I must know: what is "eagles up"?

[WildEyedLiberal]

Freeper parlance? I feel so out of the DU cool club. :P Can anyone enlighten me?

[tallahasseedem]

1. Dont know...

anything like "cowboy up"?

[In_The_Wind]

2. EAGLES UP!

an insult to a proud bird

[WildEyedLiberal]

4. OMG. Is that a real product?

WTF does that even mean??

[In_The_Wind]

7. It's real!

it is a tee-shirt being sold by the FreeRepublic.com

They seem to think war is fun - I believe "Eagles Up" is a type of unifying war cry for the freepers.

[Redstone]

3. Some kind of freeper thing that gives them boners, thereby

making them feel like "real men," and not the momma's-basement wankers that they really are.

Use the search function. There was a thread about this a while back.

Redstone

[driver8]

9. Freakin' chickenhawks are unbelievable. If you freepers want

"real war fun", how about a little visit to your local recruiting office? The recruiters will give you all the "eagles up" you can handle!

[ofrfxsk]

5. Never the mind

[WildEyedLiberal]

6. That's from "Larry the Cable Guy"

He's part of Jeff Foxworthy's "Blue Collar Comedy Tour," though that name is a huge disservice to the many wonderful blue collar people I know. Basically, it's a stand up comedy act about huntin', fishin', drinkin' and bein' a redneck (why it's not the "Redneck Comedy Tour" is beyond me). Larry's signature phrase is Git r' Done! :puke: A celebration of hicks.

[cssmall]

8. It is, in the common tongue of those folks, their rallying cry.

I reckon that it primarily comes from the phrase "Cowboy Up," which is a rallying cry for rodeo men. They, of course, have changed this to "Eagles Up," which would mean that it is a cultural earmark of identity. For example, if one would say this phrase, then one would be entitled to the status of being a "true" Republican and "true" American, because in effect they are calling themselves "eagles" and anthropomorphising the eagle into a perfect creature, worthy of being all the ideals that the American flag and American bird mean. In other words, one could relate this to cultural insecurity and there is a parallel: the postbellum South and its tales of the gentry and slave owners after the war had decimated their way of life.

Sorry, if I bored you to death. :D

Edited for grammar and spelling.

[driver8]

10. How about "dumbasses up!"? That seems more appropriate. n/t