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On July 20, 1969, for the first time in human history, man walked on the surface of another planet, when Neil Armstrong stepped off the Lunar Excursion Module onto the moon.
It was an event which will be remembered five thousand years from now, long after most of what happened in this era is forgotten.
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It was also the same weekend that Teddy Kennedy got drunk and left a girl to die in his submerged car outside Chappaquiddick. Ironically, it was his dead brothers dream being fulfilled with man walking on the moon by the end of the 60's but newspapers had man's walk on the moon headlining the same day as the hero of Chappaquiddicks unfortunate news.
Let the hate start to fly.
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I met Ted Armstrong. Have an autographed book of his.
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Gotcha...Originally Posted by Little-Acorn
"It [the draft] is duty rather than slavery. I part with the author on the caviler idea that individual freedom (whatever that may be to the person) leads to nirvana, anyone older that 12 knows that is BS."
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"Allow me to masturbate my patriotism furiously and publicly at this opportunity."
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"There is no 'equal opportunity' today unless the government makes it so."
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And here... we... go. -Joker
"It [the draft] is duty rather than slavery. I part with the author on the caviler idea that individual freedom (whatever that may be to the person) leads to nirvana, anyone older that 12 knows that is BS."
-(Midcan5)
"Allow me to masturbate my patriotism furiously and publicly at this opportunity."
-(Ib1yysguy)
"There is no 'equal opportunity' today unless the government makes it so."
-(apple0154 )
"abortion is not killing Its birth control"
-(Desh)
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.....and he was from my home town of Wapakoneta, Ohio!
During the moon landings my brother, cousin and I watched the TV reporters interviewing Armstrong's parents from the top of their neighbors garage.
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"Do not think that I came to bring peace... I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." - Matthew 10:34
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LOL. If he drove a VW Bug, he would have been laughed out of his circle of friends./hate
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Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
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- -- Aristotle
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They don't float that high and level. That is a bogus photo.
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It was a take-off by National Lampoon, on a commercial actually put on TV by Volkswagen. As such, it was one of the greatest spoofs of all time, due in no small part to its absolute truth.
In their "real"commercial, VW was trying to point out how well the doors fitted etc. on its cars, in contrast to the loose-fitting dors, creaky seals etc. of American cars. They showed a VW bug floating in water, maybe a swimming pool. And the narrator was saying, look, the VW is so well put together, it barely leaks any water, boy that is good body construction etc. It was an OK commercial. And well-remembered for the weird sight of a car floating in deep water.
Some time after that, Ted Kennedy ran for President and lost. Chappaquiddick was brought up, but mostly downplayed by the media which was almost as biased then as it is now.
Then National Lampoon came out with that print ad, which looked amazingly like the commercial for obvious reasons. The circulation of the magazine tripled overnight.
It was one of the greatest ads I've ever seen. Even if it was a spoof.
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YOU'VE GOTTA BE SHITTING ME US?!
"Do not think that I came to bring peace... I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." - Matthew 10:34
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They do float though, I know that for a personal fact.
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Yup, I have the Boston Globe with split hedlines.
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My father had a friend who actually made a boat out of one.
To be fair, he had a business that would make boats out of cars....
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
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If old beetles had just been mandated in the flooded parishes of NO.....
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