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Happy 100th birthday, John Wayne!
The Orange County Register ^ | May 24, 2007 | NIYAZ PIRANI

Posted on 05/25/2007 6:44:54 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

If there's one thing I've learned from asking readers to send in stories about John Wayne, it's this: people really loved the guy.

Even if they didn't know him personally, many speak of brief encounters with his gentle ways and humorous personality as if they're talking about somebody they've known for years.

The Duke turns 100 years old Saturday, so we thought we'd celebrate with our very own birthday card.

(Excerpt) Read more at ocregister.com ...


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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
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41 posted on 05/25/2007 7:23:49 PM PDT by united1000
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To: sushiman; All
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42 posted on 05/25/2007 7:23:59 PM PDT by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: RobbyS
There is some interesting info on IMDB.com. I'm not sure if it is all accurate but here goes (it is probably too long to post in its entirety):

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000078/bio

43 posted on 05/25/2007 7:24:43 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Thanks. I will check it out. Obviously I am a big fan.


44 posted on 05/25/2007 7:27:03 PM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

my stories about John Wayne.........The Duke’s neighbor in Orange County was named Jack Early and a friend of mine.

Remember the old Oldsmobile station wagon with the glass paneled roof ? Duke bought one and took it to the coach builders ( the ones that make limos) and had the roof raised 6 inches so he could wear his hat. Mr Early said when the station wagon came back from the coach builders it was spotless and the Duke drove it everywhere. But he never washed it EVER....Mr Early said he thought John Wayne thought it was a stage coach.............lol

2nd story......some will remember the chinese man always in the Duke’s movies. That man was a dear freind of his and never had much money and the Duke hired him to be his gardner.Now the Duke’s house was western styles with rocks and cactus everywhere. Rod Taylor,a Wayne friend was visiting once and saw the china man and asked the Duke why he needed a gardner since John Wayne’s house did not have one blade of grass...............the Duke looked at Taylor ,smiled and answered, Ohhh, I make him surrender to me every day............lmao


45 posted on 05/25/2007 7:29:45 PM PDT by advertising guy (If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
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To: Little Bill

I can’t remember the first time I saw Stagecoach but it had to be in the early 50’s, I was a kid and it was a great movie.

It’s still a great movie and may well be the best Western ever made.


46 posted on 05/25/2007 7:29:46 PM PDT by jazusamo (http://warchronicle.com/TheyAreNotKillers/DefendOurMarines.htm)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
''Not the brandy, you dope!!!'' John Wayne to Lee Marvin, bar fight, Donovan's Reef, 1963. One of the best movies -- and certainly the best scenery -- ever made.
47 posted on 05/25/2007 7:30:13 PM PDT by Fast Moving Angel (Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. --Einstein)
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To: The Mayor
On June 20, 1979, the Orange County Board of Supervisors renamed Orange County Airport to John Wayne Airport.

Sad thing is, that would never happen today. They'd name it after some "oppressed" illegal alien who died in the desert because the gringos failed to rescue him .

48 posted on 05/25/2007 7:30:18 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: united1000

Eulogy by Ronald Regean?


49 posted on 05/25/2007 7:30:19 PM PDT by laotzu
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To: Jet Jaguar
John Wayne stands for everything the left is trying to destroy. He is a real man, unlike the two gay cowboys/sheep molesters from Brokenback Mountain. America was a great country when its men were like John Wayne. It suffers today because there are less John Wayne types and too many fairies like John Edwards and John Kerry.
50 posted on 05/25/2007 7:32:12 PM PDT by peeps36 (OUTLAWED WORDS--INSURGENT,GLOBAL WARMING,UNDOCUMENTED WORKER,PALESTINIAN,TERMINATED PREGNANCY)
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To: fso301

On his album, “America, Why I Love Her,” Wayne recorded a narrative of “The Hyphen” which might well be the shortest and best summation of his feelings for this country;

THE HYPHEN
The Hyphen, Webster’s Dictionary defines,
Is a symbol used to divide a
compound word or a single word.
So it seems to me that when a man calls himself
An “Afro-American,” a “Mexican-American,”
“Italian-American,” An “Irish-American,”
“Jewish-American,”
What he’s sayin’ is, “I’m a divided American.”
Well, we all came from other places,
Different creeds and different races,
To form a nation...to become as one,
Yet look at the harm a line has done-
A simple little line, and yet
As divisive as a line can get.
A crooked cross the Nazis flew,
And the Russian hammer and sickle too-
Time bombs in the lives of Man;
But none of these could ever fan
The flames of hatred faster than
The Hyphen.
The Russian hammer built a wall
That locks men’s hearts from freedom’s call.
A crooked cross flew overhead
Above twenty million tragic dead-
Among them men from this great nation,
Who died for freedom’s preservation.
A hyphen is a line that’s small;
It can be a bridge or be a wall.
A bridge can save you lots of time;
A wall you always have to climb.
The road to liberty lies true.
The Hyphen’s use is up to you.
Used as a bridge, it can span
All the differences of Man.
Being free in mind and soul
Should be our most important goal.
If you use The Hyphen as a wall,
You’ll make your life mean...and small.
An American is a special breed,
Whose people came to her in need.
They came to her that they might find
A world where they’d have peace of mind.
Where men are equal...and something more-
Stand taller than they stood before.

Happy birthday to the Duke. May we never forget him nor what he stood for.


51 posted on 05/25/2007 7:33:47 PM PDT by Moolah
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
There are some great patriotic things from John Wayne here you can listen to or download, Wavs and MP3s:
 
http://www.fiftiesweb.com/usa/john-wayne.htm

52 posted on 05/25/2007 7:37:25 PM PDT by united1000
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53 posted on 05/25/2007 7:40:07 PM PDT by mirkwood (I started out with nothing and still have most of it left.)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

The best man Hollywood produced int he last century. I can watch his movies over and over - today’s films, just once or twice.


54 posted on 05/25/2007 7:40:08 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

“We’re burnin’ daylight...plenty of time to sleep in the grave.” -Happy Birthday, JW! Fill yore hand!


55 posted on 05/25/2007 7:41:22 PM PDT by Sender ("America is at that awkward stage..." - Claire Wolfe)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Ever see The War Wagon?

I saw it when it was in the theaters.

56 posted on 05/25/2007 7:43:20 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

How would you grade it? I may watch it later tonight.


57 posted on 05/25/2007 7:44:21 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: jazusamo
"Stage Coach" and the "Maltese Falcon", are the only films that I have watched more than 20 times, most are once and out the door.
58 posted on 05/25/2007 7:45:13 PM PDT by Little Bill (Welcome to the Newly Socialist State of New Hampshire)
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59 posted on 05/25/2007 7:45:50 PM PDT by No Blue States
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To: HoosierHawk

Amen to that!!!!!


60 posted on 05/25/2007 7:46:16 PM PDT by quikdrw (Life is tough....it's even tougher if you are stupid.)
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