From: Ad 

George Sherwood wrote:
> 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

Fair enough statement of the truth in my original statement wrt the US Mil
being a social program.

Adam

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