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John Glenn 60th Anniversary
Posted on 02/20/2022 8:46:56 AM PST by cowboyusa
Today is the 60th Anniversary of John Gleens first US orbital Space flight. A proud American moment.
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posted on
02/20/2022 8:46:56 AM PST
by
cowboyusa
To: cowboyusa
That was pretty cool. Featured in the "Mad Men" series.
My parents were married three years earlier. February 20, 1959. I was born September 7 of 1962 so they had three years to just fool around with no consequences.
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posted on
02/20/2022 8:50:18 AM PST
by
SamAdams76
(I am 4 days away from outliving John Hughes)
To: cowboyusa
An Ohio piece of RINO garbage . . .
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posted on
02/20/2022 8:50:26 AM PST
by
laweeks
To: laweeks
Don’t understand your comment.
Glenn always ran as a Democrat when I lived in Ohio.
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posted on
02/20/2022 8:55:02 AM PST
by
nascarnation
(Let's Go Brandon!)
To: nascarnation
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posted on
02/20/2022 9:02:34 AM PST
by
C210N
(Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
To: cowboyusa
Gagarin & Shepard beat him to space.
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posted on
02/20/2022 9:15:45 AM PST
by
Az Joe
("Scratch a Liberal, and a Fascist bleeds")
To: cowboyusa
One advantage of getting old is you don’t have to read “history” you lived it.
I was 15 in 1962.
Hard to believe (or understand) the US has had over the years. America 2022 is not the same America as 1962.
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posted on
02/20/2022 9:16:44 AM PST
by
CIB-173RDABN
(I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
To: nascarnation
Got him mixed up with other RINOS
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posted on
02/20/2022 9:17:46 AM PST
by
laweeks
To: cowboyusa
What I remember about John Glen is his “NOT so proud” moment as the ranking Democrat on the Thompson senate hearing into the China influence on U.S. election funding into the DNC & Clinton campaigns. He did everything to torpedo the honest probe by the Republicans. I lost total respect for Glen.
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posted on
02/20/2022 9:19:22 AM PST
by
CardeadInKy
("The problem with Liberalism is that eventually you run out of other people's money" -Marg Thatcher)
To: cowboyusa
Went on to be a worthless Democrat Senator who voted to acquit Slick Willy and was rewarded with a flight on the space shuttle.
To: laweeks
To be fair, white-male demonrats/policies in those days would be called nazi/racists/___ phobic by our cancel-cultist leftist fascists today.
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posted on
02/20/2022 9:24:20 AM PST
by
RckyRaCoCo
(Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
To: All
I forget..was John Glenn Keating number 3 or Keating number 4
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posted on
02/20/2022 9:27:26 AM PST
by
South Dakota
(Patriotism is the new terrorism )
To: cowboyusa
I was in 1rst grade in Massachusetts. Teachers rolled a big TV into the gym and we all crowed around to watch.
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posted on
02/20/2022 9:28:38 AM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: cowboyusa
Glenn sold his soul to the devil for a ride on the Space Shuttle.
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posted on
02/20/2022 9:33:19 AM PST
by
DFG
To: cowboyusa
They interrupted classes at Ft. Holabird to broadcast the entire liftoff over the intercom. I was amazed at how calm Glenn was over the sounds of the engines.
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posted on
02/20/2022 9:35:29 AM PST
by
Beckwith
(WOKE ain't no joke!)
To: Az Joe
Gagarin & Shepard beat him to space.
As did Gus Grissom, and when Glenn returned to earth, German Titov still held the records with 17 orbits and 23.5 hours in space from his August 1961 flight.
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posted on
02/20/2022 9:42:26 AM PST
by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: Dr. Franklin
I stand corrected, or at least, updated.
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posted on
02/20/2022 9:51:38 AM PST
by
Az Joe
("Scratch a Liberal, and a Fascist bleeds")
To: RckyRaCoCo
Back when the Democrat Party was Liberal, but not far leftist.
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posted on
02/20/2022 9:52:22 AM PST
by
cowboyusa
(America Cowboy up! )
To: Dr. Franklin
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posted on
02/20/2022 9:54:50 AM PST
by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: CardeadInKy
I met and was around Glenn. Several times. He went from hero to asshole IMO. He was a jerk. Never meet your hero.
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posted on
02/20/2022 10:18:56 AM PST
by
lonestar
(Texan for Trumpit”s)
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