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Born On this Day, John "Duke" Wayne
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Posted on 05/26/2003 5:30:38 AM PDT by Valin
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To: battlegearboat
My goodness, how eloquent.
I suppose I shouldn't have expected anything less from you.
You couldn't think of a more original phrase than to use the f-word?
Don't worry. I won't vindicate myself by responding in kind. But I will say this - like it or not, you'll eventually learn that you shouldn't say something like that to me.
To: battlegearboat
One last thing - I tried, but I couldn't even imagine John Wayne saying that - honestly, I couldn't. ;)
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To: Budge
NEVER FORGET
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posted on
05/27/2003 5:46:39 AM PDT
by
ALOHA RONNIE
(Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 www.LZXRAY.com..)
To: battlegearboat
Though I'm sure we're both getting pretty tired of each other, I've decided to make one more post to help explain why I told you what I did about John Wayne.
I used to be a John Wayne admirer, too, as a kid. I can still sit down and enjoy a John Wayne movie, and have even recently. But I don't see the man as a great hero anymore. When I was younger, the more I dug in and learned about what kind of man he really was, the more I learned to not put him on a pedestal anymore. I know he represented certain rugged American ways in his own style and way, but he wasn't the kind of person I want my kids to grow up to be. So often, heroes are not what they're cracked up to be, and I was only expressing my opinion - which is what you folks have been doing on this thread. Yet, 2 of you jumped all over me for posting what I have come to know.
To refresh your memory, here was my punch line that seemed to rile you guys so much: "Come on folks, we've got better people to admire." And that is what I maintain. We do.
I never waxed preachy or loquacious - I just expressed my opinion. Since we obviously don't agree, let's not continue this most unpleasant discussion. After all, it's gotten to the point where you're not even comfortable expressing your viewpoints in public anymore, but you would rather send me vulgar private messages. When a debate gets to that point, the debate is of no more value.
But don't worry, you won't get any private messages of that level from me.
To: tame
That scene was hilarious. The defense attorney (Rooster Cogburn had no use for attornies anyway) tried to nail Rooster, and ol' Rooster made him look like an absolute idiot.
To: Hank Kerchief
...they don't make them like that, anymore. Now THAT's a REAL Lady! WoW!
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posted on
05/27/2003 12:02:04 PM PDT
by
danmar
("It is extremely hard to soar like an Eagle, when you are surrounded by Turkey's")
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To: battlegearboat
Knock it off.
To: Valin
His boyhood home is in a little town in iowa, it is open to the public, not far from the expressway, stop and see it on your next trip out east.
To: Admin Moderator
I can only hope you sent the same to "No dems 2004".
To: Valin
What a wonderful article! Not only a tribute to the Duke but also a demonstration of the qualities RR valued enough to emphacize in tribute. I hadn't read this before. Thanks for the post.
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posted on
05/27/2003 5:12:52 PM PDT
by
Mudbug
To: Tijeras_Slim
RE: your question about movies where John Wayne dies: I got tagged with this one,
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance I protested, but was trapped. It's still my favorite Wayne movie, and, I think, some of the best acting he ever did.
I still get choked up when Jimmy Stewart is lighting his pipe at the end of the movie, while thanking the conductor for holding the train for them, and the conductor says, "Nothing's too good for the man who shot Liberty Valance."
To: andysandmikesmom
Yes indeed! A great film!
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posted on
05/27/2003 6:56:02 PM PDT
by
Budge
(God Bless FReepers!)
To: gunnyg
Make that Sgt. John "M." Stryker USMC...
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posted on
05/28/2003 4:50:58 AM PDT
by
gunnyg
To: Valin
Beautiful.
I love the Duke.
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posted on
06/19/2003 12:28:25 PM PDT
by
justshutupandtakeit
(RATS will use any means to denigrate George Bush's Victory.)
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