If so, that’s a big no-no. But is it so?
Can any reader confirm or disconfirm this? Democratic Underground has been known to be somewhat … exhuberant … and I don’t know Walt Starr.
Update Matt Rustler of Stop the Bleating (which displaysa “Blogs for Bush” logo) does some additional reporting. It’s barely possible that Bush’s unit earned the ribbon while he was a member, which would have justified his wearing it. But Rustler acknowledges that Starr has raised legtimate questions to which, at the moment, no one has offered answers.
Obviously, Rustler has some learning to do about how to Blog for Bush. Questions about the Beloved Leader are to be ignored, not discussed.
As to the mainstream media, it will be fascinating to see if anyone bothers to ask Scott McClellan about this, let alone reporting on it. (The Telegraph mentions it briefly.)
Author: Mark Kleiman
Professor of Public Policy at the NYU Marron Institute for Urban Management and editor of the Journal of Drug Policy Analysis. Teaches about the methods of policy analysis about drug abuse control and crime control policy, working out the implications of two principles: that swift and certain sanctions don't have to be severe to be effective, and that well-designed threats usually don't have to be carried out.
Books:
Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know (with Jonathan Caulkins and Angela Hawken)
When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment (Princeton, 2009; named one of the "books of the year" by The Economist
Against Excess: Drug Policy for Results (Basic, 1993)
Marijuana: Costs of Abuse, Costs of Control (Greenwood, 1989)
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DID BUSH WEAR A RIBBON HE DIDN'T RATE?
Mark Kleiman links to a Democratic Underground post claiming that a photograph of Bush as a 2nd Lieutenant shows him wearing a ribbon (the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award) that he didn't rate. The author of that post, Walt Starr,
UPDATE ON BUSH RIBBON
Two commentators have left enlightening tidbits regarding my post, DID BUSH WEAR A RIBBON HE DIDN'T RATE? The answer turns out to be, well . . . probably not. First up is Gunscribe: Matt, As I was in the Air
UPDATE ON BUSH RIBBON
Two commentators have left enlightening tidbits regarding my post, DID BUSH WEAR A RIBBON HE DIDN’T RATE? The answer turns out to be, well . . . probably not. First up is Gunscribe: Matt, As I was in the Air
UPDATE ON BUSH RIBBON
Two commentators have left enlightening tidbits regarding my post, DID BUSH WEAR A RIBBON HE DIDN’T RATE? The answer turns out to be, well . . . probably not. First up is Gunscribe: Matt, As I was in the Air
UPDATE ON BUSH RIBBON
Two commentators have left enlightening tidbits regarding my post, DID BUSH WEAR A RIBBON HE DIDN’T RATE? The answer turns out to be, well . . . probably not. First up is Gunscribe: Matt, As I was in the Air
UPDATE ON BUSH RIBBON
Two commentators have left enlightening tidbits regarding my post, DID BUSH WEAR A RIBBON HE DIDN'T RATE? The answer turns out to be, well . . . probably not. First up is Gunscribe:
UPDATE ON BUSH RIBBON
Two commentators have left enlightening tidbits regarding my post, DID BUSH WEAR A RIBBON HE DIDN’T RATE? The answer turns out to be, well . . . probably not. First up is Gunscribe: