Guest guest Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Dear all, It is with tears in my eyes that I express my thanks to the late President Ford for pardoning the Vietnam War Draft Dodgers fully. This single act allowed many good young men to return home from Canada and other places they had fled to, in order to avoid the Vietnam War Draft in place in America at the time. This single act of goodness I highly appreciate. I was living in Oakland CA right by Berkeley and San Francisco, two places where anti-Vietnam War sentiments ran very high. My own sister went in and out of prison for her documented anti-war crusades such as chaining herself across the draft office door in Oakland and aiding the movement and hiding of draft dodgers (the underground railroad they called it). Many of us would have done anything to keep the government from repeatedly sending young men off to total mental torture and death in Vietnam. It was a horrible time in the US. I was only age 5 to age 15 during the war, but it was all very real, as my sister kept me very abreast of it all. I even went to Berkeley during the famous tear-gas heavy riots in 68 and so on, holding her hand. Anyway, I just want to say on his passing that many of us remember him only and mainly as the man who pardoned the draft dodgers. This is very UN American to do. It is UN militaristic as well. It is not helpful to the military complex if a president pardons persons who buck military authority.. But like the pardoning of Nixxon himself, which he also did, if he did NOT do these acts, it would have caused the country GREAT turmoil, strife, grief, and inner conflict between different sections of society. He had a major purpose, and he did it. He wasn¹t elected, served short, but had a major purpose. As we all do. Fly on Leslie Lynch King (his real name) Richard Edward Wurst aka Das Goravani or Please use email if possible das (AT) goravani (DOT) com Secure online ordering of Goravani Jyotish 2.5 and Jyotish Studio 3 (JS3) Hindu Astrology Software and Video Training All Transactions made out to/mailed to: Original Celtic Art http://www.goravani.com/art.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Dear Richard, Couldn’t agree with your words more! Phyllis _____ Richard Edward Wurst [das (AT) goravani (DOT) com] December 27, 2006 8:29 AM valist Appreciating the Draft Dodger Pardon Dear all, It is with tears in my eyes that I express my thanks to the late President Ford for pardoning the Vietnam War Draft Dodgers fully. This single act allowed many good young men to return home from Canada and other places they had fled to, in order to avoid the Vietnam War Draft in place in America at the time. This single act of goodness I highly appreciate. I was living in Oakland CA right by Berkeley and San Francisco, two places where anti-Vietnam War sentiments ran very high. My own sister went in and out of prison for her documented anti-war crusades such as chaining herself across the draft office door in Oakland and aiding the movement and hiding of draft dodgers (the underground railroad they called it). Many of us would have done anything to keep the government from repeatedly sending young men off to total mental torture and death in Vietnam. It was a horrible time in the US. I was only age 5 to age 15 during the war, but it was all very real, as my sister kept me very abreast of it all. I even went to Berkeley during the famous tear-gas heavy riots in 68 and so on, holding her hand. Anyway, I just want to say on his passing that many of us remember him only and mainly as the man who pardoned the draft dodgers. This is very UN American to do. It is UN militaristic as well. It is not helpful to the military complex if a president pardons persons who buck military authority.. But like the pardoning of Nixxon himself, which he also did, if he did NOT do these acts, it would have caused the country GREAT turmoil, strife, grief, and inner conflict between different sections of society. He had a major purpose, and he did it. He wasn¹t elected, served short, but had a major purpose. As we all do. Fly on Leslie Lynch King (his real name) Richard Edward Wurst aka Das Goravani or Please use email if possible das (AT) goravani (DOT) <das%40goravani.com> com Secure online ordering of Goravani Jyotish 2.5 and Jyotish Studio 3 (JS3) Hindu Astrology Software and Video Training http://www.goravani <http://www.goravani.com> .com All Transactions made out to/mailed to: Original Celtic Art http://www.goravani <http://www.goravani.com/art.html> .com/art.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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