Ok, but it IS still a great comeback! -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> wrote: >I knew I'd been seeing that for years, but never looked it up before >today. >Mitch. > > From Snopes: > > >Those who support gun rights and believe responsible gun ownership >begins with >teaching young people the right way to handle firearms at an early age >have a >great fondness for this story. As well they should, because this >anecdote >illustrates in a humorous way the difference between having the ability >to do >something and allowing that ability to dictate one's life choices. > >Origins: As apposite a tale as this might be, it's purely a product >fabrication and not an excerpt from a real interview. It began >circulating on >the Internet in 1999 as a quote attributed to an "LTG Reinwald" of the >U.S. Army, it reappeared in 2001 attributed to "Marine Corps General >Reinwald," >and it came back in 2007 in a version featuring Australian general >Peter Cosgrove. > >When this item initially appeared in 1999, the U.S. Army denied that >there was a >Lieutenant General Reinwald among their ranks and chalked the whole >thing up as >a hoax. (Which is as logic dictated all along: if an armed forces >spokesperson >gave voice to a sexist remark likening a female interviewer to a >prostitute in a >public interview, that officer would soon be called upon to make a very >public >apology as well as face charges within ranks for conduct unbecoming.) > >National Public Radio had this to say about the matter: >"We are aware of an erroneous story posted on the Free Republic >Website, and >possibly elsewhere, which mentions a supposed interview between an >unnamed NPR >reporter and a U.S. Army Lieutenant General Reinwald. The story is >false — the >dialogue mentioned was not an NPR interview, and it never aired on any >NPR program." > >Read more at http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/reinwald.asp > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
