tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post893915878524297398..comments2023-10-16T08:25:47.205-05:00Comments on PARSLEY'S PICS: Damn, I Wish I'd Said This -- Wowzee!Leslie Parsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-55558053699509477162012-10-08T20:54:30.303-05:002012-10-08T20:54:30.303-05:00Go get 'em Sen. Webb! Good for you!Go get 'em Sen. Webb! Good for you!Cheryl Catohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294358830518520566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-31655764000629130432012-10-02T07:34:43.504-05:002012-10-02T07:34:43.504-05:00My thoughts as well. As much as I opposed the war,...My thoughts as well. As much as I opposed the war, I never took part in demonizing the troops or demonstrating against them when they arrived home. But I have no use for those who, because of family connections, evaded the draft while supporting and profiting from the war. Cowards all.<br /><br />Don't know if you've read "Family of Secrets" about the Bush dynasty and their Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-36340676781403053142012-10-01T19:47:39.748-05:002012-10-01T19:47:39.748-05:00L.P. I completely agree about Webb.
I chose to se...L.P. I completely agree about Webb.<br /><br />I chose to serve on active duty from 1964-1976, then two more years in the Air National Guard. I could've been sent to Vietnam at any time, but was sent to Guam instead. I chose to serve and am glad I did. Yet, I don't and never have condemned those who because of opposition to the war on principled grounds chose not to. <br /><br />I have S.W. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16521540043304710796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-74735137757133156332012-09-29T09:18:49.872-05:002012-09-29T09:18:49.872-05:00A major hypocrite?A major hypocrite?Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-17584972050277308602012-09-29T09:13:37.150-05:002012-09-29T09:13:37.150-05:00I was very active against that war. A couple of fr...I was very active against that war. A couple of friends opted to go off to Canada, not because they were cowards but because they were morally opposed to this war. Another friend who was all gung-ho joined the Marines and came back with his arm shot off and became a dedicated war protester. As Webb so eloquently says, "...in receiving veterans’ benefits, they are not takers. They were giversLeslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-59712581685887778732012-09-29T09:01:19.835-05:002012-09-29T09:01:19.835-05:00Yes indeed. Lest we forget who, or rather, what Mi...Yes indeed. Lest we forget who, or rather, what Mitt Romney really is. Missionary my ass.jadedjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569736113526368917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-35552546224692355802012-09-29T01:32:38.317-05:002012-09-29T01:32:38.317-05:00That is just excellent. It needed pointing out, es...That is just excellent. It needed pointing out, especially to our veteran Mormon missionary to gay Paree and his fellow Wall St. veteran millionaire.<br /><br />All our war veterans gave some; some gave all. Back home, meanwhile, others adhered to the timeless ethic of greed: "I got mine, you get yours and devil take the hindmost."S.W. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16521540043304710796noreply@blogger.com