Michael Cash wrote:

> On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:25:35 -0700, Dan Rempel <drempel@hurtly_flurty>
> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
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>
>>Michael Cash wrote:
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>>>On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 11:27:24 +0900, tm <tm@tmoero.invalid> brought
>>>down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
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>>>
>>>>Michael Cash <mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote:
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>>>>>A guy who was there with Kerry said on Chris Matthews that his
>>>>>personal observations of Kerry at the time led him to think that Kerry
>>>>>came to Vietnam to build a quick war hero record and get the hell out
>>>>>of there as fast as he could.
>>>>>
>>>>>One of the things one can infer is that there is a possibility Kerry's
>>>>>sole aim was resume building for future political ambitions.
>>>>
>>>>Of course. He's always wanted the presidency. The original JFK
>>>>benefited politically from his time in a 'swiftboat', JFK was this
>>>>JFK's hero, so naturally he'd follow those footprints. I'm suprised he
>>>>hasn't started wearing a backbrace.
>>>
>>>
>>>PBR = PT boat?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Kerry is no frikkin' prize, but it's almost impossible to believe that
>>>>anyone could be worse than Bush-Cheney-Fieth-Wolfowitz-
>>>>Rumsfeld-Ashcroft. Those guys seem to make a mess out of everything
>>>>they touch.
>>>
>>>
>>>So if Kerry's just going to fuck it up too, why go to the expense of
>>>having the White House towels re-monogrammed?
>>>
>>>Secretly, deep-down, I think I sorta hope Kerry does win. Four years
>>>of indignant bellowing and I-told-you-so! is much more in keeping with
>>>my personality.....and it would likely preclude Hillary in 2008. Fuck,
>>>I'd take Kerry in a heartbeat if I knew it would keep that bitch out
>>>further down the road.
>>
>>Sorta apropos of nothing, have you read Richard Clarke's book "Against
>>All Enemies"? Interesting information on the various player's responses
>>to terrorism against the US, and the guy's credentials are pretty good.
>
>
> Nope. I wish you had mentioned this yesterday. I only very rarely
> order English books (like once a year). Yesterday I ordered some
> software that my kids had been pestering me to get, and decided to get
> the "Unfit for Command" book while I was at it.

Make a note; the book really is worth reading, and you might find a copy
at a library. He's not the worlds best writer, but the background
information on what's going on in the states now was, at least for me, a
definite eye-opener (cliche alert).

Dan