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archer2371 · 05-18-2003, 08:18 AM

Ok in response to the "shady reasons for the flight suit" it is a safety precaution because of the fact that anything can go wrong when flying in an aircraft, if he had to eject, over the sea mind you, would a Brooks Brothers suit keep him warmer than the cold sea around him, or would a military issue flight keep him warm. Granted they could have brought in Marine One, but does anybody know exactly how far out the Lincoln was from shore? or from the United States for that matter. And on that military service record thing, did you read all of those documents or did you just look at the titles and make your own conclusions? If Bush was anything BUT Honorably Discharged then I would agree with what you were saying that he was a "failed" soldier. However he was honorably discharged because he wanted to attend Harvard Business School. Something that is protected by the G.I. Bill of Rights, that if you want to attend college instead of the military, that's fine with them. So he got a penalty for "bad attendance" a lot of people got one of those, heck in school everyone gets at least one detention for being tardy. Nowhere in those documents did I find any proof as to the statements that he is a failed soldier. If you could come up with some written statements by his COs that say something to the extent of "he was not a good soldier, he shouldn't have even been in the military, etc. etc." then I'll believe you, but if all you have to present is a bunch of half-readable papers that don't really say anything, then my convictions about Bush are still intact. Also, it was considered a tradition or a "very strict etiquette" to serve only two terms in office as POTUS. Did not the great Franklin Delano Roosevelt break this "very strict etiquette"? And not everybody will understand grandiose words, the President's job is to connect with the common people, those who may not understand what colloquial, grandiose, or other such words may mean. This is what Bush does, he speaks the colloquialisms of the common people. I mean, what's better, a President that speaks above everybody's heads except for a few, or a President that can tell everyone what he means? And may I recall Winston Churchill, who quite frequently ended sentences with a preposition. Like I said before, if you want to debate his policies fine, I don't mind that, but don't conform to the scandal hungry masses that will pounce upon every single thing that Bush will do wrong. If you want to debate his stance on abortion, go ahead, if you want to say that he's robbing from the poor and giving to the rich, you can do that too. But it's also considered a very strict etiquette to not judge a person you have never met.

05-18-2003, 08:18 AM	#23 (permalink)
archer2371 Sarge of Blood Gulch Red Outpost Number One Location: On the front lines against our very enemy	Ok in response to the "shady reasons for the flight suit" it is a safety precaution because of the fact that anything can go wrong when flying in an aircraft, if he had to eject, over the sea mind you, would a Brooks Brothers suit keep him warmer than the cold sea around him, or would a military issue flight keep him warm. Granted they could have brought in Marine One, but does anybody know exactly how far out the Lincoln was from shore? or from the United States for that matter. And on that military service record thing, did you read all of those documents or did you just look at the titles and make your own conclusions? If Bush was anything BUT Honorably Discharged then I would agree with what you were saying that he was a "failed" soldier. However he was honorably discharged because he wanted to attend Harvard Business School. Something that is protected by the G.I. Bill of Rights, that if you want to attend college instead of the military, that's fine with them. So he got a penalty for "bad attendance" a lot of people got one of those, heck in school everyone gets at least one detention for being tardy. Nowhere in those documents did I find any proof as to the statements that he is a failed soldier. If you could come up with some written statements by his COs that say something to the extent of "he was not a good soldier, he shouldn't have even been in the military, etc. etc." then I'll believe you, but if all you have to present is a bunch of half-readable papers that don't really say anything, then my convictions about Bush are still intact. Also, it was considered a tradition or a "very strict etiquette" to serve only two terms in office as POTUS. Did not the great Franklin Delano Roosevelt break this "very strict etiquette"? And not everybody will understand grandiose words, the President's job is to connect with the common people, those who may not understand what colloquial, grandiose, or other such words may mean. This is what Bush does, he speaks the colloquialisms of the common people. I mean, what's better, a President that speaks above everybody's heads except for a few, or a President that can tell everyone what he means? And may I recall Winston Churchill, who quite frequently ended sentences with a preposition. Like I said before, if you want to debate his policies fine, I don't mind that, but don't conform to the scandal hungry masses that will pounce upon every single thing that Bush will do wrong. If you want to debate his stance on abortion, go ahead, if you want to say that he's robbing from the poor and giving to the rich, you can do that too. But it's also considered a very strict etiquette to not judge a person you have never met. __________________ "This ain't no Ice Cream Social!" "Hey Grif, Chupathingy...how bout that? I like it...got a ring to it." "I have no earthly idea what it is I just saw, or what this place is, or where in the hell O'Malley is! My only choice is to blame Grif for coming up with such a flawed plan. Stupid, stupid Grif."