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Re: What's wrong with these guys?
Posted by Steve T on Mon Nov 03, 2003 09:14:08 PM
In reply top Re: What's wrong with these guys? posted by Ryan Short on Mon Nov 03, 2003 12:03:14 PM
Ryan--
: There is a deeper issue at stake than just this massive er
: ror. It really gets to what's wrong with people in general
: and in America in particular.
Sadly the malady extends north of 49, too...in fact in the PC stakes we're outdistancing you, I think...
: It's the same reasoning that allows the Supreme Court to s
: ay that the Ten Commandments cannot be displayed, that pra
: yer in public places is taboo, that "Under God" in the ple
: dge is a "establishment of religion" (by Congress no less)
: and that the very words of our Founding Fathers are the e
: xact opposite of what they clearly intended based on their
: writings and letters.
Yep...
: Even deeper and sadder than the folks in Washington doing
: all this stuff is what I saw on Saturday as I helped out t
: he crew of LSFM's B-17 Thunderbird. VERY few people asked
: about the history of the planes, or any good questions, in
: fact the most common question I heard was "was this plane
: used in a movie?"...
Which, of course, it was...and a worthwhile one too. "Thunder Bird" stood in for a 15th AF B-17 in "The Tuskegee Airmen", made for HBO cable.
What a disservice to all the men who flew it in COMBAT.
That is sad, as though the re-creation of World War II (in this case) events were more important than the actual, history-shaping events themselves!
Also sad was to note the GREAT drop in attendance by WW2 vets this year. I think I only saw maybe 6 or 7 where in previous years I might have seen 50-100
Wow. That seems a very sharp drop even though "time marches on"...
Steve