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Sun May-31-09 01:25 PM
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My father technically volunteered. He joined the Navy and went to OCS, which he figured was a better deal than being drafted. it worked out pretty well until he was given an assignment as a Naval Gunfire Liason Officer attached to the 3rd Marine Division in Dong Ha and Qua Viet.
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| -I saw a car sticker yesterday that said Vietnam Vets Aren't Fonda Jane. |
TNDemo |
May-31-09 10:42 AM |
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Was it being used to help hold the car together? |
merh |
May-31-09 10:43 AM |
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Actually pretty new. |
TNDemo |
May-31-09 10:45 AM |
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LOL! |
EFerrari |
May-31-09 11:04 AM |
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the presidential ones |
realisticphish |
May-31-09 10:45 AM |
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Not "hillarious" if you or a family member were involved |
SoxFan |
May-31-09 10:48 AM |
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Bingo. |
Captain Hilts |
May-31-09 11:01 AM |
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I've always found it interesting that there seems to be a |
enlightenment |
May-31-09 11:11 AM |
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yes, but that's my point |
realisticphish |
May-31-09 11:11 AM |
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Trust me, it's still relevant |
SoxFan |
May-31-09 10:47 AM |
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Another instance of invading a country based on lies. |
Webster Green |
May-31-09 10:57 AM |
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Yes, |
anonymous171 |
May-31-09 11:19 AM |
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You mean killing the hostile invaders don't you? |
Webster Green |
May-31-09 11:26 AM |
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No, American citizens do not have the right to do whatever they want. |
anonymous171 |
May-31-09 11:31 AM |
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She apologized for getting caught up in it, and going a little too far.. |
Webster Green |
May-31-09 11:47 AM |
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May-31-09 01:22 PM |
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May-31-09 02:53 PM |
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Ehhh, not really. |
dem629 |
May-31-09 04:05 PM |
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Me too. nt |
Captain Hilts |
May-31-09 11:01 AM |
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So many people seem to either forget or never understood the origins of that war.. |
Fumesucker |
May-31-09 11:03 AM |
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Last night in a doc we were watching, it said that 70% of all the casualties |
EFerrari |
May-31-09 11:07 AM |
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That sounds about right.. |
Fumesucker |
May-31-09 11:23 AM |
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Self delete, dupe, browser hiccup.. |
Fumesucker |
May-31-09 11:24 AM |
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Yes it is. No "pacifist" plays gunner shooting at American planes/personnel. |
TahitiNut |
May-31-09 12:05 PM |
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Ta-daaaaa |
ForrestGump |
May-31-09 02:11 PM |
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"non-apology-apology" is exactly right. |
TahitiNut |
May-31-09 03:08 PM |
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self-deleted |
devilgrrl |
May-31-09 01:27 PM |
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self delete |
SoxFan |
May-31-09 01:32 PM |
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sorry - I deleted my comment after reading Tahiti's post. |
devilgrrl |
May-31-09 01:38 PM |
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No problem |
SoxFan |
May-31-09 01:45 PM |
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My uncle, to the day he died, hated Fonda for what she did. He was a liberal. |
Xithras |
May-31-09 01:42 PM |
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You're right up to a point: Jane admitted that she was used as a pawn and regrets it... |
TankLV |
May-31-09 05:42 PM |
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I didn't care about Jane then and don't now. I liked her in Klute. |
cliffordu |
May-31-09 10:47 AM |
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If you got drafted, sent to Vietnam and saw her on the anti-aircraft gun, |
Captain Hilts |
May-31-09 11:00 AM |
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Her handlers failed her big time. She herself has said it was |
EFerrari |
May-31-09 11:12 AM |
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2/3 of the men who served in Vietnam were volunteers. |
NNN0LHI |
May-31-09 11:56 AM |
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oh, wow, another halfwitted response by someone with no understanding of |
Gabi Hayes |
May-31-09 12:04 PM |
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Many volunteered because they knew they were going to be drafted and |
anonymous171 |
May-31-09 01:13 PM |
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Correct |
SoxFan |
May-31-09 01:25 PM |
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ahhh - NO - 2/3 were DRAFTEES!!! |
TankLV |
May-31-09 05:46 PM |
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Captain Hilts, I volunteered for duty in Vietnam, spent a year there, my brother was |
bertman |
May-31-09 03:35 PM |
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Duplicate. |
Captain Hilts |
May-31-09 11:00 AM |
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yeah.....I have nothing but contempt for those bastards who fought against the |
Gabi Hayes |
May-31-09 11:03 AM |
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Oh wow, a Nazi comparison. nt |
anonymous171 |
May-31-09 11:20 AM |
