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To: Jim S who wrote (12935)	10/11/2006 6:41:07 PM
From: RMF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Jim...when you say that I wouldn't find a lot of people working in hospital kitchens that would qualify for our military, it doesn't REASSURE me any. Is it supposed to? I notice that you picked hospital kitchens as an example rather than an assembly line at Ford. Why is that? You got a chuckle out of Lyndie England, BUT, Lyndie England was a person that apparently PASSED that "comprehensive test" you speak about. That was BEFORE the standards were lowered. I NEVER said that today's GI's were the "dregs of society". Being poor and having limited economic opportunities doesn't make one a "dreg". It just makes one more likely to join the military based on financial need rather than career "choice", thus the "mercenary" association.