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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:22 PM Original message |
An Old Man Died Last Night - |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. a wonderful, poignant read |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thank you for that! |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. You made me cry my friend, I am sorry for your loss |
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SCantiGOP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
113. my best friend from high school also |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #113 |
143. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 4 West. Causality number 54575 |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. I hear you. |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. This may sound wrong but ... |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
137. No, it doesn't sound wrong. Not at all. |
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medeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #34 |
145. McNamara better at confessing than explaining |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. what an honor to bobby |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'd comment, but |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. K&R |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
8. He got my best friend's cousin, Jimmy Boy, killed over there and my college friend, George |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. What a beautiful tribute to Bobby |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. Well said... |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yes I'm glad McNamara is gone too |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. Thanks TL |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. That is beautiful... |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
14. I type through my tears... |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. That needs to be read by everyone who votes in favor of useless wars |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. K&R |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
17. k+r |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. :) :( |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. Tommy |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. that was awesome |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
21. An instant classic. |
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blaze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
22. Dang T la B |
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Moondog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
23. I lost several friends to this man's vanity. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
24. Breathtaking read. |
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Possumpoint (937 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. The Good Die Young |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
26. I don't think people who didn't live though it will ever understand that time. |
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malmapus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
27. What a tribute to your friend. |
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lordsummerisle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
28. Very moving, thank you n/t |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. What a tribute this is to someone |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. Thank you for an extraordinary post. So much pain caused by so much stubborn ideology. |
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santamargarita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
31. I only wish that sonuvabitch had died in prison... |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
32. Such a moving tribute. I remember those days well. n/t |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
33. All of our "Bobbys" |
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blue sky at night (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
35. thanks.... |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
36. Strange its always old men that send young men to die in war. |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
129. Yes, and it's another instance of a poor boy dying in a rich man's war. |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
37. Very well written!**nm |
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Atticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. That had the feel--- |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
39. thank you |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
40. Tangerine LaBamba thank you for sharing your memories of |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
41. Looking at the news this morning, four things came to mind. |
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Third Doctor (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
42. It's sad |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. I take that to be a refference to 5 deferments Dick Cheney and his trained Monkey CMDR AWOL n/t |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
43. This is the most beautiful post I have ever read here at DU. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
44. VietNam...the gift that keeps on giving to all of us with loved ones involved. Dreadful. |
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Mira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
45. Thank you for telling us, Tangerine, and allowing us to feel with you. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
46. This post is a respectful silence |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
47. Thank you, Tangerine LaBamba. It's been 40 years since I came home and I still can't |
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phillysuse (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
49. Phil Ochs said the same thing - it's always the old to lead us to war |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
50. :'( |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
51. Wow. That really personalizes the Vietnam War. I was a young teen during that war, but I remember. |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
52. This is your own Memorial |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
53. A shame thanks for sharing your loss |
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BanzaiBonnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
54. War is such a senseless thing |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
55. Very poignant and beautifully written post, Tangerine, Reminds me a bit of a Molly Ivins piece, |
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Unrepentant Fenian (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
56. That was beautiful! Thank you. |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
57. And Bobby will always be your best friend ... on that rock having a smoke |
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DrZeeLit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
58. My brother-in-law served in Vietnam, a decorated Marine. He threw his medals out the window on the |
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ebdarcy (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
59. I am so sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing your story with us. |
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blossomstar (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
60. I feel your loss, thank you for sharing. |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
61. Thank you for your story of Bobby |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. For your brother |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
63. Reminds me of a mournful tune from my Army days... |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
64. Thank you for letting me see Bobby . . . thank you. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
65. What a beautiful, soul stirring memorial to Bobby... thank you, Tang.. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
66. Wow. |
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Not Sure (334 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
67. I'm speechless. Outstanding. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
68. Thank you for sharing. |
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Iwillnevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
69. Tangerine, you've taken many of us back |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
