Posted on 06/06/2015 4:26:59 PM PDT by LonePalm
We petition the 0bama administration to:
Award Yogi Berra The Presidential Medal of Freedom for his military service, civil rights and educational activism.
Yogi Berra should be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. A man of unimpeachable integrity and respect, he befriended the first black and Latino baseball players in Major League Baseball.
Yogi enlisted in the U. S. Navy during World War II and served during the D-Day invasion. He continues to be an avid supporter of our armed forces.
Berra greatly values education. While with the Yankees, he created a scholarship at Columbia University that is still active 50 years later. His namesake Museum & Learning Center serves 20,000 students annually with character education programs and teaches the values of respect, sportsmanship, and inclusion that Berra has demonstrated throughout his life and career.
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Please join me in petitioning the White House to award the Medal of Freedom to a truly wonderful and deserving individual.
On a person note: Yogi was my boyhood sports idol. I only wanted to play catcher and always wore #8. Unfortunately I knew I was never going to play past High School.
As an interesting mental 'what if?' choice, I never could deside which I would choose between getting a ride into space or being able to start one game behind the plate in Yankee stadium.
SweetiePalm and I were at the last 4th of July game in Old Yankee stadium. I proposed to her in the middle of the 5th inning during the first 4th of July game in New Yankee stadium.
"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
You know that “Far Side” cartoon panel of the devils laughing at the suggestion box? Yeah, that’s Obama’s reaction.
A living national treasure
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"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
“It’d like deja vs all over again”
I like his use of language!
And I love Baseball. I’m in!
“A living national treasure”
+ 1 million!
I have been to the Berra Museum in Jersey.
Not sure he would accept the honor, after all , Obama is a homosexual, moslem and communist, and works every day with his fellow travelers to destroy the American Republic.
Berra might tell HUSSEIN BARAKA to shove the MOF up Reggie Loves backside.
Icing on the cake!
I want to thank you for making this day necessary
“”Yogi was my boyhood sports idol””
Mine too but in my case a “girlhood” sports idol ALONG with Phil Rizutto, Whitey Ford, Vic Raschi, Johnny Mize, Tommy Heinrich - all I can remember at my old age. My bedroom walls were plastered with 8x10 photos of each Yankee player. I had a baseball signed by them all probably in 1950 or so. I used to lie on the floor by the radio in the living room and keep score during the games. My work around the house was done so my mother allowed me that time.
Great memories!
I don’t know. No one goes to the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremonies anymore. It’s too crowded.
Exactly. Anyway, according to Yogi, "I didn't say all those things I said."
Wait, what?
I think he might have said “This president’s idea of being free has cost us all just too much!”
Something like that.
Thanks for the ping!
Yogi, hang in there until we get a better president.
Love Yogi! He’s a national treasure-it’s an honor and a privilege to sign!!!
BTTT
Yes, he’s a living national treasure, a man of honor and integrity, which makes him the target of our burgeoning class of evil-minded moral imbeciles aka “ruling class.”
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