John Wayne: We Need You
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I used to watch the “Davey and Goliath” TV show, there were shows back then that tried to help kids know the right thing to do.
I would caution the author about praising Mr. Buffett too highly, his comments about his tax rate versus his secretary’s tax rate were disingenuous at best and more likely a deliberate falsehood to influence public opinion. His efforts helping King 0bama stall the Keystone XL pipeline so he could keep the Bakken oil on his trains is also, to my thinking, less than honorable.
I have always had a thing for the truth. Being truthful was the most important character trait that I believed a person should possess and practice.
That said, at 40+ years old I have been lied to by family members, close friends, clergy, business partners, neighbors and most anyone else that I encounter. When my mother started lying after my fathers passing it lead to the fracturing of our remaining family unit I decided enough is enough.
I notified my wife that from this point forward, and with the exception of her (as long as she behaves) and my children to whom I will never lie, that I will lie to each and every one of those people on a regular and on-going basis. I will make every attempt to avoid them and mind my own business but when they come around bringing all their drama and self-victimization that I will lie at will. I will tell them that I am out of the country when they call, I will tell them that I am broke when they need assistance, I will tell them that I have malaria at Christmas so that I can spare my family their ill-will. It’s on baby. As for strangers and new friends I will continue to promote honesty and integrity. But for all those bastards who went there first. Watch out.
So far, it’s working like a charm. The more outlandish my lies, the more I assail their character as they have mine with LIES, the more their panic and mental defects surface. What can they do? Accuse me of lying? Nobody likes to be lied to because it sucks. But sometimes you just have to join ’em if you can’t beat them.
If you don’t mind, I’ll join the club but I’ll be a silent member.
No offense man, but you might need therapy.
I don’t think he does. I think he’s got a handle on things.
Tommy [Flanagan]! Zat you?
His kids are right, he’s deluded himself.
I’ll never be rich because I’m honest. No good deed goes unpunished, and all that.
A career lawyer for a public utility? Seriously?
I had to laugh at that too.
“Big John” Folks is touchy today………he knows how to fire an opinion “pistol”..!!
Way to go ….Wil….
Good points and I agree and adhere to those prinicples.
However:
You left out “Leave It To Beaver”:
June Cleaver was every “Boomer”’s male fantsy of what a mom should look and be like and my brother and I were about the same age difference and I think of him often when i watch “Leave it to Beaver”
“Leave It To Beaver” also had a postiive “life’s lesson” at the end of the show and on one occassion went way above the idolic Andy Griffith “Mayberry” lifestyle when Beaver learned that a friend of his Dad’s (who helped aorund the place doing odd jobs) was a hopeless alcoholic. pretty serious stuff for a show like that.
The Andy Griffith Show would have never borached a topic like that.
Now about John Wayne………
You do know he never pulled a day of military duty don’t you?
I can’t remember which, but he was either 4F or got out of serving for some reason.
Maybe that is why that fake Ronald Reagan admired “The Duke” so much.
Don’t get me wrong, I like John Wayne myself but it was only a stage act and his real life was nothing like his personification.
Realiity vs. the way we hoped it would be is sadly like most of the ’50’s & ’60’s shows we “Boomers” grew up with. What we saw on TV was not like the real life we lived.
But hey, I’ve got the entire DVD collection of “Leave It To Beaver”, The Twighlight Zone”, the origional “Star Trek” and most treasured “The Smothers Brother’s Shows (vol 1 & 2) and a whole bunch more = not to mention “Saturday Night Live” 1975 – 1980(the entire shows DVD’s)
So I’m good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, Mr. Sparkle Plenty, I concede that you have the bait to seduce some tittering, tottering, elderly biddies with gray hair for your “dates”. The thrill they get when Barney pulls out his sole bullet, or when Aunt Bea sets a platter of biscuits on the dinner table, well, that thrill must be too much for them to bear. You get (8+) for style!
Wrong “bait” – you gotta pull out DVD’s of Barnaby Jones or Matlock if you wanna score!!!!!
Serioulsy, I never thought I’d reach the age when I considered 40 – 45 year old women “sweet young things” and there are some damn fine 40 year old ladies out there!!!!!
Now, if “ol Strom” were around he would consider them “jail bait”!!!
You are on to a well kept secret because there are more available women. You should have met my former mother-in-law (a German lady) who got the hots for William Conrad in “Cannon”. She always said, “Big man with a big car.”
Ah…….Elke Summer in her “prime”
The epitomy of Teutonic beauty!!!!!!!!
I don’t know which is better in “A Shot in the Dark”: Eyeballing Elke or watching Cleauseau(sp) f**k up!!!!!
Here is a site to browse —- take your time…
http://www.thenuproject.com/
A few facts about “The Duke”:
Born in 1907, he was exempt from the draft in WWII due to his age when the war started (34). He was classified 3A (family and age deferments)
He applied to the naval academy in 1925 but was not admitted.
One of the driving factors behind the patriotic bent of many of his movies was the sense of failing he had for not serving when many of his fellow actors did. (Reagan’s eyesight was so bad he wasn’t qualified to do anything so he made movies for the Army)
Wayne was also prevented from enlisting by Republic who had the ability to halt enlistment since movie production was designated critical wartime activities.
Wayne actually applied and was accepted by the OSS but his estranged wife never gave him the letter of acceptance and the war ended before Herr found out.
Wayne visited troops in the Pacific in ’43-’44.
Don’t forget South Park – where there is a moral or two to every story. I’ve always thought Cartman’s mom was a primo MILF.
John Wayne was a movie actor. His whole persona was fake. He was a notorious horn-dog, married multiple times, and had a reputation as a heavy drinker with a nasty streak. So this is what we need today — another phony?
you are fake
Many in management at agencies lie like rugs. It is a treasured management skill with some. Most, though, use delusion to bring themselves–despite all evidence–to apparently believe the irrational swill used to justify the easy way out in any action or decision. And twisting the meanings of clearly written rules is the main job skill of not a few of them, making them feel that they are not “really” lying.
Up can equal down, yea even 2=3, with the truly shameless, that is to say the rising stars.
“You think truth is the most important thing.”
“It’s the measure of a man.” — Hondo
Marion Wayne was a big nothing, but the writer got it right.
“Marion Wayne”????
Marion Morrison
The American public want to be lied to. We are petulant children, who need to be reminded by our political establishment and mainstream media how great we are every hour or so. That’s why we’re numb to the deaths and destruction caused by our need for perpetual war. They’re not us, so they don’t really count. Our government is merely the extension of a society that is either too apathetic, too stupid or too sociopathic to not be horrified at what we’ve become.