http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/johnwayne/ en-us Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:40:59 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044629/posts WHERE IS JOHN WAYNE’S AMERICA? by Don Bendell I grew up in Ohio watching and idolizing John Wayne and all the cowboy hero figures and dreamed of becoming an American cowboy. When I became an adult and a Green Beret serving in the Vietnam War, who was the one man who consistently and staunchly went against the grain and stood up for all my fellow vets and me in those days? Oddly enough, it was my old hero John Wayne who played a Green Beret in the movie of the same name. Have we actually progressed since those thrilling days... Don Bendell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044629/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:40:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041134/posts John Wayne explains the damaging use of the hyphen in our American name. you tube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041134/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 16:40:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012593/posts ONE OF THE great joys of the movies is their ability to convince us that we know the people on screen. Even the varied performances of the most versatile stars are often not strong enough to prevail against the overarching image we’ve formed of them. When Joan Didion met John Wayne on the set of the 1965 The Sons of Katie Elder, she wrote of having the sense that his face was more familiar to her than her husband’s. And yet Wayne, whose centenary occurred this past spring, remains in some ways the most undefined of iconic movie stars. When... Dissent Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012593/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 19:31:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1986196/posts Mock election pronounced a success Published: March 13, 2008 By DAVID BATES Of the News-Register John Wayne, the iconic figure of the American movie western, was tapped by voters Tuesday as Yamhill County's next entertainment director - even though he died in 1979. He edged Paul Newman, who is still alive but whose liberal politics no doubt cost him in conservative Yamhill County. Voters faced only one serious question, and that one was strictly advisory: Should the county commissioners seek approval of a home-rule charter? Voters have repeatedly rejected that structure for county government over the years, but they went... News Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1986196/posts#comment Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:41:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945831/posts He was arguably the greatest hero in the history of American cinema, a leader of men who beat the bad guys and symbolised patriotic values. But here in the birthplace of John Wayne, in the snowy wilds of an Iowa winter, the US is picking another leader - a president to command the respect of modern America and deal with the world's villains, who have swapped Stetsons and Colt 45s for suicide bomb belts. (snip) The challenge Mrs Clinton faces is clear in Winterset, where Wayne was born in 1907 at the heart of Madison County, whose covered bridges gave... London Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945831/posts#comment Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:18:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907563/posts I have been following the Republican candidates for President. I am not impressed, overall. May people ahve their favorites, of course, but there is no passion for any of them. There is always "He is great!....but". Usually in the social area. Today my favorite, Fred Thompson ducked the Washington Press corps. I thought "Big deal. He wasn't going to get a fair shake from these folks." Then I got to thinking (always dangerous) WWRD(What Would Ronnie Do?). He would take the bull by the horns and gave a question and answer session that would have changed minds an made front... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907563/posts#comment Sat, 6 Oct 2007 21:22:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1891356/posts Clint Eastwood once said, "I feel very close to the western. There are not too many American art forms that are original. Most are derived from European art forms. Other than the western and jazz or blues, that's all that's really original." People these days don’t really care for westerns anymore, unless Hang ‘Em High is on AMC or something. No one has made a decent attempt at a true western in a number of years. Sure, perhaps we get a Kevin Costner film every few years that takes place in the old west, but it’s not a western. Those... SaltyStix.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1891356/posts#comment Wed, 5 Sep 2007 11:37:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861173/posts American Culture on the 4th of July By John E. Carey Peace and Freedom July 4, 2007I am never sure whether it is our American culture that shapes our TV, movies and other media or whether our media shapes our thinking to such an extent that it changes culture.Probably a little bit of both.What is culture? One very good online dictionary calls it “The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought. These patterns, traits, and products considered as the expression of a particular period, class, community, or population.”On July 4,... Peace and Freedom - Policy and World Ideas http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861173/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jul 2007 13:57:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1857508/posts And why not? John Wayne was born Marion Morrison 100 years ago last month in the dreaded Midwest, before his family moved to a California that had yet to see