mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote in message news:<cg29sj$7q8$3@news.Stanford.EDU>...
> Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote:
> > Michael Cash wrote:
>  
> >> On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 21:17:18 -0400, Kevin Gowen
> >> <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
> >> inscribed:
>  
> >>>I find it very curious that serving in the National Guard is now 
> >>>considered the equivalent of dodging the draft. Too bad Kerry didn't 
> >>>pick Gephardt as his running mate.
>  
> >> Yes. Serving in the National Guard is NOT military service. This is
> 
> Not until Bush called 'em up.
> 
> > Yes. I'll be sure to tell ANG LTCOL Uncle Jim that he was not deployed 
> 
> You do that; now tell us where Bush served?
> 
> And with whom?
> 
Don't forget the 'when'. Very important, particularly when talking
about the national guard of the 1970s (a radically different
organization than today).

John W.