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As much as I adore Frank, I do think one should be able to say just about 
whatever they wish (as long as it's not a personal attack, haha) on 
Ridecamp.  To me, endurance equals life.  Living with horses encompasses 
everything, including this ugly mess we have gotten ourselves into over 
there in the Middle East.  After Vietnam I really did believe the experience 
made us smarter and we learned not to ever repeat this sort of thing again.  
I think I was deluding myself because we certainly have traded in the jungle 
for the desert and don't seem to be doing much better in the sand.

When you attend an endurance ride, which really is a close quarters, snuggle 
with your neighbor (not literally, although that does sometimes occur), 
trailer park, just about anything can happen and often does.  This is why 
endurance equals life.  Life with a horse attached. And, sometimes, when 
we're all talking, around the campfire, before or after the ride, about our 
horses and our dogs and our spouses, other subjects do tend to come up.  
This is one of them.

Please vote this year.  Please get involved.  Get informed.  I won't try and 
sell you a bill of goods for either side but I do think this is not the year 
where you drive by the polling place without stopping in on Nov 2nd.  We owe 
it to our troops over there to at least cast a ballot defining how we feel.  
We actually owe them a great deal more than that but, at the very least, we 
must make a choice  when it comes to their future and ours.

cya,
Howard (please stop raining here in Florida, please, stop the rain)


----Original Message Follows----
From: "Mary Ann Spencer" <maryann.spencer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pamnetus@xxxxxxx>
CC: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RC]   complicated politics in Iraq and the carribean and 3rd 
world countries
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:53:33 -0500

An interesting side effect of being in the Reserves, is that if you did not 
have a full time time when you left, you can't get one when you return as 
all are subject to being returned.  I had been working 13 week contracts as 
travel nurse and now have to reorganize all of my life.  Also, as my unit 
goes back within the next year, will have to make some decisions about 
horses.  Next time I am hoping to find a horse to buy for all of Army 
'horse' folks to work with, ride, etc.  It was so awful seeing some 
obviously beautiful and probably stolen Arabian horses pulling work carts.  
Unfortunately, the lack of security of in Iraq has EVERYTHING SLOWLY DOWN.  
As I am in Army Reserves I can't do much but perhaps others can write their 
congressmen to get Rumsfeld to send more for security.  I REALLY HATE THAT 
THIS IS BECOMING A POLITICALLY RUN WAR WHICH IS TOO REMINISCENT OF VIET NAM. 
 I was in college during VN.   The job in Iraq needs to be completed and we 
need more security to do it.
                           thanks for listening,  Mary Ann
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: pamnetus@xxxxxxx
  To: Mary Ann Spencer
  Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 10:58 PM
  Subject: Re: [RC] complicated politics in Iraq and the carribean and 3rd 
world countries


  RIGHT ON MARY ANN !!!!!     Thank you so much for speaking out and 
educating.    I thank you for your service to this country.   Thank God 
there are people like you.
  Pam

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