the "golden days" of left-wing infiltration. He played football at USC before a surfing injury caused him to lose his scholarship and he soon found work as a Hollywood stuntman before stardom found him. He was incredibly handsome in youth and despite his large and rangy frame, had a lithesome quality to his bearing, even late in life. It is a cliche used in reference to many actors that women... The American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1857508/posts#comment Thu, 28 Jun 2007 05:18:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1848577/posts 1979 : John Wayne dies On this day in 1979, John Wayne, an iconic American film actor famous for starring in countless westerns, dies at age 72 after battling cancer for more than a decade. The actor was born Marion Morrison on May 26, 1907, in Winterset, Iowa, and moved as a child to Glendale, California. A football star at Glendale High School, he attended the University of Southern California on a scholarship but dropped out after two years. After finding work as a movie studio laborer, Wayne befriended director John Ford, then a rising talent. His first acting jobs... History.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1848577/posts#comment Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:06:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1844151/posts this past Memorial Day weekend, was loaded with John Wayne movies, Wayne being the symbol of American stand-up-and-fight courage, especially in the most bloody and noble of U.S. military endeavors. But when you tell people, especially lovers of John Wayne and all he ostensibly stood for and still stands for, that Wayne assiduously avoided military service during World War II, well, they either don't believe it or don't take it well. At the outbreak of WW II, Wayne was 34, the father of four and his movie career was on the grow. He didn't have to enlist. And he didn't.... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1844151/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jun 2007 18:40:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1840627/posts If the Duke had just taken better care of himself, like maybe not smoking four packs of cigarettes a day for decades, he would turn 100 on Saturday. For what he did both to entertain and to inspire us in his long movie career, he has certainly earned peaceful rest for Eternity. But we could sure use the old cowpoke today. Marion Robert Morrison, who would later adopt the screen name John Wayne, entered this world at Winterset, Iowa, on May 26, 1907. Who could have guessed that this child of the Midwest would become the nation's most popular actor,... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1840627/posts#comment Sun, 27 May 2007 19:18:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1839992/posts If there's one thing I've learned from asking readers to send in stories about John Wayne, it's this: people really loved the guy. Even if they didn't know him personally, many speak of brief encounters with his gentle ways and humorous personality as if they're talking about somebody they've known for years. The Duke turns 100 years old Saturday, so we thought we'd celebrate with our very own birthday card. The Orange County Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1839992/posts#comment Sat, 26 May 2007 01:44:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1820031/posts Growing up in a lower-middle-class neighborhood carved out of desert east of here, my buddy and I would break out soldier fatigues his father wore during the Korean War. Armed with stick rifles or toy guns, we’d load our pockets with dirt-clod grenades, roll around in the sand dunes poking up in the nearby wash, and, if hit by “enemy fire,” lie face up and motionless under the blazing sun . . . until one of our moms called us in for lunch. It wasn’t until several years later that I realized violent images of the Vietnam War from motion... OC Weekly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1820031/posts#comment Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:20:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1747495/posts Remarkable in the rhetoric of all the major leadership voices on the Iraq issue is the repeatability; you can trust that again and again cookie-cutter responses of wrongness will be popped out, the same errors re-treaded with apparently no imagination whatsoever. It is also appalling that nobody seems to know how to crush the insurgency in Iraq decisively. Forgive me for saying the very, very obvious, but here's how. First, the No. 1 rule in Islamist-Arab politics is … kill the head guy. He who kills the head guy becomes the new head guy. Brutal, unpleasant, but true. So? The... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1747495/posts#comment Sat, 2 Dec 2006 18:10:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1713208/posts I am shocked that so many are turning on Hastert so quickly. Is it due to a sense of anger that much of the conservative agenda has not come to pass? Or is it a true sense that he is lying to everyone about how much he knew? