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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sandintoes who wrote (3198)	11/23/2000 1:16:14 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 6710

In other words, you were a DRAFT DODGER A simpleton like you may find this hard to believe, but there is a class distinction in America. As a member of the middle class, I had the right, obligation and inclination to further my education after my graduation from high school in 1968. I chose to do so. I felt no inclination to enlist in an immoral episode of racial genocide. Unlike some, who felt the necessity to escape the evil that American Imperialism was attempting to perpetrate on the world at that point in time, and move to Canada, I merely enjoyed the perogatives the system allowed me; being allowed to continue my education and express my views, and, in the event, my draft lottery number was 259. To an moron like you that may not mean much. But what it meant was that the Nixon Administration felt that it could destroy the will of the Left by giving a percentage of us a pass. Nixon was wrong, he was also a monster. That is why, after I had secured my way out of the war, I continued to protest the imperialist genocide of the American military-industrial machine. Wanna challenge me as a draft dodger? I'll challenge you to find that I wasn't fighting during that episode. But, dearie, I wasn't on your side. I was fighting for your enemy. Le plus ce change, le plus le meme chose, n'est pas? Can you imagine how the 18 year old in Viet Nam felt having their legs blown off, while you were home playing coward, hiding in a college room? I wasn't in my room. I was on the barricades. That 18 year old eventually realized he's been played for a pawn. Else, he is now insane. I have a couple of acquaintances who certainly didn't come back from our immoral war with their minds intact. I see you didn't have to go to Viet Nam to become a looney tune. I'm grateful you've had such an easy time of it. BTW, babe, what are your dogtag numbers? In plain language, you are an IDIOT. I'm sorry to have to let you know. Not that you will be able to comprehend. Not happy with you one bit sandonstolenbeaches, Ray

To: sandintoes who wrote (3198)	11/23/2000 1:20:12 AM
From: Windsock	Respond to of 6710

Sandy - Re: "Can you imagine how the 18 year old in Viet Nam felt having their legs blown off, while you were home playing coward, hiding in a college room?" Can you imagine how the grunts felt when George Jr pushed to the front of a 250 person line to join the Texas National Guard and defend the State of Texas against the Vietnamese threat? Just imagine those hard days on the weekend, lying on the tarmac and geting a good tan. Georgie Jr scored the absolute minimum in a test score to qualify for his patriotic duty to defend Texas. One point less and he would have missed the cut. Care to venture a guess why Daddy Bush pulled some very big strings to get Georgie Jr to the front of the quite long National Guard entrance line ?

To: sandintoes who wrote (3198)	11/23/2000 5:01:11 AM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 6710

In other words, you were a DRAFT DODGER Can you imagine how the 18 year old in Viet Nam felt having their legs blown off, while you were home playing coward, hiding in a college room? Raymond said absolutely nothing related in that post wrt military service. Your first statement is a blatant falsification. You're confusing Raymond with GW who joined the National Guard and did a no-show for a year to avoid the draft. GW is the draft dodger. And imagine how the people of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam people feel today, as they continue to step on land mines that we left behind. Children that weren't even born during the Vietnam war, now suffering because of those little presents we walked away from. Have a Happy Thanksgiving, jttmab