From: "George Sherwood" 

On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:43:53 +0000, Ad wrote:

> George Sherwood wrote:
>> On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:40:43 +0000, Adam wrote:
>>
>>> However I am obviously not about to name names period let alone in a
>>> public forum so you will just have to accept that it is hearsay.
>>>
>>>
>> Well look at the statistics, not hearsay.  The education level has gone
>> down a little bit for the Army, but not in the drastic, picking up the
>> crack heads way that you implied.
>>
>> George
>
> I did no such thing. I merely pointed out that the Mil is a social
> program writ large & that they have dropped their entry criteria & this
> helps make it a better social program as it's now more inclusive.
>
> I'm not quite sure where your defensiveness comes from as certainly the
> PBI & the lower ranks of the navy have always been a way out for those
> in the lower rungs of society.
>
> I think the fact that you elide the lower rungs of society with
> crackheads is your problem not theirs.

But then again John Kerry agrees with you.

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_4578034

"Kerry then told the students that if they were able to navigate the
education system, they could get comfortable jobs - "If you don't, you
get stuck in Iraq," he said to a mixture of laughter and gasps."

Nice move Senator Kerry, insult the troops fighting overseas.  Glad I never
had to call that guy Commander-in-Chief.

George

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