Thompson wants million-member ground force

rjrzoom57
Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:15:52 +0000

Now maybe some of you understand why I reacted so strongly after Thompson made those statements.



I rather doubt that, particularly since Thompson never made any “statements”, he never issued a policy statement, never said this is how I feel, what he did was make a joke that was obviously taken for what it was by the audience it was directed towards. How do I know this to be true? If his joke offended just one of the participants it would have made the front page of the New York Times.

Under the heading of seeking understanding, I should ask why would a person waste so much time, energy and space on this BB on such a ridiculously absurd issue, particularly in light of your convoluted approach to both attributions and associations with the notion of “Confederate or Southern Sympathies”.

Given all the challenges we face, all that is reasonable fodder for discussion about the issues that will impact us as individuals as well as our nation; is there really anyone aside from you on this site or anywhere else in the universes, that gives a rat’s derri