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TB — 5/31/2008 3:15:01 AM (archived)

In Febrary 1971 when I returned home, besides the lame questions of how many babies did I have to kill and how many villages did I help burn down, I had a little incident on a NYC bus. Wearing my Marine uniform with my ribbons from Vietnam (including my Purple Heart), the bus driver said that I could get on the bus for free, but I had to sit in the back of the bus. He didn't want me to cause any trouble.

I never had anyone spit on me upon my return from Vietnam. However, my hometown of Rosedale, Queens had its Vietnam Veteran Memorial attacked by Anti-War Protesters. In May 1970, while serving in my peasant-farming village of Phu Da/Duc Duc, I received copies of the below pictures.

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Garrison Keillor gets ripped a new one - TB - 5/30/2008 4:16:12 AM
- I wonder what he would think of an Irish wake? (n/t) - Jody - 6/2/2008 11:10:21 PM
- Amazing! - alcaray - 5/30/2008 10:25:00 PM
  - Hmm... - RobVG - 6/2/2008 2:34:36 PM
    - How noisy would the priders be? (n/t) - alcaray - 6/2/2008 6:36:23 PM
    - "Which group would see the most tolerance?" - ARRELL - 6/2/2008 3:58:39 PM
- What did Keillor say? Your link doesn't go there. - Eri - 5/30/2008 10:06:22 PM
  - Link under "Whoops!" below. (n/t) - TB - 5/30/2008 10:26:43 PM
- Once again, TB, you've done your part to heal our divisions and bring us together as a nation. (n/t) - ER - 5/30/2008 7:37:16 PM
- Garrison Keillor is right. - ER - 5/30/2008 1:01:20 PM
  - re: Garrison Keillor - TB - 5/30/2008 5:50:23 PM
    - There you do, generalizing again. - Eri - 5/30/2008 10:09:55 PM
    - Musings on memorial day - ARRELL - 5/30/2008 7:07:03 PM
      - More- Keillor's memorial day broadcast - ARRELL - 5/30/2008 8:38:56 PM
        
        re: Keillor's memorial day broadcast - TB - 5/30/2008 9:27:05 PM
        
        Keillor didn't say anything not true. - Eri - 5/30/2008 10:17:52 PM
        
        There is a reason TB didn't address the truth, he just parroted the spin - ARRELL - 5/30/2008 11:45:50 PM
        
        Pathetic TB - ARRELL - 5/30/2008 9:52:40 PM
    - veterans - Robert - 5/30/2008 6:54:21 PM
      - re: veterans - TB - 5/30/2008 8:43:30 PM
        
        Lies, damned lies, and statistics - Robert - 5/30/2008 9:43:17 PM
        
        Ah. The "not increasing as fast as we think it should be" cut. A classic. - TB - 5/30/2008 11:19:14 PM
        
        Try to hold on to a little perspective - Robert - 5/31/2008 2:49:59 AM
        
        The budget has almost doubled since 2001 - Lee - 5/31/2008 3:04:51 AM
        
        THANKS FOR PLAYING - ARRELL - 5/31/2008 8:35:19 PM
        
        So $86 billion isn't enough, but $87 billion is? - Lee - 5/31/2008 8:58:04 PM
        
        You have serious reading comprehension issues, don't you... - ARRELL - 5/31/2008 9:03:39 PM
        
        "Funds for Health Care of Veterans $1 Billion Short" - Lee - 5/31/2008 9:19:22 PM
        
        :) by all means, keep playing- anyone reading this entire thread will learn a lot about you - ARRELL - 5/31/2008 9:29:38 PM
        
        This administration believes all sorts of nonsense. - Lee - 5/31/2008 10:06:37 PM
        
        " This administration believes all sorts of nonsense."- yup, like WMD are a slam dunk... - ARRELL - 5/31/2008 10:32:16 PM
        
