"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On 30 Aug 2004 07:16:06 -0700, (basskisser) wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote in
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On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 22:38:32 GMT, "Jim" wrote:


http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/sto...q=/ff/story/00
01/20040828/1349707631.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?

In the case of GWB, and other well to do people of Texas, in this
case, it would make you privledged.

What if it were your son and you could get him out of Vietnam this
way?

One can only hope that basskisser isn't allowed to procreate. If he is,
it's just proof that God *does* have a sense of humor.