good for him.

/not sarcasm.

And only 4M of taxpayer money spent on this!

Not a hero.

dangelder: And only 4M of taxpayer money spent on this!

It takes quite some skill to see the downside of everything. I salute you.

dangelder: And only 4M of taxpayer money spent on this!

Huh? I don't think it would cost $4,000,000 for him to get a diploma. If you're referring to the Vietnam war, that cost much more than $4,000,000.

FTA: "I was raised to believe you served your country and whenever you got out, you served your community."

Perhaps if everyone followed these words our country would be a better place.

I salute the old fart.

Wow, at least he isn't as grumpy as the rest of you old farts from that era.

Awesome.

At graduation practice Thursday, the student body was informed of Collins' situation. Their response:

"They all applauded," Harmon said. "I didn't ask them to do that. They had an excitement all of their own. ... It was exciting to me the students showed that enthusiasm. I think it did mean something to them."

Nice to see the kids get it, too.

Ringtailed79: Not a hero.

How the hell is he not a hero?

What, a GED not good enough for him?

Good for him, and a great example for folks who think it's too late to go back :)

I hope he ended his speech with "Knibb High football rules!"

This kind of shiat is the statists' way of rubbing it in.

It's nice to know that getting access big pieces of the American dream isn't just all about age, or denied to people who served America, as sunk costs of their service.

Calamitus: What, a GED not good enough for him?

That's what I was thinking. Probably a pervert.

From the Operation Recognition website at http://www.dmva.state.co.us/page/va/op_rec

* They learned geography by traveling to foreign lands that they would have only learned about through text books.
* They learned a foreign language from conversations with the citizens in these countries.
* They studied biology through the medical attention they offered their fellow soldiers when they were wounded.
* Their psychology lessons came from sharing compassion when their comrades died in their arms.
* In the subject of history they not only learned it, they MADE history, and we are the recipients of the world they saved

/I'm kind of torn between HERO and SPIFFY
//70% service connected disabled
///Big ups to Colorado for making this a real diploma and not one of those "honorary" ones that other states are issuing

, approaches . But ? Maybe while he was in the service, not because of this.

The best use of the "Hero" tag I've seen in a while.

The guy seems pretty cool.

ultraholland: I hope he ended his speech with "Knibb High football rules!"

I lol'ed.

Anybody notice how in the middle of his litany of prior jobs there was "NASCAR driver"?

In other news, 60-year-old veteran arrested for hanging around a high school with underaged girls.

/have a seat over there...

Calamitus: What, a GED not good enough for him?

Depends, was is a GED in law?

Ringtailed79: Not a hero.

Go get against a wall.

This is a great story for a Memorial Weekend Saturday night.

/ Just got back from Jefferson Barracks Cemetery.
// Stupid Anti-Iraq Protesters Were There.
/// My 90 Year Old Grandma said she hopes the burn in hell.
//// So do I.

"One day, these individuals were carrying textbooks and the next they were carrying weapons in order to protect our nation and preserve our freedom"

How were the Vietnamese a threat to our freedom? Seeing as they handed us our asses and don't appear to be occupying America, I'd like to know.

Gyrfalcon: Ringtailed79: Not a hero.

Go get against a wall.



/Hero enough for me

Suicidal Writer:
How were the Vietnamese a threat to our freedom? Seeing as they handed us our asses and don't appear to be occupying America, I'd like to know.

Think of it like the kid that gets beaten up by bullies. If he just takes it and cries, then he gets beaten up more. If he fights back, the bullies beat him up but respect his gumption, and then the bullies stop beating the kid up, and they become best pals for life. That is how it always works out.

I think that was the master plan.

So what does he plan to do now?

why has he got 'Jesus' on his collar?

AR55: Perhaps if everyone followed these words our country would be a better place.

Or Nazi Germany, just throwing it out there.
/godwin

Suicidal Writer, sometimes I wish you'd just live up to your name! Jesus, man!

Why are you such a downer in EVERY thread?

/I realize I'm giving Scooby treats to a troll, but I just wanna know your motivation.

AR55: FTA: "I was raised to believe you served your country and whenever you got out, you served your community."

Perhaps if everyone followed these words our country would be a better place.

Or more likely a much, much, much worse place.



/Sure, I'll follow that without question.
//Not deriding the man in the article in any way, merely AR55.

GungFu: why has he got 'Jesus' on his collar?

RTFA and find out for your own lazy self.

Suicidal Writer: How were the Vietnamese a threat to our freedom?

Does the word 'proxy' mean anything to you? If not, maybe the concept of 'a different time' might spark some brain cells.

