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In whose warped world is it wrong to honor a war hero?
Everett Herald ^ | 2-27-2006 | Larry Simoneaux

Posted on 02/27/2006 2:10:46 PM PST by MooseMan

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To: davisfh

"All I can say is that I'm sorry for your bad experience. I would've thought better of him."

You know at the time I was taken aback but I thought about it later its not a big deal. It was just one of those moments in your life that remains crystal clear. He is still a Hero. Its just the whole dynamic of putting someone up on a pedestal and then being dissapointed when they fall. I am sure it happens a lot.

Pappy is famous for saying: "Just name a hero and I'll prove he's a bum." Its on the back of his book.

Besides He is still a personal hero :)


21 posted on 02/27/2006 6:24:27 PM PST by Syntyr (Food for the NSA Line Eater -> "terrorist" "bomb" "plot" "kill" "overthrow" "coup de tas")
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Pappy is famous for saying: "Just name a hero and I'll prove he's a bum." Its on the back of his book.

Perhaps that is what he thought of himself. And, if so, how sad that he thought this. It is unimaginable to me that a man of such accomplishments had such a low opinion of himself.

22 posted on 02/27/2006 7:14:10 PM PST by davisfh
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To: Lexington Green

Not so. I have a friend who works for NOAA who got his BS and MS from Udub. He's a very smart guy.

Unfortunately, he's also a liberal. But he is no airhead.


23 posted on 02/27/2006 7:16:59 PM PST by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
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To: cll

Were I in a position as a personell director for a large corporation, I think I would just exclude any applicants who had graduated from this particular istitution of lower learning.


24 posted on 02/27/2006 7:29:58 PM PST by stumpy
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To: MooseMan

What I am saying is that the fact that some at UW don't want it is irrelevant when the overriding fact is that they don't deserve it. It doesn't matter a rat's butt about what they want when they don't deserve.


25 posted on 02/28/2006 5:12:10 AM PST by Sax
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To: Syntyr
On the upside I managed to get the ENTIRE crew of B-17 Enola Gay to sign my B17 poster. Including the pilot Paul Tibbets. So I didn't go away empty handed.

That would be a B-29

26 posted on 02/28/2006 5:25:16 AM PST by jslade (Liberalism ALWAYS accomplishes the exact opposite of it's stated intent!)
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To: jslade

"That would be a B-29"

Indeed! Opps you are correct!


27 posted on 02/28/2006 6:56:10 AM PST by Syntyr (Food for the NSA Line Eater -> "terrorist" "bomb" "plot" "kill" "overthrow" "coup de tas")
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