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Steve

Well-known member
I don't watch it ,... but many un-informed over-educated liberal types may... and we all know how easily they are influenced by cultural awareness...

is should be a crime to mislead the liberals.. they are so vulnerable..

Furious Fox News host Bob Beckel slammed CBS for its recent anti-American, pro-communist episode of “The Amazing Race,” filmed in Vietnam.

Contestants on the show went to Hanoi where they were told to memorize a “communist song” and worse, visit the wreckage of an American B-52 bomber that was shot down during the war.

Greg Gutfeld started the segment and perfectly summed up how disrespectful this episode was to all Vietnam veterans.

While all hosts of “The Five” were disgusted by the decision of CBS to film such an anti-American episode, Beckel was the most vocally outraged.

"I am so outraged by this I can’t believe it. CBS is idiotic. They’re stupid. The idea that they would put something like that on TV. Don’t blame it on young producers; it had to go through somebody at the executive branch at CBS. If CBS can’t do better than that, to have people go to a memorial where Americans died, then you ought to get off the network. Take that show and shove it! "

Beckel continued, raging, “That was as un-American a piece you could put on TV as I’ve ever seen.”

Beckel ended by calling the episode “a Communist show by a network that ought to know better.”
 

Tam

Well-known member
He was back on the Five ripping CBS another one again today. He was asking the viewers to call, write, email, facebook or tweet CBS and demand an apology for the offending scenes shown on the Amazing Race. Wow I have never seen him so upset and he use to work for CBS.
 
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Anonymous

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After a 20-year hiatus of severed ties, then-U.S. President Bill Clinton announced the formal normalization of diplomatic relations between the United States of America and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on July 11, 1995. Subsequent to President Clinton's normalization announcement, in August 1995, both countries upgraded their Liaison Offices opened during January 1995 to embassy status. As diplomatic ties between the nations grew, the United States opened a consulate general in Ho Chi Minh City, and Vietnam opened a consulate in San Francisco.

U.S. relations with Vietnam have become deeper and more diverse in the years since political normalization.
The two countries have broadened their political exchanges through regular and regional security. The annual Bilateral Human Rights Dialogue resumed in 2006 after a two-year hiatus. They signed a Bilateral Trade Agreement in July 2000, which went into force in December 2001. In 2003, the two countries signed a Counternarcotics Letter of Agreement (amended in 2006), a Civil Aviation Agreement, and a textile agreement. In January 2007, Congress approved Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for Vietnam.

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Human rights

Vietnam’s suppression of political dissent has been an issue of contention in relations with the U.S. and drew criticism from the Administration and Congress. In spring 2007, Vietnam’s government launched a crackdown on political dissidents, and in November the same year arrested a group of pro-democracy activists, including two Americans. Despite continued suppression of freedom of expression, Vietnam did make significant progress on expanding religious freedom. In 2005, Vietnam passed comprehensive religious freedom legislation, outlawing forced renunciations and permitting the official recognition of new denominations. As a result, in November 2006, the U.S. Department of State lifted the designation of Vietnam as a “Country of Particular Concern,” based on a determination that the country was no longer a serious violator of religious freedoms, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. This decision was reaffirmed by the Department of State in November 2007.

Missing Americans

As of December 14, 2007, the U.S. government listed 1,763 Americans unaccounted for in Southeast Asia, including 1,353 in Vietnam. Since 1973, as part of investigating the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue, 883 Americans have been accounted for, including 627 in Vietnam. Additionally, the U.S. Department of Defense has confirmed that of the 196 individuals who were "last known alive" (LKA), the U.S. government has determined the fate of all but 31. The United States considers achieving the fullest possible accounting of Americans missing and unaccounted for in Indochina to be one of its highest priorities with Vietnam.

Trade

Since entry into force of the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement on December 10, 2001, increased trade between the U.S. and Vietnam, combined with large-scale U.S. investment in Vietnam, evidence the maturing U.S.-Vietnam economic relationship. In 2006, the United States exported $1.1 billion of goods to Vietnam and imported $8.6 billion of goods from Vietnam. Similarly, U.S. companies continue to invest directly in the Vietnamese economy. During 2006, the U.S. private sector committed $444 million to Vietnam in foreign direct investment. This number is expected to rise dramatically following Vietnam's accession into the World Trade Organization.

