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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Ted, just a humerous little joke. Try to lighten up a little. Life's too short. Cheers.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Coop</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Tbertruss@aol.com href="mailto:Tbertruss@aol.com"></A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=Tbertruss@aol.com href="mailto:Tbertruss@aol.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>;<A title=Tbertruss@aol.com href="mailto:Tbertruss@aol.com">wocsom@earthlink.net</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 1/24/2005 10:03:11 PM </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] The Old Man & the Marine</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR>All:<BR><BR>When I first saw the subject line of this post I thought it might be a story using Hemingway's classic "The Old Man and the Sea" as a jumping off point to explore a theme relating to the Marines.<BR><BR>Instead what was posted was not nearly as promising as what I anticipated ... it was rather silly, and often inaccurate. <BR><BR>Bush spends a lot of time away from the White House, like before 9/11, after some serious warning flags and gone up, from people who were experts on the subject, that a major terrorist attack on US soil was in the works, when Bush took an extended vacation away from D.C. and The White House.<BR><BR>Perhaps Coop would like to explain this behavior of our current commander in chief before 9/11? AWOL might be an appropriate term, considering Bush's National Guard Service, or the lack thereof?<BR><BR>Ted Moffet!
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