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Just Flew in From Atlanta and Had to Share...
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| 12-12-07
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Posted on 12/12/2007 7:33:07 PM PST by Pharmboy
I was on a 5:45 PM flight from Atlanta to Newark, NJ on Delta tonight. As I went to my seat in row 44, I passed by a young man in fatigues (he was in row 42) and, as any Freeper would do, thanked him for his service and asked him if he was going to be home for the holidays. He said "yes I will be" and I wished him a merry Christmas and took my seat.
As we were landing, the flight attendant said that we had a young army man just back from Iraq who was coming home to his wife and two kids for the holidays and could we all remain seated so he could get off the plane first.
The entire plane erupted in applause (he was a bit embarrassed in his humility), but when the plane got to the gate NO ONE MOVED and he got off first to ANOTHER round of applause.
TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: american; army; christmas; dal; iraq; welcomehome
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Whatta country, AMERICA.
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posted on
12/12/2007 7:33:08 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
To: Pharmboy; Kathy in Alaska; MoJo2001
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posted on
12/12/2007 7:34:35 PM PST
by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: thefactor; neverdem; blam; SunkenCiv; Borges; Doctor Raoul; wagglebee; weegee; ELS; exit82
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posted on
12/12/2007 7:36:11 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they have to)
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
12/12/2007 7:36:56 PM PST
by
RDTF
(Remember Pearl Harbor)
To: Pharmboy
Cool anecdote, repeated constantly and consistently across America.
Thank the Lord will still breed warriors and patriots. We're going to need them.
5.56mm
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posted on
12/12/2007 7:37:47 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: Jim Robinson
JimRob—just wanted you to see that all is not lost in the Northeast...and a very very Merrie Christmas to you and yours.
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posted on
12/12/2007 7:38:55 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they have to)
To: Pharmboy
Wonderful! Thanks for sharing. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
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posted on
12/12/2007 7:39:13 PM PST
by
GOP_Lady
To: Pharmboy
Excellent. Good story, thanks.
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posted on
12/12/2007 7:40:10 PM PST
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: M Kehoe
Thank the Lord will still breed warriors and patriots.That wasn't quite right, although it works.
"Thank the Lord we still breed..."
Must be bed time...
5.56mm
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posted on
12/12/2007 7:40:48 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: GOP_Lady
...and back at ya! I love GOPers and Ladies, so you are doubly blessed!
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posted on
12/12/2007 7:41:04 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they have to)
To: Pharmboy
It’s nice to know that most Americans aren’t buying what the MSM is selling. Thanks for sharing that story.
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posted on
12/12/2007 7:49:28 PM PST
by
ELS
(Vivat Benedictus XVI!)
What a country!
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posted on
12/12/2007 7:52:52 PM PST
by
ELS
(Vivat Benedictus XVI!)
To: Pharmboy
Just for the record, Delta airlines does this rather consistently.
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posted on
12/12/2007 7:56:08 PM PST
by
wiley
To: ELS
You go that right!
In America, you find party; in Russia, Party finds you! LOL!
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posted on
12/12/2007 7:57:23 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they have to)
To: wiley
Good to know. My airline of record (that is, where I have status) is Continental, and I fly Delta when I can't get a CO flight.
Good on you, Delta...
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posted on
12/12/2007 7:59:42 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they have to)
To: Pharmboy
Nice of Delta. I’ve heard some other airlines are showing on board movies that show our troops in a negative light.
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posted on
12/12/2007 8:14:09 PM PST
by
Ron in Acreage
(Thinking of new tagline)
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
12/12/2007 8:14:52 PM PST
by
Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
12/12/2007 8:15:43 PM PST
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
12/12/2007 8:16:16 PM PST
by
Ditto
(Global Warming: The 21st Century's Snake Oil)
To: Pharmboy
Incredible. Too bad the dinosaur news doesn’t reflect the proudness the rest of us share.
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posted on
12/12/2007 8:17:36 PM PST
by
television is just wrong
(deport all illegal aliens NOW. Put all AMERICANS TO WORK FIRST. END Welfare)
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