New information on the torn document

[Nancy Waterman]

http://www.calpundit.com/archives/003220.html

ARF is a "paper unit" based in Denver that requires no drills and no attendance. For active guard members it is disciplinary because ARF members can theoretically be called up for active duty in the regular military, although this obviously never happened to George Bush.

To make a long story short, Bush apparently blew off drills beginning in May 1972, failed to show up for his physical, and was then grounded and transferred to ARF as a disciplinary measure. He didn't return to his original Texas Guard unit and cram in 36 days of active duty in 1973 — as Time magazine and others continue to assert based on a mistaken interpretation of Bush's 1973-74 ARF record — but rather accumulated only ARF points during that period. In fact, it's unclear even what the points on the ARF record are for, but what is clear is that Bush's official records from Texas show no actual duty after May 1972, as his Form 712 Master Personnel Record from the Texas Air National Guard clearly indicates:

[boobooday]

1. This is an outrage

To think that this coward is sending our young men and women into harms' way with his LIES!

I am still outraged that he told Tim Russert he "had fun" flying in the TX national guard.

How nice. He was having fun, while children NOT fathered by congressmen were killing and dying and being wounded forever, physically and emotionally. And now many of them are homeless and/or mentally ill, because hey, WE SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!

He makes me PUKE!

http://www.wgoeshome.com

Jeanette

[Old and In the Way]

4. Well stated and welcome aboard!

We ought to send his lying ass to Iraq and have him serve his time, with interest, as a grunt.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

5. Not only that

send him to Iraq during the summer and see how he likes living off of only 2 liters of water per day.

[Malva Zebrina]

2. what is the matter with you?

the records are lost, dammit~ He says he was there, and that is what we are supposed to believe--just because he says it. An idiot says sonmething and everyone belives it or else--LOL

Forget it and let's get on with sending our children to die for their sleazy commander in chief whose own record of failure to report for duty has been lost. LOL

[TacticalPeek]

3. How COULD he return and cram drills? He was grounded, remember?

Did the NG change his MOS to 0000 or maybe 2715?

"Mr. President, did you ever fly for the Guard again after you were grounded for failing to get your flight physical as you were ordered?"

[JPace]

6. The bush family seems to have keys to every file cabinet

in American. They make all kinds of embarrassing
documents and records disappear. They seem to
be smart enough to know that forgeries can be
detected so they just make them go away. That
way it is for us to prove it while they just
pretend that none of that is important anymore.

[Moderator]

7. Dupe--please continue here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=353729&mesg_id=353729