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That is why Tip O'Neil and Reagan could make

peace together- the shared experience of WW II. There has been no great shared sacrifice since that time and it is clearly reflected in today's political and socio-economic environments. Not advocating for another war but people have lost sight of what makes us all the same.

(In response to this post by Cold Hoober Hoo)

Posted: 09/29/2017 at 2:58PM

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Lt Gen Silveria gets it. -- walkthecorner 09/29/2017 11:52AM

That directive should apply to every US resident. Start w/ so-called potus ** -- WaxHoo 09/29/2017 12:48PM

NC not in US? If you can't treat POTUS with dignity and respect....... ** -- Hoodafan 09/29/2017 1:32PM

Noone respect u - esp the don -- Mountain Dew Camacho 09/29/2017 3:15PM

Awww RQ's stalker persona is back. How adorable. ** -- Hoodafan 09/29/2017 3:37PM

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Ur dumb bruh ..real dumb ** -- Mountain Dew Camacho 09/29/2017 3:54PM

Apparently you are me, at least in the eyes of hoodajackass. -- WahooRQ 09/29/2017 4:30PM

At least TK admitted he was Rebel. Guess he's the more honorable man. Or -- Hoodafan 09/29/2017 4:43PM

Who hasn't been capwater. I know I was called it. ** -- hoothat 09/29/2017 11:07PM

You seem upset. -- WahooRQ 09/29/2017 4:48PM

Not upset in the least MountainQ. Just LMAO at your lame attempts. ** -- Hoodafan 09/29/2017 5:33PM

If you say so. Have a nice evening, hoodaclown. -- WahooRQ 09/29/2017 5:41PM

You too Mountain. Maybe you could spend time finding your happy place. ** -- Hoodafan 09/29/2017 5:52PM

Well I've certainly never claimed your 1400 SAT's MountainQ. ** -- Hoodafan 09/29/2017 4:04PM

When Trump was first elected. I made a post about respecting the office -- JohnHoo2 09/29/2017 1:51PM

...when the man himself doesn't respect the office, or literally anyone. ** -- WaxHoo 09/29/2017 2:46PM

So, why become like him by doing the things he does? ** -- Hokie5150 09/29/2017 2:37PM

What NJ said. The directive is repect others or get out. He doesnt -- WaxHoo 09/29/2017 2:47PM

No one is arguing that. The speech is about what you do, not what you can't -- Hoodafan 09/29/2017 2:54PM

You're right, Hooda. Actually, I do get the (your) point, and point taken. -- WaxHoo 09/29/2017 8:02PM

If people are silent, then everyone will think it's just fine ** -- NJHoo 09/29/2017 2:41PM

Who suggested remaining silent? Just the notion that it's -- Hokie5150 09/29/2017 2:56PM

Not to mention his defense is the same used to justify Antifa and other's -- Hoodafan 09/29/2017 3:03PM

One need not be silent to treat others with dignity and respect. ** -- Hoodafan 09/29/2017 2:55PM

That's probably the post of the week, right there. ** -- Shenhoo 09/29/2017 1:55PM

Respect: earned, not given. Disrespectful, intolerant Orange Asswipe - OUT!** -- WaxHoo 09/29/2017 1:38PM

Tell it to Lt. Silveria. Otherwise I think you totally missed his point. ** -- Hoodafan 09/29/2017 2:49PM

"if you can't treat someone with dignity & respect you need to get out -- WaxHoo 09/29/2017 2:59PM

Again, no one arguing that. And not a qualifier used by Lt. Silveria. Still -- Hoodafan 09/29/2017 3:04PM

Trump has treated no one with dignity and respect. -- walkthecorner 09/29/2017 3:13PM

Some he has, sure, but again, not the point of the speech at all. He's -- Hoodafan 09/29/2017 3:33PM

As you see in my original post I made no -- walkthecorner 09/29/2017 3:44PM

I wasn't speculating on the reason for your OP, since you didn't state -- Hoodafan 09/29/2017 4:02PM

Right on. ** -- walkthecorner 09/29/2017 4:37PM

Expectations set clearly and directly and with a bright line between right -- Seattle .Hoo 09/29/2017 12:11PM

Minority groups made up 40% of Defense Department active-duty military -- WahooMatt05 09/29/2017 12:08PM

Where did this new word come from? -- hoothat 09/29/2017 11:12PM

The U.S. Military is the the best example in the U.S. of the embodiment of -- Tuckahokie 09/29/2017 12:22PM

Really? Are there no other examples? Every major corporation in America -- Seattle .Hoo 09/29/2017 1:27PM

They might embrace it, but that doesn't mean they practice it ** -- Faz d. Hoo 09/29/2017 1:42PM

Duh. That's why there are laws. Would you not say that the same is true in -- Seattle .Hoo 09/29/2017 1:43PM

Don't know what you're getting at. -- Faz d. Hoo 09/29/2017 1:57PM

My point is that all big organizations mirror society. I like to think -- Seattle .Hoo 09/29/2017 2:03PM

I think it can certainly be argued that US Military is the best example. -- JohnHoo2 09/29/2017 1:37PM

It came naturally? Truman abolished racial discrimination in 1948. -- Seattle .Hoo 09/29/2017 1:41PM

The segregation forced them apart. But I don't think there is any major -- JohnHoo2 09/29/2017 1:58PM

Just so I'm clear, you're saying that the US military would have integrated -- Seattle .Hoo 09/29/2017 2:05PM

I think what Tuck and JohnHoo are getting at is -- Cold Hoober Hoo 09/29/2017 2:52PM

That is why Tip O'Neil and Reagan could make -- walkthecorner 09/29/2017 2:58PM

For the sake of argument, what trench did O'Neill or Reagan serve in? -- Seattle .Hoo 09/29/2017 5:06PM

Busted- should have checked on that point. Could -- walkthecorner 09/29/2017 8:12PM

Bingo...we saw a brief period of cooperation after 9-11, but that was a -- Tuckahokie 09/29/2017 3:53PM

I wonder if no Iraq war would it have lasted a -- walkthecorner 09/29/2017 3:57PM

But the transgeneder ban comes from the POTUS -- walkthecorner 09/29/2017 12:27PM

Damn. Excellent. ** -- Shenhoo 09/29/2017 11:58AM

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