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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Weellllllll, it was a picnic for McNasty.  He says so himself.  He says he 
only did enough to graduate.  And barely that as he graduate 394th in a 
class of 397.

And, Obama did very little teaching.  Most of what he did was take a 
sabatical to write a book.  This is listed as those years of teaching.  He 
got paid good money to sit on his duff and write the book.  I don't consider 
that an honest day's work.

Nice to have a teaching job that pays you enough for you and the wife to 
take off to Bali and live for several months.

Plus, I don't find teaching at the college level to be much more than a walk 
in the park.  Unlike the average public school, you have a staff to do all 
the grunt work including class prep and grading papers.

Lynda


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Akka Homestead" <akkabhomestead AT yahoo.com>


You know, I had not looked at it that way. I do have to disagree with you a 
bit, though. I know McCain got a lot of favors and breaks because of his 
father and grandfather, but being in the Navy is hard-Annapolis is no 
picnic, and it's not easy to land on a carrier. I know he crashed some 
planes and was a general screw up, but still. Whether or not he was 
tortured, he DID spend 5 years in a North Vietnamese prison. He may not have 
been a logger or worked in a mill, but I think we need to cut him *some* 
slack. As for Obama, I think his teaching years-when he taught 
Constitutional law- count for an honest day's work. Teaching is 
important-doesn't get your hands dirty, but it is important. But yeah, I 
like the idea of having someone in the White House who actually got their 
hands dirty in a real job or an honest lifestyle.

Akka