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May 23, 2020 13:18:49   #
proud republican Loc: RED CALIFORNIA
 
proud republican wrote:
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/g19644011/memorial-day-quotes/

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May 23, 2020 17:22:09   #
elledee
 
no celebrations at all and the demonrats didn't even notice....A big shout out to all the vets God bless you all!!!!

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May 23, 2020 17:23:57   #
proud republican Loc: RED CALIFORNIA
 
elledee wrote:
no celebrations at all and the demonrats didn't even notice....A big shout out to all the vets God bless you all!!!!


Amen to that !!!

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May 24, 2020 01:43:20   #
Kickaha Loc: Nebraska
 
Wonttakeitanymore wrote:
Beaches open!!! We will overcome! And get a tan in the process! Lol


Remember the sunshine on your skin makes vitamin D and that strengthens the i****e s****m. You're just fighting the v***s.

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May 24, 2020 09:49:02   #
Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio
 
ImLogicallyRight wrote:
To bad the Democrats have never heard it.


LET US NOT FORGET THESE `WAR WIMPS`
Mike Royko
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
On this, the Memorial Day weekend, we honor those who fell in battle. And those who didn`t fall, but came away limping. We even give a nod to ones who didn`t do any shooting, but were at least in uniform and available.

But I think it`s worth taking note of a special breed of hard-eyed, tough guys known as ''the war wimps.''

These are those chest-thumping right-wingers who are always eager to send someone else to war. But when they had their chance to bloody some c****es, they found it convenient to be elsewhere.

In the past, I`ve listed some of the better-known war wimps.

There`s Pat Buchanan, the commentator-politician who is always ready for a fight, if someone else does it.

But during the Vietnam War, when others his age were fighting and dying, he stayed home with a bad knee.

The knee is now sturdy enough for him to run four miles a day.

Then there is Newt Gingrich, a tough-guy congressman from Georgia. Why did he opt for college during Vietnam? He says: ''What difference would I have made? There was a bigger battle in Congress than Vietnam.'' Maybe, but there weren`t as many bullets flying on Capitol Hill.

Sylvester Stallone, who now makes millions by fighting the Vietnam War for cameras, spent the real war in college and teaching muscle-flexing at a rich girls school in Switzerland.

Pat Robertson qualifies as sort of a half war wimp. True, he was in the Marines. But according to some of his marine buddies, when the troopship headed for Korea, his senator-daddy pulled strings and had him dropped off in Japan.

There are many others. The Reagan administration has been loaded with missile-rattling heroes who spent the Vietnam War in college or other safe shelters.

And I`m pleased to have recently discovered another splendid example of the war-wimp species.

He is Morton Downey Jr., who has become an overnight sensation in shock television. He hosts a syndicated interview show during which he verbally stomps anyone who doesn`t share his simple-minded, bomb `em and k**l `em views.

Downey, who briefly did a low-rated radio show in Chicago, is hitting it big on national TV, developing a loyal following among those whose hairlines begin at their eyebrows and who move their lips when they read.

In looking into Downey`s past, I find that he and I are about the same age. And he`s the same age as my boyhood pals, Lennie from the Back of the Yards, Si from the Southwest Side and Connie from Humboldt Park.

Connie was k**led in Korea. I went there but was fortunate to suffer nothing more serious than a lump on my head when I celebrated the end of the war and fell into a ditch. Lennie and Si came out okay.

Then there`s Downey, who thunders about how we ought to go blow away anyone who bugs us.

But where was Downey when young men his age were slogging through the snow and mud of Korea?

Well, he`s sort of vague about that. He says that in his youth, his father, a wealthy and famous singer, used to take him to the Stork Club in New York. And he ran with the Manhattan upper crust.

There`s nothing in any of his biographical material to indicate that he took part in the Korean War or served in the military. Those who know him say he has never mentioned it.

As a Chicago broadcaster who worked with him said: ''That would have been the kind of thing he`d brag about. But he never even lied about it, although he lied about just about everything else. The only thing he`s t***hful about is being a male chauvinist pig.''

Curious as to why Downey missed the opportunity to serve his country, I tried to call him at his office in a New Jersey TV station, but he wasn`t around.

His public relations spokeswoman said she`d try to find out if and why he ducked the military. She later called back and said maybe Downey was in the Army, but maybe he wasn`t. She wasn`t sure.

Now, if right-winger Downey didn`t serve in the military when he had the opportunity, that doesn`t mean he doesn`t have the potential for bold, physical courage.

The fact is, he once became angry at a gay guest on his show and slapped the fellow on the cheek.

If nothing else, that`s a start for Downey. Maybe someday he`ll do spankings.

And oh so many more, too numerous to mention

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May 24, 2020 09:56:39   #
Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio
 
ImLogicallyRight wrote:
To bad the Democrats have never heard it.


Are you ignorant too?

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May 24, 2020 11:55:35   #
Comment Loc: California
 
Radiance3 wrote:
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Thank you pr. Those were very beautiful and moving tributes to our fallen. Time to reminisce the valor, bravery ,and ultimate sacrifice they'd invested for us and for our freedom. I'll be at Mountain View, memorial celebration on Monday, to honor my husband who served Vietnam, and my uncle who died in Normandy WW2, and to honor all who've sacrificed and died for all of us. I'll hear again the military 21 gun salute, and the "Taps" tribute to them. Very nostalgic. I can't help but cry again.

I think with the Covd Sars 2, there will be strict compliance of social distancing and wearing a mask. I'll be prepared for that. Happy Memorial Day to all! U have posted a touching piece
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I also thank all those at OPP, who've served and sacrificed for our freedom and still here with us. Thank you all for sharing your lives with us. You are my heroes. May God bless all of you!
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R: on the subject of how Americans should feel on this day of Horner to the fallen who gave their lives for America, but the irony is that the left Democraps don't care. When I was attending law school, I lived in Redwood City. Just to personally let U know we are closer that U might have thought. For more PM me.

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May 24, 2020 13:51:57   #
Wonttakeitanymore
 
Kickaha wrote:
Remember the sunshine on your skin makes vitamin D and that strengthens the i****e s****m. You're just fighting the v***s.


Yup!!!

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May 26, 2020 02:15:56   #
proud republican Loc: RED CALIFORNIA
 
WW2 style planes take a flight over Los Angeles on this Memorial Day Weekend ! !!

https://youtu.be/yI71MNAwxwI

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