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Iwo Jima Memorial Closed, Barricades Erected
The Weekly Standard ^
| October 5, 2013
| DANIEL HALPER
Posted on 10/05/2013 11:49:24 AM PDT by don-o
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To: kitchen
Great treatise; my eyeballs fell out. I’m saving it for a cold, snowy day, for reading in front of the fireplace.
141
posted on
10/05/2013 7:03:42 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
To: carriage_hill; SunkenCiv
RE:
132 There was a naval siege of Turkish fortifications that matched shipboard cannon against a trebuchet. Reportedly the Turks were able to sink a number of ships with stone balls and win the day. Consider, an 18" granite sphere would weigh about 1.2 tons; now figure the energy at terminal velocity.
I can't recall the specifics of the battle but I'll bet Civ can help out.
142
posted on
10/05/2013 7:38:20 PM PDT
by
kitchen
(Make plans and prepare. You'll never have trouble if you're ready for it. - TR)
To: metmom; potlatch
Syr. Channel 3’s Matt Mulcahy just reported from Washington with the Honor Flight vets. Coverage showed jersey barriers being tipped and emptied. The vets got to see the WWII, Vietnam and Korean memorials.
The Lincoln Memorial was closed off, but one vet was interviewed who went there anyway.
Kudos to Mulcahy for his factual reporting, and obvious pride in our vets.
To: don-o
Interestingly too, the view you see is also the last 200 yards of the Marine Corps Marathon which is in three weeks. That would be 20,000 pissed off runners who have trained for months."
20,000 pissed off Marines? Or just runners in general? Because I would love to see some pantywaist politician try to defend this decision to 20,000 pissed off Marines after they saw how their brothers were treated at the WWII memorial.
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posted on
10/05/2013 8:47:11 PM PDT
by
Ellendra
("Laws were most numerous when the Commonwealth was most corrupt." -Tacitus)
To: carriage_hill
From Syracuse TV coverage, it looked like they just pulled a plug out of the Jersey barrier, drained it and kicked it over. Syracuse TV news anchor and camera crew present for the festivities.
To: ntnychik
146
posted on
10/05/2013 9:10:12 PM PDT
by
metmom
( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of faith....)
To: ntnychik
I looked online to see if I could find any video footage of that awesome event, but could not find anything yet.
Hopefully, something will show up in the next couple days.
147
posted on
10/05/2013 9:16:35 PM PDT
by
metmom
( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of faith....)
To: kitchen; carriage_hill
r, not d, dummy. Make that 212 pounds, 0.1 tons.
148
posted on
10/05/2013 11:25:41 PM PDT
by
kitchen
(Make plans and prepare. You'll never have trouble if you're ready for it. - TR)
To: ntnychik
That’s the smart way to do it, rather than try to move it full.
149
posted on
10/06/2013 4:22:44 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
To: Libloather
AMERICAN PRESIDENTS IN UNIFORM
150
posted on
10/06/2013 5:22:09 AM PDT
by
Liz
To: All
151
posted on
10/06/2013 5:25:20 AM PDT
by
Liz
To: kitchen
I still wouldn’t want to be on the incoming end of one of those things.
152
posted on
10/06/2013 5:46:11 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
To: McGavin999
I can’t help thinking its really a way to get their hands on the 1/6th of the wealth generated in this government. Look how they use the “IOUs in the SS lockbox.” What a mess we have happening in this country, caused by someone we aren’t sure should even be here.
153
posted on
10/06/2013 9:13:13 AM PDT
by
depenzz
("My tastes are simple. I'm always satisfied by the best" WC)
To: don-o
Closing the WW II Memorial was a monumental mistake. No pun intended, It was the brainchild of an a’hole who probably never served a day in the military. An unfathomable, unpardonable power grasp of disrespect of the nation’s history.
154
posted on
10/06/2013 1:18:24 PM PDT
by
ex-snook
(God is Love)
To: metmom
I did a Google search on “Syracuse veterans visit memorial.”
Click on 9WSYR link. There are stories, slides and vid of yesterday’s trip.
A crowd met them at Hancock Airport when they returned today. God bless them!
To: Yo-Yo
Wonder if these are some of Obama/Holder’s illegals doing their dirty work? Anyone call ICE?
To: ntnychik
Do you think Obama’s smart enough to know that he's just making people despise him even more?
To: potlatch
He despises people who oppose him, so I doubt if he cares. The more enemies he makes, the more polarized we are. That works for him.
To: ntnychik
159
posted on
10/07/2013 12:30:49 AM PDT
by
metmom
( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of faith....)
To: don-o
"barricade"
Can we please use the proper terminology? "Barry-cade" OK? The proper word is
BARRY-CADE
!!!
160
posted on
10/07/2013 6:22:33 AM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(What do we want? Time travel. When do we want it? It's irrelevant.)
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