Re: WANNABE HUNTERS

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RonaldS842@aol.com wrote:
".........are you implying that the only thing that stops many of us from 
being phony is the fear of exposure? "

Ron;
NO, I'm not implying anything other than it's easier today than it was in the 
40's & 50's..........there certainly were some wannabee's from those years - 
I just don't think not so many.  
And I guess there are some in the liberal crowd that might feel and want us 
all to feel compassion for these wannabee's (oh, they just want to reach out 
and touch someone, they have needs too, you know!) ..........personally, all 
I have is CONTEMPT for them.  
    Like you, and frankly, like MOST real veterans, we DON'T talk about who 
and what we did in the service......particularly those who were in actual 
combat.........which for me is a dead give-a-way when I hear some jamoke 
blowing his horn about killing gooks barehanded, winning the war 
singlehandedly, being on special missions to assassinate Ho Chi Minh but they 
can't talk about it, etc, etc.............................it just screams 
"WANNABEE" !!!!    When I see some guys "personal" web-page" and it's full of 
stories of his heroism and exploits on "secret" missions, that sets off my 
alarm bells, too.  
   As far as the Agency monitoring all our email for certain "key" words, it 
was the FBI that does that under the code name "Carnivore" more recently 
re-named something like DSC2001 or some innocuous bilge like that.... I 
wouldn't worry about it.   Considering the tremendous amount of internet 
traffic, the bureau can only "pick&choose" whose email they want to read!  
Here's an interesting site if you're interested..... Computerworld | 
Carnivore Coverage 

TONY  NEWCOMB- (SOA-570L) (SFA-450L) (AFIO-5746L) (POVA#168)
State Outreach Coordinator, VETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM of ILLINOIS
"The only easy day was yesterday" - Special Ops -   "You have never lived 
until you
      have almost died. For those that have fought for it, life has a special 
flavor the 
      protected will never know."