No, but glad you caught the reference. The top line was equally a hollywood reference. It was how Peter Lorre's character in The Maltese Falcon aswered Bogey's character's inquiry, "And what do you do for a living?" The slimy way he responded, "I am a reasonably corrupt opportunist" spoke to me at a deep level, inspiring emulation.Mrkelly » 23 Oct 2023, 6:14 pm » wrote: ↑ Did it have a knight on it?
Ages ago
I bought a hundred of these to use as cards
it was an old fart thing back then
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Cannonpointer » 23 Oct 2023, 6:14 pm » wrote: ↑ Also right on time and flush with cash - NOT a day late and NOT a dollar short.
I wanted to be counted among those willing to speak the truth to power. In my belief, then and now, the election was stolen and a dementia patient was installed to humiliate and finish off the republic.
Doesn't make a difference..... Unless you can source us what Military encounter you participated in 1981 as a member of the US Navy, under UN Command....maineman » 23 Oct 2023, 6:05 pm » wrote: ↑ Are you aware that the US Military has military personnel who serve tours of duty with the United Nations? Y/N?
missed the first oneCannonpointer » 23 Oct 2023, 6:16 pm » wrote: ↑ No, but glad you caught the reference. The top line was equally a hollywood reference. It was how Peter Lorre's character in The Maltese Falcon aswered Bogey's character's inquiry, "And what do you do for a living?" The slimy way he responded, "I am a reasonably corrupt opportunist" spoke to me at a deep level, inspiring emulation.
Is that bad?
if there are any...it's amazing at how much money the feds dole out to states...Kobia2 » 23 Oct 2023, 4:25 pm » wrote: ↑ True....
They need to follow the example of the States who do not, and eliminate that dependency....
JuCo 5 percenter...72
“Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime” ~ LAVRENTIY BERIA
"Try to get past your passionate ignorance and learn to accept what actually happened." ~ brown's unheeded words of wisdom Kobia2 » 23 Oct 2023, 6:20 pm » wrote: ↑ Doesn't make a difference..... Unless you can source us what Military encounter you participated in 1981 as a member of the US Navy, under UN Command....
Here's the Link to all the UN Operations, according to Mission, Location, and Year of Operation..... Could you please site us the 1981 UN MIssion you participated as a US Navy 0-4 where you came under Live Fire attack?
https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/cont ... g-missions
Agreed...ROG62 » 23 Oct 2023, 6:31 pm » wrote: ↑ if there are any...it's amazing at how much money the feds dole out to states...
one doesn't preach explaining self evident evolving as evolving in plain sight. I don't have to teach people to justify believing real isn't real makes better tomorrows than genetics arranged current population left alive now.
I'm aware of our role & participation in Beirut, as part of a Peace Keeping body to help oversee and facilitate the PLO's withdrawal from Lebanon... Our Marines weren't deployed until August of 1982..... They left for about a week in October of 1982, and were summoned to immediately return after the assassination of the interim Lebanese President... I am also aware of the Barrack's attack in 83, as I have a good friend who was badly injured in it..maineman » 23 Oct 2023, 6:35 pm » wrote: ↑ I was assigned to the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization in 1981-82 exclusively in Lebanon. I split my time between serving with the Israeli-Lebanese Mixed Armistice Commission/UN Liaison Office, Beirut which served as the PLO point of contact with the UN Secretary-General, and serving with Observer Group Lebanon in the south working as an observer/crisis mediator in conjunction with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon primarily out of Tyre.
Here is a good book about it by an Army buddy of mine:
https://www.amazon.com/Yanks-Blue-Beret ... 106&sr=8-1
Not an excuse, you idiot. Just a reality check...and you desperately need one.maineman » 23 Oct 2023, 4:30 pm » wrote: ↑ Look at what the Grand Old Party has become. Apologists making excuses for traitors, and an entire caucus of congressmen who can do nothing but run around in circles like the clowns jumping out of the car at Ringling Brothers circus. You must be so proud!
