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Monkeyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-29-06 08:42 PM
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Reason why the American Legion is dying Right wing nuts cases
The new National Commander American Legion
1- Supports Bush and the War
2- Claims VA is doing a great job.
3-- Statement made today at meeting in Washington
"We need to stop the money train to the ACLU. They are attacking the flag and phrases like "Under God" and Our Boy Scouts."
Someone please take the koolaid away from him.
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GCP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-29-06 08:46 PM
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1. What Money Train?
Edited on Fri Sep-29-06 08:46 PM by Godlesscommieprevert
It's privately funded. If people don't like it, people won't fund it. Is Capitalism wrong all of a sudden?
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hvn_nbr_2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-29-06 08:48 PM
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2. They've been wacko wingnuts for decades.
They said all the same kinds of things during Viet Nam.
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OhioBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-29-06 08:55 PM
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3. How very sad.
It is really sad that the face of the American Legion is a right wing Nut Job! Because most of the older American's I know, Republican, Democrat or Independent that are or have been members of the American Legion have enjoyed the fellowship of that organization. It has never conveyed a political feeling for me to attend one of their events. I'm sure many members are dismayed that it has now become so political.
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-29-06 08:59 PM
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4. Not All
Notice it is only the ones like this butt who get their comments in the newspaper or on TV. Remember the guy from the VFW with the earmuffs that said "no bush bullshit". Remember you saw it only on the internet the news shows did not show it.
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-29-06 09:02 PM
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5. VFW and the American Legion are two different outfits
Edited on Fri Sep-29-06 09:04 PM by BrotherBuzz
My observation is that the American Legion has steadily marched to the right for decades.
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Monkeyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-29-06 09:16 PM
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6. VFW has come out with letter attacking veterans health care
I will post something above in a few
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-29-06 09:25 PM
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7. my grandma hated the American Legion. She belonged to the
Veterans of Foreign Wars because of my uncle John. All the blowhards in the AL couldn't belong to the VFW's but she could belong to both. She stayed with the VFW. Go, Grandma Edna!!!!!
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