OJ,
Mine was just an attempt to make you realize that McNamara was by no means
the most despicable person ever to have served as a President's cabinet
member. That characterization is reserved to Josephus Daniels.
Is this a reference to the infamous General Order 19 - the
Prohibition-inspired directive that Daniels promulgated to do away with the
Demon Rum on shipboard? (Never completely worked, though. Many of us will
attest to discrete sessions in certain staterooms with the hair of the dog.)
Of course, without GO-19 and its successors the Brits / Aussies / etc.
wouldn't be able to play the great game of "Get The Yank Drunk" during our
visits to their wardrooms. g
Owl sends.
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Mike Kanze
436 Greenbrier Road
Half Moon Bay, California 94019-2259
USA
650-726-7890
"Vegetarian (vej ' i tār ' ee en), n. Amerindian term meaning "lousy
hunter".
"Ogden Johnson III" wrote in message
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