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Bush Served His Country Without Pay
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| September 16, 2004
| Oak Leaf
Posted on 09/16/2004 9:17:20 PM PDT by Merry
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To: ride the whirlwind
My heroMine, too. ;o)
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posted on
09/16/2004 9:58:53 PM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
(Proud member of the Pajamahadeen)
To: ride the whirlwind
Hubba Hubba. W is a hottie in that flight suit!
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posted on
09/16/2004 9:59:28 PM PDT
by
demnomo
To: dixiechick2000
I wish the MSM would at least attempt to learn about the military. Ummm .. doesn't the MSM have Military experts on their shows all the time? .. One would think they would ask one of those guys
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posted on
09/16/2004 9:59:35 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(Why is the MSM calling the Vietnam Vets and POW's a suspected group??)
To: dixiechick2000
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posted on
09/16/2004 9:59:48 PM PDT
by
demnomo
To: Grampa Dave; Dog; SunkenCiv; Libertarianize the GOP; McGavin999; Brad's Gramma; onyx
More mysteries explained!
I think....
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posted on
09/16/2004 10:00:41 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
To: Mo1
"Ummm .. doesn't the MSM have Military experts on their shows all the time? .. One would think they would ask one of those guys"
You WOULD think so, wouldn't you? ;o)
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posted on
09/16/2004 10:01:39 PM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
(Proud member of the Pajamahadeen)
To: Merry; ActiveDutyUSMC; dakine; bkwells; chookter; Hacksaw434; thumperusn; Hostel; The Sailor; ...
Ammo for the good guys MUST READ PING!!!
To: MistyCA
Thanks.
Why am I amused that such a direct, simple explanation of service without pay escaped so many in the MSM?
Gosh, ya think? LOL
To: demnomo
"Sigh."
Oh, yeah...
My sentiments, exactly.
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posted on
09/16/2004 10:02:46 PM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
(Proud member of the Pajamahadeen)
To: Mo1
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posted on
09/16/2004 10:02:47 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(Why is the MSM calling the Vietnam Vets and POW's a suspected group??)
To: Merry
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posted on
09/16/2004 10:03:27 PM PDT
by
Rocky
(Heinz Kerry: 57 positions on any issue)
To: Merry
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posted on
09/16/2004 10:03:43 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
(This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
To: Howlin
Thanks for the ping. That boy's folks sure raised him right!
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posted on
09/16/2004 10:03:48 PM PDT
by
pollyshy
(Proud Right Wing Lunatic Bastionnaire)
To: farmfriend; FairOpinion; John Jorsett
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posted on
09/16/2004 10:04:36 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
To: OneLoyalAmerican
ROTFL... and lets not forget people like my wife who was ctive Duty Navy, IRR, Naval Reserve, Active Duty Army, and Army Reserve...
Imagine trying to keep her records straight if she were running for office?
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posted on
09/16/2004 10:04:39 PM PDT
by
Chad Fairbanks
(John Kerry is still facing pajama-clad warriors, and receiving self-inflicted wounds...)
To: Howlin
Thanks for the ping. That boy's folks sure raised him right!
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posted on
09/16/2004 10:04:39 PM PDT
by
pollyshy
(Proud Right Wing Lunatic Bastionnaire)
To: Merry
Leave it to a blogger, who is not in his jammies, but is serving his country in Afghanistan, to do the job of journalists. My husband keeps saying that the MSM doesn't even try to understand how the army works.
If you husband is serving or served, give him my thanks.
All these threads and blogger entries have given me more of an education in the different branches than I (who never served) ever thought I'd have.
Jonah Goldberg of NR's
The Corner put up an email from a USAF Captain, because of this:
LtCol from NORAD on Fox.
There are comments at the
Castle Argghhh! blog.
Part of the Captain's email follows:
The sad part is that no one around him, from the producers, cameramen, et al. was savvy enough on the military to catch the problem prior to airtime. Im not exonerating the colonel, but anyone who has served would (almost instinctively) have noticed the upside-down insignia. If someone did notice and chose to allow an officer of the United States to appear in that manner, the only word I could find for that choice is reprehensible. Mind you, Im not ascribing malice toward the United States military to anyone, but I do realize it has been known to exist in some circles of the Fourth Estate.
Id feel a bit better if the so-called military correspondents could learn the difference between self-propelled artillery and tanks (which have significantly different military utility), would know the rank structure well enough to address sergeants-major as Sergeant Major rather than Sergeant (which the newest of recruits understands by Day 2 of basic training, along with all the other forms of address from Private to Mr. President), and that the rifles fired at a military funeral are not a 21-gun salute, but are from an older tradition of firing three volleys over a grave to signify the conclusion of a battlefield truce to succor the wounded and bury the dead. The press tries to hire science reporters with some science background to help explain stories to the non-scientist public, but when it comes to covering those of us sworn to defend the nation, the media organizations send reporters who couldnt readily identify an A-10 and an F-15 if they were standing next to them. Nor do those reporters seem to care to research the issues beforehand. After all, they could learn most of what they wanted to know just by going online and reading the fact sheets from the service Web pages. I guess immersing themselves in a military history course or interviewing content, professional soldiers to gain background information just isnt as satisfying as spending a (well-publicized after the fact) weekend sleeping on the streets to truly understand the homeless question.
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posted on
09/16/2004 10:04:54 PM PDT
by
Mike Fieschko
("Daddy, are there bad men on your planes?")
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
"Ammo for the good guys MUST READ PING!!!"
Absolutely!
But, it's quickly turning into a chick thread! ;o)
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posted on
09/16/2004 10:05:00 PM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
(Proud member of the Pajamahadeen)
To: dixiechick2000
You WOULD think so, wouldn't you? ;o) *L* ... I guess that's why the MSM has a problem with us Pajama People .. We Think
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posted on
09/16/2004 10:05:08 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(Why is the MSM calling the Vietnam Vets and POW's a suspected group??)
To: demnomo
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posted on
09/16/2004 10:05:18 PM PDT
by
Bernard Marx
(I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.)
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