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Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 12:42
PM
Subject: Re: Draft Evasion
It's been a while since I read My American
Journey - I think he is a "native" American, if y'all get my drift.
I'll have to look it up to double check, though. It's a good read - lots
of juicy lines that beg to be highlighted and read again.
In a message dated 2/21/2003 10:37:29
AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes:
More fuel for the democratic fire:
"I am angry that so
many of the sons of the powerful and well-placed... managed to wangle
slots in Reserve and National Guard units...Of the many tragedies of
Vietnam, this raw class discrimination strikes me as the most damaging to
the ideal that all Americans are created equal and owe equal allegiance to
their country." (Colin Powell’s autobiography, My American Journey,
p. 148)
I just knew I liked Powell. But
wasn't he born in Jamaica or some damn place, so we can't get him for
President?
Ralph