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Many Vietnam vets agree with the sticker. n/t |
jody |
May-31-09 11:04 AM |
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Including a lot who opposed the war |
SoxFan |
May-31-09 01:28 PM |
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Jane Fonda was right; LBJ, McNamara, Westmoreland and the rest were wrong. |
Ron Green |
May-31-09 11:20 AM |
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Wrong |
SoxFan |
May-31-09 01:36 PM |
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Vapid airhead? |
Webster Green |
May-31-09 03:12 PM |
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Fine. You win. |
SoxFan |
May-31-09 03:16 PM |
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Yeah, Monster-in-Law and exercise videos. |
proteus_lives |
May-31-09 03:40 PM |
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She's fucking brilliant. Have you ever seen or heard her? |
Webster Green |
May-31-09 03:45 PM |
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Dude, you need to relax. |
proteus_lives |
May-31-09 04:31 PM |
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Actually, I walked out of a Jane movie BEFORE her Vietnam period, and LIKE her NOW |
UTUSN |
May-31-09 11:24 AM |
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She really has run the gamut, hasn't she? I always somewhat admired |
Stardust |
May-31-09 11:48 AM |
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I'd forgotten about the Fundie-ness. Hmm, she was pretty flirty and borderline risque with Dave |
UTUSN |
May-31-09 12:22 PM |
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She was pretty flirty and bordeline rique with Stephen Colbert, too. |
Stardust |
May-31-09 09:02 PM |
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When Fonda was doing her thing |
madamesilverspurs |
May-31-09 11:36 AM |
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Well, McCain squealed to his captors as well. No doubt the same guy was a McCain voter. |
Deja Q |
May-31-09 11:52 AM |
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How many days of torture did Ms. Fonda endure before she |
Thothmes |
May-31-09 06:44 PM |
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It's kind of sad when someone doesn't can only think of one bumper sticker worth having in 40 years |
JVS |
May-31-09 11:54 AM |
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You kids with your hip-shaking and your rock-and-roll wouldn't understand. n/t |
rucky |
May-31-09 12:06 PM |
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I still see Jane Fonda urinal stickers now and then, and those need to be replaced regularly. |
ProgressiveProfessor |
May-31-09 12:42 PM |
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'Snot about Vietnam... |
anaxarchos |
May-31-09 12:47 PM |
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I want a sticker "I'm Fonda Hanoi Jane". |
roamer65 |
May-31-09 01:29 PM |
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Did her friends shoot at any of your family members? |
SoxFan |
May-31-09 01:34 PM |
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Fine. |
proteus_lives |
May-31-09 03:37 PM |
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It's vogue to be prowar now. That's why they put the sticker on. |
mmonk |
May-31-09 01:30 PM |
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The RWers were peddling the "Not Fonda Jane" stickers during the Kerry |
Sal Minella |
May-31-09 01:34 PM |
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I do think it's a little weird that someone would - |
donco6 |
May-31-09 01:38 PM |
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If that person had recently been to the memorial Wall, s/he might have gotten it there. |
Gwendolyn |
May-31-09 01:39 PM |
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I want a sticker that says I FONDLE jane |
EndersDame |
May-31-09 01:40 PM |
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In 23 and never heard of Jane Fonda until 2004 and Swiftboatgate. |
Odin2005 |
May-31-09 01:49 PM |
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She was courageous. |
Webster Green |
May-31-09 03:09 PM |
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Oh wow. By "we" do you mean the troops or the corporate controlled state that drafted them? |
anonymous171 |
May-31-09 03:13 PM |
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Take it any way you like. |
Webster Green |
May-31-09 03:29 PM |
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The North Vietnamese were the good guys? |
Taitertots |
May-31-09 04:51 PM |
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There were no good guys in that war, the folks in uniform were just as much victims as the civilians |
Odin2005 |
May-31-09 11:02 PM |
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My dad's a Vietnam vet and in his words... |
proteus_lives |
May-31-09 03:30 PM |
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The domino theory was correct |
Taitertots |
May-31-09 03:36 PM |
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The Domino theory assumed that every Communist nation was under the control of the USSR. |
anonymous171 |
May-31-09 03:42 PM |
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Yeah, we're good ol' communists in America today. |
StrongBad |
May-31-09 03:48 PM |
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i doubt they even know who jane fonda is....stupid is as stupid does |
spanone |
May-31-09 03:49 PM |
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I will defend Jane Fonda. |
Cleita |
May-31-09 03:51 PM |
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Ive found it very interesting |
quakerboy |
May-31-09 05:13 PM |
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Not hold a grudge you say? You must never have seen any of the |
Obamanaut |
May-31-09 05:21 PM |
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Two or three of the worst knock-down drag-out nose-bloodying kerfluffles |
saltpoint |
May-31-09 11:05 PM |
#86 |
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