tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6132805787568819938..comments2024-03-29T06:12:23.434-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Why do we wear pins? Because our country is under attack!"Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29388982742767842022007-10-11T16:41:00.000-05:002007-10-11T16:41:00.000-05:00radar-aims-high<A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/10/11/radar-aims-high_n_68054.html" REL="nofollow">radar-aims-high</A>Luckyoldsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489310035114843752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85177423539131303962007-10-11T16:40:00.000-05:002007-10-11T16:40:00.000-05:00"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/10/11/radar-ai..."http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/10/11/radar-aims-high_n_68054.html"Luckyoldsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489310035114843752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17845749169363560232007-10-11T16:39:00.000-05:002007-10-11T16:39:00.000-05:00"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/10/11/radar-ai..."http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/10/11/radar-aims-high_n_68054.html">radar-aims-highLuckyoldsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489310035114843752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18917781112396414562007-10-07T08:05:00.000-05:002007-10-07T08:05:00.000-05:00ohhh and by the way i put i giant republican eleph...ohhh and by the way i put i giant republican elephant pin in my backyard last night...put it right next to my favorite tree...its big man, like 3 inches across...got it in a distress sales of all the stuff in an orphanage that was sold...anyway, i got up this morning and there were NO ELEPHANTS in my back yard. Not one.<BR/><BR/>Damn these things really do work!hdhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14573004614816464571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7200223460411591122007-10-07T08:01:00.000-05:002007-10-07T08:01:00.000-05:00Ohhhh let's keep this alive for yet anther day.......Ohhhh let's keep this alive for yet anther day....I'm going to write on here every day that this is part of the FAUX NOISE news cycle...heck it got 12 minutes in a "debate" yesterday....<BR/><BR/>so impressive.hdhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14573004614816464571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63296996904438501932007-10-05T23:16:00.000-05:002007-10-05T23:16:00.000-05:00LOS, You don't understand The Exalted 'cause you...LOS,<BR/><BR/> You don't understand The Exalted 'cause you're looking the wrong direction. Turn your head to the left....blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71457978050611236822007-10-05T22:00:00.000-05:002007-10-05T22:00:00.000-05:00"Why do we wear pins? Because our country is under..."Why do we wear pins? Because our country is under attack!"<BR/><BR/>I'll have to get myself an Obama in '08 pin, if it really will help ward off another 9/11. Homeland security should make them available to every non-terroristic American. There is ample evidence out there that Obama pin wearing prevents terror attacks - we haven't been hit again, now have we?Trumpithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02252672877713167746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36555959702040033252007-10-05T19:42:00.000-05:002007-10-05T19:42:00.000-05:00I didn't see a flag lapel on the shirt of the guy ...I didn't see a flag lapel on the shirt of the guy who cut down that Mexican flag flying over the bar the other day. I'd dare say he's as patriotic as any of us. Non-issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49004704977940267782007-10-05T19:07:00.000-05:002007-10-05T19:07:00.000-05:00I really don't care if Obama wears the pin or not,...I really don't care if Obama wears the pin or not, but it is politically tone-deaf not to.Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32749320452802251582007-10-05T19:06:00.000-05:002007-10-05T19:06:00.000-05:00Thanks, Drill Sgt. So, it denotes service during ...Thanks, Drill Sgt. So, it denotes service during a time of hostilities. Maybe that's where the (my) confusion is coming in.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12824506338738265111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25878671211531694132007-10-05T17:49:00.000-05:002007-10-05T17:49:00.000-05:00sorry, typo: That's Whiteman AFB.sorry, typo: That's Whiteman AFB.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774002797359859550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22245353655377781892007-10-05T17:33:00.000-05:002007-10-05T17:33:00.000-05:00Drill Sgt., that's the ethos--I like how you put i...Drill Sgt., that's the ethos--I like how you put it, and will steal that in the future, if you don't mind.<BR/><BR/>Just one note, we're weren't in LA then. My brother enlisted when we were in Missouri, at Whitman AFB. After my dad retired, he became a Red Cross field director, a position that's held on base, as sort of a social worker/counselor/advocate, so we continued to be transfered every couple of years to military bases. Later he represented service members at hearings with the VA to challenge their discharge status, or make sure they were getting their proper disability benefits. I'm proud of him.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774002797359859550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56025008311634511092007-10-05T17:16:00.000-05:002007-10-05T17:16:00.000-05:00The Exalted,Are you on some kind of medication?I c...The Exalted,<BR/>Are you on some kind of medication?<BR/><BR/>I can't understand the point of any of your comments.Luckyoldsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489310035114843752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88590918965431800612007-10-05T17:09:00.000-05:002007-10-05T17:09:00.000-05:00hannity's juvenile attacks are yet another example...hannity's juvenile attacks are yet another example of the stalinoconformist tendencies of The Left that pogo, sloan, etc endeavour so mightily to bring to our attention.