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Sam L. Archer's avatar

A much older friend of mine, retired after 30 years in the U.S. Army (Colonel) P.O.W. of the Japanese in WW II, headmaster of a respected military academy preparatory school, and Republican; could not stand Anita Bryant. He referred to her as "that woman" and declared her to be self-aggrandizing and artificial. I never understood why until years later, but was pleasantly surprised by his prescience as I learned more. I also learned that he was more of a friend to me than I realized as a teen-ager, and I am grateful.

. He would be appalled and outraged by the depredations being perpetrated against our Federal structure, national reputation and, especially, Department of Defense by the current criminal occupant of the Federal Executive Mansion.

Pax vobiscum.

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Clint Collide's avatar

Sounds like an old-school Republican, which I’ve had the pleasure of knowing a few. Even when we’ve disagreed on policy, we’ve respected each other. And in my experience, true conservatives want nothing to do with this neo-conservative con that bigots and zealots used to take over the once-principled Republican Party.

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Sam L. Archer's avatar

Absolutely! I was one, once, and am still a conservative who believes we need

incremental steady change toward new ideas.

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Clint Collide's avatar

As I hope I’ve made clear, I respect true conservatives. It’s the neocons and their bullying bs that disgust me. We can disagree without being disagreeable. Also, we need a full spectrum of ideas to help us find common ground and common sense solutions. Cheers, Sam!

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Clarke Fountain's avatar

Ever a boy born in the wrong century, the color combinations you mention were always painful to me. In drama school, I excelled in my stage makeup class, and (for instance) could produce a reasonable resemblance for the stage of FDR on almost any face. Someone is obviously unwilling to listen to anyone on that topic. Oompa Loompa! ROFL. Yes, less orange is good for the soul.

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Clint Collide's avatar

FDR is a good “natural look” for most stage productions. Go, Clarke!

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Fred's avatar

Clint dear,

Please place a rainbow next to Mo Rocca's name, because he is a gifted member of our gifted community.

Cheers always to you,

Fred

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Clint Collide's avatar

How did I not know that?! Thanks, Fred!

Mr. Rocca’s been updated—with a rainbow—on the blog and added to the January “Born This Way On This Day” list: https://collidepress.com/p/happy-january-birthdays

Cheers!

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DavidT's avatar

Amen to filtering out all that miserable orange!DavidT 🇨🇦

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Clint Collide's avatar

Seems to be helping me get through the day without melting down. :-p

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Clint Collide's avatar

Ramble at will, Doug! I don’t mind a little retro—or even a little orange—but I like to mix and match it with other decades. Eclectic seems to be my style. A purist I never was and will never be. :-p

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