting
I have ever read. And one of the things that amazes is the
near-constant use of GPS.

(The marines prefer civilian $200 GPS units to military issue, BTW.)

all the best -- Dan Ford
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"Cub Driver" wrote in message


March Up" by Bing West and Ray Smith.

I apologize for the off-topicness of this reply but I initially read that as
Bing Crosby and Mae West!

God I've got to take a nap.

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After an exhausting session with Victoria's Secret Police, "Phineas
Pinkham" blurted out:

Sounds like jealous sour grapes to us, old boy!

Hmmm, a million dollars versus having lived the life of a combat
fighter pilot?

You're right, Jessie probably is jealous...she has every right to be,
but the money is some consolation...barely.

Juvat

Subject: Jessie cashes in
From: Ed Rasimus
Date: 9/2/03 1:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time
Message-id:

Cub Driver wrote:


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch has signed a
$1 million agreement with Alfred A. Knopf, giving the injured former
U.S. Army private the chance to tell her own story, the publisher said
on Tuesday.

While I don't begrudge her the money, the choice of a questionable
ghost writer, released from the NYT for by-lining a story written by a
free-lancer means the whole project will be discredited.


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (ret)
***"When Thunder Rolled:
*** An F-105 Pilot Over N. Vietnam"
*** from Smithsonian Books
ISBN: 1588341038


WAIT TILL THE FILM RIGHTS HIT. THEN THERE WILL BE TV SERIALIZATION. AND DOLLS
ETC. THIS IS A $10 MILLION DEAL.


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

While I don't begrudge her the money, the choice of a questionable
ghost writer, released from the NYT for by-lining a story written by a
free-lancer means the whole project will be discredited.

Same guy?! Funny, the Knopf press release didn't mention that, and I
didn't remember the name on my own.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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