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2004-08-17 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by more trees less bush 2004-08-17 04:31|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Thanks for posting only the link. Anything more would have been theft of Fred's bandwidth. By posting this you demonstrate either unforgivable ignorance or Bush-hatred so deep as to stop your brain from functioning.

Posted by trailing wife 2004-08-17 4:58:16 AM|| 2004-08-17 4:58:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Where is the link to the story of Monsuier Kerry's Senate hearings when he got back from Vietnam titled "Traitor, Kerry lied and good men died"?

Posted by JerseyMike 2004-08-17 7:56:05 AM|| 2004-08-17 7:56:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I nominate this fuckwit for the RBFF Award for today. Nice comments, folks. This dysfunctional induhvidual suffers from neural idiotarian gridlock and cranial-rectal insertion syndrome.

Posted by .com 2004-08-17 8:53:51 AM|| 2004-08-17 8:53:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Why are you posting links to troll sites?

Whoever posted that obviously knows little of the regulations of that era in how they were applied, and in the amount of things a Guard pilot did - and also in how officers in the Guard are commissioned. Obviously the author never heard of "begging the question", because he continuously does so.

Its just flamebait - wordy, but still flamebait, filled with innuendo, and poorly drawn conclusions, rife with fallacies and thinking errors.

I vote to dump this one.

Posted by Oldspook 2004-08-17 8:58:06 AM|| 2004-08-17 8:58:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 more trees less bush. Good one! You were up early this morning. Do you have to be there early at Burger King when the french fry truck shows up to deliver a new load?

Posted by tu3031 2004-08-17 9:17:45 AM|| 2004-08-17 9:17:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Shall we dump it or just point fingers and make fun of him? My dump finger is awfull itchy this morning, I need to scratch it.

Posted by Steve 2004-08-17 9:57:52 AM|| 2004-08-17 9:57:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 dump!

Posted by Frank G 2004-08-17 10:03:49 AM|| 2004-08-17 10:03:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Troll site, to be sure, but to those lucky souls ignorant of the miasma of reserve management, this is a pretty impressive site. Having herded cats, I mean, managed reserves for another service, I can tell you that the system can let you make any reservist look like a hero, or a complete waste of good air--as a rule, the system's documentation makes the reservist look like a deserter or loose cannon when he's doing exactly what his supported command wants him to do. If the privacy act allowed someone to comb through the records, I'd lay very good odds that a hundred other Air Force aviators drifted out of the guard and reserves in pretty much the same way--staff assignment, loss of currency and no seats to regain it in, civilian career preventing one from spending six months qualifying in a new airframe, loss of up-chit and no need to go through the medical hassle to get it. Not to mention how many of these guys got their wings and multi-engine quals at the military's expense, only to jump over to the airlines at the earliest possible convenience. All in all, Bush's military service seems to be the most selfless.

Try to view the site from the viewpoint of the uncommitted voter--is it enough to convince the uncommitted that Bush skated out of his service obligations? Might be. Myself, I feel that anyone who earned his wings in the F-102 assumed more than enough risk in the service of his country.

Posted by longtime lurker 2004-08-17 10:05:00 AM|| 2004-08-17 10:05:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Kerry bailed out of Vietanm after four months through exploiting a technicality - a ticket home for three minor injuries that in no way prevented him from continuing his duty. Someone else had to cover his shirking ass. DESERTION, anyone?

Posted by Bulldog 2004-08-17 10:13:17 AM|| 2004-08-17 10:13:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 I looked at this link and read the entire article. I read comment #8 with interest. I'm willing to accept that it's possible to make things look like whatever you wnat them to look like in a large organization, but the other comments boil down to: he's a f*cking lunatic without any commentary on why he's a f*cking lunatic. So if somebody wants to do an analysis of the artice section by section, I'd like to see it. Name calling just doesn't impress me, though.

Posted by Slumming 2004-08-17 10:14:04 AM|| 2004-08-17 10:14:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 So when will Kerry release his military records?

