wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:30:20 -0400, BAR wrote:

http://www.courant.com/news/politics...,2934547.story

I guess you are too young to remember how the draft worked in that
era. If you were enrolled as a full time student, you got that
deferment unless you requested NOT to get it. People also got defrred
for all sorts of other reasons. If you were an only child, I think
that may have been grounds for a deferment. Then there was the lottery
system. Many people got high lottery numbers and were never called.
Some rich and powerful folks could get their kids into the Air Force
reserve, guaranteeing they would never be shipped to Viet Nam. Heck,
some of them didn't even complete THAT alternative service, but were
never prosecuted.

You are correct. The draft ended three years before I volunteered.

If you are depending on that to be a "problem" for Biden, you are
really out of luck in a very big way. It's a complete non-starter.
Rush Limbaugh bellowing about it as he eats more pills isn't going to
make that into anything.

The hand of duplicity is raised again.

Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..

What is important is McCain's health. I wonder what the longevity tables
say about a 72-year-old man who has had four bouts of cancer? My guess is
the odds are against him completing one term.


McCain's doctor for the past 16 years, an internal medicine specialist at
the Mayo Clinic in Arizona, disagrees.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/ar...t_cancer_free/


Eisboch



We will see, WAFA...

On Aug 31, 11:07*pm, wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:53:56 -0400, hk wrote:
On the other hand, McCain's military service is an non-qualifier, except
for those who think it has some meaning 35 years after the fact.

I don't think you can have it both ways. It is either not important
that {pick your chicken hawk} ducked the draft or it is important that
McCain didn't.

No, no.. Harry can be dishonest on both ends, without concience. He
can lie without remorse, again, no moral core. Whoever destroyed his
spirit really did a good job. I would have to guess it was early in
his childhood..

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:19:42 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Aug 31, 11:07*pm, wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:53:56 -0400, hk wrote:
On the other hand, McCain's military service is an non-qualifier, except
for those who think it has some meaning 35 years after the fact.

I don't think you can have it both ways. It is either not important
that {pick your chicken hawk} ducked the draft or it is important that
McCain didn't.

No, no.. Harry can be dishonest on both ends, without concience. He
can lie without remorse, again, no moral core. Whoever destroyed his
spirit really did a good job. I would have to guess it was early in
his childhood..


Most (all) of your posts today had to do with Harry.

Get a life.

JimH wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:19:42 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Aug 31, 11:07 pm, wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:53:56 -0400, hk wrote:
On the other hand, McCain's military service is an non-qualifier, except
for those who think it has some meaning 35 years after the fact.
I don't think you can have it both ways. It is either not important
that {pick your chicken hawk} ducked the draft or it is important that
McCain didn't.
No, no.. Harry can be dishonest on both ends, without concience. He
can lie without remorse, again, no moral core. Whoever destroyed his
spirit really did a good job. I would have to guess it was early in
his childhood..


Most (all) of your posts today had to do with Harry.

Get a life.

I love the way you follow everyone around telling them to "get a life'.
Remember when you used to tell Harry that about 30 times a day?

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:33:22 -0400, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of
Cornwall, Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC,
STP. " wrote:

I love the way you follow everyone around telling them to "get a life'.
Remember when you used to tell Harry that about 30 times a day?

The one thing we know for sure is that Harry thoroughly enjoys being
at the center of the universe here. For everyone else it is sort of a
uniting force, making the group what it is for better or worse. If
everyone put him in the kill file and ignored his trolls for attention
he would either go away or start talking to himself. That could be a
good thing but I have to admit that it is kind of fun smacking him
around once in a while. There's nothing like an easy target some
times.

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:38:50 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:52:17 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:30:20 -0400, BAR wrote:

http://www.courant.com/news/politics...,2934547.story

I guess you are too young to remember how the draft worked in that
era. If you were enrolled as a full time student, you got that
deferment unless you requested NOT to get it. People also got defrred
for all sorts of other reasons. If you were an only child, I think
that may have been grounds for a deferment. Then there was the lottery
system. Many people got high lottery numbers and were never called.
Some rich and powerful folks could get their kids into the Air Force
reserve, guaranteeing they would never be shipped to Viet Nam. Heck,
some of them didn't even complete THAT alternative service, but were
never prosecuted.

If you are depending on that to be a "problem" for Biden, you are
really out of luck in a very big way. It's a complete non-starter.
Rush Limbaugh bellowing about it as he eats more pills isn't going to
make that into anything.


I don't think it was the II-S, even though that is what we crucify
Cheney and the rest of the "chicken hawks" over. I bet they question
the asthma. He must of got over it. He seems plenty long winded now.


I think the neo-cons are desparate for ANYTHING. If Obama was their
candidate, they would be harping on the fact that McCain broke under
torture and made statements against the U.S. They are THAT desparate.

I have a stepson who has a form of asthma that only presents when he
does strenuous excercise. The rest of the time, you would not have any
idea that there was a problem. There are also medications and inhalers
that are very effective at controlling asthma and relieving the
symptoms.

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:50:33 -0400, BAR wrote:

wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:30:20 -0400, BAR wrote:

http://www.courant.com/news/politics...,2934547.story

I guess you are too young to remember how the draft worked in that
era. If you were enrolled as a full time student, you got that
deferment unless you requested NOT to get it. People also got defrred
for all sorts of other reasons. If you were an only child, I think
that may have been grounds for a deferment. Then there was the lottery
system. Many people got high lottery numbers and were never called.
Some rich and powerful folks could get their kids into the Air Force
reserve, guaranteeing they would never be shipped to Viet Nam. Heck,
some of them didn't even complete THAT alternative service, but were
never prosecuted.

If you are depending on that to be a "problem" for Biden, you are
really out of luck in a very big way. It's a complete non-starter.
Rush Limbaugh bellowing about it as he eats more pills isn't going to
make that into anything.


So what was all of that oral effluent about Chenney?

Cheney is what is known as a "Chicken Hawk". The reason he gets
slammed for his student deferment is that he was running around
supporting the war. Someone with character and a working sense of
honor would have refused the deferment, joined the service and
VOLUNTEERED to go. Cheney's weak repsonse is that he "had other
priorities at the time". His mouth and his actions were way out of
sync.

wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:53:56 -0400, hk wrote:

On the other hand, McCain's military service is an non-qualifier, except
for those who think it has some meaning 35 years after the fact.

I don't think you can have it both ways. It is either not important
that {pick your chicken hawk} ducked the draft or it is important that
McCain didn't.


The chickenhawk concept came up because of the actions of certain
chickenhawks, not because of McCain.

JimH wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:19:42 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Aug 31, 11:07 pm, wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:53:56 -0400, hk wrote:
On the other hand, McCain's military service is an non-qualifier, except
for those who think it has some meaning 35 years after the fact.
I don't think you can have it both ways. It is either not important
that {pick your chicken hawk} ducked the draft or it is important that
McCain didn't.
No, no.. Harry can be dishonest on both ends, without concience. He
can lie without remorse, again, no moral core. Whoever destroyed his
spirit really did a good job. I would have to guess it was early in
his childhood..


Most (all) of your posts today had to do with Harry.

Get a life.


His kid's motorcycle is busted.