Now, now lion, that was along time ago!
Jenna and Barbara both plan to serve in Iraq or Iran.
That should quell the Bush family (and administration) non-service talk.
Some people are simply too good to serve!

Strictly a social affair and a chance for Bush to be in the war a minute!
I'll just bet you that 2/3 of those bikers are not vets!
I like the idea however of riding the cycles instead of cars. They are somewhat economical for gas. Providing you can afford the 10-15 thousand dollars for one.

“When John McCain limped home from a Hanoi prison camp in 1973 with a badly injured knee that he could not bend, Navy doctors gave him the bad news: His 15-year career as a jet pilot was over. He would never fly again. But McCain surprised his doctors by making a dramatic comeback. With a ferocious determination to fly again and a tough physical therapy regimen, he got his wings back and not long after was awarded command of the Navy's largest aviation squadron, VA-174, at Cecil Field in Florida. Blue-chip connections in the Nixon administration helped. These days, when the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is asked about his qualifications to lead and manage, he points to his command of that squadron as proof he has the right stuff to be president. McCain led the largest squadron in the United States Navy, not for profit, but for patriotism."

And with some folks, Obama's patriotism is questionable.

"The Vietnam War was cruisable for Bush, as it was for Bill Clinton, and Al Gore and most other men who left college in the late 1960s. George W. Bush maintains that he joined the National Guard not to avoid service in Vietnam but because he wanted to be a fighter pilot. Rather than be drafted and serve in the infantry – an assignment Bush has acknowledged he did not want – he agreed to spend almost two years in flight training and another four years in part-time service. Apart from his Guard commitment, he was unemployed for stretches that lasted for months. His last job before he returned to the East to attend Harvard Business School, as a social worker helping poor children." And the rest is history.

"During his two years at Oxford Bill Clinton’s opposition to the Vietnam War came into conflict with his political aspirations. When he received a draft notice in 1969 he enrolled in the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) at the University of Arkansas Law School. He made himself available for the draft but was never called up because he received a high number in the draft lottery held that year."

"Although opposed to the Vietnam War, on August 7, 1969, Al Gore enrolled in the army to participate in the Vietnam War effort. After completing training as a military journalist, Gore shipped to Vietnam in early 1971. He served as an Army war correspondent until May 24 of that year, slightly less than two years after he enlisted."

"Apparently Dick Cheney had other priorities in the '60s than military service. Cheney received deferments to finish a college career, as most drafters were allowed to do but his lasted six years rather than four. He was not called up later because the Selective Service System was only taking older men. When he became eligible for the draft, he applied for four deferments in sequence. He applied for his fifth exemption on January 19, 1966, when his wife was about 10 weeks pregnant. He was granted 3-A status, the "hardship" exemption, which excluded men with children or dependent parents. In January 1967, Cheney turned 26 and was no longer eligible for the draft."

Obama, no experience period!

BUSH---National Guard service, wears flag on lapel and gives up golf to show respect in a small way to the soldirs and their families. OBAMA---no military service, no flag, no hand over heart to show respect for the anthem, FINALLY gives up mentor and "uncle" that utterly disrespects America (and the uniform that he wore) after it became utterly impossible not to do so.

keep the faith.

Even a dead fish can go with the flow.