70. Young forever ....... yeah. |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
71. And Kissinger is still alive... |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
72. Wow... |
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Oldtimeralso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
73. Dear TLB |
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ebayfool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
74. . |
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Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
75. This seems a bit too harsh on McNamara |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
76. Deleted message |
islandmkl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. as an aside, without comment on your own post... |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:01 AM Response to Reply #76 |
79. You really shouldn't post all drunk like that. n/t |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
77. Amen. Beautifully written tribute to all that we lost because of that man, that war, |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
80. Thank you, TL. |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
81. Amazing. I'm sorry. nt. |
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vietnam_war_vet (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
82. In this case..... |
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National Steel 27 (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
83. Damn, TLB.... |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
84. Thanks, Tangerine LaBamba |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
85. Beautiful, amazing, and very, very sad. |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
86. I wish I could give this more than 58,000 rec's and 58,000 thank you's |
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vietnam_war_vet (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #86 |
121. RE the "58,000 plus" American military KIA'd in the Vietnam War |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
87. . |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
88. K and R. And thank you for making it real. eom. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:48 AM Response to Original message |
89. Excellent piece |
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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 04:29 AM Response to Original message |
90. You just made DU a bit classier. |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 04:42 AM Response to Original message |
91. A moving, heartrending tribute, Tangerine LaBamba |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 05:05 AM Response to Original message |
92. For The Fallen |
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change_notfinetuning (750 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 05:26 AM Response to Original message |
93. Beautifully said, Tangerine. Yet, today, Vietnam is a big trading partner with |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
94. How many other people lived through the era? |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
95. This story shows the reality of who really fights these wars. |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
96. Beautiful..just Beautiful. Thanks |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
97. What a treat: words...and not just for the sake of writing ~ |
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kedrys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
98. Aw Jesus. |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
99. Oh, what a beautiful tribute |
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Locrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
100. Masters Of War |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #100 |
119. I'd forgottenhow powerfully Dylan could write... |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
101. K+R |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
102. MacNamara died and I remember my big brother who also died there |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
103. . |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
104. Thank you. TLB |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
105. K & R #193! Beautifully written heart-wrenching piece, TL... |
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bluescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
106. Had to K&R |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
107. Thank you for writing and sharing this |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
108. Best read I've had on DU, or anywhere for that matter, in a very long time. Thank you for sharing |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #108 |
131. The absolute truth n/t |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
109. But McNamara's legacy lives |
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
110. A beautiful tribute |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
111. The really sad part is that George Bush, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
112. Thank you, TLaB. |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
114. That's my generation... 58 thousand plus gone |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #114 |
117. Yeah, that was one grim way to deal with us Boomers, wasn't it? Almost like a plan. |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #117 |
150. Q: How do you control a generation of free thinkers? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
115. Stunning in its beauty and restraint. I was 19 in 1968; had friends who got the Lottery, one the |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
116. K & R |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
118. Thank you for sharing Bobby with us TL. |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
120. Heart wrenching honesty written from the heart, I only wish it was loud enough |
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Diane R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
122. He killed my brother. May Robert McNamara not rest in peace. |
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Celtic Merlin (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
123. Where will McNamara be buried? |
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condoleeza (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
124. Always enjoy your writing, but this is just beyond perfect |
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virgdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
125. Beautiful, touching and poignant tribute.. |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
126. T...... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
127. oh damn.... |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
128. There is some kind of a bug in my DU software |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
130. Too bad his pre "Fog of War" thinking is still running our foreign policies. |
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lazyriver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
132. This is among the most touching pieces I've ever read. It caught |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
133. This is a truly fitting eulogy for two men. |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
134. a beautiful touching tribute |
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vanbean (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
135. Why did the class lesbian decide to neck with Bobby? |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
136. Perfect. Thank you. (nt) |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
138. That was beautifully written. nt |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
139. My significant other's fellow vet friend spent 7 years in a NVA tiger cage |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #139 |
142. Thank you, Tangerine |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
140. I've just now gotten around to your post.... |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
141. That was beautiful. |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
144. Wow |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
146. What a great tribute to your friend. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
147. What a stunningly beautiful tribute to your friend. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
148. K&R. (nt) |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
149. Beautiful, thank you for this. |
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ReadTomPaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
151. Kick |
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