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What would John Wayne do?
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| April 18, 2005
| Vox Day
Posted on 08/04/2006 6:44:42 PM PDT by too short
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posted on
08/04/2006 6:44:43 PM PDT
by
too short
To: too short
Can you imagine Cicero cowering before the sharp tongue of a nagging wife, who did not cower before an emperor? If it can happen to Al Bundy, it can happen to anyone.
To: too short
"Well, I wouldn't be scared of no booger man neither!"
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posted on
08/04/2006 6:54:08 PM PDT
by
labette
(Let none hear you idly saying, "There is nothing I can do"...)
To: too short
I just used this image on another thread, but it seems apropos here as well.
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posted on
08/04/2006 6:56:13 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: too short
Very much agreed.
However the writer misses a very key component. THIS generation is fighting, and these wars are forging real men (as a 3 time veteran I have seen it). The problem is that the people who make decisions and policy are of the generation of "non-men" who lack the spines these soldiers have earned (I'm talking to you Teddy Kennedy, Harry Reid, and even some of my failing republicans Pat Buchanan, and WFB).
The only good news is that the next generation of leaders will have the men that this generation lacks. I only hope that there is a country worth defending.
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posted on
08/04/2006 6:56:35 PM PDT
by
warrior9504
(All gave some. Some gave all.)
To: labette
I prefer this one:
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posted on
08/04/2006 6:57:15 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(islam is NOT a religion. It's a political ideology masquerading as a one.)
To: ConorMacNessa
Bookmark for emailing everyone I know. Bookmark for adding to my desktop at work.
Excellent picture!
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posted on
08/04/2006 6:59:03 PM PDT
by
IrishCatholic
(No local communist or socialist party chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing.)
To: Lurker
Agreed! We need a Duke or Lee Marvin right about now.
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posted on
08/04/2006 6:59:16 PM PDT
by
Phibes
To: Lurker
Sands of Iwo Jima?
A classic among classics.
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posted on
08/04/2006 7:00:32 PM PDT
by
labette
(Let none hear you idly saying, "There is nothing I can do"...)
To: IrishCatholic
Thanks, Irish - keep the Faith!
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posted on
08/04/2006 7:00:47 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
Comment #11 Removed by Moderator
To: too short
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posted on
08/04/2006 7:05:20 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
(May God watch over those who serve,and have served, to keep us free.)
To: gentlestrength
I saw him in his last year or so when in the hospital. He was on the VIP floor, and no one was supposed to go up there unless working there, and I was on another floor. But I did of course, and he was walking around the halls in a dark blue bathrobe, pajamas under, and was thin, and was so much shorter than I ever would have imagined.
I wish now I'd had the guts to even say hi and smile as I walked by, I was within inches, but because he did not look happy, I stayed quiet. I was just so starstruck, and so reality struck...oh well, at least I didn't bother him.
To: too short
I've got a buddy who grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, he now has 7 kids. 3 boys. The oldest being 11.
He recently sold out of the suburbs and moved to a small farmette 90 miles away. He wants to raise his family on the things that really matter, God, Family, and Friends. In that order.
He wants to raise his kids to have responsibility, to look out for each other. That life isn't about themselves. That hard work is good. And rewarding.
For his boys, he wants them to be country boys. Self sufficient, but humble, and helpful. To raise animals, and understand the circle of life. To hunt, not just for "sport", but to provide. To camp, not just a backyard adventure, but a wilderness experience.
He wants me to take him and the boys backpacking out west, and climbing, so that his boys can open their eyes, and see God's beauty. But to realize that all the beauty of life takes work.
His boys will grow up and respect their mother, and respect, AND protect their sisters. The focus for his raising them is for them to be REAL men. Godly men.
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posted on
08/04/2006 7:09:38 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
To: Phibes
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posted on
08/04/2006 7:11:51 PM PDT
by
Candor7
(Into Liberal flatulance goes the best hope of the West, and who wants to be a smart feller?)
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
08/04/2006 7:13:11 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
To: too short
What would John Wayne do?
Two words:
Draft Notices.
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posted on
08/04/2006 7:13:29 PM PDT
by
Candor7
(Into Liberal flatulance goes the best hope of the West, and who wants to be a smart feller?)
To: too short
"Had my hip broke twice and my back broke once, and on my worst day I could kick the hell out of you!"
John Wayne "The Cowboys"
To: ConorMacNessa
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posted on
08/04/2006 7:26:05 PM PDT
by
Buffalo Head
(Illigitimi non carborundum)
To: wolf24
Greatest movie scene ever in my opinion. The last words those four ruffians ever spoke was "Pretty bold talk for a one-eyed old fat man!"
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