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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 10:54 AM Original message |
Braced by a freeper at my local American Legion. |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. REMF?? is that Rear Echelon MoFo? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. REMFs - shining shoes (and trouser seats) in defense of America |
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GreenZoneLT (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 04:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
73. Current usage is Fobbit |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 07:49 AM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Fobbit. Funny. And welcome to DU. |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. Sounds like you were right on target. It's easy to talk about how hard war is when |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. .... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 12:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Oh, but there are those of us who CAN imagine and we are Horrified!!! |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Oh, many can imagine. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 12:49 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I am interested in the ways that people are similar. |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 06:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
62. my dad was just about to graduate from King's Point |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 07:12 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. I don't know the exact stats; they were terrible. |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 07:19 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. My dad got seasick in the North Atlantic. |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. I'm sure he did. |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. yuck. |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. Thank you. Silence is always perceived as agreement. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 12:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. Skinnerian Behaviorism applied to vast informational assets. |
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tinfoil tiaras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
4. Yay! We need more vets against the war! |
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blue cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
23. My W-loving sister |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Her husband: There are people who think the purpose of certain classes of |
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whatelseisnew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
5. That was an essetial time for you to stand up to that kind of crap |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. Exactly. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 06:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
58. Progressives do not burn bridges, because like Liberals, Progressives |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
7. Why on earth... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
8. I find a better class of FReeper at my VFW. |
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exlrrp (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
9. Tell em so they get it |
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Ex Lion Tamer (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Bless you! |
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exlrrp (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:16 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. See the pictures |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 12:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Viet Nam Vets are very important, because of the lesson they reiterate, |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 02:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
45. I'd love to know where they got that 42 day figure - . |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 06:23 PM Response to Reply #45 |
59. I read that somewhere online about a year ago, I guess. |
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achtung_circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Your final comment, |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Hippies still believe in Free Love, but we're older now, so we've learned |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 03:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
48. Crack me up! |
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whatelseisnew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
10. American Legion Chief Alters Line On Service (Morin Led Legion Attack On Kerry's 10/30 Iraq Comment) |
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whatelseisnew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Is the National Commander of the American Legion a Lying REMF? |
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exlrrp (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:27 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Its called : "wannabe" |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 12:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. It was amazing to see so many of those crawl out of the woodwork beginning about 1980. |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 01:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. Or "stolen honor" N/T |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'd bet the other guys there agree with you. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 12:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. Abu Ghraib |
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two gun sid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
12. Good work my friend... |
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countmyvote4real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
16. Bravo, 11 Bravo. n/t |
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toshirajo (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
18. I won't go to the VFW or AL |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 12:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. I have known some of those guys. Alcohol IS a Problem. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
19. Those same assholes are at the Moose Club too! |
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blue cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
21. It's OK |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
24. You did NOT go too far. The power of the truth is worth a certain amount of |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
26. Good for you... |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
33. A lot of air force types I know are huge Bush supporters. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 12:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. The Machine War on Humans. |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 12:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Got that right bro.... |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 05:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
55. Hey! My father was an Air Force bomber pilot during WWII |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 05:50 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Those were different times.... |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 07:03 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. For the most part they were successful? |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 08:17 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. Successful because they accomplished the mission.... |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 04:21 AM Response to Reply #55 |
74. My uncle flew F-100s in Korea 50 missions. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 06:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
61. I met some very ambitious people at the Fort Knox NCO academy. |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 07:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
68. I've got nothing against the zoomies, but damned if you're not right... |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 04:04 AM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Oh yeah I have good friends in the USAF. |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
35. Direct him to this post..... |
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toshirajo (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. I remember |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
42. Hey, with the revelation and scandal |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
44. Whenever they say we haven't been attacked since 9/11, |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
46. The "We haven't been hit since 9/11" is the STUPIDEST argument |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 03:58 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Good post AND we were attacked |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 04:18 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Oh, yes - thank you, and good point. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Yeah, it's "hard work" being a |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 06:32 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. Anthrax here. Radioactive poisoning there. |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
47. I stayed out of VFW posts for 25 yrs. When I went, I remembered why I stayed away n/t |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
49. Dad was at Chosin Reservoir |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:31 PM Response to Reply #49 |
78. Your dad is a hero. Give him my thanks for his service! |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
53. Props. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
54. My Dad was a Marine, but never saw combat during Vietnam. |
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LibertyorDeath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
56. "a brilliant war-time president" |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
63. "We haven't been hit...?" Tell that to the dead service-men and -women. |
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happydreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
69. I'm a Vietnam Era veteran. That "bromide" you mention |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 04:48 AM Response to Original message |
75. The reason we haven't been attacked |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
77. There seems to be quite often a big difference between... |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
79. hey, that vet can always get his ass back over there. If not in the military, then as a contractor |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
80. Hey, 11 Bang. Next time some idiot trots out that old b.s. "They haven't hit |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
81. I don't see how you could have let that slide. Nice job. |
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