In article , jherring$$@
$$cox**.net says...
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 14:02:23 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


Do you feel that anyone who receives the Purple Heart for a tiny injury
should never mention it?

That would be more appropriate than using it to proclaim oneself a 'war hero.'

If that were his lone medal you might have a point. The Purple Heart
was the least of them...

jps

Harry Krause wrote in message ...
Bert Robbins wrote:

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Bush has not released any of his military medical records.

So what is the point of your contention?

The Kerry campaign has allowed reporters to view the first medical report,
but just won't let it be copied.


I believe you are mistaken. The AP has reported that they were denied access
to all of the records on Monday. Then later in the week the relased some
more but not all. They specifically reported that the documentation about
the first Purple Heart was missing.


Hmmm. Records of Bush's Purple Hearts, Silver Stars, Bronze Stars, DSC
and Medal of Honor seem to be missing.

Kerry got a Medal of Honor?!?!

How about you, Bertie? Got any real medals?

Harry Krause wrote in message ...
Curtis CCR wrote:

"Jim" wrote in message ...

http://www.johnkerry.com/about/military_records.html

Does anyone think Bush will do the same?


You mean see what little he can release and not get called for it?
Kerry didn't release anything until he was beat up to do so. Not that
I think Bush and anything closed to a stellar miltary record... but
Bush released more military records that Kerry did... and Bush did it
over two months ago.


I certainly was impressed with Bush's attendance award...what, he didn't
get one of those, either? Hmmm. Silver Star? Nope. Hmmmm. Bronze Star?
Nope.

Well, at least Bush is consistent. Mediocre as a flyer, mediocre as a
businessman, mediocre as a governor and mediocre as a POTUS.

Hey looked over some of the Kerry stuff... that he FINALLY released.
Some of it honestly looks pretty impressive. However, I still won't
vote for him.

I am somewhat dissapointed in Bush - but Kerry is bad news. AND I
QUESTION HIS PATRIOTISM. There - I said it. I don't give a **** how
many medals he got during his short military career 35 years ago, it
is my opinion that his politics and the things he has said he would do
as president are not in the best interest of this country - they're in
the best interest of John Kerry.

I won't vote for anyone that wants crawl back in bed with the UN. I
don't care if the US stay a member of that organization, but I don't
wnat a president that plans to let that bunch of corrupt back stabbers
dictate how we defend ourselves or handle our internal and foreign
affairs.

I admit that I will be voting for the lesser of two evils in November.
Anyone that thinks either of these guys is the ideal President is
lying. I think Kerry is far more dangerous than Bush. And letting
the UN security council make decisions for us would be suicidal.

"Curtis CCR" wrote in message
om...

And letting
the UN security council make decisions for us would be suicidal.

Ummm....how about letting them take over the mess in Iraq, thereby taking
some heat off of Nookular Boy? If he'd let them assist in the first place, a
lot of nice young people might be making love instead of pushing up daisies.

John H wrote
None of the above is a proclamation of war heroism.

Well it sure isn't an attempt to appear as a thoughtful, analytical
statesman.


... There seem to be more and more
questions every day.

Only by paid pro-Bush/Cheney shills and fascist cretins such as yourself.


"Fascist cretin." Wow, you're approaching Harry's eloquence. Good job.

I calls 'em like I sees 'em. Facts are facts.

You choose to blindly support an arrogant warlike gov't that attempts to
muzzle civil liberty and stifle dissent. You cheerfully join in a
campaign of lies and slander in order to derail democratic proceedings.
Is that being a fascist?

Yes.

As explained in an earlier post, it is also stupid... just like
repeatedly dropping a brick on your foot. You insist on carryng this
stupidity to the point of being a cretin. In other words, I didn't make
you a fascist cretin, you chose to be one. If you don't like it, change.

The problem is, you're also dropping a brick on *my* foot (and every
American citizen) with this malarkey. Hence my effort to stop the
process. Of course, trying to get an idiot to stop being idiotic is a
lost cause, isn't it?


Bush's service record says nothing about going AWOL.

It doesn't say anything about his being present for duty, either.

You cannot face facts, can you? If Bush had been in your unit, you'd
have called him a cowardly deserter.

DSK

Curtis CCR wrote:
Hey looked over some of the Kerry stuff... that he FINALLY released.
Some of it honestly looks pretty impressive. However, I still won't
vote for him.

Of course not. Why let a few facts sway your judgement.


I am somewhat dissapointed in Bush - but Kerry is bad news. AND I
QUESTION HIS PATRIOTISM. There - I said it. I don't give a **** how
many medals he got during his short military career 35 years ago, it
is my opinion that his politics and the things he has said he would do
as president are not in the best interest of this country - they're in
the best interest of John Kerry.

As opposed to Bush's running the country in the interest of his
corporate buddies?

Do you suppose the Kerry might launch a war on false pretenses? Do you
think that Kerry will manipulate the courts to upset the U.S.
Constitution? Do you think that Kerry will issue orders to keep
absolutely every paper that crosses his, and his VP's, desks absolutely
excluded from the Freedom of Information Act forever and ever? The list
goes on and on.

Fact is, Bush is a proven disaster in every field. The economy, the
environment, foreign policy, countering terrorism, you name it. The only
thing he's been a success at is installing anti-abortion judges and
generating huge profits for Halliburton.



I won't vote for anyone that wants crawl back in bed with the UN.

Yeah, screw 'em. We should just nuke anybody that doesn't like us. And
let's trash NATO too, in fact let's turn NATO into an alliance against us.


... I don't
wnat a president that plans to let that bunch of corrupt back stabbers
dictate how we defend ourselves or handle our internal and foreign
affairs.

You mean like, a President that caters to Middle East oil interests
above his own citizens? One who stabs his own soldiers in the back by
revealing war plans to a foreign hostile gov't?


....And letting
the UN security council make decisions for us would be suicidal.

As opposed to starting a war under false pretenses, and then letting
hundreds of US soldiers get killed while the gov't stands around and
admits it has no clue how to clean up the mess?

In some situations I agree, the UN cannot interfere with US sovereignty.
However, going into Iraq against the directions of the UN has turned out
to be a huge mistake.

How can a remotely intelligent person look at the news and conclude that
George Bush Jr is "the lesser of two evils"?

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message
.. .

How can a remotely intelligent person look at the news and conclude that
George Bush Jr is "the lesser of two evils"?

He sure is a uniter, though, doncha think?

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 10:17:15 -0700, Curtis CCR wrote:


I won't vote for anyone that wants crawl back in bed with the UN.

I believe Bush already has, hat in hand:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/...035366,00.html

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:58:24 -0700, Curtis CCR wrote:


Kerry got a Medal of Honor?!?!

Yes, Bob Kerry. ;-)

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:47:03 -0700, jps wrote:

In article , jherring$$@
$$cox**.net says...
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 14:02:23 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


Do you feel that anyone who receives the Purple Heart for a tiny injury
should never mention it?

That would be more appropriate than using it to proclaim oneself a 'war hero.'

If that were his lone medal you might have a point. The Purple Heart
was the least of them...

jps

I believe he was also awarded a medal for chasing an individual who had fired an
RPG around a hootch and shooting him. As an unloaded RPG launcher is about as
effective a weapon as a baseball bat, I wouldn't consider this act very heroic.
It seems much more like taking a life needlessly.

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!