ZOT! It was good while it lasted

netman

[Paul_Denton]

Every single troll is an ENEMY OF THE REPUBLIC!

[stockpirate]

Well I for one never knew you so you won't be missed.

[oceanperch]

Is that anything like shopping at the Gap?

[Allegra]

Good riddance.

Leftist scum.

[dk/coro]

You should have been in Washington in 1967-68. **S**

I had just come back from SEA --a Tonkin Gulf tour in mid '67 -- just after the Liberty Incident...to serve as Aide to Adm Moorer, the new CNO.

We had in succession that year: The firing of McNamara; loss of Scorpion; Burning of Washington; the Pentagon Riots;
The Pueblo capture; TET, Assassinations of MLK and Bobby Kennedy; and a few odd little quirks like Johnson's "I will not run again" uproar -- March '68.

I was ready to get back to Saigon for some sanity. **S**
I have never in my wildest dreams been able to describe effectively the pensive and truly depressed mood of the nation's Capitol. It was truly surreal.

As an example, during the burning of Washington, in early March, '68, I had to send a detachment of Marines from Henderson Hall to the Willard Hotel in two 6X6's to literally rescue and retrieve a friend of the admiral's who had flown in from a tour in Viet Nam -- a dollar a year retired WW2 flight surgeon, Knox Pittard, who was with AID as a napalm reconstructive surgeon for the civilian populace.

It was suicidal to be on the street in a civilian car in central DC that night.

And, that is the true story of Washington in 1968. By those standards, today is a cake-walk.

[Nick Danger]

[Caipirabob]

Whar...whar are u tooo night?

Why did u leeeeve me heyah all alone?

I searched the 'net ovah and thought we wuz true friends

You posted "Justin" and ZOT u wuz gone...

[CitizenM]

Ya know, Jim, sometimes we really have to thank these people. I mean, in this day with all the bad news going on, these people give us a good chuckle once in a while.

I happened on this thread out of curiosity - I left laughing. Great way to start the day!

[Dudoight]

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest thing: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war is worse...A man who has nothing which he cares about more than his personal safety is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himnself."

John Stuart Mill

(might I add, not only by the 'exertions' of better men, but the blood of better men)

[MikefromOhio]

hahahahha

bye bye loser

[FDNYRHEROES]

[vetvetdoug]

Must have been a sleeper Troll, signed up back in Aug 23, 2000. Are sleeper Trolls Muslim?

[mcmuffin]

sniff, sniff.

[Psycho_Runner]

Please don't insult the good folks of Bodie California.

[SaveTheChief]

Is it just me, or does this scream "Goodbye cruel world"?

[Newtoidaho]

I can think of a few who have gone from conservative (at least they were thought to be at the time) to the dark side:

Sandra Day O'Conner
David Souter
John Paul Stevens
Anthony Kennedy

[IonImplantGuru]

netman
Since 2000-08-23

RandallFlagg
Since 2000-01-15

Uh-oh!

Tick ... tick ... tick ... tick ...............

[IonImplantGuru]

"... And, that is the true story of Washington in 1968. By those standards, today is a cake-walk.

An illuminating post, dk/coro. From a fellow member of the Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club (Kitty Hawk, 65-66): Thank you for your service!

Other than the carrier duty, I spent that era punching holes in the ocean on several boats, and at FICPAC in Hawaii, so was insulated far from the 'halls of power'.

It must have seemed like a bad dream sometimes.

[Shaun_MD]

I always miss the troll bloodshed. I'm never NBTZ :(

[Steve Van Doorn]

O’ Conner
David Souter
John Paul Stevens
Anthony Kennedy

They are great examples of how power corrupts.