Posted on 06/05/2016 4:14:32 PM PDT by Loud Mime
Speaking of the Army -
I have never heard of Elvis Presley changing his name and/or religion to avoid the service. Have never really been a fan of Elvis’s music the man stood up to be counted and put on the uniform...Cassius Clay did not/would not.
Elvis interrupted his skyrocketing career without complaint to serve our country. Cassius Clay would have had to stand on his mother’s shoulders to kiss Elvis Presley’s ass.
No doubt this is the most intelligent thing this racist moron ever uttered.
Perfectly accurate.
“Apparently, the 78 IQ score was from when he was given an IQ test by the US Army.
I think he botched the test on purpose.”
Were that the case, the Marines would have taken him :)
I’m going to go sell my house now and find a hole in Antarctica to live in after that joke :)
Liston admitted he threw the fight....
And further commented that he had to literally flop because Ali had nothing that could hurt him...
Thus the INVISIBLE Punch
DRAFT DODGER
Ali was a good boxer, and I could appreciate that, but I detested the mainstreaming of trash-talk in sports, and he was the one who legitimized that.
LOL They’ll find you and they wouldn’t want him either.
Would a low score keep him out in those days?
Yep. I did not admire him - I never saw a reason why I should.
May God bless Colonel Shaefer and his family. I am part of a grateful nation that is most appreciative of his service to our country.
As to Muhammed Ali, admittedly, I just did not like him, his politics, his attitude, his refusal to serve, etc., etc.
Having said that, imagine my conflict (hypocrisy if you will )as I journeyed into Phoenix every few weeks for three years to take my husband to the Muhammed Ali Parkinson Center for treatment. I was so grateful to have a caring, state of the art facility that provided support and care for my husband. Of course Muhammed Ali lent his name and support to the organization.
And now, I guess I should also pray for forgiveness for my attitude and be grateful for his contribution to medicine and research. I will also pray for both families.
interesting article ping
I hadn’t thought about it before but maybe he deliberately blew the test.
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, N.Y.), Saturday, June 11, 2016
Remembering Col. Schaefer’s unbreakable spirit
By Steve Barnhoorn
Last week, we lost a hero: Col. Thomas E. Schaefer, U.S. Air Force, a Rochester native who was among those taken hostage in Iran in 1979. Despite 444 days of captivity, Col. Schaefer never allowed his captors to defeat him. Instead, he became an inspiration.
When I was growing up on Honeoye Lake in the late 1960s and ’70s, the Schaefer family owned a summer cottage near our home. Our family rarely saw Tom after he went into the Air Force, but got frequent updates on how he was doing.
In September 1978, Tom sent a cassette tape home with his eyewitness account of unrest in the streets of Tehran. In the background, we could hear the protests, violence, demonstrations and chants against America. This would ultimately result in the toppling of the Shah of Iran, and the return of Ayatollah Khomeini.
On Nov. 4, 1979, the U.S. Embassy in Iran was seized by student militants, and 60 Americans taken hostage. When our family received a phone call from “Grandma” Schaefer letting us know that Tom, a senior military attaché to the Embassy, was among the hostages, we were devastated.
For the next year, I was glued to the TV, radio and newspapers for word on the hostage crisis. In the early days of his captivity, Col. Schaefer was held in a 6-by-9-foot room he dubbed “Mushroom Inn” because it was cold, dark and musty. He waged a five-day fast to protest his captivity, which ended when he was forced at gunpoint to eat a plate of spaghetti. Later, he was moved into a 12-by-20-foot cold storage room, enduring frigid outside air brought in through a blower.
Throughout his ordeal, Col. Schaefer’s determination and spirit never flagged. As part of his daily routine, he read (eventually finishing over 250 books) to keep his mind alert; studied the German language; and walked over 200 miles in his room to keep warm.
Finally, on Jan. 20, 1981, the hostages were released. I joined my family in welcoming him home at a public celebration at the Rochester Community War Memorial.
That spring, as a senior in high school, I wrote a term paper about Col. Schaefer’s ordeal. It earned not only an “A,” but a letter from him. “Your name will always be remembered as one of several close supporters from Honeoye,” Col. Schaefer wrote.
I will never forget how Col. Schaefer not only survived adversity, but triumphed – a true testament to the unbreakable human spirit.
Steve Barnhoorn of Honeoye is a member of the Richmond Town Board
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