With prose like this…

This didn’t sit well with Sergeant Murphy.  He flipped out like a goddamn ninja and gunned down the treacherous Nazi bastards.  As soon as they hit the deck, a hidden German machine gun nest opened up on Audie.  This only served to make him more angry.  Murphy charged up the hill towards the gun emplacement and smoked the gun crew.  He then picked up their MG42 machine gun and turned it on another nearby machinegun nest.  Using the captured gun Rambo-style, Sergeant Murphy took out two more gun emplacements as well as a couple of sniper positions.  His actions in beating Kraut asses earned him the US Distinguished Service cross - the second-highest honor given out by the military.

You must be impressed.  Go see the The Badass of the Week page often!

Today they’re having an anti-war demonstration in Washington. Led by the typical assemblage of idiots. So I’m going back a bit and showing what real heroes are like.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WW II MOVIE STARS

In contrast to the ideals, opinions and feelings of today’s “Hollywonk” the real actors of yesteryear loved the United States. They had both class and integrity. With the advent of World War II many of our actors went to fight rather than stand and rant against this country we all love.

They gave up their wealth, position and fame to become service men & women, many as simple “enlisted men”.

This page lists but a few, but from this group of only 18 men came over 70 medals in honor of their valor, spanning from Bronze Stars, Silver Stars, Distinguish Service Cross’, Purple Hearts and one Congressional Medal of Honor.

So remember; while the “Entertainers of Today” have been in all of the news media lately I would like to remind the people of what the entertainers of 1943 were doing, (64 years ago).

Most of these brave men have since passed on.

“Real Hollywood Heroes”

Alec Guinness (Star Wars) operated a British Royal Navy landing craft on D-Day.

James Doohan (”Scotty” on Star Trek) landed in Normandy with the U. S. Army on D-Day.

Donald Pleasance (The Great Escape) really was an R. A. F. pilot who was shot down, held prisoner and tortured by the Germans.

David Niven was a Sandhurst graduate and Lt. Colonel of the British Commandos in Normandy.

James Stewart Entered the Army Air Force as a private and worked his way to the rank of Colonel. During World War II, Stewart served as a bomber pilot, his service record crediting him with leading more than 20 missions over Germany, and taking part in hundreds of air strikes during his tour of duty. Stewart earned the Air Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, France’s Croix de Guerre, and 7 Battle Stars during World War II. In peace time, Stewart continued to be an active member of the Air Force as a reservist, reaching the rank of Brigadier General before retiring in the late 1950s.

Clark Gable (Mega-Movie Star when war broke out) Although he was beyond the draft age at the time the U.S. entered WW II, Clark Gable enlisted as a private in the AAF on Aug. 12, 1942 at Los Angeles. He attended the Officers’ Candidate School at Miami Beach, Fla. and graduated as a second lieutenant on Oct. 28, 1942. He then attended aerial gunnery school and in Feb. 1943 was assigned to the 351st Bomb Group at Polebrook where flew operational missions over Europe in B-17s. Capt. Gable returned to the U.S. in Oct. 1943 and was relieved from active duty as a major on Jun. 12, 1944 at his own request, since he was over-age for combat.

Charlton Heston was an Army Air Corps Sergeant in Kodiak.

Ernest Borgnine was a U. S. Navy Gunners Mate 1935-1945.

Charles Durning was a U. S. Army Ranger at Normandy earning a Silver Star and awarded the Purple Heart.

Charles Bronson was a tail gunner in the Army Air Corps, more specifically on B-29’s in the 20th Air Force out of Guam, Tinian, and Saipan.

George C. Scott was a decorated U. S. Marine.

Eddie Albert (Green Acres TV) was awarded a Bronze Star for his heroic action as a U. S. Naval officer aiding Marines at the horrific battle on the island of Tarawa in the Pacific Nov. 1943.

Brian Keith served as a U.S. Marine rear gunner in several actions against the Japanese on Rabal in the Pacific.

Lee Marvin was a U.S. Marine on Saipan during the Marianas campaign when he was wounded earning the Purple Heart.

John Russell: In 1942, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he received a battlefield commission and was wounded and highly decorated for valor at Guadalcanal.

Robert Ryan was a U. S. Marine who served with the O. S. S. in Yugoslavia.

