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Boxing great Joe Frazier dies after cancer fight
AP/Yahoo ^ | 11/8/11 | DAN GELSTON and TIM DAHLBERG

Posted on 11/08/2011 1:42:03 AM PST by markomalley

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To: Cen-Tejas
Never was a Cassius Clay fan. He was one of the first "Black Muslims", and changed his name due to the "makeover".

He was a black icon to black people, but he dodged the draft, and showed what contempt "his people" had for the Law.

I lost MANY friends and classmates in Nam, and I have no sympathy for whiners.

21 posted on 11/08/2011 5:53:47 AM PST by traditional1 ("Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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........yes, just to honor him, I mention my good boyhood friend Bobby Roberts (back around 59-60)....he and I used to play cave men in a creek on Sunday afternoons which consisted of digging caves in the side of the creek, wearing cave man clothes, shooting bb guns at each other etc; etc;....................

Feb 7, 67 I joined the USNR and ultimately spent 69-71 in Sasebo, Japan..........Bobby, joined the Marines who were about to draft him anyway.....at 18, he received a bullet in the head in Vietnam....................

now tell me that Cassius is the most beloved man in the world! Bobby did his duty and paid with his life! Cassius, brave man in the ring but scared (yellow) of “them Congs” did what he did! So, as the saying goes, “it is what it is”...............


22 posted on 11/08/2011 6:28:25 AM PST by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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To: vladimir998

“...why is everyone talkin’ bout Joe Frazer...”


23 posted on 11/08/2011 6:47:39 AM PST by maxsand (teapot)
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To: markomalley
God bless you, Joe. RIP.


24 posted on 11/08/2011 6:58:42 AM PST by OB1kNOb (The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. - Prov 22:3)
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To: OB1kNOb
Worth seeing one more time.


25 posted on 11/08/2011 7:00:29 AM PST by OB1kNOb (The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. - Prov 22:3)
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To: markomalley

RIP, Joe.


26 posted on 11/08/2011 7:04:07 AM PST by chessplayer
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To: markomalley

I remember hoping Joe would deck the loud-mouthed muzzie. Moohammed was awarded several fights that he didn’t really win and he was also allowed to clinch and hold the back of his opponents’ head way too many times.


27 posted on 11/08/2011 7:54:59 AM PST by Neoliberalnot ((Read "The Grey Book" for an alternative to corruption in DC))
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To: Cen-Tejas
I could tell lotsa similar stories about guys I spent my childhood with, my school years with, and we went off to do our Duty, for God and Country.

Too many of them never came home from Nam.

While the rich kids got their college deferments, and others took their pot and headed for Canada, some stayed to do what they had to do.

I have NO RESPECT whatsoever for a Draft-Dodger, and was TOTALLY PISSED when Amnesty for the ones who ran was afforded.

Likewise, just like The Messiah, the "Great Black Hope" crap disgusts me also. Those who think they're "entitled", and rely on other to support them, belong in another country....not THIS one.

28 posted on 11/08/2011 8:05:26 AM PST by traditional1 ("Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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To: markomalley

Just saw the tail end of the documentary of the Thrilla in Manila yesterday. Couldn’t believe the amount of punishment both men took. Frazier still hated Ali until the day he died.


29 posted on 11/08/2011 8:22:14 AM PST by driftless2
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To: markomalley

RIP, Smokin’ Joe. You gave us much to cheer for through your career.


30 posted on 11/08/2011 8:37:54 AM PST by ScottinVA (Hurrah me boys, for FREEDOM! `Tis the risin` o` the moon!)
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To: driftless2
Frazier still hated Ali until the day he died.

I heard a news report this a.m. that Frazier had forgiven Ali's "gorilla" remark. He put the hate aside.

31 posted on 11/08/2011 8:39:50 AM PST by ScottinVA (Hurrah me boys, for FREEDOM! `Tis the risin` o` the moon!)
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