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2016-01-01 -Obits-

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-01-01 09:55|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Ah shit, I am officially old.

Posted by Shipman 2016-01-01 10:06|| 2016-01-01 10:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Un named tropical war zone? WTF? Now Ima not sure he's dead.

Posted by Shipman 2016-01-01 10:08|| 2016-01-01 10:08|| Front Page Top

#3 he was also Gambler in Cool Hand Luke ("My Lucille"). Good panelist on Fox's Cashin In

Posted by Frank G 2016-01-01 10:09|| 2016-01-01 10:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Korea is now an unnamed tropical war zone. Ima blame Glowball Warmening

Posted by Frank G 2016-01-01 10:11|| 2016-01-01 10:11|| Front Page Top

#5 Wayne Rogers was in an episode of Gunsmoke. Feeling old all of a sudden.

Posted by JohnQC 2016-01-01 10:34|| 2016-01-01 10:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Wasn't MASH set in the Korean War?

What the heck does 'send up' mean here?

Posted by CrazyFool 2016-01-01 10:36|| 2016-01-01 10:36|| Front Page Top

#7 Korea is now an unnamed tropical war zone

Those who forget history...

Posted by M. Murcek 2016-01-01 10:37|| 2016-01-01 10:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Anyone remember when it was referred to as a "Police Action?"

Posted by Besoeker 2016-01-01 10:40|| 2016-01-01 10:40|| Front Page Top

#9 Slightly [well perhaps more than slightly] off topic:

Why did we lose so many planes?

Even after all these years this is still disgusting to hear. No wonder so many people (including me) so despise our political leadership. I shall send this on. Vietnam - Why were so many planes shot down? Ever wondered why so many of our aviators in Vietnam got shot down?

"The Secret War and Other Conflicts" (Published 2014 by GENERAL PETE PIOTROWSKI ISBN 978-1-4931-6187-4 (Hardcover)) Following is a quote of much interest, from pages 246/247:

"Nearly twenty years later, former Secretary of State Dean Rusk being interviewed by Peter Arnett on a CBC documentary called, "The Ten Thousand Day War". Mr Arnett asked, "It has
been rumored that the United States provided the North Vietnamese government the names of the targets that would be bombed the following
day. Is there any truth to that allegation?" To everyone's astonishment and absolute disgust, the former Secretary responded, "Yes. We didn't
want to harm the North Vietnamese people, so we passed the targets to the Swiss embassy in Washington with instructions to pass them to the NVN government through their embassy in Hanoi." As we watched in horror, Secretary Rusk went on to say, "All we wanted to do is demonstrate to the North Vietnamese leadership that we could strike targets at will, but we didn't want to kill innocent people. By giving the North Vietnamese advanced warning of the targets to be attacked, we thought they would tell the workers to stay home." No wonder all the targets were so heavily defended day after day! The NVN obviously moved as many
guns as they could overnight to better defend each target they knew was going to be attacked. Clearly, many brave American Air Force and Navy
fliers died or spent years in NVN prison camps as a direct result of being intentionally betrayed by Secretary Rusk and Secretary McNamara,
and perhaps, President Johnson himself. I cannot think of a more
duplicitous and treacherous act of American government officials. Dean Rusk served as Secretary of State from January 21, 1961, through to January 20, 1969, under President John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Mr. Peter Arnett opined that "this would be a treasonous act by anyone else." A very sad revelation.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-01-01 11:08|| 2016-01-01 11:08|| Front Page Top

#10 LBJ was slime and McNamara should have been tried for treason.

Saw Wayne Rogers tee off at the first hole of La Costa Country Club way back in the mid-1970s just after he quit MASH, which turned out not to be the smartest career move unless he just got sick of it and couldn't do it anymore. Anyway, he had a big smile on his face.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-01-01 13:06|| 2016-01-01 13:06|| Front Page Top

#11 Rodgers knew more about stocks than me and you AU.

Posted by Shipman 2016-01-01 15:22|| 2016-01-01 15:22|| Front Page Top

#12 A LOT more than almost all of us, #11 Ship.

Posted by Barbara 2016-01-01 16:02|| 2016-01-01 16:02|| Front Page Top

#13 The great NATALIE COLE has also passed on, seemingly from long-standing congestive heart failure + other helth issues.

I met Wayne Rogers in NYC back in the early 1990's while he was speaking at a political affairs event, and was deeply impressed wid his Conservative views - HE COULD'VE BEEN A GREAT POLITICIAN IN WASHINGTON.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2016-01-01 20:04|| 2016-01-01 20:04|| Front Page Top

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