/probably not, though

jayg22: This is a great story for a Memorial Weekend Saturday night.

/ Just got back from Jefferson Barracks Cemetery.
// Stupid Anti-Iraq Protesters Were There.
/// My 90 Year Old Grandma said she hopes the burn in hell.
//// So do I.

Why? The protesters are trying to stop more people from landing in that cemetery.

jayg22:
/ Just got back from Jefferson Barracks Cemetery.
// Stupid Anti-Iraq Protesters Were There.
/// My 90 Year Old Grandma said she hopes the burn in hell.
//// So do I.


Why? I don't think a cemetery is the proper place to protest, but to wish they be damned for it...

YouPeopleAreCrazy: Suicidal Writer: How were the Vietnamese a threat to our freedom?

Does the word 'proxy' mean anything to you? If not, maybe the concept of 'a different time' might spark some brain cells.

/probably not, though

Yet they won and nothing happened.
Yup, 50k dead for nothing.

YouPeopleAreCrazy: Suicidal Writer: How were the Vietnamese a threat to our freedom?

Does the word 'proxy' mean anything to you? If not, maybe the concept of 'a different time' might spark some brain cells.


I think SW's point is that we LOST the Vietnam war. Therefore, if they were a threat, there should have been some negative effects of losing. You know, like what happened to Poland when they LOST against the Nazis. (Godwin x 2)

As it turns out, there appeared not to be any such negative effects from losing the Vietnam war.

(Other than a bunch of dead and crippled people, of course)

GungFu: why has he got 'Jesus' on his collar?

Same reason he has 'Rodeo Ministry' on the front.


...wait, huh?

carnifex2005: Yet they won and nothing happened.
Yup, 50k dead for nothing.

But we sure showed those damn communists, and never had to deal with them aft...oh...

Dundasbro: AR55: Perhaps if everyone followed these words our country would be a better place.

Or Nazi Germany, just throwing it out there.
/godwin

Selfabortion: AR55: FTA: "I was raised to believe you served your country and whenever you got out, you served your community."

Perhaps if everyone followed these words our country would be a better place.

Or more likely a much, much, much worse place.



/Sure, I'll follow that without question.
//Not deriding the man in the article in any way, merely AR55.

eh I knew the simpletons would come out saying such things.

I hate to be the first one to tell you two but serving your country doesn't just include signing up for the military, there are other deeds you can do that are equally respectable in their own light.

As for helping out your local community... why wouldn't you want to make the area you live a better place?

This is the reason why we are in the shiatfest today.

dangelder: And only 4M of taxpayer money spent on this!

Ringtailed79: Not a hero.

Wow, you guys must be so pathetic to have to down on something like this. How's those basements looking?

GungFu: why has he got 'Jesus' on his collar?

dunno. good call. using my imagination: perhaps he got it embroidered there so a pretend cartoon jesus could sit on his right shoulder and play the good angel whispering sweet nothings into his ear, to offset the bad angel satan [i am imagining to be] sitting on his left shoulder?

[or, cue TruBluBaptist lecture.]

Selfabortion: GungFu: why has he got 'Jesus' on his collar?

RTFA and find out for your own lazy self.


FTFA: Collins waged and won a battle with cancer in 2006. He has since been "cured," he said, and has a new lease on life that includes a desire to "live to be 120."


Got it!


/jesus

TheCid: Why? The protesters are trying to stop more people from landing in that cemetery.

ultraholland: Why? I don't think a cemetery is the proper place to protest, but to wish they be damned for it...

Next time either one of you go to see a loved one who has died I hope there are a bunch of obnoxious protesters yelling at you and your 90 year old grandma about something you have no control over. Then come back and tell me how you feel about them.

don't understand: Why are you such a downer in EVERY thread?

How is it a downer to think that maybe, with a small group of exceptions, the rest of the world isn't out to get us?

/my bad
//rarely RTFA
///jeebus!

carnifex2005: Calamitus: What, a GED not good enough for him?

That's what I was thinking. Probably a pervert.

having the diploma is an honor having a GED shows your a quiter

I wish some of the teenage (mentally, if not in age) dumbasses who "contribute" to FARK discussions would climb down from their tower of all true knowledge to realize that you can be a hero to fight for your country even if the underlying morals of the war are suspect. What made him a hero, was that his country called, and he went. If you have arguments against the war itself, the people to pillory are not the soldiers, but the politicians whose failures make the wars in the first place.
I am against the war in Iraq in every way possible, but I salute the bravery of those that joined up to defend Britain not knowing if there would be war, where they would be sent, or if they'd ever come back from it.