Here's an interesting list my mother emailed to me today

[pauliedangerously]

MY MOM IS WAY COOL!!!




If it walks like a chicken-hawk and talks like a chicken-hawk...
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Check out this interesting pattern regarding who leads
> > us to war and who questions it.
> >
> > DEMOCRATS:
> >
> > Richard Gephardt: Air National Guard, 1965-71.
> >
> > David Bonior: Staff Sgt., Air Force 1968-72.
> >
> > Tom Daschle: 1st Lt., Air Force SAC 1969-72.
> >
> > Al Gore: enlisted Aug. 1969; sent to Vietnam Jan. 1971
> > as an army journalist in 20th Engineer Brigade.
> >
> > Bob Kerrey: Lt. j.g. Navy 1966-69; Medal of Honor,
> > Vietnam.
> >
> > Daniel Inouye: Army 1943-'47; Medal of Honor, WWII.
> >
> > Charles Rangel: Staff Sgt., Army 1948-52; Bronze Star,
> > Korea.
> >
> > Max Cleland: Captain, Army 1965-68; Silver Star &
> > Bronze Star, Vietnam.
> >
> > Ted Kennedy: Army, 1951-1953.
> >
> > Tom Harkin: Lt., Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve,
> > 1968-74.
> >
> > Jack Reed: Army Ranger, 1971-1979; Captain,
> Army Reserve 1979-91.
> >
> > Fritz Hollings: Army officer in WWII, receiving the
> > Bronze Star and seven campaign ribbons.
> >
> > Leonard Boswell: Lt. Col., Army 1956-76; Vietnam,
> > DFCs, Bronze Stars, and Soldier's Medal.
> >
> > Pete Peterson: Air Force Captain, POW. Purple Heart,
> > Silver Star and Legion of Merit.
> >
> > Mike Thompson: Staff sergeant, 173rd Airborne, Purple
> > Heart.
> >
> > Bill McBride: Candidate for Fla. Governor. Marine in
> > Vietnam; Bronze Star with Combat V.
> >
> > Gray Davis: Army Captain in Vietnam, Bronze Star.
> >
> > Pete Stark: Air Force 1955-57
> >
> > Chuck Robb: Vietnam
> >
> > Howell Heflin: Silver Star
> >
> > George McGovern: Silver Star & DFC during WWII.
> >
> > Jimmy Carter: Seven years in the Navy.
> >
> > Walter Mondale: Army 1951-1953
> >
> > John Glenn: WWII and Korea; six DFCs and Air Medal
> > with 18 Clusters.
> >
> >
> > REPUBLICANS
> >
> > Dennis Hastert: did not serve.
> >
> > Tom Delay: did not serve.
> >
> > Roy Blunt: did not serve.
> >
> > Bill Frist: did not serve.
> >
> > Mitch McConnell: did not serve.
> >
> > Rick Santorum: did not serve.
> >
> > Trent Lott: did not serve.
> >
> > Dick Cheney: did not serve.
> >
> > John Ashcroft: did not serve.
> >
> > Jeb Bush: did not serve.
> >
> > Karl Rove: did not serve.
> >
> > Saxby Chambliss: did not serve.
> >
> > Vin Weber: did not serve.
> >
> > Richard Perle: did not serve.
> >
> > Douglas Feith: did not serve.
> >
> > Eliot Abrams: did not serve.
> >
> > Richard Shelby: did not serve.
> >
> > Jon Kyl: did not serve.
> >
> > Tim Hutchison: did not serve.
> >
> > Christopher Cox: did not serve.
> >
> > Newt Gingrich: did not serve.
> >
> > Phil Gramm: did not serve.
> >
> > Dana Rohrabacher: did not serve.
> >
> > John M. McHugh: did not serve.
> >
> > J C Watts: did not serve.
> >
> > Jack Kemp: did not serve.
> >
> > Rudy Giuliani: did not serve.
> >
> > George Pataki: did not serve.
> >
> > Spencer Abraham: did not serve.
> >
> > John Engler: did not serve.
> >
> > Arno ld Schwarzenegger: AWOL from Austrian army base.
> >
> > Antonin Scalia: did not serve.
> >
> > Clarence Thomas: did not serve.
> >
> >
> > PUNDITS & PREACHERS
> >
> > Sean Hannity: did not serve.
> >
> > Rush Limbaugh: did not serve
> >
> > Bill O'Reilly: did not serve.
> >
> > Michael Savage: did not serve.
> >
> > George Will: did not serve.
> > .
> > Paul Gigot: did not serve.
> >
> > Bill Bennett: did not serve.
> >
> > Pat Buchanan: did not serve.
> >
> > John Wayne: did not serve.
> >
> > Bill Kristol: did not serve.
> >
> > Kenneth Starr: did not serve.
> >
> > Ralph Reed: did not serve.
> >
> > Michael Medved: did not serve.
> >
> > Charlie Daniels: did not serve.
> >
> > Ted Nugent: did not serve.
> >
> >
> > "The journey is the destination..."
> >

[gavodotcom]

1. Awesome!

I especially love Rush's reason to avoid Vietnam. Look it up if you don't already know.

Endorsements for Kerry:

48 Nobel Laureates in Medicine, Physics, and Chemistry: http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=32174

10 Nobel Laureates in Economics: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5818277/

37 Retired Generals and Admirals, and in Sum 148 Retired Military Officers: http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=34048

180 Retired Republican and Democrat Ambassadors: http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=37385

Endorsements for Bush:

Britney Spears: http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/03/cnna.spears/

Al-Qaida: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,114489,00.html

[pauliedangerously]

2. Rush.....

Wasn't it a proctological issue?

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

7. It was a pilonidal cyst.

Ingrown hair on his ass.
Probably because his head's up it all the time.

[sr_pacifica]

3. I find this list amazing. Thank you and your mom. n/t

[sr_pacifica]

4. Look at this site for more of the same

http://www.nhgazette.com/cgi-bin/NHGstore.cgi?user_action=list&category=%20NEWS%3B%20Chickenhawks

I've never seen this online newspaper before. It looks pretty good!

[donheld]

5. the GOP should be using the Chicken instead of the Elephant

as it's emblem. BTW tell your mom :yourock:

[MsConduct]

6. We know who put the 'chicken' in chicken-hawk now don't we?

It figures. Thanks for the info.



Peace