Transport

Another sign of the expanding bilateral relationship is the signing of a Bilateral Air Transport Agreement in December 2003. Several U.S. carriers already have third-party code sharing agreements with Vietnam Airlines. Direct flights between Ho Chi Minh City and San Francisco began in December 2004. Vietnam and the United States also signed a bilateral Maritime Agreement in March 2007 that opened the maritime transport and services industry of Vietnam to U.S. firms. In 2011 the U.S.banks agreed to invest $1.5 billion to the Vietnamese infrastructure.

Military

Cooperation in other areas, such as defense, nonproliferation, counterterrorism, and law enforcement, is also expanding steadily. Vietnam hosted visits by five U.S. Navy vessels in 2007, including a port call to Da Nang by the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA-5), carrying a multinational contingent of medical and engineering personnel. In June 2007, Vietnamese observers took part for the first time in the multinational naval exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), organized by the U.S. Navy. The Vietnamese Prime Minister has stated that the country is in the final stages of preparation to take part in international peacekeeping, as part of its contribution as a new member of the UN Security Council.


Apparently this Beckel character isn't aware we normalized all relations with Vietnam almost 20 years ago... Or that the History Channel, National Geographic, and the Military Channel have had numerous shows about veterans going back to the country- and even meeting with their opposition Vietnam military counterparts they fought against... And shows about both former military and missing military relatives visiting crash sites, wrecks, and battle sites... I've seen at least one show about US folks assisting Vietnamese in doing forensic investigations of crash scenes looking for evidence of missing airmen...

Wouldn't be that this Beckel fella is playing upon the weak minds of some of the rightwingernuts trying to stir up hatemongering and fearmongering against an opposing network-- and to keep feeding raw meat to the animals.... :???:
 

hypocritexposer

Well-known member
Beckel sounds a little embarrased to be associated with American hating Liberals.

He better not show too much Nationialism, or the Libs will start to namecall and label him a "fascist"
 

Faster horses

Well-known member
Oldtimer said:
After a 20-year hiatus of severed ties, then-U.S. President Bill Clinton announced the formal normalization of diplomatic relations between the United States of America and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on July 11, 1995. Subsequent to President Clinton's normalization announcement, in August 1995, both countries upgraded their Liaison Offices opened during January 1995 to embassy status. As diplomatic ties between the nations grew, the United States opened a consulate general in Ho Chi Minh City, and Vietnam opened a consulate in San Francisco.

U.S. relations with Vietnam have become deeper and more diverse in the years since political normalization.
The two countries have broadened their political exchanges through regular and regional security. The annual Bilateral Human Rights Dialogue resumed in 2006 after a two-year hiatus. They signed a Bilateral Trade Agreement in July 2000, which went into force in December 2001. In 2003, the two countries signed a Counternarcotics Letter of Agreement (amended in 2006), a Civil Aviation Agreement, and a textile agreement. In January 2007, Congress approved Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for Vietnam.

----------------------




Human rights

Vietnam’s suppression of political dissent has been an issue of contention in relations with the U.S. and drew criticism from the Administration and Congress. In spring 2007, Vietnam’s government launched a crackdown on political dissidents, and in November the same year arrested a group of pro-democracy activists, including two Americans. Despite continued suppression of freedom of expression, Vietnam did make significant progress on expanding religious freedom. In 2005, Vietnam passed comprehensive religious freedom legislation, outlawing forced renunciations and permitting the official recognition of new denominations. As a result, in November 2006, the U.S. Department of State lifted the designation of Vietnam as a “Country of Particular Concern,” based on a determination that the country was no longer a serious violator of religious freedoms, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. This decision was reaffirmed by the Department of State in November 2007.

Missing Americans

As of December 14, 2007, the U.S. government listed 1,763 Americans unaccounted for in Southeast Asia, including 1,353 in Vietnam. Since 1973, as part of investigating the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue, 883 Americans have been accounted for, including 627 in Vietnam. Additionally, the U.S. Department of Defense has confirmed that of the 196 individuals who were "last known alive" (LKA), the U.S. government has determined the fate of all but 31. The United States considers achieving the fullest possible accounting of Americans missing and unaccounted for in Indochina to be one of its highest priorities with Vietnam.

Trade

Since entry into force of the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement on December 10, 2001, increased trade between the U.S. and Vietnam, combined with large-scale U.S. investment in Vietnam, evidence the maturing U.S.-Vietnam economic relationship. In 2006, the United States exported $1.1 billion of goods to Vietnam and imported $8.6 billion of goods from Vietnam. Similarly, U.S. companies continue to invest directly in the Vietnamese economy. During 2006, the U.S. private sector committed $444 million to Vietnam in foreign direct investment. This number is expected to rise dramatically following Vietnam's accession into the World Trade Organization.

