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Peace performers
Washington Times ^ | Friday, January 24, 2003 | R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

Posted on 01/23/2003 11:58:38 PM PST by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:39:50 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The poor, it has been said, "ye shall always have with ye." The same might also be said of peace movements. They are always with us, even in time of peace, and even when an Adolf Hitler or a Mao Tse-tung is rattling a saber.


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Friday, January 24, 2003

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1 posted on 01/23/2003 11:58:38 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: JohnHuang2
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2 posted on 01/24/2003 12:13:14 AM PST by Cindy
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To: sauropod; Angelwood
Pulling their legs was doomed to futility. When I tried by dreamily enthusing to one of the glassy-eyed idealists that "if it were not for the peace movement of the 1970s, we would not have this wonderful Vietnamese restaurant here in Washington today," he completely missed the point. To the owner of the Vietnamese restaurant, the 1970s peace movement had meant exile. To the butt of my ridicule it had meant the spread of Vietnamese cuisine.

Priceless.

3 posted on 01/24/2003 12:49:16 AM PST by hellinahandcart (Buck Floomberg :P)
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To: JohnHuang2
Tyrrell bump.
4 posted on 01/24/2003 4:16:51 AM PST by Rocko
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