Posted on 11/09/2005 1:43:43 PM PST by george76
Ailing boxing legend Muhammad Ali swapped wisecracks with President George W. Bush in his first public appearance in five months which dispelled recent fears over his health.
Ali, 63, went to the White House to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian honor, from Bush.
He appeared weak from his longstanding battle against Parkinson's Disease but attentive throughout the ceremony in the East Room of the White House, applauding each recipient.
Ali's first public appearance in five months
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Well as you know duckman, Ali failed to duck way to often.
He was willing to risk a lot in the name of a principle. It wasn't like it would be today.
...I guess that's what your momma had to tie around your neck....
Kiss My A$$.
BTW, I'm betting that even in his condition Ali could knock you on your ass.
...no, sweetie...sorry to disappoint....
He went to jail rather than ducking the draft to Canada and he came immediately out after 9-11 to denounce that event as a total act of murder and terror and nothing to do with religion.
Say what you will about the guy, I think he does have his principles and guts. This is a real man, despite my total disagreement with his politics and religious beliefs.
Hey, what's the weather up by you at this time like?
We here in California are slipping at night already into the high 50s and we have some heavy misting at this time.
We are very moderate with the weather out here.
Have things already frozen over by you?
I ask because I don't know...
It's called pandering.
He was a great fighter and a superb showman.
But I wouldn't call him a hero.
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Next BUSH Presidential Medal of Freedom?
RICK RESCORLA: 911 Lifesaving Hero
http://www.RickRescorla.com
http://www.strategyzoneonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24361
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You are certainly entitled to your own opinion.
A right you have no thanks to anything he did.
He posed, while BETTER MEN bled and died.
Don't try to blow smoke up my kilt, I was there.
This "Medal" is an insult to every name on a certain Black Granite Wall in Washington D.C.
There is nothing any of you can say or do that would stop me from calling bullsh!t on this latest in a long line of insults to Vietnam vets.
We're used to it.
FTW
I disagree with his politics as well, and he was an uneducated man, so I think there is a good reason for his bad decisions.
It is easier to lead an uneducated person down wrong paths, especially when they get lots of attention from being famous.
I give him credit for going to jail instead of running to Canada.
I also give him credit to almost immediately in the days following 9-11 to come out and denounce this not as a religious act of a faith, but as a criminal act of terror.
Even you have to say, with the little that all other Muslims have said against Islamic terrorists, Ali was impressive compared to the rest of the world leaders of that cult.
By the way, you can almost bet the farm that Orrin Hatch who persuaded Bush to make this award to Muhammad Ali. Hatch loves celebrities, and Ali has been one his faves for decades.
The problem was, he WAS NOT a conscientuous objector until his draft number came up.
I'm with you. I didn't like Sonny Liston - but I was rootin' for him to knock the mouthy kid out. Both times.
"The problem was, he WAS NOT a conscientuous objector until his draft number came up."
DAMN STRAIGHT!!!
Ironic isn't it that the Louiville Lip who use to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee who with his clever predictions, his searing poetry, his quick wit and snappy retorts suffers from a disease that renders his FORTE useless.
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