<BR/><BR/>oh, hannity is on the right? never mindThe Exaltedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18030346881185443267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32732215359957735032007-10-05T17:03:00.000-05:002007-10-05T17:03:00.000-05:00Jennifer: Here is a link to a good explanation of...Jennifer: Here is a link to a good explanation of the Blue Stars<BR/><BR/>http://www.usflag.org/history/serviceflag.html<BR/><BR/><BR/>Beth: yeah, My mother was in Northern CA, likely that area turned against the war earlier than LA. My brother was in the same year groups as your younger brother (e.g. post lottery)<BR/><BR/>I think that our families had the same ethos:<BR/><BR/>They call, you go<BR/><BR/>vote the sucker out, but goThe Drill SGThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16394309533144027391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65514218605566935672007-10-05T16:06:00.000-05:002007-10-05T16:06:00.000-05:00Drill Sgt., your family sounds similar to mine. My...Drill Sgt., your family sounds similar to mine. My father and mother both came to oppose the Vietnam War, but were proud of my brother that served there, even while they had a last-resort plan to send their youngest son to stay with friends in Canada should his number come up. My dad was a 20 year, WWII vet, and on both sides of the family, military service goes back to the Revolutionary War, and back further to their countries of origin, and continues today.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774002797359859550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58229641795554682482007-10-05T15:59:00.000-05:002007-10-05T15:59:00.000-05:00Wittle dust bunny thinks Thompson will eventually ...Wittle dust bunny thinks Thompson will eventually surface...and save the world: "Once we have reached the maximum boredom with these boring candidates, Fred can enter the room as the adult and tell the kiddies to break it up and take a time out. Bringing in the calm voice of reason, we will be ready for a change."<BR/><BR/>Then again...<BR/><BR/>"Not only has he misspoken or said he didn’t know about Terri Schiavo, or the controversy about oil drilling in the Everglades, or that he was unaware that a federal judge had ruled that lethal injection procedures in his home state of Tennessee were unconstitutional, last night in Iowa he said that the Dems controlled congress when John Roberts went through his confirmation hearings for Chief Justice. (I-don't-think-so...)<BR/><BR/>and...<BR/><BR/>"In an interview with Kay Henderson of Radio Iowa today, in talking about Iran, he referred to the “Soviet Union and China.”<BR/><BR/>The Soviet Union? And China? And Iran??Luckyoldsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489310035114843752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35341304375500218852007-10-05T15:48:00.000-05:002007-10-05T15:48:00.000-05:00paul a'barge said..."Obama's message? Screw Americ...paul a'barge said..."Obama's message? Screw America."<BR/><BR/>Where do you idiots come up with this insanity?<BR/><BR/>Obama isn't wearing a pin...so he's now anti-American?Luckyoldsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489310035114843752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-45342799568352896952007-10-05T15:41:00.000-05:002007-10-05T15:41:00.000-05:00hannity is the bestann, that was funny -- nicehannity is the best<BR/><BR/>ann, that was funny -- niceThe Exaltedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18030346881185443267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90485256937088352392007-10-05T15:37:00.000-05:002007-10-05T15:37:00.000-05:00The Drill SGT said..."I forgot to mention that MY ...The Drill SGT said..."I forgot to mention that MY mother (she's a flaming liberal..."<BR/><BR/>Ahhhhh, God's punishment of those who just can't think straight. <BR/><BR/>*I wonder if Craig's mother is a liberal, too?Luckyoldsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489310035114843752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2060276742024586672007-10-05T15:30:00.000-05:002007-10-05T15:30:00.000-05:00Drill Sgt - Oh, I had no idea. I thought it meant...Drill Sgt - Oh, I had no idea. I thought it meant deployed. The blue stars come out in force when big chunks of people are deployed. In fact, I think a lot of people these days think it means deployed. Of course, the yellow ribbons come out in force, too. But, I never realized the blue star meant something different.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12824506338738265111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-92167062396791449542007-10-05T15:28:00.000-05:002007-10-05T15:28:00.000-05:00Rather ironic, considering we currently have a pin...Rather ironic, considering we currently have a pinhead as President.Luckyoldsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489310035114843752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61256365039705934292007-10-05T15:15:00.000-05:002007-10-05T15:15:00.000-05:00Yes MM, there are plenty of people who can do the ...Yes MM, there are plenty of people who can do the little things, but can't be bothered to do the big things. That doesn't mean doing the little things isn't important.<BR/><BR/>To continue the metaphor of the married man. Just because some guy cheats on his wife while wearing his ring, doesn't mean my wife (when my fiance and I tie the knot) isn't justified in feeling hurt if I ostentatiosly refuse to wear mine. Like I said, I may be expressing many things, things that may be very respectable. But love for her is not one of them.<BR/><BR/>Obama is right that wearing a pin is not enough to make you a patriot, but his refusal to wear is not a mark of his.Salamandyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11583377305614434681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91455501980913769472007-10-05T15:07:00.000-05:002007-10-05T15:07:00.000-05:00John, I forgot to mention that MY mother (she's a ...John, <BR/><BR/>I forgot to mention that MY mother (she's a flaming liberal :) protested while I was off in Vietnam, she wanted the war to stop, but she was proud of her blue star in the window as well. Her husband went off to WWII/Korea and so did her 5 brothers to either WWII, Korea, or post Korea peacetime service.The Drill SGThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16394309533144027391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27240122810798669762007-10-05T15:03:00.000-05:002007-10-05T15:03:00.000-05:00Jennifer and John.Thank you both for your recent/c...Jennifer and John.<BR/><BR/>Thank you both for your recent/current sacrifices.<BR/><BR/>Not sure Jennifer why displaying it would indicate anything other than you have a family member in the military. It wasn't "overseas", it was "serving"<BR/><BR/>I bet John that your mother or her mother remembered those streets in WWII lined with blue flags in the windows. It is a stirring thought. She clearly is proud of her son.The Drill SGThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16394309533144027391noreply@blogger.com