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John Wayne - What is a republic?
- Thread starter GDAWG1958
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United States Socialists Republics v2.0
history will repeat itself...
history will repeat itself...
Except it wasn't a republic for you if you were a:
women until 1920
black until 1968
I believe the idea of our republic was good. Was it ever really truly practiced though? How can the men who designed simultaneously own slaves?
women until 1920
black until 1968
I believe the idea of our republic was good. Was it ever really truly practiced though? How can the men who designed simultaneously own slaves?
I just talked to Batman,,, He said you were an a$$hole for disrespecting John Wayne !
OOPS , Sorry,,, To many Icehouse's
John Wayne was a fake cowboy and an even more fake soldier. He was too busy making movies to go to war when alot of other film stars his exact same age were doing so. He made up excuses. He was too old, he hurt his foot, he had children at home, he had just one more film to make, etc etc etc. Some patriot.
Now Jimmy Stewart on the other hand.......leaves Hollywood just as his career is begining to peak to fly bombers in Europe. Real. American. Hero.
From Wiki:
In August 1943, Stewart was assigned to the 445th Bombardment Group at Sioux City AAB, Iowa, first as operations officer of the 703d Bombardment Squadron and then as its commander, at the rank of captain. In December, the 445th Bombardment Group flew its B-24 Liberator bombers to RAF Tibenham, Norfolk, England and immediately began combat operations. While flying missions over Germany, Stewart was promoted to major. In March 1944, he was transferred as group operations officer to the 453rd Bombardment Group, a new B-24 unit that had been experiencing difficulties. As a means to inspire his new group, Stewart flew as command pilot in the lead B-24 on numerous missions deep into Nazi-occupied Europe. These missions went uncounted at Stewart's orders. His "official" total is listed as 20 and is limited to those with the 445th. In 1944, he twice received the Distinguished Flying Cross for actions in combat and was awarded the Croix de Guerre. He also received the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters. In July 1944, after flying 20 combat missions, Stewart was made Chief of Staff of the 2nd Combat Bombardment Wing of the Eighth Air Force, and though he was no longer required or expected to fly missions, he continued to do so. Before the war ended, he was promoted to colonel, one of the few Americans to rise from private to colonel in four years
From Wiki:
In August 1943, Stewart was assigned to the 445th Bombardment Group at Sioux City AAB, Iowa, first as operations officer of the 703d Bombardment Squadron and then as its commander, at the rank of captain. In December, the 445th Bombardment Group flew its B-24 Liberator bombers to RAF Tibenham, Norfolk, England and immediately began combat operations. While flying missions over Germany, Stewart was promoted to major. In March 1944, he was transferred as group operations officer to the 453rd Bombardment Group, a new B-24 unit that had been experiencing difficulties. As a means to inspire his new group, Stewart flew as command pilot in the lead B-24 on numerous missions deep into Nazi-occupied Europe. These missions went uncounted at Stewart's orders. His "official" total is listed as 20 and is limited to those with the 445th. In 1944, he twice received the Distinguished Flying Cross for actions in combat and was awarded the Croix de Guerre. He also received the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters. In July 1944, after flying 20 combat missions, Stewart was made Chief of Staff of the 2nd Combat Bombardment Wing of the Eighth Air Force, and though he was no longer required or expected to fly missions, he continued to do so. Before the war ended, he was promoted to colonel, one of the few Americans to rise from private to colonel in four years
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And it's still not a republic for you if you're under 18 or are a felon or whatever, right? And, if you really want to pick nits, there's still no direct election of the president and no federal right to vote in national elections.
What part of the definition of "republic" requires universal suffrage? If it were up to me, we'd have a lot less people eligible to vote.
