[squirrely girl]

while i certainly love a good debate, i generally try not to engage people who feel the necessity to name call - oh well though -

the history lesson, while well intentioned, isn't supporting your argument and comes across as a poor attempt to make yourself sound intelligent - btw, in case you didn't get the memo - wikipedia isn't the best source of info, try getting an actual degree in modern european history or i can pass along a reading list at your request.

IMMEDIATELY following WWII the "party member only" argument was, in fact, not acceptable. i agree with you here. however, after running out of acceptable people, the military did eventually give in and relax standards. additionally - the Morgenthau plan was an issue unto itself and had less to do with nazis and more to do with industrial capabilities, money, and fear. at any rate, it wasn't much worse than the post WWI reparations. i was thinking about discussing the marshall plan here but i thought it in poor taste as this wasn't what the original discussion was about (but doesn't it look really cool that i threw it out there?!?!)

and i am super stoked that your high-falutin' school taught you so much about geography and immigrant populations - as well versed as you are, i wonder when you had time to learn about all of the other things you post about?

at any rate - i live in a rather large military town and i'm not from tn originally

- marissa

ps - my state of residence has no bearing on your personality flaws