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Britney
Oct 3, 2007 20:29:25 GMT -5
Post by hembo36 on Oct 3, 2007 20:29:25 GMT -5
Lost her kids to that loser she was married to...Shows you how bad she is...People like her, nicole ritchie, lindsey lohan and paris hilton are taking up space and breathing our oxygen. Cheaters and thugs like Iverson, Bonds, Giambi or any of the many felons in the NFL...Its a fckd up society that wastes time even talking about these types of people.. What happened to DAD and MOM as our heroes?
My heroes(outside my parents)growing up were Reagan, Ripken Gehrig, Eisenhower and Erwin Rommel. I was young when Reagan was president and all the others(outside ripken) died long before i was born, but all were about the best in what they did. I guess there are no heroes left, or as the song goes
Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio, Our nation turns it's lonely eyes to you.
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Britney
Oct 3, 2007 20:51:26 GMT -5
Post by astrobuddy on Oct 3, 2007 20:51:26 GMT -5
Erwin Rommel ? I have to know the story behind that. I am sure it is alot more entertaining than talking about Britney. Do tell.....
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Britney
Oct 3, 2007 22:05:31 GMT -5
Post by jbarron on Oct 3, 2007 22:05:31 GMT -5
Yes, I'd like to know why one of the world's best known Nazis and Hitler's top general is one of your heroes. You do know that Rommel knuckled under to Hitler and committed suicide, don't you??
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Post by texiban001 on Oct 4, 2007 7:52:28 GMT -5
You do know that Rommel never joined the Nazi Party don't you? He "knuckled under" and committed suicide so Hitler wouldn't put his wife and son in Aushwitz. I would have done the same and so would anyone else that loved their family. Add to that the fact that Rommel never committed war crimes nor tolerated any mistreatment of prisoners by his troops, even Jewish prisoners even though he was ordered by Hitler to execute them. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was a warrior that did his duty to his nation in an honorable manner, regardless of Hitlers' lunacy. He would have been one of the few German high ranking officers that would not have been charged with war crimes at the end of WW2 if he had lived. He would probably have been made Commander of the German Army as well. I can name a few American generals that were no where near as honorable, General William Tecumseh Sherman comes to mind. He committed genocide against AMERICANS on his little march through South Carolina and Georgia during the Civil War and people regard this murderer as a hero?
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Post by jbarron on Oct 4, 2007 9:40:42 GMT -5
My father served in WWII under the best general this country ever nad..........General George S. Patton. I wish we had him in Iraq.
P.S. I would have posted his picture but I can't get photos to show up here for some reason. Anyone have any help on how to do it. I tried doing it like I did on the old board and it didn't work.
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Britney
Oct 4, 2007 10:29:17 GMT -5
Post by Coach on Oct 4, 2007 10:29:17 GMT -5
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Britney
Oct 4, 2007 10:31:39 GMT -5
Post by texiban001 on Oct 4, 2007 10:31:39 GMT -5
General Patton was the only American General that the Germans feared. Rommel was the only German General that Patton respected. Patton was the greatest this country ever produced and his tactics and logistics acumen are still being taught at West Point and Fort Knox.
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Britney
Oct 4, 2007 10:34:25 GMT -5
Post by texiban001 on Oct 4, 2007 10:34:25 GMT -5
For some reason, Yahoo images do not come up.
I found the one above though.
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Britney
Oct 4, 2007 11:59:02 GMT -5
Post by jbarron on Oct 4, 2007 11:59:02 GMT -5
Wouldn't you like to have been able to listen to a discussion of military tactics with General Patton, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, and John Kerry participating? LOL LOL
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Britney
Oct 4, 2007 13:13:26 GMT -5
Post by texiban001 on Oct 4, 2007 13:13:26 GMT -5
What discussion? I think after listening to those jackasses, Patton would have slapped Hilary and shot Carter and Kerry. Kerry twice! ;D
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Britney
Oct 4, 2007 16:07:46 GMT -5
Post by astrobuddy on Oct 4, 2007 16:07:46 GMT -5
He wouldnt have wasted the bullets... he would just have strangled them.
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Britney
Oct 4, 2007 21:04:46 GMT -5
Post by hembo36 on Oct 4, 2007 21:04:46 GMT -5
LOL..relax..just so theres no confusion or anything...Rommel was not a Nazi. Its also reported he didnt commit suicide but rather the Gestapo shot him..I read a lot as a kid and grew up in a very conservative family. A family that believed not only in honor but integrity. Im sure thats a punchline to some but that's ok....Also because Al Gore hadn't invented the internet yet ;D
Rommel was probably the most brilliant on either side. Texi had it right. I admired his courage and brilliance. History judged him about as fair as possible. Just about every senior officer(including Patton)thought he was amongst the best as well...Because he was a German he is automatically considered a criminal. I never consider one who serves his country in uniform a criminal(outside the obvious exceptions)
His downfall ,and Germany in general was due to one reason and one reason only. they worked for a madman.. He didnt belong to the SS, Gestapo or any of Hitlers other henchman. He was just a soldier. There were many guys in Nuremberg that didnt deserve their fate. Many US admirals(ie chester nimitz) said the USA did the exact same thing the German guys were found guilty of. Off track here....
The fact his moves were always right made him heads above the next field commander. He argued with Hitler on a number of occasions and had Hitler listened the war in Europe could very well have turned out different. We would have eventually won due to a superior industry but theres a chance it could have been a stalemate too....
The allies feared this guy so much they attempted a few times to kill this man. I think that speaks volumes about the guy..Thats actually flattery rather than hate.
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Britney
Oct 4, 2007 21:23:07 GMT -5
Post by hembo36 on Oct 4, 2007 21:23:07 GMT -5
btw..The best military generals in our history are
1.Omar Bradley 2. Creighton Abrams 3. Robert E Lee 4 stonewall jackson 5. george marshall 6. Ike 7. Patton 8. lemay
notable losers
Walter Smith US Grant
Both were sub par...
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Britney
Oct 4, 2007 21:56:26 GMT -5
Post by jbarron on Oct 4, 2007 21:56:26 GMT -5
Patton and IKe were both better than Omar Bradley.
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Britney
Oct 4, 2007 22:06:17 GMT -5
Post by astrobuddy on Oct 4, 2007 22:06:17 GMT -5
Bradley was a good man.
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