Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

John Glenn has died
Fox News | 12/8/2016 | self

Posted on 12/08/2016 12:26:19 PM PST by sodpoodle

Fox News just announcing.


TOPICS:
KEYWORDS: astronaut; democrat; glenn; johnglenn; nnpa; obituary; senator
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 161-180181-200201-220 ... 261-263 next last
To: NautiNurse
Just for you, because you're special: John Glenn's voting record. Or, at least, the 1990s portion thereof.

Can you handle the truth?

181 posted on 12/08/2016 1:51:54 PM PST by NorthMountain
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 179 | View Replies]

To: Mr Rogers

+1


182 posted on 12/08/2016 1:57:24 PM PST by TigersEye (Congratulations, President Donald J. Trump! - Let's MAGA!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 165 | View Replies]

To: sodpoodle
We can disagree with his politics, but he really was a true American hero to fly the Mercury space capsule around the Earth when it was still relatively untested (orbital flights with chimpanzees proved to be more stressful on the animal than anticipated in terms of G forces).

Truly the end of an era--the last survivor of the Mercury Seven astronauts.

183 posted on 12/08/2016 2:00:05 PM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: sodpoodle

Too bad he was such a democrat. Probably a family heritage thing.

He was a hero of mine. He and Al Shepherd.

He went into orbit days before my 13th birthday.

‘God Speed John Glenn’


184 posted on 12/08/2016 2:03:26 PM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: sodpoodle

Rest in peace Mr. Glenn and prayers for the comfort of his family. Funny how the FR response is a little kinder over his death than on threads about his illness.


185 posted on 12/08/2016 2:03:59 PM PST by buckalfa (I am deplorable.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TLI

Think his ride was an Atlas.


186 posted on 12/08/2016 2:04:20 PM PST by Kodos the Executioner (.. the revolution is successful, but survival depends upon drastic measures..")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies]

To: sodpoodle

Rest in peace...

One of my prized possessions as a boy:

https://pictures.abebooks.com/DORLEYHOUSEBOOKS/923925499.jpg


187 posted on 12/08/2016 2:12:21 PM PST by Deo volente ("Our Independence Day is at hand, and it arrives finally on November 8th." Donald Trump)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: cicero2k
Florence Henderson
Fidel Castro
John Glenn

Two good, One Bad....
188 posted on 12/08/2016 2:14:41 PM PST by BigEdLB (To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: sodpoodle

Eternal rest...


189 posted on 12/08/2016 2:15:27 PM PST by BlessedBeGod (To restore all things in Christ. ~~~~ Appeasing evil is cowardice.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: knittnmom

Great poem! Perfectly describes man finally achieving what birds have long done.


190 posted on 12/08/2016 2:23:07 PM PST by EinNYC
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: sodpoodle
God Bless John Glenn and all the Mercury Astronauts...RIP
191 posted on 12/08/2016 2:24:18 PM PST by BigEdLB (To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: sodpoodle

RIP, Mr. Glenn. You were a brave pioneer of the void of space.


192 posted on 12/08/2016 2:25:32 PM PST by EinNYC
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: sodpoodle

The president-elect has his first big funeral to attend


193 posted on 12/08/2016 2:27:49 PM PST by BigEdLB (To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: pogo101

Glenn was an obstructionist for the rapist-in-chief. I can’t forget that. He was a leftist partisan, and for me, he shredded his hero status.


194 posted on 12/08/2016 2:30:36 PM PST by alstewartfan (I sit here by the banks of the Rhine Dipping my feet in the cold stream of time. 1934 by Al Stewart)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 177 | View Replies]

To: sodpoodle

RIP, Godspeed to you sir.

PRESENT, ARMS!

ORDER, ARMS!


195 posted on 12/08/2016 2:36:46 PM PST by drop 50 and fire for effect ("Work relentlessly, accomplish much, remain in the background, and be more than you seem.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: NorthMountain

Col. Glenn Hwy has been there for decades. I took ithat exit to work on Area B on Wright Patt from ‘96-’98.


196 posted on 12/08/2016 2:38:49 PM PST by drop 50 and fire for effect ("Work relentlessly, accomplish much, remain in the background, and be more than you seem.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: knittnmom
Thank you for that. It reminded me of this.

Ronald Reagan Address on the Challenger disaster.

197 posted on 12/08/2016 2:40:30 PM PST by mc5cents (Pray for America)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: NorthMountain; All
Let's all try to remember John as a truly iconic American hero via the space program. I'm hoping the Muslim-In-Chief will have enough honor to lower the flag, but don't count on it.
198 posted on 12/08/2016 2:40:58 PM PST by patriot08 (5th generation Texan-(girl type) We won! Ok, Donald, let's ROLL!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 107 | View Replies]

To: All

We pray for one last landing
On the globe that gave us birth;
Let us rest our eyes on the fleecy skies
And the cool, green hills of Earth.

-Robert A. Heinlein

Rest in Peace


199 posted on 12/08/2016 2:41:45 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 194 | View Replies]

To: sodpoodle

RIP.


200 posted on 12/08/2016 2:42:19 PM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 161-180181-200201-220 ... 261-263 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson