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DavidDvorkin

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34. Proving my point

Wed Nov 21, 2012, 08:06 PM

Nov 2012

Franklin was the only old one.

Life expectancy at birth is a very misleading number in an era. High infant and child mortality drives that number down. Those who survive that part of life have a much higher expectancy. Men of the higher classes, such as those you listed, were not going to drop dead at 35.

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"Thank heaven for old white men" [View all] Bake Nov 2012 OP

On Reagan, key word is "arguably". louis-t Nov 2012 #1

The Raygun myth is much larger than Raygun himself ever was Major Nikon Nov 2012 #22

Be honest. He was a professional actor with decades of experience. The man could deliver a speech and Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #25

Not to mention that he wasn't even that great of an actor Major Nikon Nov 2012 #28

Yeah, but Denzel is a great actor. Do you know if he's a liberal? n/t Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #31

I have no idea if he's ever declared one way or another Major Nikon Nov 2012 #35

Why does this remind me of Kipling's "White man's burden"? TrogL Nov 2012 #2

Sorry, asshat, but blacks, Hispanics, Asians and Native Americans all fought in those wars. Scuba Nov 2012 #3

Yeah, but who started these wars? liberalmuse Nov 2012 #19

Really? Xipe Totec Nov 2012 #4

+1000 Taverner Nov 2012 #9

The 442nd was the most decorated unit in the European theater. n/t Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #37

Composed almost entirely of American soldiers of Japanese descent Xipe Totec Nov 2012 #40

Yes but let us not forget the young Japanese Americans which helped win WWII Uncle Joe Nov 2012 #5

Or the women which took care of their families single handedly and/or worked the factories Uncle Joe Nov 2012 #12

Or the African American men which made up the Tuskegee Airmen Uncle Joe Nov 2012 #14

Or the Native Americans which fought and/or died in the Pacific including the Navajo Code Talkers, Uncle Joe Nov 2012 #15

I hope to be an old white man one day but I also try to remember Uncle Joe Nov 2012 #16

Or Squadron 201, the Aztec Eagles from México Xipe Totec Nov 2012 #41

Or the Aztec Eagles from Mexico Uncle Joe Nov 2012 #61

Reagan an old white guy who chose Philadelphia, Mississippi to kick off his run for Prez. Hoyt Nov 2012 #6

What??? Old white men fought WWII????? Taverner Nov 2012 #7

"Ronald Reagan, arguably one of the greatest presidents in U.S. history" BlueJazz Nov 2012 #8

Oh, give him a break, he had Alzheimer's when he was first sworn in. DollarBillHines Nov 2012 #20

Ronald Reagan, arguably one of the greatest presidents in U.S. history Flashmann Nov 2012 #10

Here's a funny about Raygun Major Nikon Nov 2012 #38

You're really being too kind to him. I'm not sure which is more insulted, shit or stains. n/t Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #48

White men "freed the slaves", but also enslaved the slaves demhottie Nov 2012 #11

Posting this was like throwing a steak to a pack of ravenous hounds ... Bake Nov 2012 #13

"Old white men won WWI, WWII and the Korean Conflict." Cleita Nov 2012 #17

We didn't win the Korean Conflict! maveric56 Nov 2012 #23

Technicalities. Yes, I know we still have troops on the DMZ. Cleita Nov 2012 #24

Aw, poor old wrinkled white men. liberalmuse Nov 2012 #18

I don't think that the white men who did good things were all that old at the time DavidDvorkin Nov 2012 #21

Benjamin Franklin, at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, was 71, Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #29

Proving my point DavidDvorkin Nov 2012 #34

So, you're saying that anybody that isn't venerable is young? And Franklin wasn't the only Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #39

Franklin's age brush Nov 2012 #55

Yes he did. Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #57

Wars are won by young men, first of all. krispos42 Nov 2012 #26

Average of a GI in WWII was 26. In Vietnam it was 19. n/t Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #30

Many older guys even in their thirties enlisted to fight in WWII because Cleita Nov 2012 #36

Hey! drm604 Nov 2012 #27

I like that sentiment brush Nov 2012 #56

What the hell does all that got to do with it? upaloopa Nov 2012 #32

Think the guy that wrote this was a racist? Initech Nov 2012 #33

Actually our constitution is partly based off of the Iroquois "Great Law of Peace" Downtown Hound Nov 2012 #42

The "us vs. them" mentality has got to stop. Avalux Nov 2012 #43

It'd be nice, wouldn't it? nt Union Scribe Nov 2012 #53

On Reagan's watch we went from biggest lending nation - to biggest debtor nation upi402 Nov 2012 #44

I am done listening to bitching from old white men. 7wo7rees Nov 2012 #45

I just read the whole LTTE Downtown Hound Nov 2012 #46

LOL Aerows Nov 2012 #47

Republican modus operandi is to frame themselves as adults and Democrats as rebellious children. Matariki Nov 2012 #49

"Ronald Reagan, arguably one of the greatest presidents in U.S. history" Matariki Nov 2012 #50

Whatever bluestateguy Nov 2012 #51

Old, white men have a habit of dropping dead. Deep13 Nov 2012 #52

Jeez. The Declaration of Independence and Constitution were written by YOUNG men Hekate Nov 2012 #54

Some old white men are actually progressive and visionary lunatica Nov 2012 #58

whoever wrote this needs to relax Enrique Nov 2012 #59

I just think it's funny....... Amaril Nov 2012 #60