Posted on 06/23/2005 7:33:08 PM PDT by hoagy62
Did anyone hear the end of Paul Harvey's radio show today? He quoted Winston Churchill who said, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor that Amercans "did not get where they were by being made of sugar candy". He tied that in with what happened on 9/11, and said "I've been choking on this one for weeks, and I'd like to get it out".
I have caught him more than once reading stories outta the Weekly World News- aka Bat Boy et al.(the B&W rag that saves money on color ink, so they can put it into the journalism)
This may sound really bad. I swear to God that I thought Paul Harvey passed away years ago.
I will grant you this ...if The American people are exemplified by Ted Kennedy then we are now made of marshmallows and bourbon
...the rest of the story.
Why can't we give an ultimatum: "You do one more beheading, blow up one more of our soldiers, or attack anything in US or world, we will evaporate your Mecca and Medina and continue with other sources of "jihad"!" Enough!!!
Now is your move!!!
your point?
Or are you criticizing your grandfather?
The man that helped make you who and what you are for whatever reason.
...it was SWEET. :D
That has been my thoughts since the first tower fell.
I didn't know Paul Harvey was still broadcasting
Wrong Churchill. He is talking about Winstin, not Ward.
I was listening at work and thought WTF? Is Paul really telling it like it is? How can this be allowed through the media filters...hehe
I think what he was saying was that we can decide to win 100%, or we can try to be popular with the international community, and second guess our every action.
He sounded disgusted with the hand wringers, whiners, and cry babies who seem to forget just who started this mess...
All the dems talk about is Gitmo, Abu Gharib, Halliburton, Evil Rove, Stupid Bush, oh woe is me...
They seem to look for reasons to spit on America, and then wonder why they keep losing elections....I don't recall a democrat "plan" for anything since 1992.
Although Clinton's plans were bad, we should at least give the bastard credit for pretending to have a "solution", as opposed to the current dems who only run ....
....against America, for nothing....
Well, I guess that makes me a staunch Paul Harvey ally...
Nuke Mecca and Islam is over, finished. No more bowing and praying to a rock everyday for hundreds of millions. They can have their pilgrimage and martyrdom all in one trip.
Good-day...
FINE...precision guided 3/4 kilotons neutron warheads...ask them, "Do you REALLY want to fight a war? THINK ABOUT IT, AHAB!"..the aggressor always sets the rules, the Arabs/Jihadists, must understand this...NO more Somalias. :P
I say lets do it!! it'll save american lives, save our economy, and get a HUGE message across to the rest of the evil world out there.
I was thinking the same thing. He isn't on any station local to me which I am aware of, so I haven't heard him in atleast 10 years. Wondering if I was confusing his passing with that of Mike Royko in 1997???
YES, I heard him.......he was GREAT!
How could you possibly interpret that comment as a criticism of my Grandfather?
Paul Harvey is old. As much as I have enjoyed him over the years, it is time for him to retire.
with age comes wisdom...listen to him
I was rooting for a little nuke "shock and awe" action in Iraq in 2003, not to mention doing the "B-52 Overture" on Fallujah.
Between Iraq, Iran, Syria, North Korea, etc., we're gonna end up nuking *somebody* soon.
(Does this count as "advocating violence" ? )
Back in '85 or so, Paul Harvey did one of his "rest of the story" segments regarding how 'Danny Boy' came to be written. The story was so moving and his rendition so perfect, that I literally was getting teary eyed as he told the story:
'and before the first snows fell in the mountains, the second son answered the call of the pipes. And before the first flowers of spring had reached their bloom, another star was hung in the window...'
I related that story at a dinner party and two other guys there said they heard the story and they to found themselves getting teary eyed.
I have listened to Paul Harvey and found him to be wonderfully insightful in many ways. But I stand by what I have said, it is time that he retire.
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