On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 23:18:51 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 22:38:32 GMT, "Jim" wrote:

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/sto...1349707631.htm

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DALLAS (AP) - Former Texas House Speaker Ben Barnes said he is ``more
ashamed at myself than I've ever been'' because he helped President Bush and
the sons of other wealthy families get into the Texas National Guard so they
could avoid serving in Vietnam.

So if I were somebody who could have joined the National Guard to
avoid combat status does that make me smart or stupid, brave or
cowardly?

I suppose that would depend on whether you showed up for duty.

It would depend on whether you used some sort of special family connections to
jump to the head of a waiting list of 100,000, thereby in effect sending someone
else to the jungles of Southeast Asia in your place.

It would depend on whether you adhered to all the requirements of your
job--including showing up for the flight physical.

Of course, if you were, in fact, abusing certain recreational alkoloids that
might show up in a tox screen, you certainly would want to avail yourself of
your Fifth Amendment right protecting you from self-incrimination.

Parrot

Just curious.

Later,

Tom