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'Hanoi Jane' Fonda Honor Withdrawn
NewsMax ^
| 17 March 2006
| Carl Limbacher
Posted on 03/16/2006 2:39:51 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
The sponsor of an effort to honor Jane Fonda in the Georgia state Senate withdrew her resolution Thursday, after a rocky reception from some colleagues and a phone call from the actress' office.
Sen. Steen Miles, D-Decatur, said a representative for Fonda, who is out of the country, asked that she avoid the controversy the effort had stirred.
"This, ladies and gentlemen, should not be occupying our time," said Miles.
The resolution cites the Atlanta resident's work as founder of the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, donations to Atlanta-area universities and charities and role as goodwill ambassador with the United Nations.
But the two-time Academy Award winner's political activities protesting the Vietnam War, including a trip to North Vietnam in 1972, have long made her a target of veterans of that war.
The measure, which Miles said is one of several she has pushed honoring Georgia women during Women's History Month, cruised through the Senate on Wednesday before some members realized it was part of a stack of mostly non-controversial resolutions approved because no one objected to them.
Sen. John Douglas, R-Social Circle, later asked that the vote be reconsidered.
"I can think of no living American who is less worthy of this honor," Douglas, chairman of the chamber's Veterans and Military Affairs committee, said Thursday. "She is as guilty of treason as Benedict Arnold and Tokyo Rose."
Miles said she is sympathetic to concerns of military members. She said her brother and ex-husband both served in Vietnam and her daughter currently serves in the Army reserve. But she said Fonda's good works for the past three decades outweigh any negatives associated with her Vietnam-era actions.
"I have a deep and abiding respect and love for our men and women warriors," she said. "We should not ignore the past, but we should not be inextricably bound to its mistakes."
The Senate voted 48-1 to reconsider the measure - a necessary procedure before Miles could withdraw it. Sen. Michael Meyer von Bremen, D-Albany, cast the only vote against reconsideration.
Miles then withdrew the effort before senators considered the resolution itself.
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I'm staggered any elected representative of the American people could even think about honouring this treacherous cow!
To: Aussie Dasher
HA ha...
and the RATS take another one in the...
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posted on
03/16/2006 2:42:06 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: Aussie Dasher
"This, ladies and gentlemen, should not be occupying our time," said Miles.She has a clue!
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posted on
03/16/2006 2:43:30 PM PST
by
conservatism_IS_compassion
(The idea around which liberalism coheres is that NOTHING actually matters but PR.)
To: Aussie Dasher
""I can think of no living American who is less worthy of this honor," Douglas, chairman of the chamber's Veterans and Military Affairs committee, said Thursday. "She is as guilty of treason as Benedict Arnold and Tokyo Rose."
I guess that about covers it! They should charge whomever proposed to bestow this honor on Hanoi Jane with treason after the fact.
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posted on
03/16/2006 2:43:46 PM PST
by
vetsvette
(Bring Him Back)
To: Aussie Dasher
5
posted on
03/16/2006 2:44:26 PM PST
by
U S Army EOD
(LINCOLN COUNTY RED DEVILS STATE CHAMPIONS)
To: conservatism_IS_compassion
"She has a clue!"
Then why did she sponsor the bill to honor Jane?
6
posted on
03/16/2006 2:45:21 PM PST
by
L98Fiero
(I'm worth a million in prizes.)
To: Aussie Dasher
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posted on
03/16/2006 2:46:44 PM PST
by
chilepepper
(The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
To: Aussie Dasher
Isn't there a ruling which requires the posting of a nudie picture on each Jane Fonda thread?
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posted on
03/16/2006 2:48:16 PM PST
by
Mr. Lucky
To: Aussie Dasher
yah
I almost puked my coffee this morning, as this was what was on Fox when I clicked on the TV.
I find it hard to believe that any politician in this country would be stupid enough to pull a stunt like this, and have the audacity to cry on television when she withdrew it.
Some things are bad enough that saying "I'm sorry" just isn't enough. Hanoi Jane is such a case. Merely mentioning her name in public insults every Vietnam Vet, and especially our former POWs; no matter how many charities she supports.
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posted on
03/16/2006 2:48:33 PM PST
by
Bean Counter
("Stout Hearts!")
To: Aussie Dasher
[But she said Fonda's good works for the past three decades outweigh any negatives associated with her Vietnam-era actions.]
Miles is a typical moonbat, she's right in there with many judges and lawyers in believing a person is not responsible for their actions.
Congratulations to Senator Douglas, he understands treason.
