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From: mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net
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Subject: Re: Initial impressions from the Japanese premier of Fahrenheit 9/11
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 13:21:29 +0000 (UTC)
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Michael Cash <mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 02:25:56 +0000 (UTC), mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net
> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:

>>> Something about not yet having the requisite flight hours.
>>
>>Maybe had he not been AWOL...

> I thought there were media investigations into that which found no
> evidence of it.

Uh, no, actually, the Pentagon lost all records.

OTOH, they're really sorry about it.

>>>>But Kerry, in the navy, had no such trouble?
>>
>>> Apples and oranges.
>>
>>More like apples and worms...
>>
>>>>Nope, nothing wrong with that story. (BTW, especially at the time, you
>>>>COULD quit the National Guard to join the armed forces, if you wanted
>>>>to be a real soldier.)
>>
>>> It wasn't necessary.
>>
>>Well, not if you didn't want to go, no.

> That has not been demonstrated. It is questionable, but by no means
> proven.

Odd; a higher bar than you set for Kerry's critics...

In any event, there was indeed a simple way to get into Vietnam, if one
so desired.

> Is Bush running on his Vietnam-era record?

He's running on his role as a military leader; so obviously not.

Mike