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-08-17 10:19:24 AM|| 2004-08-17 10:19:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 This won't change most Veterans minds. Most know what W is made of and what Kerry is amde of. There is no comaprison. Kerry dishonored his flag, country and uniform and still does that today. Not to worry. Kerry will never be the CIC in the USA.

Posted by Bill Nelson 2004-08-17 10:34:14 AM|| 2004-08-17 10:34:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 Well, shit. Six months ago you moonbats were screeching that Bush never served at all, now you claim that he served and then "deserted". Do get your story straight and stick to it.

Please dump this waste of bandwidth and drive space.

Posted by Chris W. 2004-08-17 10:49:21 AM|| 2004-08-17 10:49:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#14 John Kerry is like an overgrown Peter Brady trying to make sure everyone knows how much he's a hero. Real heros don't do that; they don't need to.

Posted by eLarson 2004-08-17 11:01:11 AM|| [http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2004-08-17 11:01:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#15 Dump.

Posted by crazyhorse 2004-08-17 11:16:33 AM|| 2004-08-17 11:16:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#16 Redirect the link, keep the comments.

Posted by Shipman 2004-08-17 11:28:26 AM|| 2004-08-17 11:28:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#17 The guy that wrote this little gem, and in case you didn't notice you have to dig for it, is one
Paul Lukasiak. Google the name and you can read about his research on the stolen 2000 presidential election and a bunch of other good stuff. No agenda here. At least the Swift Boat guys put their names on the cover.

Posted by tu3031 2004-08-17 11:41:35 AM|| 2004-08-17 11:41:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#18 Shall we dump it or just point fingers and make fun of him?

Rantburgers are famous for doing two things at once. You can change the link, and I'll say "neener neener."

Posted by Seafarious 2004-08-17 11:51:18 AM|| 2004-08-17 11:51:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#19 "Rantburgers are famous for doing two things at once."

We can chew gum and rip idiotarians at the same time!

Posted by Chris W. 2004-08-17 12:04:27 PM|| 2004-08-17 12:04:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 I nominate Paul Lukasiak as the next Milton "Bill" Cooper.
Next, it'll be space aliens and freemasons. What a moron.

Posted by Asedwich 2004-08-17 12:26:05 PM|| 2004-08-17 12:26:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 I hate to sound like JF Kerry but I have had large chunks of my military records vanish for no reason at all. Some hard copy and some electronic. President Bush is in possession of a DD14 that states he was honorably discharged from military service. You can turn it upside down, side ways, or whatever but it still the ONLY proof needed for completing your obligation of service. I have a complete copy of my OFFICIAL 20-year military record at home and they are far from all encompassing. They are missing temporary orders, training, promotions, and some service awards (luckily I have my own records to augment). So if you asked me where I was in say July 1986 I could give you a pretty good idea, but I doubt I could produce a piece of paper from that time (let alone find someone who knew me during that time). MTLB, if you are reading this, please understand you are reaching for some very thin branches on the tree (pun intended) if you think this is a smoking gun.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2004-08-17 1:36:15 PM|| 2004-08-17 1:36:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 Sorry but this is way over my head.

So did George Bush spend Christmas 1968 in Cambodia or not???

Posted by True German Ally 2004-08-17 3:07:58 PM|| 2004-08-17 3:07:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#23 yep - he left a lucky hat with Lt JG Kerry

Posted by Frank G 2004-08-17 3:08:44 PM|| 2004-08-17 3:08:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#24 I said "Doc, I wanna kill..."

Posted by mojo 2004-08-17 3:39:41 PM|| 2004-08-17 3:39:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#25 "heaped dead burnt bodies, veins in my teeth, I wanna kill..."

Posted by .com 2004-08-17 3:55:10 PM|| 2004-08-17 3:55:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#26 "...seared into my mind, doc. Seared. Like an extraordinary filet mignon..."

Posted by tu3031 2004-08-17 6:19:16 PM|| 2004-08-17 6:19:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#27 Wasn't it Kerry that was doing insertions and extractions ~~of his head in his ass~~ during his four month tour?

Posted by Capt America 2004-08-17 8:12:34 PM|| [http://captamerica.blogspot.com/] 2004-08-17 8:12:34 PM|| Front Page Top

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