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.

John W.