On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 22:32:52 -0400, Kevin Gowen
<kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
inscribed:

>Michael Cash wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 08:26:11 -0400, Kevin Gowen
>> <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
>> inscribed:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>Actually, I was mistaken. It was a Humane Society questionnaire, not 
>>>PETA's. It takes him nine words to tell you where he had his favorite pet.
>>>http://www.humaneusa.org/2004_presidential/question/jkerry_2004.pdf
>>>"When I was serving on a swiftboat in Vietnam..."
>> 
>> 
>> At first, I thought you were joking. But the guy is such a parody of
>> himself that it would be gilding the lily.
>
>Indeed. Even the NY Times seems to be tiring of it.
>
>Speaking of the Times, did you read its editorial on the Venezuelan 
>election, three *days* after the election?
>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/18/opinion/18wed4.html?ex=1250568000&en=055654854867e7c6&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland
>"It is time for President Hugo Ch$(D??(Bvez's opponents to stop pretending 
>that they speak for most Venezuelans. They do not, as the failure of a 
>recall referendum, promoted by the opposition, decisively demonstrated 
>on Sunday. . . . The opposition . . . needs to stop shouting foul."
>
>However, the next day, the Times editoral board groused about an 
>election that was over three *years* ago:
>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/19/opinion/19thu1.html?ex=1250654400&en=9e06c1eb31c4d4c8&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland
>"One of the scandals of the last presidential election was the large 
>number of voters who were denied the right to vote because of foul-ups 
>in the election system, like errors in the voting rolls or problems in 
>directing voters to their correct polling places."
>
>The obvious explanation is that Jimmy Carter certified the Venezuelan 
>election, so it must be legit.
>
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>> "When I was serving on a swiftboat in Vietnam, my crewmates and I had
>> a dog we called VC. We all took care of him, and he stayed with us and
>> loved riding on the swiftboat deck. I think he provided all of us with
>> a link to home and a few moments of peace and tranquility during a
>> dangerous time. One day as our swiftboat was heading up a river, a
>> mine exploded hard under our boat. After picking ourselves up, we
>> discovered VC was MIA. Several minutes of frantic search followed
>> after which we thought we'd lost him. We were relieved when another
>> boat called asking if we were missing a dog. It turns out VC was
>> catapulted from the deck of our boat and landed confused, but unhurt,
>> on the deck of another boat in our patrol."
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> 
>> Well.....maybe this explains the time when other swiftvets say Kerry's
>> boat was the only one to flee the scene following a mine explosion. He
>> wasn't running away. He was just looking for his dog.
>
>Quite an acrobatic feat that pooch pulled off.

It was an Airedale.






--

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