Subj : Re: BSG
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Tyler Trafford
Date : Tue Sep 27 2005 15:26:34

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Nick wrote:
> Tyler Trafford wrote:
>
>> John I wrote:
>>> 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.
>> 
>> I think Nick misread what you wrote as "Bush = civilian".
>
> From snopes.com:
> "That Bill Clinton went to great lengths to avoid the Vietnam-era draft, 
> that he used political connections to obtain special favors, and that he 
> made promises and commitments which he later failed to honor, are all 
> beyond dispute."

Ah, I misunderstood your complaint.
-- 
Tyler Trafford

Stupidity got us into this mess -- why can't it get us out?

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