LRPD? I vote yes (if I voted)

Post #166,618 by danreck 7/29/04 9:50:20 AM Reply	LRPD? I vote yes (if I voted) Box writes "Re: anything is possible in america - even electing a fucktard as president. we even give you a choice". Well spoken, Bill... My brother must be rolling like a rotisserie chicken in his grave right now. It seems that the same ass clowns that labled him a "baby killer" and spat on him when he got back from being shot at, shot and wasted his entire life in despair with drugs and alcohol just thinking about Viet Nam - now think he's a hero! This is the "party of miracles". I'm going to psychically (word? sp?) communicate with bro and tell him, "hope is on the way"... Did I mention that I hate election years? Just a few thoughts, Danno
Post #166,620 by deSitter 7/29/04 10:06:54 AM Reply	Re: LRPD? I vote yes (if I voted) Can understand the sentiment, but.. I think the "baby killers" thing is highly exaggerated. I rather doubt that wave after wave of returning vets were singled out this way. Somehow this has become folk wisdom and I'd like to know how... And the fake open arms offered the vets now is just as exaggerated. The most hellish war in our history was Korea, which went on and on and on in a meat-grinding stalemate, constant bombardments, trench living, freezing cold, bad rations, total isolation. There are no open arms for them - only cuts in their benefits. -drl
Post #166,621 by boxley 7/29/04 10:15:32 AM Reply	want to understand Korea? [link\|http://www.bookfinder.us/review8/0880642378.html\|http://www.bookfinde...8/0880642378.html] best account I have ever read thanx, bill Anchorage AK: House for sale 3 bed 1 bath 1440 sq feet huge lot near Cheney Lake 175K FSBO 813.273.3518 I wondered what Darwinian moment had to effect itself before we devolved from children flying paper flags in the sky to half formed creatures thundering in a wall of horns down the road to Roncevaux. James Lee Burke questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #166,641 by jake123 7/29/04 12:21:06 PM Reply	You need to read about WWI though of course you guys missed most of it. Makes Korea look like a walk in the park. --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #166,645 by deSitter 7/29/04 12:59:06 PM Reply	Not for us We were only in it about a year, and never got bogged down. -drl
Post #166,646 by jake123 7/29/04 1:13:34 PM Reply	We were in both for the full haul trust me, Korea's got nothing on WWI. Read about Ypres sometime; a textbook example of why hereditary military command is a bad idea. In fact, it was so bad that the Canadian army took command away from the Brits and gave it to one of their own, the brilliant and flawed Currie. He led the Canadians to many victories, but his junior status to Haig meant that he often ended up having to shovel his troops into the furnace of battle with no hope. I found an interesting juxtaposition online, showing Passchendaele before and after the battle there in 1917: [link\|http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Image:Passchendaele_aerial_view.jpg\|http://www.wordiq.co...e_aerial_view.jpg] That took a total of something like eight hours to accomplish. --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #166,688 by danreck 7/29/04 5:27:01 PM Reply	Re: LRPD? I vote yes (if I voted) DRL, Don't know about the waves and waves. Just know about my brother, personally. It happened to him and many of his vet friends. Go to a DAV or VFW hall some night and ask them if they know how this folk wisdom got started. err... Better not, on second thought, you're probably not able to run real fast right now... :-) He got the treatment (maybe even a little from me). In other words, there probably does exist a bit of "folk wisdom" involved for some - not this case, though. In any case, you do see the irony here? It would be like if Hillary Clinton would get up and try to bring up Health Care as an election issue. Hope...is..on...the...way... Just a few thoughts, Danno

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