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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: steve harris who wrote (40158)	8/11/2005 10:59:38 PM
From: CalculatedRisk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

CHECK THIS STORY OUT! Whenever I see someone with a "W" sticker, I ask them if they would enlist in the military (or thier kids). So far I'm batting zero. This story tells it all: Staff Sgt. Jason Rivera, 26, a Marine recruiter in Pittsburgh, went to the home of a high school student who had expressed interest in joining the Marine Reserve to talk to his parents. It was a large home in a well-to-do suburb north of the city. Two American flags adorned the yard. The prospect's mom greeted him wearing an American flag T-shirt. "I want you to know we support you," she gushed. Rivera soon reached the limits of her support. "Military service isn't for our son. It isn't for our kind of people," she told him. There it is: YELLOW ELEPHANTS! post-gazette.com