G.I. Grandma to Help Soldiers in Iraq

[tocqueville]

G.I. Grandma to Help Soldiers in Iraq

By The Associated Press
1 hour, 28 minutes ago

PASSAIC, N.J. - To her family, Minnie Hiller is a "tough cookie." To the soldiers with whom the grandmother of six works, Hiller is more like a mom.

The 50-year-old sergeant first class will have to play both roles when she arrives in Iraq later this week with the 50th Main Support Battalion of the New Jersey Army National Guard.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=816&e=1&u=/ap/20050721/ap_on_fe_st/gi_grandma

[Jo March]

1. Yet the 18-year-old interns in my office think they won't ever go

I keep trying to tell them that the draft is a'comin' but they think that they aren't needed. Heck, stories like this one prove that theory wrong!!

[tocqueville]

2. She's Braver than 99.9999% of CONS

and the Bush twins

[Jo March]

3. Oh, that's the truth!

I've met so many repubs who are scared to death to go over there but they have no problems with OTHER PEOPLE going.

[dogday]

4. Well now we will be able to get some things done in Iraq

Thank God they have sent Grandma to Iraq. She will stop all the madness:sarcasm: