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How about this one? I personally know a man who deliberately shot his big toe off overseas so that he would get sent home during WWII. He was awarded the Purple Heart, given a disabilty pension from the US Government and now serves as the commander of the local VFW! This is no joke!
Guns don't kill people, it's the bullets, stupidI am the NRA, the KABA, NJ Area Rep for the 2ampd, and the AARP :(njretcop@copmail.com
This guy might be Rosario's dad.When your a commander of a VFW post, does that mean your in charge of the spirit's inventory. What a promotion for another nut case, no doubt he demands, and gets his freebies.
V35, are you circumsized or is that skin cutting off your airflow? Take your meds and get a grip on reality. Your using my argument about Odles cowardise against me and you you look stupid. You see I have explained my position and right is right. Odle (and you) are defaming our American uniformed soldiers by saying thier deaths are undeserving. I still say, gimme a reason or STFU.Andy
Gentlemen and Women,What ever became of common sense? Obviously our government is doing lots of touchy, feely things in a mis-guided effort to somehow make us all feel better about the horrendous attacks of 9/11. At your station on board USS Arizona....Purple Heart!Sprained an ankle playing beach volleyball ...RIDICULOUS!Hit by a 757 while sitting behind a $5000 desk, on the phone trying to recruit that kid from Seattle for the Army football team .....hhhmmm, let's see? Metz, Take a deep breath, put down the crack pipe and step away.
My wife?.........Sure!My dog?..........Maybe!MY GUNS??........NEVER!!!
Hey Metz. After you put down the crack pipe, pick up the dictionary. Your poor grasp of the English language is making you look like a fool.
Lord Lowrider the LoquaciousMember:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets She was only a fisherman's daughter,But when she saw my rod she reeled.
So many opinionless idiots that cannot explain let alone defend an assinine opinion. All you can do is make the personal attack on me, rather than give a good example of why the PH should not be awarded. Your generation was so wasteful and stupid it staggers the imagination. Waste 10000 lives on the beaches of France. Thats not bravery thats blind loyalty and blind stupidity. We have a differant way and will show you since you wish to be segregated go for it. As for Pearl Harbor Vets getting the medal for sleeping on the job (only excuse for allowing an enemy in that close and being caught so unaware)no way should they get it and the Pentagon people not. We have learned from many of your generations mistakes, there are so many, just take a swig of Geritol and watch a real military take care of stuff. Pull your walker up to the TV put on the ol' specs and watch. Thats all you can do except whine, you are pissed beacause you are used up. Put that wrinkled black lump of a heart at ease we have better men than you ever were in charge and they are making the correct descions.With no respect,AndyThis is a personal attack on those that are of the opinion they know better as to who is deserving of an honor(a word of mystery to them). It is not meant as reflection of my opinion of a generation.[This message has been edited by metz (edited 10-22-2001).]
This damn thread is like that pink bunny..I have yet to see anybody saying the troops killed by the terrs, which ARE our countries enemies why they DO NOT deserve a PH.Let us try this reasoning. If a servicemember is wounded or killed by enemies of the USA, they deserve the medal, period.It does not matter if they are sitting behind a desk or in a foxhole.Andy I do have to take exception with your WW2 vet statements. They did a hell of a job, as ALL vets have done.I really do not understand how ANYONE can say that the troops killed on Sept 11th was not killed or wounded by enemies of the state??Some of you should be ashamed.[This message has been edited by ladr (edited 10-22-2001).]
When I was in Viet Nam, I stepped on a VC booby trap while securing my patrol boat to the river bank. I was out of action for about a week. I was awarded a Purple Heart for my wound and had to put up with a lot of grief (actually we had a different word for it) from my crew because I hadn't "earned" my award by being shot.Eight months later we were extracting some trapped Marines under fire. Another boat had been hit and was burning. We were trying to rescue that crew while still providing covering fire for the Marines on the bank. Our boat was hit by a rocket and exploded. One of my crew and I were the only survivors. I got five months in the hospital, a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, and a medical discharge for that action.I've been on both sides of this issue so I know how it feels. There are a lot of people out there with Purple Hearts that don't deserve them but it's not my job to judge them. Nor is it fair for me to set my own standards by which the medals are awarded.I still have all my medals from Viet Nam but frankly, I can't tell one Purple Heart from the other.Tom
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Guns don't kill people, it's the bullets, stupidI am the NRA, the KABA, NJ Area Rep for the 2ampd, and the AARP :(njretcop@copmail.com
My wife?.........Sure!My dog?..........Maybe!MY GUNS??........NEVER!!!
Lord Lowrider the LoquaciousMember:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets She was only a fisherman's daughter,But when she saw my rod she reeled.