Happy 100th birthday, John Wayne!

The Orange County Register ^ | May 24, 2007 | NIYAZ PIRANI

[Tuxedo]

Happy Birthday to my hero - John Wayne!!!!

[JennysCool]

Cool!

[Bommer]

What If John Wayne Was Alive Today?

[Tainan]

Thank You Mr. Wayne.

God Bless You & Yours.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

I loved the WAR WAGON. My parents took me to see it when I was a kid.My hero ever since.Kids today dont have many heros Im sorry to say.

[JennysCool]

Saw it, thanks!

[Fiji Hill]

Information from Soviet archives, reported in 2003, indicates that Joseph Stalin ordered Wayne’s assassination

Although we hear plenty of stories about Hollywood lefties being blacklisted, this story has hasn't had much airplay.

[proudmilitarymrs]

“They don’t make ‘em like JW any more .”

Indeed, we miss you Duke. Happy Birthday Mr. Wayne.

The Cowboys will always be my favorite movie. My brother thinks I’m sick, cause it’s one movie where John Wayne dies!! but gosh, I love that movie, and so does my son!

[Last Dakotan]

Ping

[Parley Baer]

Hehehe. I’ll third that on the Searchers and She Wore A Yellow Ribbon.

[Reagan Man]

Happy 100th Birthday to a great American and a pretty darn good actor too.

"Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure I love my country with all her faults. I'm not ashamed of that, never have been, never will be."
~~~ John Wayne

[sushiman]

” The Man who Shot Liberty Valance just may be the perfect movie.”

Great song to by Gene Pitney , also safe in heaven .

[P8riot]

I had the distinct pleasure of spending time with him on a couple occasions.

The first time was when we lived in Newport Beach, CA. When I was in my early teens, my cousin Ron was a cabinetmaker at a local boatyard, and was working on the Duke's boat (a converted minesweeper). I went to visit him for lunch one day. While I was there the Duke showed up to look things over, I remember he was very friendly, and even made an attempt to laugh at my juvenile attempts at humor (I do a pretty good John Wayne impersonation even today).

The last time was when I had landed a part as an extra and happened to run into him a couple of times during filming. We talked a couple of times and he told me that I reminded him of some skinny kid who did a really bad imitation of him a few years prior. I asked him if it was at the boatyard, and he said, "Yes! Dammit! It WAS you. You son of a bitch!" We had a laugh about it, and he told Denver Pyle (also on the set) about it. They both had a laugh on my account.

[sushiman]

” It suffers today because there are less John Wayne types and too many fairies like John Edwards and John Kerry.”

Thumbs up !

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

So,so true.

[Reaganesque]

Fill your hands, you son-of-a-b*tch!!

[Moonman62]

Information from Soviet archives, reported in 2003, indicates that Joseph Stalin ordered Wayne’s assassination Although we hear plenty of stories about Hollywood lefties being blacklisted, this story has hasn't had much airplay.

Reagan was a similar target when he headed the union. I've heard different accounts either that he was to be killed or they were going to mess up his face. This was the time that Reagan carried a concealed gun.

[TheLion]

John Wayne wasn’t the greatest actor but he was the biggest star ever to hit the silver screen. I salute him. I am never bored watching a John Wayne film that I have seen countless times before.

[TheLion]

"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."

Excellent post and bears repeating!

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