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Appeasement Activists Furious About G.I. Joe
NewsMax ^
| 7/1/04
| Carl Limbacher
Posted on 07/01/2004 4:29:48 PM PDT by wagglebee
Appeasement groups are fighting mad: To honor the troops, the Minnesota Twins are giving G.I. Joe action figures to 5,000 children.
The baseball team plans to present Duke, "the calm and determined battlefield commander of the G.I. Joe team," at the game Monday night, the day after Independence Day, in what the Associated Press today called "the first patriotic giveaway in the major leagues this season."
Uh oh. If something is branded as patriotic, you know the whining will begin.
"It's not a credible way to honor those who've suffered the inhumanity of war," moaned Phil Steger, executive director of something called Friends for a Non-Violent World.
"I think the Twins are way off base with this idea. For gosh sakes, the last place we need to promote war is at our national pastime," grumbled John Varone of a group that dubs itself Veterans for Peace.
Another one of the anti-choice groups is called Women Against Military Madness.
The Twins have already partly caved by asking Hasbro Inc. to strip Duke of his customary tiny toy gun. "Hand grenades are still visible," AP advised.
Patrick Klinger, the Twins' vice president of marketing, said, "I know there are people who are adamant about opposition to the war, but this is not about politics."
The team also plans to offer half-price admission to military personnel and veterans and their families Monday. So far there are no reports of complaints about that, but the day is still young.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: actionfigure; appeasment; creepyleftists; gijoe; johnwayne; theduke; unbelievable
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I hope they broadcast this game on TV, I'd love to see it.
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posted on
07/01/2004 4:29:53 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
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posted on
07/01/2004 4:35:14 PM PDT
by
Coleus
(Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, birds, algae)
To: Coleus
I just sent both org's an e-mail asking them to explain their position to me. Little do they know what they are in for...
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posted on
07/01/2004 4:45:38 PM PDT
by
Zhangliqun
("Woe unto them who smugly show off their clean hands while their neighbors' blood is shed.")
To: Zhangliqun
They wanted a Jihad Joe doll.
To: sheik yerbouty
They wanted a Jihad Joe doll. LOL. Like this one?
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posted on
07/01/2004 4:53:49 PM PDT
by
Jeff Gordon
(LWS - Legislating While Stupid. Someone should make this illegal.)
Comment #6 Removed by Moderator
To: wagglebee
Don't see any "Peace Freak Joes" around do you? 'Nuff said
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posted on
07/01/2004 5:13:48 PM PDT
by
pfflier
To: sheik yerbouty
Saddam Says:
"You are not to be patriotic American. THAT is not allowed!"
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posted on
07/01/2004 5:14:29 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: wagglebee
From the article:
"
Another one of the anti-choice groups is called Women Against Military Madness."
Here's some background info on that organization.
"Polly Mann
...Article in the June 8th Catholic Spirit
St. Joan Senior is a Woman Against Military Madness"http://www.stjoan.com/features/polly.htm
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posted on
07/01/2004 5:15:54 PM PDT
by
familyop
(Essayons)
To: Jeff Gordon
That, my friend, is priceless! Barbie is da bomb!
To: Jeff Gordon
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posted on
07/01/2004 5:22:23 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Comrade Hillary - 6/28/04)
To: RaceBannon; Doctor Raoul
Check out #5! At first I thought it was the Ann Coulter doll, but it's just Barbie. Still funny though! ;-D
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posted on
07/01/2004 5:23:23 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Comrade Hillary - 6/28/04)
To: sheik yerbouty
"It's not a credible way to honor those who've suffered the inhumanity of war," moaned Phil Steger, executive director of something called Friends for a Non-Violent World.*sigh* How delusional can one be?
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posted on
07/01/2004 5:31:02 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
(Its noteworthy that the two biggest shills for the left are Michael Moore and Al Franken..)
To: Jeff Gordon
To: Coleus
Appeasement groups are fighting mad: To honor the troops, the Minnesota Twins are giving G.I. Joe action figures to 5,000 children. Why, I haven't been to a game since '87. Tom BrokeJaw was a couple seats down from me at the last of the series.
This great promotion is enough to make me forget my past bad experience and go see them again!
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posted on
07/01/2004 5:52:19 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
To: Jeff Gordon
That's one of the great things about us freepers, we pro-actively take away the ideas from Liberal groups before they can implement them!
Great post!
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posted on
07/01/2004 5:57:11 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
Freep these Pinko Peace Activists
Friends for a Non-Violent World
1050 Selby Ave, St. Paul, MN, 55104
(651) 917-0383
info@fnvw.org
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posted on
07/01/2004 6:01:59 PM PDT
by
Coleus
(Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, birds, algae)
To: nutmeg
Check out #5! At first I thought it was the Ann Coulter doll, but it's just Barbie. Makes for a reasonable Ann Coulter fix for the less fortunate however!
Now making it the bomb, would be Hitlery with it going off!
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posted on
07/01/2004 6:02:47 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
To: Zhangliqun
"I just sent both org's an e-mail asking them to explain their position to me. Little do they know what they are in for..."I'd love to be a fly on that wall. LOL
To: wagglebee
the Minnesota Twins are giving G.I. Joe action figures to 5,000 children.too cool
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posted on
07/01/2004 6:17:00 PM PDT
by
genew
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