At 03:42 PM 2/11/2003, fred White wrote:
>On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 01:30 PM, joe andress wrote:
>
>>I have every reason, justifiable to me, to  believe the presentation
>>was real and factual in content.
>
>Agreed, but it had no depth and no irrefutable "smoking gun".

A gun has to be fired to be smoking.  Shall we wait for the gun to be fired
then?


>>Maybe aspects of the verbage was taken from paper, TO Me, he proved
>>his point.
>>Do you think it is wise to show all proof, specially when that might
>>harm the sources.
>
>The unnamed photographers and unnamed thesis writer? What harm?
>
>>BTW, I m over 45 and I have a postive upbeat attitude toward times and
>>YES, I have paid attention. I normally feel that people who have
>>negative attitude suffer from some aspect and feel a little sorry.  In
>>your case, I dont think that is the case at all. I happen to think
>>that you are a very bright (total understatement) individual.
>>
>>However, again WHO MADES FRED WHITE RIGHT??
>
>Thank you for your kind thoughts. I am an idealist and a perfectionist.
>I'm nowhere near a Wirt or a Eugene. Nevertheless, in all group
>decisions it is very frustrating to either a) do what I call
>"compromise with mediocrity" or b) leave the group. Neither of which is
>"doing it my way".
>
>For that reason, I've always distrusted groups; especially large
>political groups (political, business or religious).
>
>I graduated from high school in June 1941; 6 months before Pearl
>Harbor. After the war broke out, I joined the Marine Reserve and was
>able to finish 1 year of college before being called up.
>
>Question: Why the Marines?
>
>Answer: I didn't want to be drafted into a large group (Army or Navy)
>AND, as military groups go, the Marines had the best reputation. So, I
>joined not because I was gung ho but because I was enticed by the
>smallness and the (quality) reputation.
>
>To return to your question. I don't know that I'm right. And never
>will. But I have payed attention to history (including my own) and
>believe the tennis motto "Never change a winning game and always change
>a losing game.". Our leaders should all undergo tennis training. Maybe
>then they'd stop imposing sanctions which, by now, they know never work.
>
>I've always loved my country and still do. But, in the last half
>century I have witnessed a lot of bad, self-serving decisions made by
>our Federal Government which have unnecessarily lowered our quality of
>life. Prior to he Bay of Pigs and Viet Nam, I respected the American
>flag as representing all of the dead who fought to preserve our
>country. Subsequently, and over the next few decades, I began to view
>the Flag as a symbol used by our government to obtain support of their
>ill devised efforts. I no longer salute the flag. Since I don't belong
>to any "group", I can't participate in any group protests. My snub of
>the Flag is my protest against a government which, I believe, is making
>America a lesser country than it was in my idealistic childhood.
>
>Hope that helped.
>
>Fred
>
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