68 Years Ago
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I thought you were going to say Die Hard got his first job.
In all seriousness, these bad ass dudes are true heros and makes me proud to be an American.
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Changed ... saved the world. True heroes.
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No real observance by our president either. just a "canned" response by the WH.
Here is a collection of what great leadership looks like - summed up as pin drop moments....
JFK'S
Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when
DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaulle said he wanted all US
Military out of France as soon as possible.
Rusk responded,
"Does that include those who are buried here?"
DeGaulle
Did not respond.
You
Could have heard a pin drop.
When in England ,
At a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the
Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of
'empire building' by George Bush.
He answered by saying,
"Over the years, the United States has sent many of
Its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom
Beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for
In return is enough to bury those that did not
Return."
You
Could have heard a pin drop.
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There was a conference in France
Where a number of international engineers
Were taking part, including French and American. During a break,
One of the French engineers came back into the room saying, "Have you
Heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft
Carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he
Intend to do, bomb them?"
A Boeing engineer
Stood up and replied quietly: "Our carriers have three
Hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are
Nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to
Shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to
Feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand
Gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a
Dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and
>From their flight deck. We have eleven such ships;
How many does France have?"
You
Could have heard a pin drop.
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A U.S. Navy Admiral
Was attending a naval conference that included
Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French
Navies At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large
Group of officers that included personnel from most of those countries.
Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a
French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many
Languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked, "Why is it that
We always have to speak English in these conferences rather than
Speaking French?"
Without hesitating,
The American Admiral replied, "Maybe it's because the
Brit's, Canadians, Aussie's and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't
Have to speak German."
You
Could have heard a pin drop.
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AND
THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...
Robert Whiting,
An elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.
At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport
In his carry on.
"You
Have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked
Sarcastically.
Mr. Whiting
Admitted that he had been to France
Previously.
"Then
You should know enough to have your passport ready."
The American said,
"The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."
"Impossible..
Americans always have to show their passports on arrival in France !"
The American senior
Gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he
Quietly explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at OmahaBeach on D-Day in
1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen
To show a passport to."
You
Could have heard a pin drop.
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The pin
it has been dropped
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"Over the years, the United States has sent many of
Its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom
Beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for
In return is enough to bury those that did not
Return."
Yeah, who needs land when you have people who need to buy M16's? And who gives a shit who owns the land so long as Halliburton owns the rights to the oil underneath the land.
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If you're trying to sully the memory of what happened at Normandy with talks of haliburton you are a jagoff.
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I'm not trying to sully the memory of anything except the copy&paste, chainmail bullshit that hooker posted. Seriously? You think that crap belongs here?
If you think a politicized chainmail is the way to honor the soldiers who died on D-Day, you're an idiot.
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I'm not trying to sully the memory of anything except the copy&paste, chainmail bullshit that hooker posted. Seriously? You think that crap belongs here?
If you think a politicized chainmail is the way to honor the soldiers who died on D-Day, you're an idiot.
I'm not trying to sully the memory of anything except the copy&paste, chainmail bullshit that hooker posted. Seriously? You think that crap belongs here?
If you think a politicized chainmail is the way to honor the soldiers who died on D-Day, you're an idiot.
But.... The pin...
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Vapor, that was a dirty form of knee jerk attention getting.
Libs do that. You can't leave this thread alone?
You should ban yourself, seriously.
Libs always love to diss whatever is respected. For sick reasons.
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Vapor, that was a dirty form of knee jerk attention getting.
Libs do that. You can't leave this thread alone?
You should ban yourself, seriously.
Libs always love to diss whatever is respected. For sick reasons.
Vapor, that was a dirty form of knee jerk attention getting.
Libs do that. You can't leave this thread alone?
You should ban yourself, seriously.
Libs always love to diss whatever is respected. For sick reasons.
There you go again cal. All EMOTION in your posts. All you do is FEEL and provide these knee jerk responses.
Plus you didn't add anything to the thread. Just an insult of Vapor and liberals. I heard from someone doing that is wrong but I forget who
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Pitiful try at irony.
For the last time, I will try to get you to be serious for just a second.
Libs look at issues emotionally, and react emotionally.
Issues. The word "issues". Nobody ever said conservatives don't have emotions.
Libs do not make decisions about how they stand on issues rationally, with analysis.
They just emote, and regurgitate what their lib professors teach them, or their lib friends
teach them.
Vapor spewed out in anger over the respect to those who fought in WWII.
