posted 02-26-2004 02:26 PM            

Thanks, Bush! Now I realize I served, too
First published: Sunday, February 22, 2004

I didn't serve my country in the military, so of course I couldn't consider myself a veteran. But George Bush has made me realize that maybe I did serve, and have simply forgotten the names of my service buddies, the dates, and the number of months I served in any given location. I may be a veteran after all, an absent-minded one who happened to serve under absent-minded commanders.

If you're a vet, think back to your own time in service. Isn't it impossible to remember where you served, or who you served with? Of course it is. So you can sympathize with someone's confusion on the matter.

It's sad, really: All those great old buddies, all those shared experiences, all that bonding, and I can't remember even one name. How cruel memory can be. And apparently none of them has any memory of me, judging from the lack of Christmas cards.

Of course, I didn't go on to become famous; if I had, you can bet I'd hear from them, right? Hey, if I was rich and powerful they'd be tripping over themselves to step up and vouch for my presence in the military. Wouldn't they?

I hope you believe me. I'm increasingly certain I served with great distinction, in the same branch Bush did, in fact. The one that doesn't keep records. There are lots of branches like that. Honest.

JACK GRIFFIN

posted 02-28-2004 11:58 PM            

I remember only five names of those in my company.

Of those whom I was close to (more brothers to me than my parents' other son)
I remember the names of several who are now dead.

Those calls from people who call me 'the guy who saved my life' are almost ended.

Only one of them still remains alive.

I do however recall,
during my days campaigning for congressman George HW Bush (R) TX
the youngest son:
"dumb-as-dirt-Dubya'
who cost his dad the primary...
when Ron Paul ran a campaign against the congressman who couldn't keep his own son off cocaine.

I remember the way the draft dodgers treated those of us who served.
i also remember the snide comments from National Guardsmes 9who still had several years of weekends to serve)
when I came home with a severe limp and a medical/honerable discharge.

They (who had never dodged a single bullet)
called me lucky, and told me how fortunate I was to only lose the use of one leg.

They after all, lost many weekends.

Except for bush, who never had to actually show up.

tjhose people I knew who missed Guard weekends, got active duty imposed upon them immediately...
except for the sons of wealth and priviledge, that is.

I drink a toast to those who died, in my place,
I curse those who evaded honest service.

may Bush burn in hell for all eternity,
rush Limbaugh, and Newt Gingrich alongside him.

To those honest Democrats like Gore and Kerry who could have evaded active duty,
but chose instead to risk thier lives alongside the rest of us:

I give my efforts and monies to put you few honest people in positions of power that you may continue to serve america;
And continue to oppose those rightwing "chicken-hawks"

who never risked thier own lives,
but are ever so willing to send others to their deaths.

there are now two parties in america:
the Democrats
and
the Hypocrites

posted 03-02-2004 12:52 AM            

There is light at the end of this dark ass tunnel. Despite all the feces that comes and go, the sun still shines, children still smile and I bet you got a woman to keep you warm - if not she is only waiting for you to find her.