Transport

Another sign of the expanding bilateral relationship is the signing of a Bilateral Air Transport Agreement in December 2003. Several U.S. carriers already have third-party code sharing agreements with Vietnam Airlines. Direct flights between Ho Chi Minh City and San Francisco began in December 2004. Vietnam and the United States also signed a bilateral Maritime Agreement in March 2007 that opened the maritime transport and services industry of Vietnam to U.S. firms. In 2011 the U.S.banks agreed to invest $1.5 billion to the Vietnamese infrastructure.

Military

Cooperation in other areas, such as defense, nonproliferation, counterterrorism, and law enforcement, is also expanding steadily. Vietnam hosted visits by five U.S. Navy vessels in 2007, including a port call to Da Nang by the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA-5), carrying a multinational contingent of medical and engineering personnel. In June 2007, Vietnamese observers took part for the first time in the multinational naval exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), organized by the U.S. Navy. The Vietnamese Prime Minister has stated that the country is in the final stages of preparation to take part in international peacekeeping, as part of its contribution as a new member of the UN Security Council.


Apparently this Beckel character isn't aware we normalized all relations with Vietnam almost 20 years ago... Or that the History Channel, National Geographic, and the Military Channel have had numerous shows about veterans going back to the country- and even meeting with their opposition Vietnam military counterparts they fought against... And shows about both former military and missing military relatives visiting crash sites, wrecks, and battle sites... I've seen at least one show about US folks assisting Vietnamese in doing forensic investigations of crash scenes looking for evidence of missing airmen...

Wouldn't be that this Beckel fella is playing upon the weak minds of some of the rightwingernuts trying to stir up hatemongering and fearmongering against an opposing network-- and to keep feeding raw meat to the animals.... :???:

After reading this OT, I'm curious. Did you serve in the military in Vietnam?
You would be about the right age for that, I'm thinking. If you didn't, how
did it happen that you didn't go? I can't recall you mentioning anything about
serving in the military. I'm merely curious.
 
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Anonymous

Guest
Faster horses said:
Oldtimer said:
After a 20-year hiatus of severed ties, then-U.S. President Bill Clinton announced the formal normalization of diplomatic relations between the United States of America and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on July 11, 1995. Subsequent to President Clinton's normalization announcement, in August 1995, both countries upgraded their Liaison Offices opened during January 1995 to embassy status. As diplomatic ties between the nations grew, the United States opened a consulate general in Ho Chi Minh City, and Vietnam opened a consulate in San Francisco.

U.S. relations with Vietnam have become deeper and more diverse in the years since political normalization.
The two countries have broadened their political exchanges through regular and regional security. The annual Bilateral Human Rights Dialogue resumed in 2006 after a two-year hiatus. They signed a Bilateral Trade Agreement in July 2000, which went into force in December 2001. In 2003, the two countries signed a Counternarcotics Letter of Agreement (amended in 2006), a Civil Aviation Agreement, and a textile agreement. In January 2007, Congress approved Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for Vietnam.

----------------------




Human rights

Vietnam’s suppression of political dissent has been an issue of contention in relations with the U.S. and drew criticism from the Administration and Congress. In spring 2007, Vietnam’s government launched a crackdown on political dissidents, and in November the same year arrested a group of pro-democracy activists, including two Americans. Despite continued suppression of freedom of expression, Vietnam did make significant progress on expanding religious freedom. In 2005, Vietnam passed comprehensive religious freedom legislation, outlawing forced renunciations and permitting the official recognition of new denominations. As a result, in November 2006, the U.S. Department of State lifted the designation of Vietnam as a “Country of Particular Concern,” based on a determination that the country was no longer a serious violator of religious freedoms, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. This decision was reaffirmed by the Department of State in November 2007.

Missing Americans

As of December 14, 2007, the U.S. government listed 1,763 Americans unaccounted for in Southeast Asia, including 1,353 in Vietnam. Since 1973, as part of investigating the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue, 883 Americans have been accounted for, including 627 in Vietnam. Additionally, the U.S. Department of Defense has confirmed that of the 196 individuals who were "last known alive" (LKA), the U.S. government has determined the fate of all but 31. The United States considers achieving the fullest possible accounting of Americans missing and unaccounted for in Indochina to be one of its highest priorities with Vietnam.

