Posted on 09/11/2007 7:21:31 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
When people think of heroes, they typically think of a big man, and laugh at little guys. And while in seeking to subdue a violent character without recourse to a deadly weapon, bigger, as a rule, is better, there is no correlation between physical strength and physical courage.
For instance, I’m fond of the late John Wayne, who was the most popular actor in screen history. And yet, when World War II came, the 6’4 ½” Wayne got himself a deferment from the draft, and stayed home. Meanwhile, America’s most decorated soldier was 5’5, 110 lb. Audie Murphy.
Forty-four-year-old Richard Jewell, whose wife of six years, Dana, found him dead of a heart attack in their Georgia home on Wednesday, August 29, was barely taller than Murphy. Unlike Murphy, however, Jewell was fat. Aside perhaps from his mother, Bobi (Barbara) – when the public first heard of him, he had no wife or girlfriend – no one thought of heroes when they looked at Richard Jewell. And yet, being a hero was his dream . . . and his legacy.
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This would make a really good movie............
‘fatty-tub-o’-lard’, that’s a nice way to put it.
Instead of “Get Well Soon” cards, you send out “Sorry You’re A Sick Unhealthy SOB” cards don’t you?
Exactly - they always like to bring up Wayne’s deferrment without these little details. Maybe he should have run around with a camera and a notebook like AlGore.
Jerk
Not to mention the immense good he did supporting the war effort in continuing to make movies and appearing for the troops.
I just find it odd that his weight would ever be an issue or a cause for comment. It is not. His actions on that day are the cause for comment; he saved the lives of innocent people.
Ping to a little known back story....
mk said “No desert for you. ;)”.
So were you going to give him the Kalahari or the Sahara? (grin)
“Desserts is just stressed spelled backwards!”
That was a pretty good article, thanks for posting it.
I hope Ray Cleere gets as internet famous as Richard Jewell.
And remember what ‘Soros’ spelled backwards is too.
Smart arse. I’ll be watching you. LOL
nice.....someone go call BOR...
did Clark Gable have children?....did Jimmy Stewart?...how old were they?
“This would make a really good movie............”
How prescient you are...
RICHARD JEWELL
Sometimes I amaze myself!.....................
I wonder............Maybe Clint Eastwood is a FREEPER!.............
and had a very bad knee! Which is why he left his USC football scholarship and became basically a laborer at a movie studio. I read that his distinctive walk was to cover up for his bad knee.
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