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Nothing much in this LA Times piece today that regular readers here, or of Paul Lukasiak's tireless work, are not already familiar with. Worth reading anyway because, well, it's the LA Times. Tragically, they still get more readers than we do so it's worth it to have this whole great gray-green greasy story out there for those who are not as well informed as they might be.

Plus there's a detail on the "public service program" where Bush "found work" (love that phrasing...poor little unemployed fella, thank god a charity program gave him a chance!) after He finally blew off the remainder of his TANG obligation entirely.

And finally...hmm, he "completed most of his required training in a flurry..." Flurries, eh? Flakes of white stuff. Often found falling from the sky. Wonder if somebody is trying to sort of...imply...something here?

I'm sure it's all perfectly innocent. Plus it was washed away by Jeebus so we shouldn't even be talking about it. How petty of me. I am ashamed.

(via LA Times)

National Guard commanders in Texas and across the nation said they occasionally allowed guardsmen to move from one state to another so that the "weekend warriors" could pursue their full-time jobs while serving in the military.

But retired Air Force Judge Advocate General Scott Silliman, now a law professor at Duke University, said Bush's case was unusual because of the incomplete paper trail permitting such an arrangement.

Bush had returned to Houston by January 1973, finding work with an inner-city youth program run by former Houston Oiler football stars John White and Ernie "Big Cat" Ladd.

Lt. Bush completed most of his required training in a flurry between May 29 and July 30, 1973, attendance records show.