Posted on 05/31/2007 8:50:38 PM PDT by van_erwin
just read his bio, he was a Marine after he graduated from high school
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I think there was another TV kiddie personality . . . a KOB ALBUQUERQUE fellow . . .
I don’t know if it was the “saddle bags all filled with beans and jerky” one or another . . .
but after the show was over but before they were really off the air, he let loose with profanity cussing out the little brats or some such . . .
That was the end of his kiddie career.
No. I think you’re right that Mr Rogers was a Marine in WWII
...Funt, not Lunt...oops
thanks for the correction...the evening grows old, as well as my
brain cells!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rogers
He didn’t serve, his adopted brother George however was one of the Tuskegee Airmen though...he taught Fred to fly per wikipedia above.
correction, make that his brother George was an instructor for the Tuskegee Airmen...
...and it was Captain Kangaroo, Bob Keeshan, that was a Marine
Thanks.
Though I’m skeptical about a lot of what Wikepedia says.
I don’t recall my source.
Much appreciated.
Leave God to sort it out. Otherwise, we’re no better than the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
I agree with you 100%. God is never ok with sin, especially willful sin.
Mr. Rogers seemed to understand something though:
People don’t care what you know, until they know that you care.
I am quite judgemental and critical, of myself and others. It’s my nature, but Mr. Rogers was right. He didn’t seem to condone, excuse, or justify homosexuality.
Lying, cheating, stealing, being a hypocrite, doing drugs or alcohol, slutting around, cussing & swearing, blowing our money, seeing violence and sexuality as entertainment, not taking care of our families, being stingy, rude, inconsiderate... we are all guilty to some degree or another.
Divorce was once looked upon the way homos are now. Having sex prior to marriage or outside of marriage was taboo at one time, as were so many other things we engage in today without blinking.
Who are we to judge? We Christians are to judge those who claim to be Christians too, and as such, we should all remove the plank from our own eyes before we go worrying about the eyes of others. I don’t know that those homos claimed to be Christians. If so then the bible tells us how we should go about pointing out their sins, and it’s not publicly through a journalist.
That’s what God is teaching me and it’s a hard lesson.
I’ve turned my life around so much over the years yet the closer I get to God, the more aware I am of my shortcomings. I am filthy in his sight. He loves me anyway. Hates the sins I do but he loves me.
My son was greatly brpken up about mr. rogers dying. He was about 9 or 10 at the time. can’t remember the year.
I loved that show too and Mr. Bunny Rabbit...remember Mr. Moose too? I peeked at a site about the show to ‘remember’ more!!
Kind of ironic that Murphy turned out to be the gay one.
I hear ya, my brain is going too, and it was good in it’s day, lol!
[ He wasn’t concerned with himself, and genuinely loved hearing the life stories of others]
That’s the essence of a genuinely nice person!
Charlie Rose conducted two separate interviews with Fred Rogers.
Watch them if you ever have the opportunity.
Evidently you and Wikipedia are quite right.
Mr Rogers went straight from high school into college and then straight into broadcasting. He never had any gaps during which he could have been in the military.
And, he had no tattoos—the sweater was for informality tone setting.
Thanks.
http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/mrrogers.asp
And he always took off his shoes
Lol, don’t know if that figures into it. heh!
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