I never said "if you're not in the military you can't serve". Rather pointing out that just paying taxes is not 'serving your country' In my initial comment, I also included emergency services workers (who you also included in an earlier comment).
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Grant wrote: > > Give that man a medal! He's every bit as brave as G.I. Joe dodging > bullets > > It's my own little theory, but I think this attitude is what's caused > the global economic crisis. > > People have forgotten how they serve their country and what that means. > > During the Republican convention they mocked Pres Obama for being a > community activist, but celebrated the military. > > It's not an either/or proposition. > > But you walk around DC in a uniform and people might thank you for > serving. If you're a bureaucrat, you're mocked. > > So what do top college grads do? They join banks. No money OR > prestige in government service unless it's the military. > > "if you're not in the military you can't serve" > > And that's how the core rots. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290794 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
