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New York Post ^ | 11/10/04 | na

Posted on 11/10/2004 6:16:18 AM PST by Max Combined

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To: FRMAG
That was chocolate?
They had so much paraffin in them we thought they were emergency candles.
I don't even want to talk about the potted meat.
" The horrors"
61 posted on 11/10/2004 12:27:09 PM PST by Graycliff
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To: mystery-ak

Why were cigs on the banned list? I have a vet friend who buys his at a PX here in Massachusetts.


62 posted on 11/10/2004 1:17:17 PM PST by Mears
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To: Just another Joe

Good for you and your wife,Joe-----That's the America I grew up in.


63 posted on 11/10/2004 1:19:09 PM PST by Mears
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To: petercooper; Max Combined

I love the current cover photo and God Bless our troops!

But, that 2nd cover "Verdict" "W2" and "seals" = made me think "condemned", "World War", and "steals" - I thought it was subliminally very negative.


64 posted on 11/10/2004 1:38:03 PM PST by mamaduck (I'm a lurker . . .not a fighter!)
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To: Mears

When the Iraq war first started they were on the mail ban list...I don't know if the ban has been lifted since my hubby is now home...


65 posted on 11/10/2004 1:38:56 PM PST by mystery-ak (This military family thanks America for re-electing our CinC)
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To: Max Combined

Third time I have seen this picture.

I love it.


66 posted on 11/10/2004 1:40:59 PM PST by najida (I shop for my fillet mignon at Walmart.)
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To: Max Combined

BUMP!


67 posted on 11/10/2004 1:42:34 PM PST by Camachee
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To: mystery-ak

Thanks---wasn't familiar with the mail ban.


68 posted on 11/10/2004 1:49:42 PM PST by Mears
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To: Max Combined

Whew! Whatta man, baby!

And yet, if this same brave young warrior were to be foolish enough to come to NYC for a beer or a nice dinner, he would be told by our Esteemed Mayor that he is not welcome to have a smoke while doing so.

Way to go, Bloomie!

Regards,


69 posted on 11/10/2004 2:16:59 PM PST by VermiciousKnid
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To: Max Combined

UNNNNGH! (I mean that in a gooooooood way.)

That Marine is HOT and it's sure not the cigarette that's smokin'.


70 posted on 11/10/2004 2:20:06 PM PST by arasina (So there.)
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To: Just another Joe

What a wonderful story. You're not "Just another Joe" in my book.


71 posted on 11/10/2004 2:22:56 PM PST by arasina (So there.)
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To: Max Combined

The execs at Philip Morris have to be loving this... they may never have to spend money on advertising again!


72 posted on 11/10/2004 2:25:11 PM PST by mysto
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To: mewzilla

BTTT.


73 posted on 11/10/2004 3:24:57 PM PST by mewzilla
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To: arasina
That Marine is HOT and it's sure not the cigarette that's smokin'.

You gonna be alright?

74 posted on 11/10/2004 6:09:31 PM PST by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: Graycliff

Started smoking in 1969.
Pall Malls, came with the C-Rats.
Anybody remember those little 4 packs. They made great trading material

Yep..how could i forget..I called them, "Chrispy Critters".
Smoked them all...ha.


75 posted on 11/10/2004 9:17:33 PM PST by hdrider
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To: Just another Joe

Yeah!!!!


76 posted on 11/11/2004 2:05:11 AM PST by dennisw (G_D - against Amelek for all generations.)
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To: Gabz
Looks like the anti-smokers are in a perfect RAGE over this picture.

Here's a sampling:

I was shocked to see the front page of your newspaper.

Showing a GI smoking and portraying it as being cool is disgusting, to say the least.

First of all, you are promoting smoking, even though it is a health hazard.

Secondly, our brave men and women are fighting a tough war in Iraq, and to show them as you did does not do them justice.

Maybe showing a Marine in a tank, helping another GI or drinking water would have had a more positive impact on your readers.

Smoking should be outlawed, not endorsed.

Ali Mahdi

And here's a link to the rest of the letters in today's edition:

http://nypost.com/postopinion/letters/33900.htm

Regards,

77 posted on 11/11/2004 7:49:25 AM PST by VermiciousKnid
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To: Graycliff

The absolute worst was Ham and MFrs. I knew guys who actually liked the crap. Three hours later they were capable of clearing a bunker under fire by breaking wind only once.


78 posted on 11/11/2004 7:56:57 AM PST by FRMAG
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To: VermiciousKnid

None of that surprises me............they showed up here at FR as well.

Guess what...........it's that Marine, who they wish to deny a smoke, that is protecting their freedom to deny him and make nasty comments about the picture in the newspaper.


79 posted on 11/11/2004 8:11:56 AM PST by Gabz (Thank a Veteran today............and every day)
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MARLBORO MARINE FIRES UP TROOP MORALE, by PATRICK GALLAHUE


November 14, 2004 -- The young Marine dubbed the "Marlboro Man" after his front-page appearance in The Post has become a celebrity poster boy for the U.S. effort in Fallujah and a hero in his hometown.

But there's one drawback to being the Marlboro Man — everyone keeps bumming your smokes. "If you want to write something," Marine Lance Cpl. James Miller, 20, told a reporter this week, "tell Marlboro I'm down to four packs, and I'm here in Fallujah till who knows when. Maybe they can send some. And they can bring down the price a bit."

Marlboro declined comment.

A portrait of the rugged and muddied Miller — snapped after 12 hours of bloody combat with guerrillas — became a powerful symbol for the American forces' gritty effort to retake Fallujah. Marine brass were thrilled with the poignancy of the shot, and Lt. Gen. John Sattler visited Miller's company to applaud them for the feature. News agencies that ran the shot were besieged with calls and e-mails asking for a way to contact the young man.
And back home, in his Appalachian hometown of Jonancy, Ky., his mother reveled at seeing his picture on television just to know her oldest of three sons was OK.


With Post Wire Services


80 posted on 11/14/2004 10:54:09 AM PST by OESY
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