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To: JoSixChip; All
First, I would remind you that Mr. Rogers was a former Marine, and could probably take you, easily, when he was in his prime.

Next, you do not know what you are talking about. You have posted, previously, that Rick is not a fiscal conservative, but the ATU clearly shows you are wrong on that point.

I want Newt to stay in, primarily due to situations like Illinois, where Rick Santorum is not even on the ballot in every Congressional District.

However?

YOU need to become a team player and tone down your anti-Santorum trash.

Santorum is FAR better than Romney.

16 posted on 03/13/2012 9:40:26 PM PDT by Kansas58
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To: Kansas58
First, I would remind you that Mr. Rogers was a former Marine, and could probably take you, easily, when he was in his prime.

I always liked Mr. Rogers but I don't think he was ever a Marine.

A false rumor claims that Fred Rogers was once a U.S. Marine sniper in the Vietnam War. The rumor appeared on the Internet in 1994 and re-emerged several times over the next ten years, most notably after his death in 2003.[44][45] However, Rogers never served in any branch of the military.

26 posted on 03/13/2012 10:10:20 PM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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To: Kansas58
Mr. Rogers was a former Marine

Actualy he was not. That's an urban legend. Here's his biography at the Museum of Broadcast Communications As you can see he was not yet 18, when WW-II ended. He was a college student from '46 to '51, and went to work 1951-53; program planner, producer, writer, and performer at noncommercial station WQED in Pittsburgh, 1953-62; producer and television host for the Canadian Broadcasting Company in Toronto, Ontario, 1962-64; producer and host of PBS show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood since 1967; So that rules out service in both Korea and Vietnam. No mention of any military service in that biography.

Lots of other sources confirm.

40 posted on 03/13/2012 10:44:05 PM PDT by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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