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Topic: Ward Churchill Still At It. |
Arty Guy
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Views: 4754
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Forum: Geedunk & Scuttlebutt Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:31 pm Subject: Ward Churchill Still At It. |
Given the falsehoods about himself that Mr. Churchill has given out in the past, I am wondering if he really did serve in Viet Nam. Does anybody know anything about this? |
Topic: Anti Swift Vets Website |
Arty Guy
Replies: 0
Views: 2927
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Forum: Swift Vets and POWs for Truth Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 3:08 am Subject: Anti Swift Vets Website |
I haven't visited, much less posted, here in a long time. However, I found this web site of interest. As a swift vet supporter, I found it disturbing. Perhaps some of you are already aware of this. ... |
Topic: New Orleans responsible for their levee system? |
Arty Guy
Replies: 5
Views: 4850
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Forum: Geedunk & Scuttlebutt Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:58 pm Subject: New Orleans responsible for their levee system? |
Many years ago I was employed in the Army Corps of Engineers civil works program. I do not know the details behind the collapse of the flood wall, but any improvements have to be both authorized and ... |
Topic: Politicizing the New Orleans disaster starts |
Arty Guy
Replies: 19
Views: 16032
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Forum: Geedunk & Scuttlebutt Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:10 am Subject: Politicizing the New Orleans disaster starts |
At least Katrina pushed Cindy Sheehan off of the front pages and out of the evening news. |
Topic: Clinton: I Would Have Attacked Bin Laden |
Arty Guy
Replies: 23
Views: 16694
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Forum: Geedunk & Scuttlebutt Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 11:51 pm Subject: Clinton: I Would Have Attacked Bin Laden |
Not for nothing is he known as Slick Willie in Arkansas. And he didn't have sex with that woman either. |
Topic: "Chappaquiddick" |
Arty Guy
Replies: 16
Views: 15617
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Forum: Geedunk & Scuttlebutt Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:12 am Subject: "Chappaquiddick" |
Shortly after the Three Mile Island incident, I heard a nuclear engineer quip, "More people have died in the back seat of Ted Kennedy's car than have died as a result of anything occuring at a civilia ... |
Topic: TEAMSTER OFFICIAL CALLING VN VET BABY KILLER. |
Arty Guy
Replies: 6
Views: 4956
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Forum: Geedunk & Scuttlebutt Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:19 am Subject: TEAMSTER OFFICIAL CALLING VN VET BABY KILLER. |
Under the speech codes of many of our colleges and universities this would clearly qualify as a hate crime and get the speaker expelled. Since Viet Nam era vets are a protected "victim" class under v ... |
Topic: In Mosul, a Battle 'Beyond Ruthless', Sgt. Domingo Ruiz |
Arty Guy
Replies: 66
Views: 50924
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Forum: Geedunk & Scuttlebutt Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 6:55 pm Subject: In Mosul, a Battle 'Beyond Ruthless', Sgt. Domingo Ruiz |
Esssayons,
It is certainly true that the artillery occasionally finds itself in the midst of a desperate infantry combat, but the artillery is not out there looking for trouble in quite the way tha ... |
Topic: In Mosul, a Battle 'Beyond Ruthless', Sgt. Domingo Ruiz |
Arty Guy
Replies: 66
Views: 50924
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Forum: Geedunk & Scuttlebutt Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 6:15 am Subject: In Mosul, a Battle 'Beyond Ruthless', Sgt. Domingo Ruiz |
While I am a veteran I was not in the infantry and did not see combat the way it is described here. I was in the artillery and that was close enough for me. I was not particularly shocked or surpris ... |
Topic: Kerry Confuses Days of the Week |
Arty Guy
Replies: 6
Views: 4937
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Forum: Geedunk & Scuttlebutt Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:14 am Subject: Kerry Confuses Days of the Week |
In the story pasted in below Kerry accuses Republicans of leafleting minority neighborhoods telling them to vote on Wednesday.
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Kerry cites voter intimidation examples
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Topic: Vet fired after Iraq duty awarded $500,000 |
Arty Guy
Replies: 2
Views: 3314
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Forum: Geedunk & Scuttlebutt Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:04 am Subject: Vet fired after Iraq duty awarded $500,000 |
As much as I share the population's general disdain for lawyers, my hat is off to this guy. God speed and a safe return. |
Topic: First Hand Report from the International Zone in Baghdad |
Arty Guy
Replies: 7
Views: 5635
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Forum: Geedunk & Scuttlebutt Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:10 am Subject: First Hand Report from the International Zone in Baghdad |
Permission granted. |
Topic: First Hand Report from the International Zone in Baghdad |
Arty Guy
Replies: 7
Views: 5635
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Forum: Geedunk & Scuttlebutt Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:15 pm Subject: First Hand Report from the International Zone in Baghdad |
My oldest son is in Iraq, currently employed by the State Dept in the embassy. He writes regular dispatches and I thought I might share one on this forum.
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Topic: Am I in the twilight zone |
Arty Guy
Replies: 15
Views: 11314
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Forum: Geedunk & Scuttlebutt Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 1:59 am Subject: Am I in the twilight zone |
Jesse Jackson is first and foremost an opportunist. However, he occasionally does the right thing even while he is promoting himself. Remember the navy flier the Syrians shot down over Lebanon in th ... |
Topic: French looking Candidate's financier's conviction upheld. |
Arty Guy
Replies: 1
Views: 3253
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Forum: Geedunk & Scuttlebutt Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:57 pm Subject: French looking Candidate's financier's conviction upheld. |
This fine is a mere pittance to Soros. However the conviction might limit his eligibility to participate in certain types of transactions in the future. Too bad.
Apparently cut from the same clot ... |
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