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1713208/posts#comment Wed, 4 Oct 2006 02:01:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1705996/posts VENEZUELAN President Hugo Chavez has taken his anti-imperialist rhetoric to New York's Harlem overnight and ridiculed US President George W. Bush as a puffed-up John Wayne wannabe. And a supportive crowd loved it. Mr Chavez stunned delegates at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday by calling Mr Bush "the devil himself" and saying he left the smell of sulfur hanging in the chamber from his appearance the previous day. He received an ovation at the United Nations, but nothing like the raucous and upbeat receptions later Wednesday at a free university and again overnight at a Baptist church in the... Herald Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1705996/posts#comment Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:58:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678086/posts After almost every column or blogpost I've written about the various idiosyncracies of women, some woman writes to complain that I never criticize men. Of course, there's not exactly a shortage of male-bashing in the mainstream media today, to say nothing of chick rags like Cosmopolitan, Ms., Self and other variants on the Me, Myself and I theme so popular with women. And while there is something about the modern American man that is absolutely worthy of criticism, I don't think it's exactly what these feminists had in mind. For you see, the main problem with men today is that... WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678086/posts#comment Sat, 5 Aug 2006 01:44:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678078/posts John Wayne is possibly the greatest Western cowboy of all time. He was a one-man show who had the fastest guns in the West and always found his enemy and brought him to justice. Cowboys go through life on their own, and they always get the bad guys, whether it's "dead or alive." It should come as no surprise, therefore, that a recent Times article (July 9) called for the "end of cowboy diplomacy"-our nation's policy of going it alone when it comes to world affairs. The Wild West had no real laws and was much like our current international... The Daily utah Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678078/posts#comment Sat, 5 Aug 2006 01:30:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1658084/posts The video link below connects to a short video narrated by John Wayne, set to his recording of "Why I Love America" recording. http://sagebrushpatriot.com/america.htm (a fast internet connection is recommended - if you're using dial-up, this may not load properly) sagebrushpatriot.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1658084/posts#comment Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:00:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1639046/posts John Wayne, an actor who came to epitomize the American West, is born in Winterset, Iowa. Born Marion Michael Morrison, Wayne's family moved to Glendale, California, when he was six years old. As a teen, he rose at four in the morning to deliver newspapers, and after school he played football and made deliveries for local stores. When he graduated from high school, he hoped to attend the U.S. Naval Academy. However, after the school rejected him, he accepted a full scholarship to play football at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. In the summer of 1926, Wayne's... History Channel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1639046/posts#comment Fri, 26 May 2006 23:19:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1638610/posts Biography: We called him Duke, and he was every bit the giant off screen he was on. Everything about him - his stature, his style, his convictions-conveyed enduring strength, and no one who observed, his struggle in those final days could doubt that strength was real. Yet there was more. He was born Marion Michael Morrison in Winterset, Iowa. When Marion was six, the family moved to California. There he picked up the nickname Duke-after his Airedale. He rose at 4 a.m. to deliver newspapers, and after school and football practice he made deliveries for local stores. He was an... John Wayne Biography http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1638610/posts#comment Fri, 26 May 2006 10:21:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1616244/posts With a grand jury now expected to convene Monday to weigh indictments of two or three of the Duke lacrosse players tied to allegations of raping an exotic dancer, defense lawyers say they fear their clients are being targeted in a setup or sting operation possibly perpetrated by law enforcement. The lawyers have advised the players not to trust or respond to any e-mails sent to each other, one attorney tells Time. The explosive allegations stem from an e-mail message sent in the last few days to several players from the e-mail address of another player, stating he was going... Time Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1616244/posts#comment Mon, 17 Apr 2006 04:05:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1565439/posts The latest poll is not good for the Democrats. I am not talking here of the one showing George Bush's approval rating inching up. I'm talking about the recently released Harris Poll showing John Wayne, one of the most popular movie stars of 2005. The one thing he and the Democratic Party have in common is that they are both dead. Wayne was the quintessential anti-Democrat. Everything he stood for - from support for the Vietnam War to antipathy to the '60s and '70s counterculture - was in consonance with GOP positions. More important, though, his iconic man-on-horseback image has... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1565439/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:08:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1562129/posts Douglas Healey for The New York TimesUnless a rescue plan is worked out or a new buyer comes forward, the gun-manufacturing plant in New Haven, with about 200 employees, will close on March 31. Come spring, the Winchester rifle, immortalized as the gun that won the West and rode into the sunset with John Wayne, will be made in Portugal and Japan. The U.S. Repeating Arms Company, which has manufactured rifles and shotguns in New Haven since 1866, is set to shut its doors on March 31. About 200 people will lose their jobs, many having worked for decades... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1562129/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:25:46 GMT