Tyrone Power (an established movie star when Pearl Harbor was bombed) joined the U.S. Marines, was a pilot flying supplies into, and wounded Marines out of, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

Audie Murphy, little 5′5″ tall 110 pound guy from Texas who played cowboy parts after the War: Most Decorated serviceman of WWII and earned: Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, 2 Silver Star Medals, Legion of Merit, 2 Bronze Star Medals with “V”, 2 Purple Hearts, U.S. Army Outstanding Civilian Service Medal, 2 Distinguished Unit Emblems, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with One Silver Star, Four Bronze Service Stars (representing nine campaigns) and one Bronze Arrowhead (representing assault landing at Sicily and Southern France) World War II Victory Medal Army of Occupation Medal with Germany Clasp, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, French Fourragere in Colors of the Croix de Guerre, French Legion of Honor, Grade of Chevalier, French Croix de Guerre With Silver Star, French Croix de Guerre with Palm, Medal of Liberated France, Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 Palm.

So how do you feel the real heroes of the silver screen acted when compared to the hollywonks today who spray out anti-American drivel as they bite the hand that feeds them?
Can you imagine these stars of yester-year saying they hate our flag, making anti-war speeches, marching in anti-American parades and saying they hate our president?

While visiting his niece, an elderly man had what was apparently a stroke. She drove wildly to get him to the Emergency Room.

After what seemed like a very long wait, the ER doctor appeared, wearing his scrubs and a long face.

Sadly, he said, “I’m afraid that your uncle’s brain is dead but his heart is still beating.”
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PETA Kills Animals

‘Nuff said.

From July 1998 through the end of 2005, PETA killed over 14,400 dogs, cats, and other “companion animals” — at its Norfolk, Virginia headquarters. That’s more than five defenseless animals every day. Not counting the pets PETA spayed and neutered, the group put to death over 90 percent of the animals it took in during 2005. And its angel-of-death pattern shows no sign of changing.

This article has been cross-posted on
Jack of All Trades

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And now, a moment of Zen…

Never forget when President William Jefferson Clinton gave away the sovereign rights of the United States by handing over the Army to the United Nations.

United States v. Michael G. New
On October 10, 1995, the 1/15 Battalion of the 3rd infantry Division of the U.S. Army came to attention at 0900 in Schweinfurt, Germany. All but one of the 550 soldiers were wearing a sky-blue baseball-style cap with a United Nations insignia on the front. One was wearing the olive-drab flat cap that is authorized to be worn with the Battle Dress Uniform. With this simple act of disobeying a direct order, Spc. 4 Michael New set the stage for a legal battle that has profound implications for the future of American soldiers into service of the United Nations without the constitutional permission of Congress.

To John Belushi

California is at it again…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California parents could face jail and a fine for spanking their young children under legislation a state lawmaker has promised to introduce next week.Democratic Assemblywoman Sally Lieber said such a law is needed because spanking victimizes helpless children and breeds violence in society.

I think they’re the ones that need to be taken out and spanked… But there would of course need to be a religious exemption.  Wonder how they’ll handle that one?

It’s a Ford!

Vidal from Camorati.com posted a comment on here a short bit ago, and his site posts on publicly available webcams everywhere. Very slick, check it out because there’s some cool stuff out there.

This article was cross-posted from Jack of All Trades.

Lately, I’ve been slacking significantly. The holiday season had placed me into a leisurely state of mind. As a result, I have accomplished very little over the past two weeks. This is not a big deal as I did expect to accomplish much. However, it’s time to get back to work… and what better way than to drop a post. I was trying to think of something to write about, but my mind was in the mood for tunes this morning… so we’re going with a video post!

The year is 1992…

• Johnny Carson retired from being host of “The Tonight Show”.
• Bill Clinton is elected to become the 42nd President of the United States.
• The Los Angeles race riots were ignited due to the Rodney King trial. 55 died.
• Space Shuttle Endeavour made it’s maiden voyage.
• And, the following song kept me from making a big mistake in my life. I know… that sounds like such a strange thing to say about “Thunder Kiss ‘65″… but you had to be there.

Just in case anyone is interested, I figured I would point out that the movie “White Zombie” (from which the band took it’s name) is scheduled to air on TCM next Tuesday morning (01/09/2007).

It’s the Pin Ups for Vets calendar!
Pick up one. Put it in your cubicle at work. Remember, its discrimination against veterans if anyone complains!

You know it is…

i’m mucking around with the theme… it may look pretty horrible until i’m done…

“Oh, a lesson in not changing history from Mister ‘I’m-my-own-grandfather’!”
Who said it?