On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:27:13 -0500, Jim wrote:

Boater wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Dec 9, 3:03 pm, JohnH wrote:

On Dec 9, 2:32 pm, Boater wrote:
JohnH wrote:
Nothing wrong with selling a Senate seat, is there?
http://tinyurl.com/5a8m9p
Everyone seems to have turned him down...in the good old days, he
could
have bought himself a "colonelship" with the Army. Now that is a
make-work job if ever there was one, eh? Obviously, no skills are
required.

I think Harry is thinking of the Napoleonic era when it comes to buying
rank. Of course, not having anything to do with the military would
tend to
screw up one's knowledge of same.
--
John

Have a Super Christmas and a Spectacular New Year!

Or it can even be stolen. Like in the movie Barry Lynden.


Buying military rank lasted a lot longer than Napoleon.

What did it cost you to avoid the military altogether? Or was it your
mommy who paid?

That wasn't a nice thing to say.
--
John