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Jackiejokeman

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« Reply #570 on: December 25, 2016, 11:07:58 am »



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« Reply #571 on: December 25, 2016, 07:57:58 pm »
Merry Christmas.  Where the heck is Andy McFail??????

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« Reply #572 on: December 26, 2016, 09:02:43 am »
Happy holidays!! Yep, where the heck is Andy?

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« Reply #573 on: December 26, 2016, 10:54:37 am »
He has ONE job!

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« Reply #574 on: December 31, 2016, 12:56:47 pm »



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« Reply #575 on: May 29, 2017, 03:38:42 pm »



 BECAUSE
you are here because they were there

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« Reply #576 on: May 29, 2017, 05:29:52 pm »
well said JJ

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« Reply #577 on: May 29, 2017, 06:08:18 pm »
What the heck happened to Andy McFail?????

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« Reply #578 on: May 29, 2017, 09:47:12 pm »
well said JJ

Except that it is wrong.

The last time our military really repelled any invasion of the United States and any effort to conquer us was the War of 1812.

This is not to minimize the sacrifices made by our military, but to point out that for more than 200 years their combat role has been one of advancing American interests around the world and helping people in other nations pursue freedom, and NOT one of defending the United States from invasion.

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« Reply #579 on: May 29, 2017, 10:05:47 pm »
I have a suggestion can Jes Beard not be an asshat riding a douchecanoe for just one **** day!
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« Reply #580 on: May 29, 2017, 10:47:17 pm »
No, I do not think that's possible, Peke. The guy must really hate himself because he spews garbage to everyone in all directions....what's inside comes out....

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« Reply #581 on: May 30, 2017, 10:33:32 am »
I have a suggestion can Jes Beard not be an asshat riding a douchecanoe for just one **** day!

Sorry that you and Sportster do not understand what I wrote, other than it in some manner is not consistent with what you already thought.  And it is a bit sad that you launch the personal attack without addressing a single idea presented in the post prompting your attack.

And Sportster, if you believe what I posted is a reflection of what I feel about myself, you REALLY need to read it again.

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« Reply #582 on: May 30, 2017, 05:59:46 pm »
I understand exactly what you wrote.  You were being your typical nit picking, self absorbed person who thinks you are always the smartest person in the room even though it has been proven time and time again that you are not.

Memorial Day is a time to remember every soldier who lost their life while serving in our armed forces.  That means every war including the war of 1812.

Nothing JJ said was wrong  and there was no reason to make the post you did other then to be a Dick.
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Jes Beard

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« Reply #583 on: May 30, 2017, 07:05:04 pm »
I understand exactly what you wrote.  You were being your typical nit picking, self absorbed person who thinks you are always the smartest person in the room even though it has been proven time and time again that you are not.
Memorial Day is a time to remember every soldier who lost their life while serving in our armed forces.  That means every war including the war of 1812.
Nothing JJ said was wrong  and there was no reason to make the post you did other then to be a Dick.

It was not nit-picking, but instead addressed the very core of what I was responding to.  I never assumed my comments would be hard to understand, even if my comments were directly at odds with a conventional wisdom divorced from actual thought, and as such did not think the comments in any way suggested I was more intelligent than anyone.  I truly did not anticipate you so completely missing the point, or why I was making it.  (That Sportster missed it was not surprising.)

Nothing either JJ or I posted addressed the purpose of Memorial Day or who was to be remembered or why.

JJ's entire post consisted of 8 words, the first "BECAUSE" being something of an umbrella for the 7 word, unpunctuated sentence which followed: "you are here because they were they," with the "they" referenced presumably being men and women in the armed forces.  If that interpretation is accurate, then his comment was the conventional wisdom about the military, and it is flatly and completely wrong.  To the extent that it is accurate regarding the 1800's AFTER the War of 1812, it really is not accurate in the way intended.  That kind of line generally is intended to suggest that the military has been essential in preserving our liberties (that has NEVER been the case), or our independence, or defended us against foreign invasion.... and in the 1800's that is was unquestionably not the case.  Now, the military DID play a significant role in us being where we are -- not by actually defending us from foreign invasion, but by killing off and forcing onto reservations the native Americans who had occupied the land for centuries.... that just is not what most folks are thinking about or talking about when they make the kind of comment JJ did.

Even since 1900 we have never really faced anything remotely resembling a viable threat of invasion and occupation by a foreign power.  Since 1900, our military has simply NOT protected our borders from anyone, or repelled invasion, or defended the homeland... or made two whits of difference in whether you or I were going to be here.

Instead, since the early 1900's the military has repeatedly served our national interests around the world, doing quite well whatever task assigned to them, often putting their own lives at risk to preserve, or even initially provide, the freedom or liberty of others.  This is actually MORE praiseworthy than the sacrifice or service of someone joining in or serving in the military to protect their own nation, since the former involves a higher level of altruism and the the latter to a large extent involves service and sacrifice to also save or preserve the the life or lifestyle or freedoms of the soldier him or herself.

So, in short, everything about JJ's comment, and everything about the conventional wisdom leading to it, was wrong.

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« Reply #584 on: May 30, 2017, 07:20:59 pm »
 "You are here because they were there" is typical JJ.  Similar to "All gave some, Some gave all" it is just a slogan to make people think about the sacrifices of those who died in service to our nation. 

There was absolutely no reason for you to respond to it the way you did other then to just be a dick.

You could have just responded with the second half of your last post and not been a dick and actually got your point across...