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Shirley, You Jest!

I just got this, so you might see this one in your email

Shirley, You Jest!
Claim: Actress Cindy Williams of Laverne & Shirley fame wrote a newspaper article denouncing a proposed pay raise for the military.
Status: False.

Wrong Cindy:
Cindy Williams is a senior research fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and was assistant director for national security in the Congressional Budget Office from 1994 to 1997. I'd say she's a good source for what's financially needed in the militaries.

The actual piece can be found here:
http://web.mit.edu/ssp/db21/GIs.html

Also, as a veteran, I would have to agree with a lot of what the article states. However, these are still our kids placed in harms way in the service of our country, and not all of them are even citizens of our country.

Make them millionaires? No.

Show our appreciation through respect and support? Yes.

Money's nice, don't get me wrong, but the fact remains that what is required more than additional funds to our military personnel is proper training and leadership, and this is where we need to concentrate.

See the snopes.com correction to this erroneous attack on poor, defenseless Shirley Feeney of Milwaukee.
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Dan (anyway, a big L&S fan from way-back)