[Rhodes22-list] This day in history

[Herb Parsons]

OK folks.Where the admonitions about "personal attacks." Some idiot gets 
on here and calls the President of the Nation a "son of a bitch", and 
that's OK. However, calling Robert a loser because of his pathetic 
Bush-hating nonsense is somehow bad bad stuff.


R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
> Rob,
>  
> Not true. Many of us have questioned his military service, but have never  
> been given the straight answers. It seems that privileged children live  
> privileged lives, even in the military. Since it's already Friday and I have a  ton 
> of yard wok to do this weekend and won't be actively on the list, I will  leave 
> with this parting comment. Our current president is the dumbest son of a  
> bitch that's ever taken the oath of office. History will back me up on  this.
>  
> Rummy
>  
>  
> In a message dated 5/2/2008 2:44:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  rlowe at vt.edu 
> writes:
>
> Nobody  questioned his service, Herb.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From:  "Herb Parsons" <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"  <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 11:34  AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] This day in history
>
>
>   
>> And,  I'll add, bitch all you want to about his politics. When you insult
>>  his service, you're being a jerk. THAT was what was pathetic.
>>
>>  Brad Haslett wrote:
>>     
>>> Rob,
>>>
>>> Herb's a big  boy and can defend himself, so I'll let him.  I too feel
>>>       
> his
>   
>>  > frustrations at times though.  The carrier landing was a celebration  for
>>     
> the
>   
>>> men and women who had been at sea for a good long  while in support of
>>>       
> the
>   
>>> Iraqi liberation. They were honored to  have been visited by their
>>>       
> Commander
>   
>>> in Chief and it showed on  their faces.  President Bush didn't
>>>       
> immediately
>   
>>> rush for  the Admiral's quarters, he spent a lot of time with the
>>>       
> 'grunts'
>   
>>  > taking photos, hugging them, etc.  It was obvious they loved having  him
>>     
>>> aboard and watching it live made me proud to be an  American.  Was it a
>>> political event as well?   Everything a politician does is a political
>>>       
> event.
>   
>>  > Today's newspaper is the first draft of history and often wrong in  the
>>     
>>> reporting and analysis.  Go read a newspaper from 1948  to 1952 and see
>>>       
> how
>   
>>> popular Truman was at the time.  Some  people are so jaded by their BDS
>>>       
> (Bush
>   
>>> Derangement Syndrome)  that they can't see anything positive in anything.
>>>       
> You
>   
>>> are  probably a classic case.  Bush's term is almost over and it might  be
>>> time for everyone to move on to tomorrow's problems.
>>>       
>>  >
>>     
>>> Let me say this - when I think critics are taking delight in  the
>>>       
> difficulty
>   
>>> and losses our military is encountering because  it suits their political
>>> slant, it pisses me off to no end.  Frankly, I don't think we should have
>>> engaged in 2/3rds of the  deployments we did under Clinton, and I didn't
>>>       
> and
>   
>>> still don't  like the Clintons.  That said, I want to see any engagement
>>>  where we put our troops in harm's way to go well regardless of how I  may
>>> personally feel about the commander.  My guess is, Herb  gets upset for
>>>       
> the
>   
>>> same reasons I do.  Bitch about Bush  is you want, it's a free country.
>>>       
> The
>   
>>> men and women on that  boat that day risked their lives so you can do so.
>>>
>>>  Brad
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
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