Subj : Re: BSG
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : John I
Date : Tue Sep 27 2005 15:32:41

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

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".

No. He repeated the canard that Clinton dodged the draft, or that his evasion 
of the draft was something reprehensible while Bush's wartime desertion was 
good or at least tolerable.  sort of like how he thinks degrading prisoners 
for entertainment is not so bad.  or even good.  They're not people, really.  
Just let the boys blow off some steam.  You'd think the Iraqis would be 
grateful and let a few rapes slide.  What sour-pusses.

Fun fact:  the same guy who published the fake picture of Kerry and Jane 
Fonda and was circulating false accusations about Kerry's Purple heart status 
also claimed that Bush Senior jumped from his plane and negligently left his 
comrades to die.  Both of these claims were backed with irrefutable claims 
second-hand from anonymous eye-witnesses.

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