Boehner = Unpatriotic
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Topic: Boehner = Unpatriotic
Posted By: tallen702
Subject: Boehner = Unpatriotic
Date Posted: 04 March 2011 at 10:52pm
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/04/952576/-Speaker-Boehner-vs-the-last%C2%A0WorldWarIveteran - Won't allow Frank Buckles to lie in state in the capital rotunda.
And before you say "That's only for presidents!" http://www.aoc.gov/cc/capitol/lain_in_state.cfm - think again. |
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Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 04 March 2011 at 11:01pm
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Excessive tanning clearly fried the Speaker's brain.
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 04 March 2011 at 11:15pm
| I just posted this in chat. I can't believe that they will not allow this. What is to gain from this? It seems like a no brainer to me. |
Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 04 March 2011 at 11:56pm
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But what about all the other WW2 veterans? How does him living longer than everyone else make him special. Not trying to be that guy, but they devils advocate in me is wondering. |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 05 March 2011 at 1:20am
Try WWI there bub. Last survivor in the WORLD and he was a POW in the second. |
Monk wrote:Posted By: Kayback
Date Posted: 05 March 2011 at 2:51am
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I would have thought precident had been set quite clearly
"Unknown Soldier of World War I November 9-11, 1921. Chosen to honor and perpetuate the memory of the heroes who gave their lives in World War I. The body was that of an unknown American who served as a member of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe. Congress was in session, 67th Congress, 1st Session. No resolution." "Unknown Soldiers of World War II and the Korean War May 28-30, 1958. Chosen to honor and perpetuate the memory of the heroes who gave their lives while serving overseas in the Armed Forces of the United States during World War II and the Korean War, and whose identities were unknown. Authority for use of the Rotunda granted by House Concurrent Resolution 242, 85th Congress, 2nd Session, agreed to March 6, 1958." People who say no should be strung up as unpatriotic and un American. KBK ------------- Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo. H = 2 |
Posted By: jerseypaint
Date Posted: 05 March 2011 at 10:33am
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So wait, do we put the last vet of every war up in there after he's in? ------------- 
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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 05 March 2011 at 10:48am
Either way, stupid decision. ------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: scotchyscotch
Date Posted: 05 March 2011 at 10:52am
| Yeah there' a British guy IN Australia I think. He just turned 110. And there's some chick that served in the lady air force or something. |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 05 March 2011 at 1:44pm
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What a wiener. -------------  irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 05 March 2011 at 3:28pm
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So, I'm not convinced that this gentleman deserves anything by virtue of simply being the most too-stubborn-to-die of his generation. I do, however, believe he should be allowed the honor because this is the last chance for anyone in this country to honor a serviceman who fought in WWI by giving him the sort of burial he deserves. Moreover, the man served in two world wars, spent three years in a Japanese POW camp, and fought in WWI while underage (presumably, given his willingness to fight two decades later in the second world war, because he loved his country so much). He deserves to be the last WWI vet we pay homage to before we can never honor anyone from that war like this again. ------------- 
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Posted By: Kayback
Date Posted: 05 March 2011 at 3:39pm
That's more or less what I think. This is the last chance EVER of giving honour to a WWI vet. They've done similar before with unitentified remains, why not the last passing of the guard? On top of that he proved how much of a go getter he was by fighting in the war that came after the War to end all wars. I'm apalled that someone wants to STOP it. I'm not saying it should be like that, I'm just shaking my head that someone wants to deny it. KBK ------------- Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo. H = 2 |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 05 March 2011 at 4:03pm
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That guy has the name you expect a WWI vet to have. It would only be better if it was Lil' Johnny Buckles.
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