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Buddy Poppies fading. Few seem to know significance, bother to buy.
Arizona Daily Star ^
| May 30, 2005
| Carol Ann Alaimo
Posted on 05/30/2005 8:15:09 AM PDT by SandRat
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posted on
05/30/2005 8:15:11 AM PDT
by
SandRat
To: HiJinx; Spiff; JackelopeBreeder; Alamo-Girl; windchime; Grampa Dave; Marine Inspector; ...
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posted on
05/30/2005 8:15:43 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
Google, which goes for every obscure observance--won't put a flag or a poppy on its site for Memorial Day.
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posted on
05/30/2005 8:17:27 AM PDT
by
Mamzelle
To: SandRat
I have about 4 thanks to my kids. (MoJo goes shopping and the kids hand over my money. Ain't that nice of them? Hehe! I don't mind at all when it comes to our Veterans!) They also have 2 suckers each. Thank you to our Veterans that were out in full force at the commissary, Kmart, Wally World (Walmart for you more sophisticated folks out there), and Farm Fresh.
Happy Memorial Day!
Never forget!
Thank you to all of our past, present, and future Veterans.
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posted on
05/30/2005 8:18:35 AM PDT
by
MoJo2001
(Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)
To: SandRat
Plant poppies around your house and the DEA will use the asset forfeiture laws to steal it.
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posted on
05/30/2005 8:19:42 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Drug prohibition laws spawned the federal health care monopoly and fund terrorism.)
To: Mamzelle
Google, which goes for every obscure observance--won't put a flag or a poppy on its site for Memorial Day.That bothered me too! Time to quit using Google, I think.....
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posted on
05/30/2005 8:20:29 AM PDT
by
eeriegeno
To: SandRat
Don't see the poppie folks out anymore.
:(
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posted on
05/30/2005 8:20:45 AM PDT
by
two23
To: Mamzelle
I got my poppy. I think the VFW should do a little PR and inform people what they are about. Even the most liberal paper or TV station has a slow news day sometimes and they might be able to actually get a bit of coverage. If wearing 15 stupid rubber bands on your wrist is cool, being in the news would automatically boost poppy sales. I bet not 1 in 100 people under 21 could tell you what the poppies are for, but if one showed up in a movie, look out! Stampede!
People are so driven by the media it's ridiculous.
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posted on
05/30/2005 8:21:18 AM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: SandRat
My wife bought one yesterday because her dad and grandfather always bought them. It's one of those things that's handed down from the older generations.
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posted on
05/30/2005 8:22:08 AM PDT
by
randog
(What the....?!)
To: Mamzelle
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posted on
05/30/2005 8:22:14 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: SandRat
Unfortunately, I never heard of the Buddy Poppie, or its meaning. But I do now.
Unfortunately I think that only the WWII and Korean War generations know the meaning.
To: Mamzelle
and that says of Google....... go ahead I know you're thinking it. Ok, don't say it; because that's the sort of language refined Ladies such as your self don't use. We were both thinking of how low and despicable they are.
As the Gentile Ladies of the South would say of Google were it a lady with ahem peculiarities: "Poor Thing, Bless her Heart."
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posted on
05/30/2005 8:24:26 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: eeriegeno
Time to quit using Google, I think.....It's no secret that the owners/operators of Google bend to the left. Try this: www.clusty.com
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posted on
05/30/2005 8:24:53 AM PDT
by
randog
(What the....?!)
To: SandRat
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
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posted on
05/30/2005 8:25:26 AM PDT
by
politicalwit
(USA...A Nation of Selective Law Enforcement.)
To: MoJo2001
Don't ask about magnets for the car or the metal clad door between the garage and kitchen, OUCH! Talk about an easy mark for any group selling in front of the Commissary or PX.
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posted on
05/30/2005 8:26:18 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Not if I plant the poppies the VFW/American-Legion/DAV/POW/Purple Heart Assoc sell.
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posted on
05/30/2005 8:28:09 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: two23
Ask your local VFW or American Legion why?
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posted on
05/30/2005 8:28:46 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: mountn man
and now are you going to seek out the veterans organization selling Buddie-Poppies and educate others?
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posted on
05/30/2005 8:30:57 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: eeriegeno; Mamzelle; Right Wing Assault; nuconvert; SandRat
Try clusty.com.
Google can go jump in the lake.
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posted on
05/30/2005 8:31:16 AM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(...a sheep in wolf's clothing)
To: politicalwit
Yes-Yes-Yes!
Some of us remember having to memorize that poem in grade school for the schools participation in the Memorial Day activities (school didn't let out until the 2nd week in June).
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posted on
05/30/2005 8:33:05 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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