Look. I really don't give a **** what you SEE. I know what I lived through. Lebanon was awash with gunfire on a daily basis. Various factions of Lebanese militia were continually engaging with UNIFIL forces and UNTSO officers were routinely called upon to mediate disengagement. That was my job. I never said I DELIVERED fire to hostile forces, I said I took hostile fire. I was always unarmed. I got shot at... a lot. Everybody with blue berets got shot at. And I just missed getting shot at on several occasions as well. I had literally JUST delivered the UN duty vehicle five minutes earlier in the US Embassy parking lot to my Belgian buddy when this happened:Kobia2 » 23 Oct 2023, 6:58 pm » wrote: ↑ I'm aware of our role & participation in Beirut, as part of a Peace Keeping body to help oversee and facilitate the PLO's withdrawal from Lebanon... Our Marines weren't deployed until August of 1982..... They left for about a week in October of 1982, and were summoned to immediately return after the assassination of the interim Lebanese President... I am also aware of the Barrack's attack in 83, as I have a good friend who was badly injured in it..
Reagan did not authorize our Marines to assume an "aggressive defensive position" until September of 83 ---- at the same time Reagan Authorized the US Navy Battleship New Jersey to launch air and missile strikes in the area surrounding our Marines Barracks which was bombed in October of 83. ...
Again, I am not seeing anything that suggests a live fire attack or engagement in 1981 involving any US Navy personnel, either under or independent from UN Command....
ConsRule » 23 Oct 2023, 7:16 pm » wrote: ↑ Not an excuse, you idiot. Just a reality check...and you desperately need one.
I keep asking liberals the same question, and none have the courage to answer it. If Trump cannot get elected, why are liberals trying so hard to keep him off the ballot?
Hey Bud, YOU were the guy who claimed the following ---- I'm asking you to substantiate it.... Because right about now, your story shares the same credibility as Hillary Clinton's claim of landing on that Bosnian Tarmac under Sniper Fire... Remember that one LOL..maineman » 23 Oct 2023, 7:17 pm » wrote: ↑ Look. I really don't give a **** what you SEE. I know what I lived through. Lebanon was awash with gunfire on a daily basis. Various factions of Lebanese militia were continually engaging with UNIFIL forces and UNTSO officers were routinely called upon to mediate disengagement. That was my job. I never said I DELIVERED fire to hostile forces, I said I took hostile fire. I was always unarmed. I got shot at... a lot. Everybody with blue berets got shot at. And I just missed getting shot at on several occasions as well. I had literally JUST delivered the UN duty vehicle five minutes earlier in the US Embassy parking lot to my Belgian buddy when this happened:
https://search.archives.un.org/united-n ... culture=en

It's entirely true. I took live fire. I never delivered it. Lots of guys took live fire while at UNTSO. As it turns out, there were only five USN officers in UNTSO out of 31 US members... four of them were O-3's... I was an O-4.Kobia2 » 23 Oct 2023, 7:27 pm » wrote: ↑ Hey Bud, YOU were the guy who claimed the following ---- I'm asking you to substantiate it.... Because right about now, your story shares the same credibility as Hillary Clinton's claim of landing on that Bosnian Tarmac under Sniper Fire... Remember that one LOL..
That's not entirely true.
I was the only O-4 in the entire US Navy to take live hostile fire in 1981.
true, once embraced in suckling, why quit, right?Kobia2 » 23 Oct 2023, 6:36 pm » wrote: ↑ Agreed...
I guess it's a non-starter if they cannot wean themselves off the Feds.... THey'll never be in a position to claim more independence --- if they remain dependent on Big Brother.
JuCo 5 percenter...72
“Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime” ~ LAVRENTIY BERIA
"Try to get past your passionate ignorance and learn to accept what actually happened." ~ brown's unheeded words of wisdom Neither conceded.
If I concede an issue, that means I am no longer suing over it.maineman » 23 Oct 2023, 9:09 pm » wrote: ↑ https://www.npr.org/2016/11/09/50142524 ... nald-trump
watch. listen. and then, either have the grace to admit you are wrong, or, alternatively, just shut the **** up.
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