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Offline rpm

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« Reply #15 on: December 04, 2007, 02:24:03 AM »
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Jimmy Stewart is the man. I love the movie "Strategic Air Command"   All those shots of the B-36 Peacemaker and the B-47 Stratojet. Classic Cold War film.

We had a B-47 on "the stick" in the city park in Altus OK where I grew up. Sits on the corner of Broadway, and Park Lane on the NW side of the intersection. I used to love going up and looking at that plane when I was growing up there. It's still there to this day. Also had a Minuteman Missle on "the stick" at the local little leauge ball fields on the south side of town. We called it Missile park growing up.
I love that film. Probably responsable for my aviation fascination since early childhood.

Back in the mid-late 60's my Dad hauled freight for the military. Mostly bombs and other ordinance but on occassion he would haul aircraft. I got to sit in and explore F-86's and other obsolete aircraft headed for the boneyard. You couldn't ask for more than that as a kid.
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« Reply #16 on: December 04, 2007, 02:24:36 AM »
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Word..pilgram

Wow, word!  




Mac, because of this one post,.......
U ahight with me,  kind of!

hee hee:D
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« Reply #17 on: December 04, 2007, 03:44:00 AM »


Without this guy, wouldn't be an America that we would recognize.
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« Reply #18 on: December 04, 2007, 04:32:04 AM »
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Ya forgot

Jimmy Stewart
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Offline AWMac

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« Reply #19 on: December 04, 2007, 07:49:19 AM »
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Wow, word!  

Mac, because of this one post,.......
U ahight with me,  kind of!

hee hee:D


Well I'll be dam.  Finally Skyrock and I find common ground.

I'm glad you liked the pic.

:D

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« Reply #20 on: December 04, 2007, 11:33:33 AM »
Seriously, why did most of you pick actors?
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Offline Maverick

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« Reply #21 on: December 04, 2007, 01:06:29 PM »
Check to see what most of those actors listed did. Other than Wayne (who was too old at the time) the others that were named served in WW2 and several saw combat. A couple other actors in that same category were James Doohan (Scotty) and Lee Marvin. There are others as well.

They were heads and shoulders above what we are seeing on the screen now. They aren't notably American because they were actors, but what they did besides acting.
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« Reply #22 on: December 04, 2007, 01:11:29 PM »
What Mav said.

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« Reply #23 on: December 04, 2007, 01:14:21 PM »
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Without this guy, wouldn't be an America that we would recognize.


Actually, it was this guy who really helped us to win:

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« Reply #24 on: December 04, 2007, 01:14:30 PM »
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
Steve Jobs and Steven Wozniak
Larry Page and Sergei Brin

And anybody else whose innovative spirit spurred and created the industries that built this nation, and will continue to propel this nation forward.

Nothing is more American than the ability to think freely, the courage to act on it, the perseverance to bring it to fruition, and the humanity to accept the fruits of its success without guilt.
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« Reply #25 on: December 04, 2007, 03:31:17 PM »
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Actually, it was this guy who really helped us to win:



That looks like Benedict Arnold.

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Offline Maverick

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« Reply #26 on: December 04, 2007, 05:20:31 PM »
Up until he was wounded then became a traitor, he was the most effective leader for battle that we had.
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« Reply #27 on: December 04, 2007, 05:25:44 PM »
Yeah but that's not him. That's Von Stoob. (Methinks LS has a "prussian" thang on).

Here's Bennie:



Does seem to be a resemblence - wig - fluffy collar .....
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« Reply #29 on: December 04, 2007, 05:48:56 PM »
I was thinking more of George turning down the "Kingship" after the
revolution.  If you seriously think that von Stueben was capable of holding
the Continental Army better than Washington did, not much I can say.

     Frankly the English had a better military than we did throughout the war.
There is no doubt that training helped, but head to head fighting the
European way against the UK just played into their advantages.

     As far as Arnold goes, I think he's the very definition of a "Sunshine Patriot".
He fought for himself, and that was it.

     I do find it interesting that virtually all of the guys mentioned so far were
military, when frankly the military is one of the smaller cross sections of
America.  I'm as big a fan as the next guy, but I'm not sure that being a great
warrior makes you a great American.
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