I Loved This Pic From CNN.Com. Glad I Saved It - Wasn't Up For Long:

[Dinger]

[rocktivity]

1. And he can still fit his uniform, too!

:rofl:
rocknation

[Dinger]

5. Looks Pretty Damn Good (& Sexy) To Me!

:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[Javaman]

15. Look out, moron* might see him and want to recall him to duty!!! nt

[The Wizard]

19. I'm far from 88

and I can't get my arms in the sleeves of my dress greens. The only thing that still fits are the shoes. 50 pounds will do that.

[TechBear_Seattle]

2. Gladly recommended n/t

[Bitwit1234]

3. Next they put up an elderly woman.

I suppose it must be trying to show only the older people are against the war.

[Straight Shooter]

10. Giving CNN the benefit of the doubt, I think maybe what they're trying to show

is that people with a lot of life experience, who have lived through several wars in which the U.S. was engaged, believe this war is a colossal mistake.

Not that you need a lot of life experience to know that, but the fact that he's a veteran really puts the message across.

[bobbie]

4. Damn fine man

Now *that* is a hero.

I salute you sir!

[Benhurst]

6. Thanks. I've saved the picture. Recommended

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

7. Glad you saved it too, Dinger...

K & R!

[skipos]

8. Why does he hate America?

:sarcasm:

[Arugula Latte]

37. He's a damn cut-and-run wimpy latte-sipping Volvo driving lie-brul!

He probably smokes the cannabis, too. :hippie:

[Irishonly]

9. Recommended

I also saved the picture and put it on my desktop. I imagine if my dad were still alive he would be standing with the vet. It's a shame it was taken off. IMHO, it should be featured in newspapers and magazines but at least, thanks to Dinger, it can be sent.

[Dinger]

13. Awww, Thanks : ) nt

[lildreamer316]

11. ALL my respect for that man!!

Wow.
Thanks for posting.

[young_at_heart]

12. Tom DeLay would call him a traitor

Tom was on Meet the Press yesterday and I had to turn it off when he denounced people with signs for impeachment as though they were criminals.......speaking of criminals?

[spanone]

14. Tom (under indictment) DeLay. Shame on NBC.

I suppose if delay was in jail, they would have gone to the country club prison to interview him?

[Lasher]

57. I wonder if The Hamper can still fit into his uniform?

Oh, now I remember. He never had a uniform. He avoided the draft and did not serve.

"So many minority youths had volunteered ... that there was literally no room for patriotic folks like himself."

http://www.awolbush.com/whoserved.html

Veterans don't have a monopoly on wisdom about war, but I just can't get over how many of these chickenhawks there are. People who never served, talking about how 'brave' they are about sending other peoples' sons and daughters to be killed and maimed.

[Goblinmonger]

16. Plus he got the punctuation right. n/t

[kestrel91316]

48. AND the spelling. I'm impressed. But then I expect as much from

us edumacated folks.

[deek]

17. Up for recs at yahoo news....

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070318/480/2a6539a36b8345c5bc7c2d03bc67f135;_ylt=AnhY8.4VWobXDsZ6JEiWMABhr7sF

[MsMagnificent]

27. Another: Jesus is not a Republican, and...

God is not in the White House :>

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/wl/031806antiwar/im:/070318/480/983b5624bf744aa9b6494a67988b4252;_ylt=Aso8x8D_XT0LVc0p3SCvFqtsaMYA

Another pic of Harold Unsicker in the scrum too. 88 years old & sexy as all get out!

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/wl/031806antiwar/im:/070318/ids_photos_ts/r3195448303.jpg;_ylt=AmFldn.juzzqulq2AFupQWnmWMcF

[krispos42]

18. Kick & rec n/t

[Morgana LaFey]

20. OMG. Now I'm in tears.

Probably because my dad fought the Nazis too (he's been dead since 1975, at age 60).

And because 88 is so OLD to have to be doing that.

And because he shouldn't have to be doing that at all.

And because we couldn't fulfill OUR responsibilities and stop this damn war.

