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Idaho Hometown of Newly Freed Soldier Cancels Planned Celebration (Confirmed)
WKZO ^
| 6/4/14
Posted on 06/04/2014 1:46:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The hometown of U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl has canceled a rally planned for later this month celebrating his release from five years of Taliban captivity, a municipal official told Reuters on Wednesday, amid allegations that he was a deserter.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: 3rdthread; army; bergdahl; bergdahlparty; idaho; lookasquirrel; missionaccomplished; photoops
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To: LilRhody
They’ll have a pajamaboy Dem metrosexial tell us ,”Dude, that was like 3 years ago.”
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posted on
06/04/2014 1:59:28 PM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
To: nickcarraway
I guess that
poll last night convinced them to rethink this.
To: nickcarraway
They couldn’t buy enough security for the event.
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posted on
06/04/2014 2:00:59 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
("No man left behind" means something different to 0bama.)
To: nickcarraway
Damn, I was hoping a televised parade with it terminating at a set of gallows.
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posted on
06/04/2014 2:01:35 PM PDT
by
red-dawg
(<<< click for info on my book.)
To: All
They just flashed it as a headline on USA Today’s phone app.
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posted on
06/04/2014 2:01:50 PM PDT
by
zipper
(In Their Heart Of Hearts, Every Democrat Is A Communist.)
To: nickcarraway
I like the way you think. :)
To: nickcarraway
![](http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/O5xarXuiczGw8vSQoSHCFA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTQyMTtweG9mZj01MDtweW9mZj0wO3E9NzU7dz03NDk-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0911b36747fec515550f6a706700b13a.jpg)
Barrista at the Hailey, Idaho coffee shop where Bowe Bergdahl once worked: "Birddog? Birddog? Nope, never heard go him. Say, you want a muffin with that cappuccino?"
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posted on
06/04/2014 2:09:13 PM PDT
by
southernnorthcarolina
("The power to tax is the power to destroy." -- Chief Justice John Marshall, 1819)
To: Rocko
Quote:
"...because the town "will be unable to safely manage the number of people expected."
"manage" . . .the necessary security to manage such an event would be massive. Perhaps this is why
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posted on
06/04/2014 2:17:13 PM PDT
by
wtd
To: fatnotlazy
Would have loved to see the protests. And that is why I think it was cancelled. I think they realized the parade would be attended by people that wished to express their displeasure, in a legal manner protected by the First Amendment.
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posted on
06/04/2014 2:19:56 PM PDT
by
justlurking
(tagline removed, as demanded by Admin Moderator)
To: gaijin
I think a lot of protesters would have shown up, which is why they said they couldn’t handle the number of people that would show.
Probably 5 protesters to every person celebrating.
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posted on
06/04/2014 2:27:59 PM PDT
by
leapfrog0202
("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
To: LilRhody
Obama probably thinks not enough...
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posted on
06/04/2014 2:32:27 PM PDT
by
Delta Dawn
(Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
06/04/2014 2:32:46 PM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: a fool in paradise
I wondered about that. As a Jew, King would have been among the first to lose her head to those who Bergdahl was assisting. Although the left, including way too many Jews, still seems supportive of jahadis so long as they’re anti-American.
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posted on
06/04/2014 2:36:38 PM PDT
by
EDINVA
To: nickcarraway
A real shame, particularly after the town invited Mullah Omar to officiate the homecoming celebrations.
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posted on
06/04/2014 2:37:28 PM PDT
by
kevao
(Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
To: EDINVA; a fool in paradise
Carole King and other may have been doing it for the right reasons- they may noy have known the full story.
To: EDINVA
I don’t know if it was Bergdahl’s personal politics that were a big issue to her, but I think any entertainer would step back at a moment like this and wait to see how the cards play before becoming more entangled in the controversy/scandal.
Originally she was just going to play at a concert to raise awareness. Then it became one to celebrate his release. His release isn’t quite what was originally hyped.
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posted on
06/04/2014 2:39:51 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: leapfrog0202
The city knows how to discourage protesters. Hire the Westboro Democrats to “protest”. No one would stand with them but a whole lot would become “counter protesters”. Media wouldn’t need to get into who was protesting “what”.
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posted on
06/04/2014 2:41:26 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: Sarah Barracuda
Never fear, CAIR, Code Pink, and the OFA will have a celebration for their new hero Hailey's Vomit
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posted on
06/04/2014 2:52:26 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(*True* Heroes BUMP)
To: nickcarraway
The town was taking a lot of heat ... to the extent the mayors office was deluged with e-mails and phone calls criticizing the town for their plans to welcome this US Army deserter back as a some sort of hero. Further, with the towns proximity to Sun Valley, Idaho many hotels were experiencing cancellations during the busy tourist season.
The backlash from patriotic Americans incensed by Obama’s ploy to divert attention away from the VA scandal by trading 5 hardcore al-Qaeda Gitmo prisoners for this sorry low life Army deserter is working in many ways ... justifiably so.
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posted on
06/04/2014 2:57:45 PM PDT
by
BluH2o
To: mikrofon
That’s actually the perfect title
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