It would be no worse to vote for than against Senator Obama because he is Black.
Retired four star General Wesley Clark, an advisor to Senator Obama, is reported as having contended thatmilitary service does not automatically qualify [Senator McCain] . . . to be commander in chief. . . . Clark said [that] performing heroic military service is not a substitute for gaining command experience.This statement, as far as it goes, is unobjectionable, except that Senator McCain did, indeed, have command experience, and it speaks well of his leadership abilities. After release from captivity and torture at the Hanoi Hilton and eventual restoration to flight status in 1976,he became commanding officer of a training squadron stationed in Florida. He turned around an undistinguished unit and won the squadron its first Meritorious Unit Citation.Turning an "undistinguished" training squadron into an excellent one is not easy; it requires substantial command ability and provides substantial command experience; it is surprising that General Clark seems to have been oblivious to this.…
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76 - Clavos
"Dan, your comment is exactly what the article was referring to."
Might have something to do with Dan having written the article...
77 - Condor
I was referring to #67 and the link to the Jerusalem Post article entitled -- Security and Defense: Not leaving the nuclear threat up in the air. Written by YAAKOV KATZ...
With a quote from #71... I think I made the right connection.
Perhaps I should have made that clear.
78 - Condor
"any thoughts on who they are all voting for is just projection on your parts" - From #72 El B
If they are voting absentee in Florida, perhaps those sacks of mail will once again become misplaced or "lost"....
79 - Dan Miller
Actually, the announcement over the PA system sounded like "free beer;" they all got there and signed up for it. Boy, were they surprised when the found out what had actually happened.
Dan
80 - Condor
They get beer in Iraq? Bahrain perhaps. Friends tell me they drink non-alcoholic beer (yeeeech). When I was on ships tooling around the Caroline islands and the Marshall's it was not unheard of to put a batch of pruno under the main diesels for curin' and around the first port-o-call it was broken out on the industrial pier along with the guitars. Dylan was sung terribly and the pruno was just as bad.
81 - Surfer
They actually have pretty good beer in Iraq. Amstel used to be the favoured drop, and was brewed in Baghdad, but I think there's a local drop called I think Ferida.
82 - Andy Marsh
I know in Egypt they have a beer called Stella, but I promise, it doesn't look or taste like the Stella Artois that you can get in the states. It always came in a colored bottle, green or brown, and I found out why the first time I poured it in a mug. I honestly think I now know where those companies that used to advertise in the backs of comic books went...they now add sea monkeys to Egyptian beer! And they got pissed when I complained about the shit that was literally swimming in my beer!
And Condor, it's good to know that the fine art of making blige wine is still alive and well! It ain't teh best tasting stuff in teh world, but damn, it's got a kick!