[jocon307]

"Don't forget GHW Bush; the youngest Naval flyer in WWII."

I am sorry, I did forget him. And I guess we should remember John Kerry too, as bad as he got later, and is now, I guess he was pretty brave then. And the other Kerry, the one who was the governor of Nebraska, no?, who's now the pres. of the New School, I remembered his name until John started running for pres, is it Edward? Edwin? There are many, many others.

My dad wasn't rich or famous, but he was in the Navy, likewise my grandfather (german born), my brother-in-law (his wife says it "saved his life"), my cousin-in-law (he's a real right-winger, and became a doctor too), my aunt was a WAVE, and my uncle was in the Army.

You could never pay anyone enough money to be in Military service, or be a police officer or fire fighter (I'll just be politcally correct now for one second, because I do want to include the women who serve) all one can do to make their jobs worth it is give them the R E S P E C T they deserve.

[CholeraJoe]

"Don't forget GHW Bush; the youngest Naval flyer in WWII."

George Bush 41 completed a bombing mission while he was ON FIRE and was awarded a medal for his heroism. Can't remember whether it was the Silver Star or the Navy Cross.

Lyndon Johnson got a Silver Star for being a REMF in WWII. John McCain received numerous medals for spilling his guts to the North Vietnamese. Charges were preferred but dropped because his daddy was a senator.