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To: Snuffington
Good article, it scratches exactly where Harris caused an itch.
7 posted on 01/23/2003 11:03:13 AM PST by jeremiah (Sunshine scares all of them, for they all are cockaroaches)
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To: jeremiah
I liked this quote among so many others from Lilek's article...Not every man has a tan on his left arm because it’s been hanging out the window of the pickup all summer, but hurtling a pickup down the long black line is a manly pleasure, by God.

It reminds me of our next door neighbor when I was growing up, Mr. Porta. He always hung his arm outside of his window, so much so that he rubbed the paint off. He was a man too when I think of it. A good influence on my brothers and he had a great Italian restaurant. He would bring leftovers from his restaurant home and feed all the stray cats in the neighborhood, including our cats. He had a pet chicken too. When his son who had been running around with some bad types broke into our house while we were out of town and stole my Dad's coin collection Mr. Porta marched his son, Butch over to our house to admit it to my Dad and return it. He kept a close watch over his kids and they all turned out alright, especially Butch who went on to Vietnam and then to college and a good career. Mr. Porta was a man. I grew up around some fine examples of masculinity. My Dad, my brothers, my neighbor, Mr. Porta and others. Ed Harris has no clue about true masculinity. It is much more than being a truckdriving, hard-drinking man and has nothing to do with being afraid to tell liberal women you don't agree with them.

21 posted on 01/23/2003 5:28:35 PM PST by Lauratealeaf (Ed Harris is a whimp)
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