Subj : Re: BSG To : alt.tv.farscape From : John I Date : Tue Sep 27 2005 15:00:59 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Nick wrote: > John Iwaniszek wrote: > > >> Reagan = Imagined that he saw action, was corrected by "Mommy". >> Devotees claim this counts as military service and seek to emulate >> his saintly example. >> Bush = Navy >> Clinton = civilian >> Bush = wartime deserter > > > "civilian" > LOL! As you can see, John's contact with reality is as thin as ever. > Well, I suppose technically you are a civilian if you refuse to report for > duty. > > > Bush Sr probably had the best military record in the last 40 years. > > From the Encyclopedia Americana: > "World War II interrupted Bush's education. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy > at the age of 18, was commissioned an ensign, and for a time was the > navy's youngest pilot. Serving in the Pacific theater, he flew 58 combat > missions. He was once shot down and rescued by a submarine." > > Yeah. if you ignore Kennedy's and Eisenhower's and Carter's. .