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posted on
03/16/2006 2:49:47 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(:Gregory was riled while Hume smiled:)
To: Aussie Dasher
but we should not be inextricably bound to its mistake.
IF she, Hanoi Jane, considered it a mistake because of what she did, I could accept that; however, the only reason she considers it a mistake is because the real Americans here in our nation have a LONG memory and a very short tolerance of treason.
I agree, there is no one in this country less worthy of any award than Hanoi Jane.
Cordially,
GE
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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posted on
03/16/2006 2:51:22 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
("If I were a Cuban, I'd certainly be on a raft," Isane Aparicio Busto)
To: Chode
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posted on
03/16/2006 2:55:23 PM PST
by
danbo
To: Aussie Dasher
The word "honor" and her name do not belong in the same paragraph.
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posted on
03/16/2006 2:55:53 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: BenLurkin
The word "bitch" and her name do!
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posted on
03/16/2006 2:56:38 PM PST
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: Aussie Dasher
she said Fonda's good works for the past three decades outweigh any negatives associated with her Vietnam-era actions.
If she'd been hung thirty years ago, this wouldn't be a problem.
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posted on
03/16/2006 2:56:38 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Aussie Dasher
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posted on
03/16/2006 2:57:50 PM PST
by
mirkwood
(Gun control isn't about guns. It's about control.)
To: Aussie Dasher
The word "bitch" and her name do!
Nope, still too good. Insults female dogs everywhere.
To: Aussie Dasher
What a waste of taxpayer money.I was in the inf.when that bitch pulled her stunt.She is lucky she never visited my unit!I will never forget and none of my family will as long as I live.The real sad part is,there are a lot of her clones in the govt.
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posted on
03/16/2006 2:59:46 PM PST
by
xarmydog
To: Aussie Dasher
But she said Fonda's good works for the past three decades outweigh any negatives associated with her Vietnam-era actions. This is the same rationale the nuts used to argue that Tookie Williams shouldn't have been executed because he supposedly wrote some children's books.
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posted on
03/16/2006 3:00:50 PM PST
by
Cinnamon Girl
(OMGIIHIHOIIC ping list)
To: L98Fiero
Then why did she sponsor the bill to honor Jane?That was the price of buying a clue . . .
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posted on
03/16/2006 3:00:54 PM PST
by
conservatism_IS_compassion
(The idea around which liberalism coheres is that NOTHING actually matters but PR.)
To: Chode
"But she said Fonda's good works for the past three decades outweigh any negatives associated with her Vietnam-era actions."
NOTHING outweighs TREASON.
To: Aussie Dasher
But she said Fonda's good works for the past three decades outweigh any negatives associated with her Vietnam-era actions. BUZZ!!! wrong! You can't make up for some things with "good works". Just ask Tookie!
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posted on
03/16/2006 3:02:28 PM PST
by
Gator101
To: U S Army EOD
she said Fonda's good works for the past three decades outweigh any negatives associated with her Vietnam-era actions.
Any negatives associated wiht her actions?
Like South Vietnamese "Re-education Camps?
Like hundreds of thousands of boat people?
Like the Khmer Rouge? Jane Fonda has never paid in the least for her traitorous actions.
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posted on
03/16/2006 3:02:51 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Impeach the Boy
NOTHING outweighs TREASON.There's no statute of limitations on it, either...
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posted on
03/16/2006 3:03:57 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: L98Fiero
You're right Miles does not have an iota of a clue. I don't really understand that sentence. It must be too out of context. Perhaps she realized what she was up against and tried to back peddle by saying the controversy is not worth our time? I'm so glad the stupid woman did not manage to sneak this through oh so cleverly tucked into a pile of mundane matters. Good work, Sen. John Douglas!
To: danbo

thx... 8^)
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posted on
03/16/2006 3:05:53 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: mewzilla
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posted on
03/16/2006 3:06:16 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: Aussie Dasher

Hanoi Jane 'mans' the North Vietnamese anti aircraft gun....
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posted on
03/16/2006 3:08:08 PM PST
by
Vaquero
(time again for the Crusades.)
To: mewzilla
There are a lot of faces you could photoshop in that pic.Almost all demorats and unfortunately more and more republicans.Depends on which way the wind blows.
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posted on
03/16/2006 3:12:13 PM PST
by
xarmydog
To: mewzilla
I will never forget the picture of her on that gun. May she rot in hell. I have no use for her and think she ought to move to France . Shes another moron and I have no use for morons.
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posted on
03/16/2006 3:13:37 PM PST
by
pandoraou812
(dilligaf and barbaric !)
