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A Marine Comes Home: Fallen warriors remind us why whiny celebs are irrelevant
Opinion Journal ^
| 05/01/03
| DOROTHY RABINOWITZ
Posted on 04/30/2003 9:04:17 PM PDT by Pokey78
Edited on 04/23/2004 12:05:31 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The battle of Iraq may be over but the warriors for peace struggle on. Theirs is not an easy road, particularly, we hear, in the entertainment industry, which is packed with notables fresh from their vocal campaign against the war, the president, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney--objects of scorn in all the best circles, from Paris to California.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brianmcphillips; dorothyrabinowitz; inmemoriam; iraqifreedom; jackass; marines; markevnin; semperfi
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posted on
04/30/2003 9:04:18 PM PDT
by
Pokey78
To: Pokey78
I dont know what to say other than I would trade 99.99999% of SAG members to get this fine young man back.
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posted on
04/30/2003 9:21:46 PM PDT
by
Kay Soze
(France helped Osama Bin Laden kill 3,000 US citizens in New York on Sept 11,2001.)
To: Pokey78
Thanks for this wonderful story!
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posted on
04/30/2003 9:22:25 PM PDT
by
CyberAnt
( America - You Are The Greatest!!)
To: Pokey78
What is really sad is that these fine young men died so worthless crap like the Hollywood celebs can go around trashing all we hold dear.
People aren't really boycotting them, they've just discovered that they are so ugly on the inside that it has bled out to their outside. You can't look at them anymore without seeing just how ugly they are.
To: *SemperFi
Marine taps ping
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posted on
04/30/2003 10:03:02 PM PDT
by
anymouse
To: McGavin999
Goodmorning....IMO, you hit it the nail the head, life is too short & precious to waste time on the "ugly" celebs, politicos, and other assorted fools and evil doers...they will be outed eventually and their irrelevance will be manifest to all persons in all lands!
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posted on
04/30/2003 11:37:16 PM PDT
by
iopscusa
(El Vaquero)
To: iopscusa
The article talks about real courage and real sacrifice...unlike the fake "courage" of speaking out against one's country in a foreign land.
For years Hollywood celebs not only didn't pay any price for their obnoxious leftism, the more obnoxious they were the more REWARDED they were by fellow liberal film and casting directors. Now those same directors have to contend with their customers.
May God bless our troops and heal the painful wounds in the hearts of the families of the fallen.
To: McGavin999; lodwick; Cuttnhorse; operation clinton cleanup; Servant of the Nine; catpuppy; ...
People aren't really boycotting them, they've just discovered that they are so ugly on the inside that it has bled out to their outside. You can't look at them anymore without seeing just how ugly they are. You are so correct ..
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posted on
05/01/2003 12:40:12 AM PDT
by
Mo1
(I'm a monthly Donor .. You can be one too!)
To: Pokey78
I have to admit, I was teary eyed when I read this article this morning. That has happened when I've read other articles too. The ultimate sacrifice for these snot-nosed celebs to be able to spit on this Marine.
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posted on
05/01/2003 5:18:58 AM PDT
by
Martus
To: Martus; Pokey78
People got a powerfully close look at their fellow Americans in uniform these last weeks. This is what impels them now to stand at roadsides in tribute, heedless of where else they had to go. And this is why strangers flock to funerals. At funerals across America for the past few weeks, strangers have lined the roads. One of the earliest funerals occurred in Baltimore. The church overflowed with mourners for a marine who left parents, a wife and a ten-year-old son. Our local rag covered the death and funeral with an anti-war slant, if you can imagine that.
The only reason that I know about Baltimoreans lining the roads to honor him and his service is because I was told first-hand about them. I am glad that during that sad funeral procession, his son would have seen the respect that his father's sacrifice received from strangers. He would never have learned of the honor to his father from the 'old media.'
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posted on
05/01/2003 5:59:32 AM PDT
by
maica
(Home of the FREE because of the BRAVE)
To: Pokey78
great post.
11
posted on
05/01/2003 6:07:37 AM PDT
by
q_an_a
To: Pokey78
Another good article.
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posted on
05/01/2003 6:09:45 AM PDT
by
pittsburgh gop guy
(now serving eastern Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley.......)
To: Mo1
Thank you, Mo for calling attention to this thread. It means a lot. So many young soldiers came home from Southeast Asia to be greeted with indifference, disrespect or even hatred. Thank God that time has passed and that most Americans now understand and appreciate the sacrifices made to keep them free.
13
posted on
05/01/2003 6:17:35 AM PDT
by
catpuppy
To: Pokey78
Bump
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posted on
05/01/2003 6:36:40 AM PDT
by
pubmom
To: catpuppy
You're welcome Pup, but the truth is that I need to thank you and the many many others that have served our country with such honor.
Thank You and God Bless You All!
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posted on
05/01/2003 6:54:19 AM PDT
by
Mo1
(I'm a monthly Donor .. You can be one too!)
To: Pokey78
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posted on
05/01/2003 10:01:24 AM PDT
by
Happy2BMe
(LIBERTY has arrived in Iraq - Now we can concentrate on HOLLYWEED!)
To: SAMWolf; AntiJen; redrock; ALOHA RONNIE
just a ping in case you haven't seen this excellent piece by Pulitzer-Prize winner
Dorothy Rabinowitz.
Radio show host Dennis Prager is doing an excellent "compare and contrast"
of this article with the drivel that embittered writer Norman Mailer recently had
in The Times of London (his article in which he posits that the war against
Saddam was done to satisfy white male egos...whatta' jerk!)
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posted on
05/01/2003 10:07:39 AM PDT
by
VOA
To: VOA
Thanks for the ping VOA.
18
posted on
05/01/2003 10:12:21 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(SYSTEM ERROR: place sacrifice on keyboard to continue)
To: Pokey78
bump for exposure...an excellent article by Pulitzer Prize winner, Dorothy Rabinowitz
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posted on
05/01/2003 4:13:31 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: Pokey78
bump for exposure
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posted on
05/01/2003 4:42:32 PM PDT
by
VOA
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