Trade

Since entry into force of the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement on December 10, 2001, increased trade between the U.S. and Vietnam, combined with large-scale U.S. investment in Vietnam, evidence the maturing U.S.-Vietnam economic relationship. In 2006, the United States exported $1.1 billion of goods to Vietnam and imported $8.6 billion of goods from Vietnam. Similarly, U.S. companies continue to invest directly in the Vietnamese economy. During 2006, the U.S. private sector committed $444 million to Vietnam in foreign direct investment. This number is expected to rise dramatically following Vietnam's accession into the World Trade Organization.

Transport

Another sign of the expanding bilateral relationship is the signing of a Bilateral Air Transport Agreement in December 2003. Several U.S. carriers already have third-party code sharing agreements with Vietnam Airlines. Direct flights between Ho Chi Minh City and San Francisco began in December 2004. Vietnam and the United States also signed a bilateral Maritime Agreement in March 2007 that opened the maritime transport and services industry of Vietnam to U.S. firms. In 2011 the U.S.banks agreed to invest $1.5 billion to the Vietnamese infrastructure.

Military

Cooperation in other areas, such as defense, nonproliferation, counterterrorism, and law enforcement, is also expanding steadily. Vietnam hosted visits by five U.S. Navy vessels in 2007, including a port call to Da Nang by the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA-5), carrying a multinational contingent of medical and engineering personnel. In June 2007, Vietnamese observers took part for the first time in the multinational naval exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), organized by the U.S. Navy. The Vietnamese Prime Minister has stated that the country is in the final stages of preparation to take part in international peacekeeping, as part of its contribution as a new member of the UN Security Council.


Apparently this Beckel character isn't aware we normalized all relations with Vietnam almost 20 years ago... Or that the History Channel, National Geographic, and the Military Channel have had numerous shows about veterans going back to the country- and even meeting with their opposition Vietnam military counterparts they fought against... And shows about both former military and missing military relatives visiting crash sites, wrecks, and battle sites... I've seen at least one show about US folks assisting Vietnamese in doing forensic investigations of crash scenes looking for evidence of missing airmen...

Wouldn't be that this Beckel fella is playing upon the weak minds of some of the rightwingernuts trying to stir up hatemongering and fearmongering against an opposing network-- and to keep feeding raw meat to the animals.... :???:

After reading this OT, I'm curious. Did you serve in the military in Vietnam?
You would be about the right age for that, I'm thinking. If you didn't, how
did it happen that you didn't go? I can't recall you mentioning anything about
serving in the military. I'm merely curious.

Nope I didn't-- mainly because I had a high number in the lottery.... Later they changed my status to 4-F because of my torn up knee...
 

Whitewing

Well-known member
Oldtimer said:
Faster horses said:
Oldtimer said:
Apparently this Beckel character isn't aware we normalized all relations with Vietnam almost 20 years ago... Or that the History Channel, National Geographic, and the Military Channel have had numerous shows about veterans going back to the country- and even meeting with their opposition Vietnam military counterparts they fought against... And shows about both former military and missing military relatives visiting crash sites, wrecks, and battle sites... I've seen at least one show about US folks assisting Vietnamese in doing forensic investigations of crash scenes looking for evidence of missing airmen...

Wouldn't be that this Beckel fella is playing upon the weak minds of some of the rightwingernuts trying to stir up hatemongering and fearmongering against an opposing network-- and to keep feeding raw meat to the animals.... :???:

After reading this OT, I'm curious. Did you serve in the military in Vietnam?
You would be about the right age for that, I'm thinking. If you didn't, how
did it happen that you didn't go? I can't recall you mentioning anything about
serving in the military. I'm merely curious.

Nope I didn't-- mainly because I had a high number in the lottery.... Later they changed my status to 4-F because of my torn up knee...

Yikes, a torn up knee. Kept you out of Nam but hasn't kept you from kissing the King's ass.
 

Faster horses

Well-known member
Oldtimer said:
Faster horses said:
Oldtimer said:
Apparently this Beckel character isn't aware we normalized all relations with Vietnam almost 20 years ago... Or that the History Channel, National Geographic, and the Military Channel have had numerous shows about veterans going back to the country- and even meeting with their opposition Vietnam military counterparts they fought against... And shows about both former military and missing military relatives visiting crash sites, wrecks, and battle sites... I've seen at least one show about US folks assisting Vietnamese in doing forensic investigations of crash scenes looking for evidence of missing airmen...

