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To: The Comedian

I'm starting to agree with Robert A. Heinlein in his novel Starship Troopers that only veterans have the franchise and right to hold office.

38 posted on 08/29/2010 4:01:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I don't need a newspaper to know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber.)

To: 2ndDivisionVet

I'm starting to agree with Robert A. Heinlein in his novel Starship Troopers that only veterans have the franchise and right to hold office

I read that when I was a teenager, and agreed with it immediately.

I haven't experienced anything that has caused me to change my mind.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

39 posted on 08/29/2010 4:18:42 PM PDT by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)

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