On 17 Aug 2004 19:09:22 -0700, Brett Robson <jet_boy@deja.com> brought
down from the Mount tablets inscribed:

>On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 21:04:42 -0700, John W.  ...
>>
>>Brett Robson wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 09:39:28 -0400, Kevin Gowen  ...
>>> >
>>> >mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>>mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>Personally I think he toned down because GW had a drug problem. At least
>>> >>>>>>that's the rumor; don't know if I've ever read anything factual about
>>> >>>>>>that topic. Personally don't care. I dislike GW for other reasons.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>>>>Because he's a rich fat cat?
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>>>Naw, cause he's an idiot draft-dodger.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>>I thought that Vietnam was immoral, illegal and ignoble? That is why
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Sounds a bit like Iraq, if you put it that way.
>>> >
>>> >In that case, we should let the war carry on so it can make us a
>>> >Democratic war hero! Four Purple Hearts!
>>> >
>>>
>>>It has already created 120,000+ democratic voters. Not many want to go back for
>>> their 3rd tour.
>>>
>>
>>A reservist filed a lawsuit over this, saying the government can't make a
>>volunteer
>>soldier stay beyond their agreed-upon enlistment. I would tend to agree.
>>Something
>>about the word 'reserve'.
>>
>
>In Australia reservists are not to be sent overseas unless they volunteer. There
>is something quite obscene about the Bush II administration sending National
>Guard units to a war zone don't you agree?

No.

I think there is something quite obscene about people signing up for
the NG/Reserves and then bitching when called upon to fulfill a
condition of their enlistment contract that they knew about when they
fucking signed it.





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Michael Cash

"I am sorry, Mr. Cash, but we are unable to accept your rap sheet in lieu of
a high school transcript."

                                Dr. Howard Sprague
                                Dean of Admissions
                                Mount Pilot College