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   From: LiveFromTheClocktower@gfy.com   
      
   "Russell Senior"  wrote in message   
   news:8664ij66w9.fsf@coulee.tdb.com...   
      
   > The people deciding to grind up folks in Iraq and elsewhere aren't   
   > summoning up anything but their own drunkenness   
   > on power.   
      
   Are you talking about the politicians or the soldiers?  'Cause how could a   
   person think for a minute he understands the individual personal decisions   
   of "the people" in Iraq?   
      
   > Balls, in and of themselves, aren't anything to particularly hold in   
   > esteem.  By themselves they can do either harm or good.  And when   
   > wielding weapons, the former more often and effectively than the latter.   
      
   What's your point?   
      
   Do we not already celebrate brave men with actual brains?   Did you know the   
   Commandant of the Marine Corps has a master's degree in electrical   
   engineering?   Kinda takes a big steamer on the whole dumb "jarhead" mythos.   
   He also happens to have balls. Most people acknowledge the balls but don't   
   comprehend the fact that those people just might also have brains.   
      
   -c   
      
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