[Rhodes22-list] This day in history

[Herb Parsons]

I meant to add to this, and hit send too soon-
In context, Brad defended Bush's "pilot actions", and your response was 
that he was "Blowing smoke". In context, I'd say it was a pretty 
reasonable conclusion on my part.

Herb Parsons wrote:
> Um sorry Rob. You're wrong. Go check the archives about the incident, 
> and see what was said about Bush being a pilot. That's why Brad so 
> strongly jumped in on supporting the President on the issue.
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> Rob Lowe wrote:
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>> Nobody questioned his service, Herb.
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>> ----- 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
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>>> 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.
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>>> Brad Haslett wrote:
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>>>> Rob,
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>>>> Herb's a big boy and can defend himself, so I'll let him.  I too feel
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>>>> frustrations at times though.  The carrier landing was a celebration for
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>> the
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>>>> men and women who had been at sea for a good long while in support of
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>>>> Iraqi liberation. They were honored to have been visited by their
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>> Commander
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>>>> in Chief and it showed on their faces.  President Bush didn't
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>> immediately
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>>>> rush for the Admiral's quarters, he spent a lot of time with the
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>> 'grunts'
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>>>> 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
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>> event.
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>>>> 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
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>> how
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>>>> popular Truman was at the time.  Some people are so jaded by their BDS
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>> (Bush
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>>>> Derangement Syndrome) that they can't see anything positive in anything.
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>> You
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> Let me say this - when I think critics are taking delight in the
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>> difficulty
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>>>> 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
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>>>> 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
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>>>> same reasons I do.  Bitch about Bush is you want, it's a free country.
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>> The
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>>>> men and women on that boat that day risked their lives so you can do so.
>>>>
>>>> Brad
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