And because Bush not only won't listen to us now, or in November, but thumbs his nose at us and sends MORE troops. And how the HELL are we going to get OUR fascist out of power?

Shit. I can't stop blubbering.

[Blue_Tires]

21. k+r

proud grandson of WWII veteran (Pacific)

He also was transferred out of Pearl Harbor two months before the attack! If he was there, I may not be here!

[Dinger]

28. He Should Go On Keith's Show!

:)

[Lasher]

59. My father was in the Pacific too.

He served in six successful war partols aboard the diesel boat USS Nautilus (SS-168). He rested his oar last year at 83 and we laid him to rest on Election Day. We miss him badly.

[EFerrari]

22. What a great picture!

K&R

[paparush]

23. The man's wearing a friggin Purple Heart - F#CK YOU BUSH!!!!

[EvolveOrConvolve]

38. My thoughts exactly

Where is that Bushbot bitch (I apologize in advance for using the word "bitch", but there isn't any other way to describer her) with the purple bandaid on her face at the Republic National Convention in '04?

I'd like to put the two pictures together to show the difference between Democratic and Republic support for the troops (if you can call what the Republics are doing "support"). One is a demeaning upper-crust ignoramus who makes fun of war heros like Kerry while supporting their war-dodging warmongering Bush. The other is wise enough to understand the waste of life going on in the middle east.

[sarge43]

40. He was combat infantry in the Italian campaign - ugly business.

Smirky would shit himself to death if he had to endure an hour of what that brave man survived.

[eridani]

24. Damn! I miss my dad!

Just thinking of some of his stories from that era, and crying all over my keyboard.

[mudesi]

25. I'm tired of the right wing comparing Iraq to WWII

Iraq is more like Vietnam than anything else. There was no justification for the Iraq war like there was in WWII. There was no genocidal dictator hell bent on taking over the world in Iraq like there was in WWII. I'm glad to see this picture.

[HughBeaumont]

30. But . .but . . .but . . . but . . . Saddam would have his minions come by the planeload . . .

take over the gubmint, burn our Constitution and replace our Bahble with that there KOW-ran!

That is, if Our Great Leader Bewsh hadn'ta stopped his ass!

WHY do these hippies HATE 'murca?

:sarcasm:

[Seabiscuit]

26. That picture should be on the cover of Time and Newsweek

and if Life Magazine is still around, it should be on the cover of Life as well.

[benny05]

44. I agree

He's a fine lookin' patriot.

Remember this guy? He wore it to a meeting in 2004, but the friggin' RW machines wouldn't show him.

[YOY]

46. yea but the fuckers still sent out a misinformative email

claiming the old uy had them on during "a speech by Ted Kennedy".

How I loathe the cybersoldier who tried that one.

[benny05]

58. It was during a vets speech when * was talking

I was unaware it was respun to say it was during a Teddy speech.

[Lasher]

60. Yup, here's the writeup by Snopes

I myself have received the email lie several times.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/earflap.asp

If they gave medals for serving in email wars against rightwingers, I would be fit to be in the same room as Sgt. Alvin York, Audie Murphy, and Joe Hooper. But they don't and I'm not - even if they were still with us.

[YOY]

62. Oh yeah, and Scopes.com debunked it

but how many sheeple go to Scopes.com top verify their political spam?

[Seabiscuit]

54. Yes, I remember that picture well.

[Dudley_DUright]

29. He is not the only WWII vet that feels that way

I often talk to an 86 year old WWII vet at the Y swimming pool where I work out (he still does laps, I only hope I can still swim laps at his age). He feels exactly the same way about the Iraq war and detests Bush Jr.

[HughBeaumont]

31. The Fearless Freepflying 142nd Keyboarders should tell this man he's a traitor!

After all, what does HE know about REAL war?

C'mon you finger pointin' flag-waving jingo monkeys - step up and call THIS patriot a disgrace and an embarassment to America!

