General Patton on Lieutenant Kerry

On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 08:10:05 -0500, "George Z. Bush"
wrote:

Ed Rasimus wrote:

Both, however, are military rated pilots. Which places them
considerably above two stripe enlisted journalist assistants with
curtailed combat tours and personal body-guards in terms of their
military service.

Without nit picking too much, why don't we use the past tense in talking about
the ratings held by the Bush family. Daddy's expired when he was demobilized at
the end of WWII, and Junior's expired when he deliberately failed to update his
flight physical. Just one small difference.

Don't know about yours, but my wings don't expire, whether I get a
physical or not. Neither does my similar, but not as highly valued FAA
license. They are lifetime awards. The currency of a flight physical
merely enables me to exercise the privileges. No expirations.

And while we're at it, I may have missed the early part of this exchange, but I
thought we were talking about Kerry.....I didn't know he was a two stripe
enlisted journalist assistant. The stripes he had were the kind Navy
commissioned officers wear, I do believe.

We were talking, I thought about presidential candidates. And, we did
discuss the appropriateness of commissioned officers behavior
elsewhere in the thread. Yes, we've recognized repeatedly that Kerry
holds a commission. Surprised he didn't recall the appropriateness of
wearing ribbons with fatigue uniforms.


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

Subject: General Patton on Lieutenant Kerry
From: Ed Rasimus
Date: 2/2/04 7:31 AM Pac

es, we've recognized repeatedly that Kerry
holds a commission. Surprised he didn't recall the appropriateness of
wearing ribbons with fatigue uniforms.

Ribbons on fatigues??? Who the hell did that?


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

On 02 Feb 2004 15:59:51 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:

Subject: General Patton on Lieutenant Kerry
From: Ed Rasimus
Date: 2/2/04 7:31 AM Pac

es, we've recognized repeatedly that Kerry
holds a commission. Surprised he didn't recall the appropriateness of
wearing ribbons with fatigue uniforms.

Ribbons on fatigues??? Who the hell did that?

John Kerry in the oft-published picture of his VVAW activities. He
wore them during his anti-war testimony to the Senate (imagine the
appropriateness of appearing before a Senate committee in rumpled
fatigues), and during the famous medal-throwing protest.


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

Subject: General Patton on Lieutenant Kerry
From: Ed Rasimus
Date: 2/2/04 8:57 AM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id:

On 02 Feb 2004 15:59:51 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:

Subject: General Patton on Lieutenant Kerry
From: Ed Rasimus
Date: 2/2/04 7:31 AM Pac

es, we've recognized repeatedly that Kerry
holds a commission. Surprised he didn't recall the appropriateness of
wearing ribbons with fatigue uniforms.

Ribbons on fatigues??? Who the hell did that?

John Kerry in the oft-published picture of his VVAW activities. He
wore them during his anti-war testimony to the Senate (imagine the
appropriateness of appearing before a Senate committee in rumpled
fatigues), and during the famous medal-throwing protest.


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


Sheesh.


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

"ArtKramr" wrote

Ribbons on fatigues??? Who the hell did that?

JFKerry:

S. Sampson wrote:
"ArtKramr" wrote

Ribbons on fatigues??? Who the hell did that?

JFKerry:

Can you point me to the picture? I'd like to take a look. Thanks.

George Z.

"George Z. Bush" wrote in message
...
S. Sampson wrote:
"ArtKramr" wrote

Ribbons on fatigues??? Who the hell did that?

JFKerry:

Can you point me to the picture? I'd like to take a look. Thanks.

George Z.

Try:

http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjoh...ker_vc_flg.htm

Brooks

"George Z. Bush" wrote in message
...
S. Sampson wrote:
"ArtKramr" wrote

Ribbons on fatigues??? Who the hell did that?

JFKerry:

Can you point me to the picture? I'd like to take a look. Thanks.

George Z.

Doesn't appear it was an isolated incident, either--a couple more photos of
Kerry with his ribbon bedecked fatigues...

www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnkerry.com/

Oddly enough, despite getting three Purple Hearts, the photos of he and his
crew, one with decorations, don't show any apprent wounds to his right arm
(where he supposedly was wounded twice).

Brooks

"Kevin Brooks" wrote in message ...

Oddly enough, despite getting three Purple Hearts, the photos of he and his
crew, one with decorations, don't show any apprent wounds to his right arm
(where he supposedly was wounded twice).


I thought it was once in each arm, and once in one thigh. I don't
see any photos that show his arms in their entirety and don't
care to look at any photos of his thighs.

--

FF

"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 08:10:05 -0500, "George Z. Bush"
wrote:

Ed Rasimus wrote:

Both, however, are military rated pilots. Which places them
considerably above two stripe enlisted journalist assistants with
curtailed combat tours and personal body-guards in terms of their
military service.

Without nit picking too much, why don't we use the past tense in talking
about
the ratings held by the Bush family. Daddy's expired when he was demobilized
at
the end of WWII, and Junior's expired when he deliberately failed to update
his
flight physical. Just one small difference.

Don't know about yours, but my wings don't expire, whether I get a
physical or not. Neither does my similar, but not as highly valued FAA
license. They are lifetime awards. The currency of a flight physical
merely enables me to exercise the privileges. No expirations.

Gee, as if I didn't know that. I didn't say that anybody's wings expired.....I
was talking about the recipient's entitlement to pilot military aircraft. Your
privileges expire when your physical expires.....but you already knew that, and
I'm surprised that you felt so insecure as to feel obliged to parse my meaning
when at least 99 of every 100 former military pilots could figure out exactly
what I was talking about from the words I used.

And while we're at it, I may have missed the early part of this exchange, but
I
thought we were talking about Kerry.....I didn't know he was a two stripe
enlisted journalist assistant. The stripes he had were the kind Navy
commissioned officers wear, I do believe.

We were talking, I thought about presidential candidates. And, we did
discuss the appropriateness of commissioned officers behavior
elsewhere in the thread. Yes, we've recognized repeatedly that Kerry
holds a commission. Surprised he didn't recall the appropriateness of
wearing ribbons with fatigue uniforms.

I can't speak to that but perhaps some memories are less perfect than others.

George Z.