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Newspaper: 'Wokeness' could threaten U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
WND ^ | 05/28/2022 | Bob Unruh

Posted on 05/29/2022 4:54:37 AM PDT by DFG

You probably can expect a "woke" campaign that will demand the U.S. Air Force rename its Thunderbirds exhibition flying team, those pilots who take America's jets into the skies and fly wingtip to wingtip at hundreds of miles per hour to promote the nation's military expertise.

That's according to an editorial in the Denver Gazette, which recently highlighted the fact that the Thunderbirds were providing an aerial demonstration flyover, as they usually do, at the graduation at the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs.

It explains that Colorado has created a commission to banish such names from the state. And pointing at that commission, which admittedly "has no authority over the Air Force and its Thunderbirds squadron," it still notes it remains "easy to see" where the movement is heading.

The editorial explains the lawmaker-approved "Colorado Commission on Indian Affairs," has been assigned to "prohibit American Indian mascots" in schools across the state.

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: airforce; colorado; mascot; thunderbirds; whatstheword
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To: ealgeone

A dusty old text of David Icke found deep in a remote cave will be the last remaining document from the period, so the eminent historian/witch doctor will have to conclude that America fell because of the reptilians.

;-)


21 posted on 05/29/2022 6:02:51 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: USS Alaska
that's so dark I need a flashlight!

But, it's a possible scenario.

22 posted on 05/29/2022 6:03:46 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Mark17

maybe the year 2525?? zager and evans.


23 posted on 05/29/2022 6:10:32 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone
maybe the year 2525?? zager and evans.

If man is still alive. My son is flying everyday. šŸ‘šŸ˜€

24 posted on 05/29/2022 6:22:19 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: Mark17

Awesome to hear!


25 posted on 05/29/2022 6:23:56 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: OKSooner

45th Infantry division; my Dad was a member of the 45th from Camp Drum to North Africa past Anzio and severly wounded on th road to Rome. He was a radioman/scout and had a Native American with him to relay messages. Yes the Thunderbirds were the origin of the code talkers.


26 posted on 05/29/2022 6:33:15 AM PDT by Wilum (Never loaded a nuke I didn't like)
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To: chuckee; Eric in the Ozarks

I had the unfortunate experience of merely tasting it several decades ago and still recall how it made my entire body convulse long after that tiny sip.

I still saw some for sale recently in a ghetto area of Philly. Only the most addicted of bums drink it that are trying to get most wasted for every quarter they scrounge up.

If someone is actually drinking Tbird, they are in dire f’n straights my FRiend...


27 posted on 05/29/2022 6:54:15 AM PDT by varyouga ( )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Ever since land-O-lakes removed the Indian from the box, the artwork looks lifeless.


28 posted on 05/29/2022 8:19:37 AM PDT by Flick Lives (The CDC. Brought to you by Pfizer)
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To: chuckee

Thunderbird, MD 20/20, Rippleā€¦ in college I wasnā€™t very selective


29 posted on 05/29/2022 8:24:45 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (21 years on Free Republic, 12/10/21! More than 5000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Old Yeller

You forgot womxn...


30 posted on 05/29/2022 8:27:04 AM PDT by Go_Raiders (The fact is, we really don't know anything. It's all guesswork and rationalization.)
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To: DFG
Ladies and gentlemen, eyes right as the F-16's of the United States Air Force Flying Guys and Gals make a low pass!
31 posted on 05/29/2022 8:43:02 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Flick Lives

The best part is that the reflex reaction - removing the image of an Indian from the logo/artwork/box - is one further way of removing them from consciousness. At some point we will not think of them at all. I doubt that is the intention of the scolders, but it is the effect, to be sure.


32 posted on 05/29/2022 9:06:20 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

Typical white man behavior: remove the Indian, keep the land!


33 posted on 05/29/2022 9:08:13 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Flick Lives

“the artwork looks lifeless”

Doesn’t it? That’s exactly how I feel about it. It looks empty, barren, soulless.

I used to by LOL, but quit and switched to Tillamook and Challenge. I wrote to LOL twice about what I did and why, but no response.


34 posted on 05/29/2022 9:10:28 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Wanting to make America great isnā€™t an insult unless youā€™re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
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To: DFG

35 posted on 05/29/2022 9:11:54 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

Don’t you mean “flying persons”?


36 posted on 05/29/2022 9:50:58 AM PDT by Clioman
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To: DFG

I recommend that the replacement name be the Tweety Birds.


37 posted on 05/29/2022 10:46:41 AM PDT by Thud
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To: ealgeone

The Quail.

Has a metallic ring to it in my ears. 12ga.


38 posted on 05/29/2022 11:40:02 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It ( )
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To: DFG

Why don’t they just go all the way, and tear the Thunderbirds Jets apart both by bolt, lock up every single Thunderbirds pilot and beat them to a pulp. None of that would appease the left one iota. The left means to completely destroy this country, and they are making great strides toward it. Nobody is stopping them. We are not voting our way out of this crap.


39 posted on 05/29/2022 11:41:22 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Hold on, y'all, 2022 is going to be a ride you won't soon forget!)
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To: DFG

Thunderbirds and falcons

How are those ā€œNative American ā€œ mascots


40 posted on 05/29/2022 11:47:06 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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