Richard
02-11-2010, 13:18
And so it goes...
Richard
Noel Says He Has Reason To Mistrust The Feds
SLT, 11 Feb 2009
The way Rep. Mike Noel tells it, his suspicions about the federal government are rooted in the Vietnam War.
The son of an Army officer, Noel was studying zoology at UC-Berkeley in the late ' 60s and working at the Oakland Army Terminal when his cousin and best friend, a Green Beret medic, was killed in Vietnam.
Noel escorted his cousin's body home and started talking with other soldiers who told him, "Wow, it's messed up over there, Mike, we're getting guys killed."
So Noel researched that war and concluded that "politicians and policymakers end up starting the wars, and it's our sons and daughters that ended up getting killed over it," he said.
Ever since, he said, "I don't really trust the government taking care of me." And the more he can keep them out of his life, and those of his southeastern Utah constituents, "the happier I am."
(cont'd) http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14376627?source=rss
Richard
Noel Says He Has Reason To Mistrust The Feds
SLT, 11 Feb 2009
The way Rep. Mike Noel tells it, his suspicions about the federal government are rooted in the Vietnam War.
The son of an Army officer, Noel was studying zoology at UC-Berkeley in the late ' 60s and working at the Oakland Army Terminal when his cousin and best friend, a Green Beret medic, was killed in Vietnam.
Noel escorted his cousin's body home and started talking with other soldiers who told him, "Wow, it's messed up over there, Mike, we're getting guys killed."
So Noel researched that war and concluded that "politicians and policymakers end up starting the wars, and it's our sons and daughters that ended up getting killed over it," he said.
Ever since, he said, "I don't really trust the government taking care of me." And the more he can keep them out of his life, and those of his southeastern Utah constituents, "the happier I am."
(cont'd) http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14376627?source=rss