President's Photo Op

from the code of military justice

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808. ART. 8. APPREHENSION OF DESERTERS

Any civil officer having authority to apprehend offenders under the laws of the United States or of a State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession, or the District of Columbia may summarily apprehend a deserter from the armed forces and deliver him into the custody of those forces.

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810. ART. 10. RESTRAINT OF PERSONS CHARGED WITH OFFENSES

Any person subject to this chapter charged with an offense under this chapter shall be ordered into arrest or confinement, as circumstances may require; but when charged only with an offense normally tried by a summary court-martial, he shall not ordinarily be placed in confinement. When any person subject to this chapter is placed in arrest or confinement prior to trial, immediate steps shall be taken to inform him of the specific wrong of which he is accused and to try him or to dismiss the charges and release him.
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If GW had been AWOL there should be some kind of notation in his service record. I am sure this would have come up sooner rather than later. AWOL first, then you are charged with desertion (from what i remember...)

and if there was a 'cover-up' that someone in his unit would
have known about this 'absence' and would have said something to the media!

is there somewhere i can find what the trip to the carrier cost?

Gimme a few minutes, I'll get you some stuff.

Here's a start, though:

Bush

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Originally posted by Soledad

However, Bush is just abominable.

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No, that's the snowman that lives in the mountains. Kin to a Yeti.:eek:

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Originally posted by momoffuzzyfaces
No, that's the snowman that lives in the mountains. Kin to a Yetti.:eek:

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oh and ignore the sasquatch????

I love that movie.

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Originally posted by RICHARD
oh and ignore the sasquatch????

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I thought that was a vegetable that here in Kansas every one grows but never eats. :eek:

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Originally posted by momoffuzzyfaces
I thought that was a vegetable that here in Kansas every one grows but never eats. :eek:

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how do you change a melon into another vegetable??

toss it up in the air.
it comes down squash.

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Originally posted by RICHARD
how do you change a melon into another vegetable??

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??? Melons are vegetables? I thought they were fruits? Now I'm even more confused!:confused: :D

or you could squash it with your Big Foot.:p

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Originally posted by momoffuzzyfaces
??? Melons are vegetables? I thought they were fruits? Now I'm even more confused!:confused: :D

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sorry the joke went...

how do you change a fruit into a vegetable?


your orders are ready.:)

Richard,

I thought catland's answer was VERY clever.

Quote"or you could squash it with your Big Foot." (Yeti).

:D :D :D

p.s. Wha cha mean " your orders are ready." ? Is the bar open?

p.p.s. About the Free Tibet, I'll take it.

Soledad, you don't know what you are talking about as usual. Don has been retired from the Navy for 30 years and our benefits have increased much over these years. We get a very good retirement, we get excellent medical coverage and we get excellent coverage on all prescriptions which are free. We can take our dogs to the Army Vet for a small users fee and get their shots, etc. etc. even surgery if need be. We can also go to the Navy Hospital on occasions. There are huge Military commissaries where we can buy our food, Military exchanges where we can buy most anything we want. Any person who stays in for a period of years will get these benefits.
President Bush is very popular with the Military he relates to them and they relate to him. From what I read there was an amount of $7.00 per hour difference between whether he flew in the helocopter or the jet and no I don't remember where I read it.
I think he is doing well as a President, at least he shows more respect to the military than the last President who was to busy playing around and taking fun trips than tending to business.
I think your extreme personal dislike for President Bush does not make your posts credible.
Jackie, Perry and Miss Daisy

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Originally posted by Soledad
Gimme a few minutes, I'll get you some stuff.

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still on hold.....:eek:


Facts are simple and facts are straight
Facts are lazy and facts are late
Facts all come with points of view
Facts don't do what I want them to
Facts just twist the truth around
Facts are living turned inside out
Facts are getting the best of them
Facts are nothing on the face of things
Facts don't stain the furniture
Facts go out and slam the door
Facts are written all over your face
Facts continue to change their shape

I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...

-david byrne,

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Originally posted by RICHARD
still on hold.....:eek:


Facts are simple and facts are straight
Facts are lazy and facts are late
Facts all come with points of view
Facts don't do what I want them to
Facts just twist the truth around
Facts are living turned inside out
Facts are getting the best of them
Facts are nothing on the face of things
Facts don't stain the furniture
Facts go out and slam the door
Facts are written all over your face
Facts continue to change their shape

I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...

-david byrne,

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WOW! that's a blast form the past.......................The Talking Heads, right?

Love the TH reference.

However, I could not locate an exact costing. I could get an estimate, but it's not certain (in the several million range). Unfortunately, I do have a job and could not be arsed to cost out what I'd gathered, though I almost involved the defense and economics researchers, cooler heads prevailed.

P.S. Did you see that plenty of people HAVE contacted the press about Bush's National Guard vacation...