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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 24 2009, 06:32 PM (328 Views) | |
| Jolly | Mar 24 2009, 06:32 PM Post #1 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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Hat tip to gryphon: http://townhall.com/columnists/WThomasSmithJr/2009/03/23/america%E2%80%99s_ignorance_of_her_heroes?page=full&comments=true |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
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| ivorythumper | Mar 24 2009, 07:52 PM Post #2 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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Nope. But God bless them. |
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| Horace | Mar 24 2009, 09:19 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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As effective a rhetorical flourish it is to compare public recognition of Medal of Honor winners with American Idol winners, I think it's very likely that most MoH winners don't want any fame and notoriety. No harm no foul. Not to mention that nobody can name any recent scientist who made an important discovery, etc. It's all cool to glorify people who display courage on the field of battle, but that's mostly an antiquated meme that has little to do with what actually matters these days. |
| As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good? | |
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| blondie | Mar 25 2009, 07:38 AM Post #4 |
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Bull-Carp
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There are some things deserving prominent mention on every US newspaper's front page, each & every year. People need to be educated of it. |
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| big al | Mar 25 2009, 08:34 AM Post #5 |
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Bull-Carp
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Thanks for bringing that to our attention, Jolly. I could name one, but from WW II, not since. I had his name in mind because I recently read his book on the wartime missions of the submarine under his command. Big Al |
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Location: Western PA "jesu, der simcha fun der man's farlangen." -bachophile | |
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| John D'Oh | Mar 25 2009, 08:43 AM Post #6 |
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MAMIL
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Well in order to redress the balance, I for one would be more than happy to see American Idol winners liberally sprayed with heavy machine-gun fire. |
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| JBryan | Mar 25 2009, 09:14 AM Post #7 |
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I am the grey one
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I think they could be put to better use clearing mines. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| Frank_W | Mar 25 2009, 09:27 AM Post #8 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Or clearing mimes. |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| Jolly | Mar 25 2009, 05:49 PM Post #9 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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I knew Smith, perhaps because he was the first... |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
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| big al | Mar 26 2009, 04:57 AM Post #10 |
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Bull-Carp
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I was glad to see this...
Big Al |
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Location: Western PA "jesu, der simcha fun der man's farlangen." -bachophile | |
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| Frank_W | Mar 26 2009, 05:30 AM Post #11 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Indeed... Credit where credit is due. |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| Phlebas | Mar 26 2009, 05:34 AM Post #12 |
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Bull-Carp
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Singing to the enemy to break their resolve would work too. (Kudos to B.O. for the stop at Arlington). The Tomb of the Unknowns is the most humbling place I've been to. |
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Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D | |
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