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Old 10-24-2009, 09:53 AM
 
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Walker graduated summa *** laude from the University of Nashville at the age of 14.
Okay, the auto-censor cracked me up on this one...
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Old 10-24-2009, 11:55 AM
 
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Okay, the auto-censor cracked me up on this one...
Great!!! I went back and fixed it as well as I could.. hope Grandstander does not mind how I did it (and it was the "auto-censor")
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Old 10-24-2009, 02:37 PM
 
Location: Parts Unknown, Northern California
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Great!!! I went back and fixed it as well as I could.. hope Grandstander does not mind how I did it (and it was the "auto-censor")
Not at all. It was an improvement over ***.


That one made me laugh as well, it would have never dawned on me that such a word was targeted by the auto censor.
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Old 11-01-2009, 02:22 AM
 
Location: Lancashire, England
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The American Expeditionary Force in Siberia and the Polar Bear Expedition in Archangel, together with British, French, Canadian and Australian forces, operated in Russia between August 1918 and August 1919. One of their objectives was to defeat Bolshevism and to prevent the spread of communism.

Their presence possibly influenced to some degree Soviet Russia's self-imposed isolation and distrust of Western nations.

In Troy MI there's a memorial to 41 men of Michigan's Polar Bear Division who died in Russia.
White Chapel Memorial Cemetery
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Old 11-01-2009, 05:40 AM
 
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The Falkland Islands War and the Iran-Iraq War.
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Old 11-01-2009, 06:34 PM
 
Location: On a Long Island in NY
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Decatur was Horatio Hornblower come to life. His naval exploits read like the script of an action adventure movie which you assume is gross exageration. He was already famed as a result of his James Bond style heroics in the war against the Barbary pirates, and he added greatly to it by his victories over the British during the war of 1812. Since America was doing so poorly in the land portion of that war, its successful sea captains became figures of immense renown. Decatur was the most colorful of them all. Further, since the method of his death was the sort of thing which attracts great attention (killed in a duel), one would think that he would have been an unforgettable icon.
If your interested in the early history of the US Navy and the men that served in it then I highly suggest the book Six Frigates by Ian Toll. Commodore Decatur and his exploits of course is a major focus of the novel. Im still waiting for a movie about the raid to destroy the captured USS Philadelphia and the Barbary War in general ... rumor had it that there was supposed to be a movie about William Eaton and O'Bannon's Marines and the Desert Expedition's attack on Derna starring Russel Crowe but it guess it was scrapped
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Old 11-01-2009, 06:51 PM
 
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If your interested in the early history of the US Navy and the men that served in it then I highly suggest the book Six Frigates by Ian Toll. Commodore Decatur and his exploits of course is a major focus of the novel. Im still waiting for a movie about the raid to destroy the captured USS Philadelphia and the Barbary War in general ... rumor had it that there was supposed to be a movie about William Eaton and O'Bannon's Marines and the Desert Expedition's attack on Derna starring Russel Crowe but it guess it was scrapped
Thanks, I have read and enjoyed it.

I had heard that rumor and wondered if anything was going to materialize, so far not a hint.

If you are interested in a more detailed account of Eaton's adventure, I would endorse:
Amazon.com: Tripoli: The United States' First War on Terror (9780891418597): David Smethurst: Books
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Old 11-02-2009, 08:42 AM
 
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Thanks, I have read and enjoyed it.

I had heard that rumor and wondered if anything was going to materialize, so far not a hint.

If you are interested in a more detailed account of Eaton's adventure, I would endorse:
Amazon.com: Tripoli: The United States' First War on Terror (9780891418597): David Smethurst: Books
Thanks for your suggestion. I have added it to my Amazon shopping list!
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Old 11-02-2009, 08:53 AM
 
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We have seen absolutely nothing of the time from 1918 to 1989. The time when the Communists took control of Russia and when they took control of all of eastern Europe. The reason is the ones who did the crimes control Hollywood. Talking about what went on there would make people ask questions. Questions they just as soon no answer. Like where are the 65 million killed there? Why did they kill the most intelligent? What methods did they kill them with? What methods of torture did they use? Why did nobody help them?

With these answers would create more questions like who created Communism?
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Old 11-02-2009, 09:21 AM
 
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We have seen absolutely nothing of the time from 1918 to 1989. The time when the Communists took control of Russia and when they took control of all of eastern Europe. The reason is the ones who did the crimes control Hollywood. Talking about what went on there would make people ask questions. Questions they just as soon no answer. Like where are the 65 million killed there? Why did they kill the most intelligent? What methods did they kill them with? What methods of torture did they use? Why did nobody help them?

With these answers would create more questions like who created Communism?
There is an immense amount of material out there which treats the events you reference above. That you have not bothered to read it does not mean it does not exist. You might wish to start with the most famous account..."Ten Days That Shook The World" by John Reed. "The Communist Manifesto" and "Das Kapital" are both still in print. Ayn Rand's "We The Living" examined the cruelty of life in the newly revolutionized Soviet Union in the 1920's. (and there is a film version.)

As well as literature, Hollywood as has cranked out:

Dr. Zhivago
Nicolas and Alexandria
Reds
....and three different films about Rasputin.
There is also a look at the events from the Bolshevik side...Sergei Eisenstein’s ‘Battleship Potemkin’.

Orwell's "Animal Farm", which has also been made into a movie more than once, is the famous alegory about communist takeovers.

So, it would seem that only willful ignorance has fueled your post......or perhaps this quote from it is the most instructive:
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The reason is the ones who did the crimes control Hollywood.
I will certainly entertain explanations from you to the contrary, but the above makes me suspect that you are motivated by anti Semitic impulses, linking the Jewish intellectual background associated with socialism to the success of Jewish people in the film industry.
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