My Great Grandfather came from Baden Baden

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My Great Grandfather came from Baden Baden

REB — 4/20/2007 2:08:56 PM (archived)

He came to America fromBaden Baden as a youngster in 1865. His son, my grandfather, fought against German, for America, in WWI. I wonder what his thoughts were as he sat in the trenches in Germany, knowing he might be shooting at some of his relatives, or that he was fighting his fatherâ€™s land.

My German side is always fighting my Italian side. The tiny bit of Native American in me tries to calm them but the small Irish part of me likes to stir it back up. :)

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The "Surge" is failing - Donald - 4/18/2007 1:55:14 PM
- Your relief must be boundless. (n/t) - TB - 4/18/2007 3:05:43 PM
  - Your callousness is boundless. - Lindy - 4/19/2007 2:16:39 PM
  - Hardly - Donald - 4/19/2007 1:37:57 AM
    - "You are little different than people like Mr. Cho Seung-Hui" - TB - 4/19/2007 2:11:29 AM
      - Don's wrong for comparing you to a psychopathic nutcase - Tony - 4/19/2007 4:23:57 PM
        
        re: Don's wrong for comparing you to a psychopathic nutcase - azstrummer - 4/19/2007 7:56:23 PM
      - Don't worry TB... - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/19/2007 3:28:10 AM
        
        Uhhh....Techie - Lindy - 4/19/2007 2:31:46 PM
        
        Yes Lindy.... - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/20/2007 12:38:47 AM
        
        His "German self?" This gets better and better. (n/t) - TB - 4/19/2007 5:48:27 PM
        
        You know Tom, my German self! - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/20/2007 3:15:38 AM
        
        My Great Grandfather came from Baden Baden - REB - 4/20/2007 2:08:56 PM
      - It's true - Donald - 4/19/2007 2:54:45 AM
        
        People like Hui are the ones setting off bombs in public places. - Lee - 4/19/2007 6:55:53 AM
  - The surge is failing. That's the issue. - Bowser - 4/18/2007 10:13:24 PM
    - Give me a break. - TB - 4/18/2007 11:10:57 PM
      - re: Give me a break. - Lindy - 4/19/2007 1:56:04 PM
      - The parts of history you can't revise you just ignore. - Bowser - 4/19/2007 1:26:52 AM
- You would think that sooner or later they would run out of explosives. - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 4/18/2007 2:45:42 PM
  - They have hundreds of thousands of rounds - ER - 4/18/2007 3:10:04 PM
    - SOP......... - Publius - 4/19/2007 5:43:04 PM
    - Many of them are unexploded bombs we dropped them. (n/t) - Jack Herer - 4/18/2007 4:25:27 PM
      - Any links? - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 4/18/2007 5:47:19 PM
    - re: Good point. - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 4/18/2007 3:15:01 PM
      - Munitions are also being shipped in from Syria and Iran. - TB - 4/18/2007 3:17:47 PM
        
        Which cuts to the how can you expect to close the US border if you can close the Iraqi border question... - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 4/18/2007 3:36:24 PM
  - Not very likely - Donald - 4/18/2007 3:00:29 PM
    - that's funny. Wasn't that the Clinton's response to OK City? - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 4/18/2007 3:08:33 PM
      - Where it's coming from. - Lee - 4/19/2007 2:01:42 PM
      - Most fertiliser - nick hoffman - 4/19/2007 10:22:47 AM
- Meanwhile: 3,311 - Donald - 4/18/2007 1:56:53 PM
  - right on cue. (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/18/2007 2:01:13 PM

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