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To: LindyBill who wrote (243200)	3/23/2008 11:06:10 AM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

Vietnam was a classic example of either go in "big," or don't go in at all. Sort of like the Gulf War. I thought that was well-done, except for getting out before getting Saddam. Yes, Kennedy lauded his Profiles in Courage. One lived near my home in Montana. I could never understand why she was so admirable. I never met her, although I probably could have. Jeannette Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) was the first woman to be elected to the United States House of Representatives and the first female member of the Congress. A lifelong pacifist, she was the only member of Congress to vote against United States entry into World War II and one of fifty to vote against World War I. Additionally, she led resistance to the Vietnam War. To date, she is the only woman to be elected to Congress from Montana. en.wikipedia.org One wonders whose flag we would be living under if her views held sway. When I was living through the sixties, I snickered at hippies. There were few on campus, one was the son and the rest were affiliated with an English professor who was so clueless I once had to change a flat tire on his microbus for him. He was later busted for sharing mary jane with his students over at Syracuse. I and my friends deliberately wore short haircuts at the time. I didn't let my hair grow until my wife bought me a couple of leisure suits in the 70s.