[AzDar]

32. It's now my screensaver. n/t

[Dudley_DUright]

33. I just ran across another picture of Mr. Unsicker at the Commondreams site

Harold Unsicker, a World War II veteran, takes a break from marching in a protest against the Iraq war in San Francisco, California, March 18, 2007. REUTERS/Kimberly White.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0319-03.htm

[kineneb]

34. My uncle would have been with him in spirit

"Uncle" (grandfather's nephew) Vern died several years ago, but he hated the Bush admin. He was a Pearl Harbor survivor, and served mostly in the Pacific.

[Cha]

35. THaNk you!

Bookmarking!

[Ishoutandscream2]

36. Damn! 88!! I'm 45, and he looks better than me.

Bet he makes it over 100.

[WinstonSmith4740]

39. Damn, Cryin' like a baby here.

Like so many of you, WWII was my parent's war. When I see stuff like this, I miss my dad more & more. I remember telling one of my sister's on 9/11 that I was glad Dad hadn't lived to see it, because it would have broken his heart. I see that look in this man's face...he is truly heartbroken over what has happened to the country he was willing to die for. Proud as hell, but brokenhearted. Hang in there, sir. And please stay with us long enough to see us TAKE IT BACK!

[leeroysphitz]

41. Vets know the true cost of war and can speak out more forcefully

and credibly than many others but this admin and it's cheerleaders have shown themselves more than shameless enough and despicable enough to smear and sully even the most honorable americans when they dare to oppose it's twisted hateful agenda.

I'm proud to have had the privilege to serve in the same Army as this brave patriot.

[Hepburn]

42. Blessed be!

I love it ~~ what a grand old gentleman!

[lisby]

43. A genuine patriot.

My family is steeped in WW II service: My father served in the army in Germany, my uncle was a Navy man and one-time crewman of the Arizona, and my other uncle was a pilot in the British Royal Air Force. I remain deeply proud of their service while, at the same time, recognizing this war for the giganitic frack-up it is, just as this brave man does.

Lisby

[Orsino]

45. I can practically feel al Qaeda emboldening. n/t

[Wilms]

47. How beautiful.

Thanks you.

[kestrel91316]

49. He reminds me of my own grandfather, who got drafted into

the Army late in WW II at the ripe old age of 36, with a wife and child at home. They shipped him off to invade Japan, but while they were sailing west of Hawaii we dropped the bomb, and instead of certain death in the invasion, he relaxed in the Phillippines for a year guarding Japanese POWs.

He was fairly conservative, but I suspect he would have loathed Bush. He'd be 99 this year.....

[salin]

50. This man speaks for my *late* father.

he left college to volunteer (predraft) for WWII. He passed in 1992. He believed in the cause (both arenas) of WWII. But he recognized the difference between WWII and later conflagorations that were sold ala WWII rhetoric.

He was against Vietnam and the first Gulf War.

He passed away long before Bushjr was eleceted and long before the "preemptive war" doctrine of bushjr was pushed, and accepted by the MSM. But given his opposition to both Vietnam and the first Gulf War - I feel pretty secure in asserting that this man represents my late father (who would be 86 were he still alive.) On my father's behalf - I thank this vet. His voice represents many who can no longer speak for themselves.

[ThatsMyBarack]

51. I'd be proud to be THAT kind of American!

[Pierzin]

52. That's Awesome!! Love It. You go old-timer!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

53. Great. From my dad's generation.

They were busy whipping Hitler's ass.

My old man was in the Army Air Corps (before it was a separate branch as the Air Force, for you children out there), 483rd Bombardment Group.

S. Sgt. who worked on Norden Bombsights, the great technological achievement of the war. He was so valuable he couldn't go into combat, in a crate known as a B-17, which is amazing to me for a lowly non-com. Two Bronze Stars.

He said they had lots of "ugly Italian girls" they "had to frisk" that were "dangerous".....:evilgrin: And my answer was: Yeah, Dad, you won't tell me what they would do for a Hershey bar.....

[malaise]

55. Beautiful n/t

[DianaForRussFeingold]

56. WOW, That Sure Is One Sharp Looking WW2 Patriot!!! K&R

:patriot: :loveya:

[ThomWV]

61. I'm 60, a Viet Nam Vet, and I Agree

[Maat]

63. Bless him! He's a wise man (n/t)!