I received this puzzling e-mail today.

[Ten Bears]

The subject line was:
RE: Your Bashing of Bush

And what have you done for your country?

Jon C. Potter SOA 1634 GA

I haven't had a LTTE printed since the end of May so I am perplexed as to what he is talking about. Does anyone know what SOA 1634 GA is?

[The Night Owl]

1. What have you done for your country? That's obvious...

You bashed Bush. That is one of the best things anyone can do for their country.

[Malikshah]

2. Google "Jon C. Potter" and see what you came up with.

On a hunch I did so-- he's all over the place it appears.

[Don_G]

9. I Did Too

He looks like an ex-military freeper-type.

SOA might refer to Special Operations-Army since he refers to serving with a SOG group and I know the SOG was a SEAL group in Vietnam.

[Cornus]

3. Google it

Just lots of Kerry bashing.

[ClintonTyree]

4. You haven't..................

fucked up our country and half the rest of the world like a certain appointed pResident I know of. Sometimes it what you DON'T do that stands out.

[Alpharetta]

5. a secret society?

patriotic order of Sons of America?

I dunno. My best guess.

[Berserker]

6. I think it's

SOA
Son of Asshole lodge #1634 in Ga.

[Stew225]

8. son of asshole lodge. That's funny. I like that. eom

[many a good man]

7. School of the Americas?

-gulp-

[0rganism]

10. School Of the Americas, maybe?

It's been renamed, but it's still in Fort Benning, GA.

[Don_G]

11. Special Operations Augmentation

http://www.specialoperations.com/MACVSOG/Default.html

[papau]

12. Jon C. Potter, CPT SF, honorably discharged 1975 - He hates Kerry

Fellow is a VietNam Vet and as such deserves a lot of rope before any should tell him to go F'K himself.

Indeed his awards are impressive.

As to SOA
MACV-SOG (Military Assistance Command, Vietnam - Studies and Observation Group) was an unconventional warfare task force engaged in highly classified operations throughout Southeast Asia. The U.S. Army's Special Forces (Green Berets), Air Force Combat Controllers, Navy SEALs and other units channeled personnel into MACV-SOG through Special Operations Augmentation (SOA), which provided their "cover" while under secret orders to MACV-SOG. The teams performed deep penetration missions of strategic reconnaissance and interdiction which were called, depending on the time frame, "Shining Brass" or "Prairie Fire" missions.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

13. Those were the guys who blazed the trail...

Into Cambodia.

[Malikshah]

14. Deserves a lot of rope...

Sorry, I'm a bit wary of that. lots of deep cover activity = shit that don't fly in my book.

As a kid of a 2 tour veteran and part of a military family, black ops doesn't necessrily warrant respect.

And as Potter's lurking around sending unsolicited e-mails to folks--screw him and the rambo horse he came in on.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

15. Why would anyone assume they are who their email sig says they are?

And even if he is this guy, who cares? What right does he have to tell you what to think?