On 19 Aug 2004 14:45:52 -0700, worthj1970@yahoo.com (John W.) brought
down from the Mount tablets inscribed:

>Michael Cash <mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote in message news:<6at9i0h3k06l35lb64cd83kd6m86pqauop@4ax.com>...
>> On 19 Aug 2004 08:24:33 -0700, worthj1970@yahoo.com (John W.) brought
>> down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>> 
>> >Michael Cash <mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote in message news:<3su8i0hrsuoqgo0a4kuhctn98s69q3dfln@4ax.com>...
>> >> On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 21:17:52 -0400, Kevin Gowen
>> >> <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
>> >> inscribed:
>> >> 
>> >> >mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Michael Cash <mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote:
>> >> >> 
>> >> >>>On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:20:08 +0000 (UTC), mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> 
>> >> >>>>No, he's simply disparaging an otherwise honorable action because the
>> >> >>>>"politically correct" party is not involved.
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> 
>> >> >>>There seems to be some question as to just how honorable the person's
>> >> >>>action was.
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> No, there is some question as to how deserving he was of his medals.
>> >> >> That is rather immaterial to me. He went, Bush didn't, and quite
>> >> >> possibly didn't even fulfill his guard stint.
>> >> >
>> >> >That's probably why Bush didn't burn villages, either.
>> >> 
>> >> Or spend Christmas in Cambodia in January 1969 being fired at by the
>> >> Khmer Rouge, who came into action a couple of years early just for
>> >> Kerry. This is seared into his memory.
>> >> 
>> >My father fought against all sorts of people in Vietnam that
>> >officially weren't fighting until years later. He was there in 1960.
>> >
>> >What I find interesting is that some people will distrust the
>> >government to tell the truth about so many things (particularly
>> >related to Vietnam where it is well known the government lied and/or
>> >hid facts quite liberally) except for the times when it isn't
>> >convenient for them to do so. This is what I dislike about Rush and
>> >his ilk; they're hypocrites, just like all the rest of us, but won't
>> >admit it (which is also like a lot of us as well).
>> 
>> So "I'll stuff my ears to what is being said, because I don't like the
>> messenger"?
>> 
>If you're a politician, yes. Otherwise I think people would benefit
>from listening a bit more (and not just to one line of thinking) and
>talking a lot less.

So Rush is a politician now?

Last I heard, he said he wouldn't even consider it because he didn't
care to take the pay cut.




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Michael Cash

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a high school transcript."

                                Dr. Howard Sprague
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                                Mount Pilot College