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Great to see the MOH recipient from Iwo Jima flip the coin toss. God Bless Corporal Williams. I thought the half time show was better than most of recent memory. As mentioned a great game. Well played and with very few mistakes. Officiated well to. "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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I have my own sweetie and I very specifically DID read the thread title. To Hell with the NFL. Don't spit on my Country disrespect Veterans and the Men in Blue protecting all Americans and expect me to support you. I didn't watch the Super Bowl. Remember, this is all supposed to be for fun................... | |||
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One hell of a game! Congrats to the Eagles!! | |||
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djpaintles I will ask you the same question I've asked 3 members already in the past 24 hours. Most recently just one page back in this very thread. Why? I rarely get confrontational on this board, but why do you guys insist on coming into a thread started by someone else and shitting on it? Especially when you already have a multi-page thread dedicated to hating the NFL. It's so freeking frustrating when you guys do this and takes away from the conversations we want to have in this thread. Please, go away and stop doing this. ___________________________ All it takes...is all you got. ____________________________ For those who have fought for it, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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Quick bio on the MAN who did the coin toss: Hershel W. Williams - WW2 Medal of Honor Marine Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams (born October 2, 1923) is a retired United States Marine Corps warrant officer and United States Department of Veterans Affairs veterans service representative who received the United States military's highest decoration for valor—the Medal of Honor—for heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. He and three soldiers are the only living Medal of Honor recipients from that war. In addition, he is the only surviving Marine to have received the Medal of Honor during the Second World War, and is the only surviving Medal of Honor recipient from the Pacific theater of the war. Medal of Honor action Williams' next and final campaign was at the Battle of Iwo Jima, where he distinguished himself with actions "above and beyond the call of duty" – for which he would be awarded the Medal of Honor. On February 21, 1945, he landed on the beach with the 1st Battalion, 21st Marines. Williams, by then a corporal, distinguished himself two days later when American tanks, trying to open a lane for infantry, encountered a network of reinforced concrete pillboxes. Williams went forward alone with his 70-pound flamethrower to attempt the reduction of devastating machine gun fire from the unyielding positions. Covered by only four riflemen, he fought for four hours under terrific enemy small-arms fire and repeatedly returned to his own lines to prepare demolition charges and obtain serviced flame throwers. He returned to the front, frequently to the rear of hostile emplacements, to wipe out one position after another. At one point, a wisp of smoke alerted him to the air vent of a Japanese bunker, and he approached close enough to put the nozzle of his flamethrower through the hole, killing the occupants. On another occasion, he was charged by enemy riflemen who attempted to stop him with bayonets and he killed them with a burst of flame from his weapon. These actions occurred on the same day that two flags were raised on Mount Suribachi, and Williams, about one thousand yards away from the volcano, was able to witness the event. He fought through the remainder of the five-week-long battle even though he was wounded on March 6 in the leg by shrapnel, for which he was awarded the Purple Heart. ___________________________ All it takes...is all you got. ____________________________ For those who have fought for it, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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^^^^Thanks for posting. Congrats to the Eagles. That was a great game! | |||
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Did anyone watch Jimmy Fallon after the game? WATCH: Jimmy Fallon Channels Bob Dylan, Curses 'Internet Troll' Trump Defends Anthem Kneeling, Lauds Michelle Obama Once Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis was over and the Left could return to its Trump-bashing, Jimmy Fallon, appearing at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, seized his chance to join the brigade, posing as Bob Dylan and changing the lyrics to Dylan’s “The Times they Are A-Changin” to call Trump an “Internet troll” while defending kneeling for the national anthem. Dressed as Dylan complete with sunglasses, Fallon cursed Trump while lauding Michelle Obama, singing, “Come leaders who bully like Internet trolls. We'll curse you with four-letter words 'love' and 'hope.' For we will go high even when you go low.” Here are the lame lyrics Fallon sang: Come gather round people wherever you roam And admit that our country don't feel like our home And that silence speaks louder than those who condone If a tweet to you is worth favin' Then lift up your voices and put down your phones For the times they are a-changin' Come women and men who hashtag Me Too And believe me when I say that we believe you For weak is the man who calls truth "fake news" Time’s up, our silence we’re breaking And even though Mel Gibson was in Daddy's Home 2 Well, the times they are a-changin' Come athletes with platforms throughout the land Who by taking a knee are taking a stand And before you shout out that they should be banned Listen to what they are saying Perhaps they'd stand up if you reached out your hand Well, the times they are a-changing Come journalists, writers who report the facts And brandish your pen to fend off his attacks Look past what he says and look at how he acts The fire and fury is raging For his words can hurt, but your words can fight back New York Times, they aren't a-failin' Come leaders who bully like Internet trolls We'll curse you with four-letter words “love” and “hope” For we will go high even when you go low The order is re-arranging For you have the power, but we have the vote The times they are a-changin' Video below: https://www.dailywire.com/news...-curses-hank-berrien "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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Some quick cipherin’ puts Corporal Williams at 94 years old; he looked like he was in really good shape for that age and hopefully will be around for a couple more Super Bowls. Sad to read that Williams is the “only surviving Marine to have received the Medal of Honor during the Second World War, and is the only surviving Medal of Honor recipient from the Pacific theater of the war.” IIRC, there were 17 MOHs awarded as a result of actions on Iwo Jima alone. That would include Navy corpsmen as well as Marines, and I don’t know how many were awarded posthumously. Still, it won’t be long before ALL America’s WWII vets are gone—my dad and all my uncles are. _______________________________________________________ despite them | |||
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Even as a butt-hurt Vikings fan I thought this was the best commercial of the night. Well done, Ram! (Pay attention to the "tonight's match up" on the truck radio screen). ___________________________ All it takes...is all you got. ____________________________ For those who have fought for it, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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That Rams/Vikings commercial was great, as was the Manning Dirty Dancing bits. It was a good game, not marred by overzealous officiating, a bit too much touchdown drama by Collingsworth, both teams played hard, came down to a few little things like great games always do. Congrats to Philly, so now will they have a new Starting QB, will Brady come back for another year, who knows. Now on to the next but still best sports event, NCAA March Madness... | |||
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Did Brady really not shake hands after the game? | |||
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Very VERY disappointing. Piers Morgan is 50/50 on whether I like/hate his take on things, but he got it right on Brady. And I'm a Pats fan. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...graceless-night.html ___________________________ All it takes...is all you got. ____________________________ For those who have fought for it, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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I am a Patriots fan - and there is no doubt that Brady is the greatest QB of all time. But - not shaking hands with a backup QB that had the game of his life - and was living a similar story to Brady's 16 years earlier - is unacceptable !! Horrible failure of character. Heck - even I was excited for Nick Foles !! | |||
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The bravery of a man to fight with a flamethrower against small arms fire is amazing to me. One well placed bullet and he would have died a horrible death. It must not have been a simple thing to use a flame thrower in close combat, either. Thank you, Ronin1069 for posting the details you did. | |||
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