Comments on: American Legion Demands Apology From Rep. Charles Rangel http://urbangrounds.com/2006/11/american-legion-and-rangel/ Sometimes the truth hurts Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:23:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: GnDuke http://urbangrounds.com/2006/11/american-legion-and-rangel/#comment-29182 GnDuke Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:22:43 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/11/28/american-legion-and-rangel/#comment-29182 Grandfather, Father, Uncles, Cousins, Brother, Me I must come from a long line of rural losers with no better options. Grandfather, Father, Uncles, Cousins, Brother, Me

I must come from a long line of rural losers with no better options.

]]> By: dianne http://urbangrounds.com/2006/11/american-legion-and-rangel/#comment-29178 dianne Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:26:07 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/11/28/american-legion-and-rangel/#comment-29178 Hooray for the American Legion! My dad was a WWII vet and my husband a VietNam vet and I take serious objection to insulting the armed services. Furthermore, you'd think the in-coming Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee would have enough smarts to know the composition of the armed services. I guess not. Hooray for the American Legion! My dad was a WWII vet and my husband a VietNam vet and I take serious objection to insulting the armed services.

Furthermore, you’d think the in-coming Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee would have enough smarts to know the composition of the armed services. I guess not.

]]> By: Preston http://urbangrounds.com/2006/11/american-legion-and-rangel/#comment-29176 Preston Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:48:42 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/11/28/american-legion-and-rangel/#comment-29176 <em>Therefore, if anybody perceives an insult (and it need not be the intended target of the insult), then it was an insult. Period. </em> I guess there must be a lot of grocery store cashiers in the world I need to apologize to- for living, I suppose. Therefore, if anybody perceives an insult (and it need not be the intended target of the insult), then it was an insult. Period.

I guess there must be a lot of grocery store cashiers in the world I need to apologize to- for living, I suppose.

]]> By: DHammett http://urbangrounds.com/2006/11/american-legion-and-rangel/#comment-29175 DHammett Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:42:37 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/11/28/american-legion-and-rangel/#comment-29175 As a career civil servant, I'm here to tell you that it does not matter what Kerry or Rangel intended (despite my personal belief that each of them meant every word of what they said). In the government, as these guys ought to know, it's perception that's important, not reality. Therefore, if anybody perceives an insult (and it need not be the intended target of the insult), then it was an insult. Period. You, other veterans and active and reserve military personnel are entitled to your apology. As a career civil servant, I’m here to tell you that it does not matter what Kerry or Rangel intended (despite my personal belief that each of them meant every word of what they said). In the government, as these guys ought to know, it’s perception that’s important, not reality. Therefore, if anybody perceives an insult (and it need not be the intended target of the insult), then it was an insult. Period.

You, other veterans and active and reserve military personnel are entitled to your apology.

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