Why? Fair's post was exactly on the money.
But when others are respected, and other things are respected, you libs
hate that...
because you don't respect anything, or anyone else. You don't even respect yourselves.
Hence, the angry knee jerk reaction for no reason.
You libs just keep proving what we say about you is exactly correct. Amazing.
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But getting back to the subject of the thread -
it took serious honor, integrity, and guts to fight WWII,
gear up for WWII, and change and save the world.
That's the "Greatest Generation" for great reason.
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But getting back to the subject of the thread -
it took serious honor, integrity, and guts to fight WWII,
gear up for WWII, and change and save the world.
That's the "Greatest Generation" for great reason.
But getting back to the subject of the thread -
it took serious honor, integrity, and guts to fight WWII,
gear up for WWII, and change and save the world.
That's the "Greatest Generation" for great reason.
Imagine the balls it took just to leave the landing craft and try and storm the beach. I doubt any of the hippies on this board crying about oil contracts could have mustered up the fortitude to do it. They'd probably be 4-F ers hanging out at home trying to get in the women's pants while the menfolk were taking back France.
Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind... -
Or you could get out of the 60s (hippies? really?) and realize that if you really were that tough you wouldn't have to keep posting about how tough you were.
I think we've heard enough of your "I'm more of a man than people who I disagree with politically" routine. It's a bit sad.
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Or you could get out of the 60s (hippies? really?) and realize that if you really were that tough you wouldn't have to keep posting about how tough you were.
I think we've heard enough of your "I'm more of a man than people who I disagree with politically" routine. It's a bit sad.
Or you could get out of the 60s (hippies? really?) and realize that if you really were that tough you wouldn't have to keep posting about how tough you were.
I think we've heard enough of your "I'm more of a man than people who I disagree with politically" routine. It's a bit sad.
When you realize your opinion means nothing to me at all you might stop giving it. Just put me back on ignore and go about your business of trying to be "right" all the time with people that care about your arguements
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You don't know jack shit about my politics and I never claimed to be "tougher" than anyone. You as usual just interpret it however you want. I find your constant need to be "right" about something sad. Is that how you treat your family? Like a patronizing harpy that needs to be right all the time?
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Yeah, how dare you try to be "correct "
Where do you get off telling people their info is wrong. This is America! You don't have to be correct to believe something.
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But getting back to the subject of the thread -
it took serious honor, integrity, and guts to fight WWII,
gear up for WWII, and change and save the world.
That's the "Greatest Generation" for great reason.
Imagine the balls it took just to leave the landing craft and try and storm the beach. I doubt any of the hippies on this board crying about oil contracts could have mustered up the fortitude to do it. They'd probably be 4-F ers hanging out at home trying to get in the women's pants while the menfolk were taking back France.
Imagine the balls it took just to leave the landing craft and try and storm the beach. I doubt any of the hippies on this board crying about oil contracts could have mustered up the fortitude to do it. They'd probably be 4-F ers hanging out at home trying to get in the women's pants while the menfolk were taking back France.
Did going to college get you out of the draft back then? That'd be me.
Or if I was older I'd be building and designing shit for the military
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Yeah, how dare you try to be "correct "
Where do you get off telling people their info is wrong. This is America! You don't have to be correct to believe something.
Yeah, how dare you try to be "correct "
Where do you get off telling people their info is wrong. This is America! You don't have to be correct to believe something.
Note that I clearly didn't say correct. I said "right" as in hecks classic arguement: "nuh uh! I'm right!"
Heck just has a compulsive desire to tell everyone how smart he is and win all arguements real or (mostly) imagined. It's classic narcissism, and a mental deficiency. You should be urging him to seek emotional help instead of egging on his delusions of grandeur.
Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind... -
Imagine the balls it took just to leave the landing craft and try and storm the beach. I doubt any of the hippies on this board crying about oil contracts could have mustered up the fortitude to do it. They'd probably be 4-F ers hanging out at home trying to get in the women's pants while the menfolk were taking back France.
Did going to college get you out of the draft back then? That'd be me.
Or if I was older I'd be building and designing shit for the military
Did going to college get you out of the draft back then? That'd be me.
Or if I was older I'd be building and designing shit for the military
The force was mostly volunteer then. If all your friends leaving to help the cause couldn't shame you into fighting, you were probably a coward. Now you could have been a military engineer, a seabee or something. That would be perfectly acceptable service
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