        That's the difference. - Lee - 5/31/2008 11:52:17 PM
        
        re: Try to hold on to the facts - TB - 5/31/2008 3:01:42 AM
        
        From the other post you ignored... - ARRELL - 5/31/2008 12:07:18 AM
        
        But PTSD isn't real. - Lee - 5/31/2008 2:28:16 AM
        
        re: But PTSD isn't real. - Jerry Lembcke - 5/31/2008 5:37:32 PM
        
        Thanks! - TB - 6/1/2008 1:12:30 AM
        
        Social Constructions - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/31/2008 8:41:09 PM
        
        A different reality...oh ok, that clears it up. - Lee - 5/31/2008 7:54:04 PM
        
        You didn't even live up to my low expectations.... - ARRELL - 5/31/2008 8:03:42 PM
        
        What's to discredit? - Lee - 5/31/2008 8:19:32 PM
        
        Again, you are inventing what he said and then quoting him as saying what you made up! - ARRELL - 5/31/2008 8:32:19 PM
        
        What he said is meaningless. - Lee - 5/31/2008 8:48:57 PM
        
        It's only meaningless if you dont have the reading skills to comprehend it... - ARRELL - 5/31/2008 9:01:51 PM
        
        You're an apologist. - Lee - 5/31/2008 9:13:52 PM
        
        You're an idiot.... - ARRELL - 5/31/2008 9:24:38 PM
        
        PTSD and TBI - Robert - 5/31/2008 7:19:57 PM
        
        re: PTSD and TBI - TB - 6/1/2008 1:11:25 AM
        
        minor typo - Robert - 5/31/2008 7:21:31 PM
        
        Thank you for your clarification - ARRELL - 5/31/2008 5:50:50 PM
        
        re: But PTSD isn't real. (n/t) - Jerry Lembcke - 5/31/2008 5:29:09 PM
        
        Having trouble keeping track of the thread, Banjo Boy? - ARRELL - 5/31/2008 2:41:59 AM
        
        I prefer a steel guitar. (n/t) - Lee - 5/31/2008 2:46:23 AM
        
        Huh, So he did. - TB - 5/31/2008 2:41:22 AM
        
        Want to know why I ignored it? - TB - 5/31/2008 2:18:57 AM
        
        :) nice try - ARRELL - 5/31/2008 2:38:15 AM
        
        No. - TB - 5/31/2008 2:53:16 AM
        
        More facts for you to ignore... Looks like Robert S. was right - ARRELL - 5/31/2008 3:44:06 AM
        
        Ignore? Actually... - TB - 5/31/2008 4:36:38 AM
        
        Soooo..... what deserves your outrage more....? - ARRELL - 5/31/2008 5:03:28 AM
        
        Why is it mutually exclusive? - TB - 5/31/2008 5:32:03 AM
        
        Groan... Someone else want to take a crack at explaining to TB what he just did? - ARRELL - 5/31/2008 6:22:47 AM
      - "the dispiriting lie" - ER - 5/30/2008 7:16:52 PM
      - That reporter is wrong. - Lee - 5/30/2008 7:03:42 PM
        
        Prove it - Robert - 5/30/2008 9:53:49 PM
        
        For the record. - Lee - 5/31/2008 12:07:57 AM
        
        You wish - Robert - 5/31/2008 1:47:00 AM
        
        re: You wish - Lee - 5/31/2008 2:01:40 AM
        
        re: You wish - Robert - 5/31/2008 2:44:42 AM
        
        My own research on this - Yeti - 5/31/2008 3:26:11 AM
        
        I'm okay with planting the goalposts at that point. (n/t) - TB - 5/31/2008 3:35:23 AM
        
