Everything is peachy, Mr. President
Correspondent:: Cardinal Vertigo
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 20:03:14 GMT
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"I remember going on an airplane in Bangor, Maine, to say thanks to the
reservists and Guard that were headed overseas from Tennessee and North
Carolina, Georgia. Some of them had been there before. The people I
talked to their spirits were high. They didn't view their service as a
back-door draft. They viewed their service as an opportunity to serve
their country."
- President George W. Bush
"None of us that wear this uniform are free to say anything disparaging
about the Secretary of Defense or the President of the United States.
We're not free to do that. It's our professional code. Whatever action
may be taken, whether it's a verbal reprimand or something more
stringent, is up the commanders on the scene."
- Gen. John Abizaid, US Central Command Commander*
*The title is not a joke. He really is the Central Command Commander.
Well, okay, it IS a joke, but military people seldom see the humor in it.
Correspondent:: nenslo
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 14:53:09 -0700
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Cardinal Vertigo wrote:
>
> "I remember going on an airplane in Bangor, Maine, to say thanks to the
> reservists and Guard that were headed overseas from Tennessee and North
> Carolina, Georgia. Some of them had been there before. The people I
> talked to their spirits were high. They didn't view their service as a
> back-door draft. They viewed their service as an opportunity to serve
> their country."
>
> - President George W. Bush
>
> "None of us that wear this uniform are free to say anything disparaging
> about the Secretary of Defense or the President of the United States.
> We're not free to do that. It's our professional code. Whatever action
> may be taken, whether it's a verbal reprimand or something more
> stringent, is up the commanders on the scene."
>
> - Gen. John Abizaid, US Central Command Commander*
>
> *The title is not a joke. He really is the Central Command Commander.
> Well, okay, it IS a joke, but military people seldom see the humor in it.
I notice in our Voter's Handbook, in the statement the Bush Regime's
writers crafted to put under his photo, it says he rallied the world
against terrorism. I seem to recall those rallies being against
something else entirely.
Correspondent:: Cardinal Vertigo
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 00:20:01 GMT
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Does the phrase "back-door draft" make anyone else snicker, or is it
just me?
Correspondent:: kdetal@aol.com (KD et al)
Date: 17 Oct 2004 01:09:10 GMT
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Vertigo wrote:
>Does the phrase "back-door draft" make anyone else snicker, or is it
>just me?
It's just you.
Well ok, maybe not on *this* newsgroup..
--
"As life's constants become relativized, all the certainties we live by become
frighteningly unpredictable for awhile. The payoff, of course, is insight."
Bernard Barrs, 'In the Theatre of Consciousness'
Correspondent:: Zapanaz
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 21:01:34 -0700
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On 17 Oct 2004 01:09:10 GMT, kdetal@aol.com (KD et al) wrote:
>Vertigo wrote:
>
>>Does the phrase "back-door draft" make anyone else snicker, or is it
>>just me?
>
>It's just you.
>
>
>Well ok, maybe not on *this* newsgroup..
fill in both a joke and a punchline about back door drafts here.
--
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Correspondent:: Candlemoth
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 02:37:45 -0700
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Cardinal Vertigo wrote:
> Does the phrase "back-door draft" make anyone else snicker, or is it
> just me?
It did me... back in '65.. It was either join the Air Force or one of
those walking services.. Heh!
Correspondent:: mshotz@aol.commonkeypo (Rev. Richard Skull)
Date: 17 Oct 2004 17:31:59 GMT
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>It did me... back in '65.. It was either join the Air Force or one of
>those walking services.. Heh!
My brother had a friend who joined the Navy to avoid the draft. All he could
get was submarine service. He ended up making a career of it!
He was kinda weird anyway.
MSHOTZ: The Post Post Modern Man
"War hath no Fury like a non-combatants"
Charles E. Montague
Correspondent:: hellpopehuey@subgenius.com (HellPopeHuey)
Date: 17 Oct 2004 09:35:15 -0700
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nenslo wrote in message news:<41719844.E7F10351@yahoox.com>...
> I notice in our Voter's Handbook, in the statement the Bush Regime's
> writers crafted to put under his photo, it says he rallied the world
> against terrorism. I seem to recall those rallies being against
> something else entirely.
That immediately brings to mind the time a journalist asked a French
gentleman why the French seemed to hate Americans. His answer: "We
don't hate Americans. We just think your President is an asshole."
Vive le France & stuff!
--
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