FREEPERS, Ted Kennedy was in the Army, how many of you were?

Scumbags.

oh yeah! They'll tell you all about their exploits as elite fighting commandos who sneaked behind enemy lines to single-handedly turn the tide of whatever war they thought they were in.

Until he was reminded it was a movie.

The imaginary ones, not the one in jail.

They would rather worship the draft dodger of EIB, proving how utterly stupid they are.

drafted. Returned to Harvard following a two year tour in Europe.

George Bush was AWOL on a drunken, cocaine binge.

Dick Cheney got one deferment after another, after another, etc.

None of them have any room to talk. They supported these people who did not serve. By criticizing anyone else, it just proves what hypocrites they are.

George W. Bush bravely and proudly guarded Texas airspace from a surprise Vietnamese air attack. All while sacrificing himself on a bar stool and throwing himself on hookers, just to protect America's finest, who were about to ship off to the war.
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Dick Cheney... Well, he had what it took to be a soldier, because he shot a guy in the face.

At FR, they don't have to think.

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directly rather then yell at them from a safe place.

Rather than face them on our home turf?? Interesting concept. How long do you think my post would last there? Not as long as yours have here.

PS

Freepers are cowards, they prove it every day here. And they prove it by trying to derail health care when they need it as much as anyone They are only loyal to whomever has dollar bills in their hands.

The end result is that you accomplished nothing.

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Sorry you disapprove, but that's the result we get around her when we insult our Freeper non-friends.

Why aren't you being a dick in the other threads that bait the Freepers?

LOL. I'm not trying to be a dick but just wondering out loud so to speak as to what purpose is served by asking Freepers a question here at DU when they or most of them at least, don't meet the criteria for being a member of DU.

If they ooze under the door and happen to encounter a hearty "FUCK YOU", I don't have a problem with that.

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about those who have served honorably.

the circle of debate with. Just sayin.

He was a great champion of the people and human himself.
Leave it at that...

have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express so that's nearly equal.

Teddy is not eligible to be buried at Arlington because of his military service, you apparently have to be in the service and retire from the service to be eligible. Heard that somewhere on MSNBC yesterday. However, he is eligible because of his service in the Senate. Not trying to put Teddy's service down here, good for him for serving, and at least he did serve (unlike dubya), just pointing out that it doesn't qualify him for Arlington, he was only in for 2 years.

And f*^k the freeper scumbags.

and people like Hanninazi and Rushblo couldn't measure up to him if they worked at it for the rest of their lives.

He made a mistake, as we all do at one time or another. It was an accident.

That was why I asked. I have heard some freeper types saying that he shouldn't be buried at Arlington. There have been so many disgusting freeper posts lately I wasn't sure which one you were referring to.

If you served in any branch of the service and were honorably discharged you are eligible for interment at Arlington National Cemetary. You can be cremated and intered at the columnburiam that is at the South Post Side of Arlington National. If you retired or served in combat then you can be either buried or cremated. Those who are killed in combat are automatically eligible for burial. Ted Kennedy is eligible for internment based on his service in the army and his service in the Senate. I see nothing wrong with him being buried with his brothers and sister in law. I grew up in Arlington Virginia and spent many sumemrs at the officers club swimming pool at Fort Myers which sits above the cemetary.

He has earned it. I just wasn't sure where the OP was going with his statement, which seemed to lack details. A good friend's parents are interred in the columnburiam at Arlington. Teddy belongs with his brothers. :hi:

Plenty of freepers here, don't you think?

Probably just wanted to see who'd pipe up w/ a "Dare ya to say that at Free Republic" & out themselves.....

The persons specified below are eligible for ground burial in Arlington National Cemetery. The last period of active duty of former members of the Armed Forces must have ended honorably. Interment may be casketed or cremated remains.

Any former member of the Armed Forces who served on active duty (other than for training) and who held any of the following positions:

1. An elective office of the U.S. Government

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/funeral_information/guide.interment.html

(We won't talk about about the time someone accidentally discharged a starter pistol and they all shit themselves.)

You should get a DUzy for that!!!!

Turns out a lot of us here are vets - some career military. Hard to swallow for the RWers, and I hope they fucking choke on it.

old mark
former sp4, 504 PIR 82d Abn Div

I got lectured by a Freeper the other day for not attending a dedication ceremony for a WWII memorial (I had a prior family commitment). It came from one of those guys who loves to strut around the gym but who has never experienced getting up at 4 AM to do PT in a place like Columbus, Killeen, Lawton, or Sierra Vista, never mind humping a ruck in Iraq, Afghanistan, or the Balkans.

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