        What I hope or don't hope doesn't matter. - Lee - 5/31/2008 2:57:55 AM
        
        Where do you get off... - Lee - 5/30/2008 11:30:04 PM
        
        Oh gee, I dunno... - Robert - 5/30/2008 11:52:34 PM
        
        Not a lie. - TB - 5/31/2008 2:09:24 AM
        
        But not the truth, either - Robert - 5/31/2008 7:00:26 PM
        
        Remember "perspective?" - TB - 6/1/2008 1:28:21 AM
        
        Less civil? - Lee - 5/31/2008 8:13:31 PM
        
        And it's not just about spit - TB - 5/31/2008 2:31:47 AM
        
        The site that is from has a vietnam veteran's story where he specifically says "I never had anyone spit on me upon my return from Vietnam."- any particular reason you didnt mention that fact? (n/t) - ARRELL - 5/31/2008 2:58:13 AM
        
        Well, if he didn't get spat on, that proves nobody did. - TB - 5/31/2008 3:03:18 AM
        
        The rest of the quote - TB - 5/31/2008 3:15:01 AM
        
        You backtracked that photo? - TB - 5/31/2008 3:04:40 AM
        
        Wasn't too hard, I just correctly assumed there was a dishonest reason as to why you didn't give the source.... (n/t) - ARRELL - 5/31/2008 3:08:46 AM
        
        You're starting to get a bit weird. - TB - 5/31/2008 3:32:52 AM
        
        WEIRD? This thread PROVES that it is YOU that wants to INSIST on portraying veterans as victims! - ARRELL - 5/31/2008 6:52:59 PM
        
        And you want vindication of your side by ignoring an ugly truth. - Lee - 5/31/2008 12:10:39 AM
        
        "The Left is pure and good..." - Robert - 5/31/2008 1:41:04 AM
        
        It is true. - Lee - 5/31/2008 2:08:08 AM
        
        Yeah, Robert!!! His uncles could be decent human beings, nothing like Lee at all.... (n/t) - ARRELL - 5/30/2008 11:32:31 PM
        
        This is Flame - Lee - 5/30/2008 11:34:41 PM
        
        Or, we could apply lee's bigoted reasoning and assume since he is such a sorry excuse for a human being.... - ARRELL - 5/30/2008 11:42:49 PM
        
        That's all you have. - Lee - 5/31/2008 12:21:16 AM
        
        This is Flame - Robert - 5/30/2008 11:54:47 PM
        
        LOL I am done - ARRELL - 5/31/2008 12:04:15 AM
        
        Yeah, but did you have to call them "a monkey's uncles"? (n/t) - Robert - 5/31/2008 1:22:15 AM
        
        I would NEVER insult monkies in that way!! - ARRELL - 5/31/2008 2:00:38 AM
        
        So you keep saying. (n/t) - Lee - 5/31/2008 2:14:38 AM
    - re: Garrison Keillor - ER - 5/30/2008 6:34:43 PM
      - You obviously dont understand veterans as well as TB does.... - ARRELL - 5/30/2008 6:41:21 PM
    - What a pile of slanderous crap... - ARRELL - 5/30/2008 6:14:50 PM
  - ER - RNE - 5/30/2008 5:39:09 PM
    - re: RNE - ER - 5/30/2008 6:25:36 PM
- Er...did your links lead to the intended destinations? (n/t) - McFly - 5/30/2008 5:32:32 AM
  - Whoops! Thanks! - TB - 5/30/2008 6:18:07 AM
    - You want to express patriotic outrage? How about trying an issue that really matters... - ARRELL - 5/30/2008 5:44:08 PM
      - right on - Robert - 5/30/2008 6:59:46 PM
    - What is so offensive in what he says? - ARRELL - 5/30/2008 4:58:38 PM
      - You mean like anti-war protests? - Lee - 5/30/2008 7:14:41 PM
        
        Plenty of veterans at anti-war protests.... - ARRELL - 5/30/2008 7:31:59 PM
    - "...at least somebody actually clicks on them!" - ER - 5/30/2008 1:41:21 PM
- He's so far ahead in that department he'll never be caught. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/30/2008 4:21:44 AM

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