Oh, right, I'm wrong, it wasn't a video camera, it was an 8mm film camera that must have been quite bulky and heavy. Just what a guy needs tooling around in the jungle in Vietnam. I can't believe you guys buy his BS.
>From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry): In his sophomore <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophomore> year, Kerry became president of the Yale Political Union<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_Political_Union>. His involvement with the Political Union gave him an opportunity to be involved with important issues of the day, such as the civil rights movement<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_Rights_Movement>and Kennedy's New Frontier <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Frontier> program. He was also inducted into the secretive Skull and Bones Society<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_and_Bones> .. Under the guidance of the speaking coach and history professor Rollin Osterweis, Kerry won many debates against other college students from across the nation. In March 1965, as the Vietnam War<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War>escalated, he won the Ten Eyck prize as the best orator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orator> in the junior class for a speech that was critical of U.S. foreign policy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_policy>. In the speech he said, "It is the spectre of Western imperialism<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperialism>that causes more fear among Africans and Asians than communism, and thus it is self-defeating."[2] <http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=21803> Over four years, Kerry maintained a 76 grade average and received an 81 average in his senior year.[7]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry#_note-6>Kerry, even then a capable speaker, was chosen to give the class oration at graduation. His speech was a broad criticism of American foreign policy, including the Vietnam War <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War>, in which he would soon participate. So a Yale grad (BA Political Science - focus on American Government), head of the Yale Political Union, volunteer in Ted Kennedy's Senate campaign (1962), and vocal critic of US foreign policy in Vietnam was lugging around an 8mm camera just to shoot some personal memories in the jungles of Vietnam? Riiiight. On this score I can at least respect BIll Clinton, who admitted that he signed up for the draft because he had ambitions of being President someday and didn't want to be labeled a draft dodger. On 11/12/06, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >i'm not especially defending bush, what i am saying is that bush is no > >different than a lot of other people at that time. as for kerry, why did > he > >take a video camera? the guy obviously planned a career in politics and > he > >wanted some hero footage. i never dissed his service, but to suggest that > he > >suddenly became politicized after vietnam is just absurd. > > > > A video camera? In the mid 60's? Right. We are talking the 1960's here. > With 1 inch tape reels for broadcast studios only. Video cameras were not > consumer items then. The networks didn't use video during Vietnam. They > filmed their pieces and then sent them to Saigon for processing before > flying the films to New York for broadcaast. > > Better get your facts straight. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:220464 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