To: vetsvette
""I can think of no living American who is
less worthy of this honor," Douglas, chairman of the chamber's Veterans and Military Affairs committee, said Thursday. "She is as guilty of treason as Benedict Arnold and Tokyo Rose."
I dont know.....
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posted on
03/16/2006 3:14:01 PM PST
by
freepatriot32
(Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
To: Aussie Dasher
"She is as guilty of treason as Benedict Arnold and Tokyo Rose."----Sen. John Douglas
'nuff said.
FMCDH(BITS)
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posted on
03/16/2006 3:14:56 PM PST
by
nothingnew
(I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
To: Aussie Dasher
"I can think of no living American who is less worthy of this honor," Douglas, chairman of the chamber's Veterans and Military Affairs committee, said Thursday. "She is as guilty of treason as Benedict Arnold and Tokyo Rose." Works for me. BTT.
To: Gator101
You can't make up for some things with "good works". Just ask Tookie!Heh heh heh....Can't ask Tookie now...."Where's Jane F????....next!"
FMCDH(BITS)
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posted on
03/16/2006 3:18:02 PM PST
by
nothingnew
(I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
To: freepatriot32
I don't know...
Parading around our nation expressing your opinion, as distasteful as Cindy is, doesn't come close to HJ's exploits. - IMHO , nowhere near.
What Jane did was out and out treason. No was around it.
Cordially,
GE
To: A knight without armor
"Perhaps she realized what she was up against and tried to back peddle by saying the controversy is not worth our time?"
That's how I took it.
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posted on
03/16/2006 3:23:53 PM PST
by
L98Fiero
(I'm worth a million in prizes.)
To: Blue Jays
Hi All-
Sometimes when people screwup, it's a permanent screwup and they'll just have to live with it. Jane Fonda could try to blame her irresponsible youth, the people with whom she was associating, or whatever. I and most of the people with whom I associate will never, ever forgive this vile traitor for the damage she caused to this country. She is a national disgrace.
There are obviously some knucklehead legislators out there if they wanted to hook their cart to this horse. There is absolutely no political benefit to being associated with Hanoi Jane whatsoever. This Senator Steen Miles needs a check-up from the neck-up if she couldn't determine that on her own.
Hanoi Jane & Senator Steen Miles:
~ Blue Jays ~
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posted on
03/16/2006 3:36:09 PM PST
by
Blue Jays
(Rock Hard, Ride Free)
To: Aussie Dasher
And now the Georgia legislators should pass a resolution to try Hanoi Jan Fonda for treason - for which there is not statue of limitations.
"Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? For if it prospers, none dare call it treason."
-- Sir John Harrington (1561 - 1612)
To: mewzilla
I always thought that the only thing this photo lacked was an A4 doing a roll-out after releasing 2 1000 lb bombs on the site.
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posted on
03/16/2006 4:30:45 PM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(Every time a toilet flushes,another liberal gets his brains.)
To: All
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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posted on
03/16/2006 4:40:09 PM PST
by
B4Ranch
(The truth is good for you, like sunlight, but too much all at once can really hurt.)
To: Aussie Dasher
If it was declared a war, her actions in Nam would have gotten her awarded with a hanging.
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posted on
03/16/2006 4:42:51 PM PST
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: Aussie Dasher
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posted on
03/16/2006 4:50:21 PM PST
by
Broker
(Yikes!)
To: tet68
John Kerry hasn't either and he was worst than Jane Fonda.
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posted on
03/16/2006 4:54:32 PM PST
by
U S Army EOD
(LINCOLN COUNTY RED DEVILS STATE CHAMPIONS)
To: freepatriot32
Cindy did contribute something, she did have a son who served his country and was a hero.
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posted on
03/16/2006 4:58:03 PM PST
by
U S Army EOD
(LINCOLN COUNTY RED DEVILS STATE CHAMPIONS)
To: U S Army EOD
Has Hanoi Jane ever apologized for her actions? Or does she think she is above all the little people?
To: shelterguy
No she has not and never has John Kerry.
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posted on
03/16/2006 5:26:55 PM PST
by
U S Army EOD
(LINCOLN COUNTY RED DEVILS STATE CHAMPIONS)
To: Mr. Lucky
Isn't there a ruling which requires the posting of a nudie picture on each Jane Fonda thread? No, I think the rule calls for Hanoi Jane urinal targets.
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posted on
03/16/2006 5:30:00 PM PST
by
Bernard Marx
(Fools and fanatics are always certain of themselves, but the wise are full of doubts.)
To: U S Army EOD
As I thought. So the two of them really don't think they did anything wrong. And yet they think they should be honored for their achievements.
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