Wouldn't be that this Beckel fella is playing upon the weak minds of some of the rightwingernuts trying to stir up hatemongering and fearmongering against an opposing network-- and to keep feeding raw meat to the animals.... :???:

After reading this OT, I'm curious. Did you serve in the military in Vietnam?
You would be about the right age for that, I'm thinking. If you didn't, how
did it happen that you didn't go? I can't recall you mentioning anything about
serving in the military. I'm merely curious.

Nope I didn't-- mainly because I had a high number in the lottery.... Later they changed my status to 4-F because of my torn up knee...

Thanks. Mr. FH didn't go either cuz he was the breadwinner for a wife and kid.

Did you tear your knee up when you were rodeoing? It must have really
crippled you up. I've had two knee replacements and have
problems with them both, but at least I can walk without hurting. Did
yours ever heal or was it something you had to just live with? Bad knees
sure make life more difficult.
 

Whitewing

Well-known member
Faster horses said:
Oldtimer said:
Faster horses said:
After reading this OT, I'm curious. Did you serve in the military in Vietnam?
You would be about the right age for that, I'm thinking. If you didn't, how
did it happen that you didn't go? I can't recall you mentioning anything about
serving in the military. I'm merely curious.

Nope I didn't-- mainly because I had a high number in the lottery.... Later they changed my status to 4-F because of my torn up knee...

Did you tear your knee up when you were rodeoing?

Rodeoing? Well, sort of. While looking for his horse one night tied up in front of his favorite watering hole, some drunk stepped on his knee. :D
 

Big Muddy rancher

Well-known member
Oldtimer said:
After a 20-year hiatus of severed ties, then-U.S. President Bill Clinton announced the formal normalization of diplomatic relations between the United States of America and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on July 11, 1995. Subsequent to President Clinton's normalization announcement, in August 1995, both countries upgraded their Liaison Offices opened during January 1995 to embassy status. As diplomatic ties between the nations grew, the United States opened a consulate general in Ho Chi Minh City, and Vietnam opened a consulate in San Francisco.

U.S. relations with Vietnam have become deeper and more diverse in the years since political normalization.
The two countries have broadened their political exchanges through regular and regional security. The annual Bilateral Human Rights Dialogue resumed in 2006 after a two-year hiatus. They signed a Bilateral Trade Agreement in July 2000, which went into force in December 2001. In 2003, the two countries signed a Counternarcotics Letter of Agreement (amended in 2006), a Civil Aviation Agreement, and a textile agreement. In January 2007, Congress approved Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for Vietnam.

----------------------




Human rights

Vietnam’s suppression of political dissent has been an issue of contention in relations with the U.S. and drew criticism from the Administration and Congress. In spring 2007, Vietnam’s government launched a crackdown on political dissidents, and in November the same year arrested a group of pro-democracy activists, including two Americans. Despite continued suppression of freedom of expression, Vietnam did make significant progress on expanding religious freedom. In 2005, Vietnam passed comprehensive religious freedom legislation, outlawing forced renunciations and permitting the official recognition of new denominations. As a result, in November 2006, the U.S. Department of State lifted the designation of Vietnam as a “Country of Particular Concern,” based on a determination that the country was no longer a serious violator of religious freedoms, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. This decision was reaffirmed by the Department of State in November 2007.

Missing Americans

As of December 14, 2007, the U.S. government listed 1,763 Americans unaccounted for in Southeast Asia, including 1,353 in Vietnam. Since 1973, as part of investigating the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue, 883 Americans have been accounted for, including 627 in Vietnam. Additionally, the U.S. Department of Defense has confirmed that of the 196 individuals who were "last known alive" (LKA), the U.S. government has determined the fate of all but 31. The United States considers achieving the fullest possible accounting of Americans missing and unaccounted for in Indochina to be one of its highest priorities with Vietnam.

Trade

Since entry into force of the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement on December 10, 2001, increased trade between the U.S. and Vietnam, combined with large-scale U.S. investment in Vietnam, evidence the maturing U.S.-Vietnam economic relationship. In 2006, the United States exported $1.1 billion of goods to Vietnam and imported $8.6 billion of goods from Vietnam. Similarly, U.S. companies continue to invest directly in the Vietnamese economy. During 2006, the U.S. private sector committed $444 million to Vietnam in foreign direct investment. This number is expected to rise dramatically following Vietnam's accession into the World Trade Organization.

Transport

Another sign of the expanding bilateral relationship is the signing of a Bilateral Air Transport Agreement in December 2003. Several U.S. carriers already have third-party code sharing agreements with Vietnam Airlines. Direct flights between Ho Chi Minh City and San Francisco began in December 2004. Vietnam and the United States also signed a bilateral Maritime Agreement in March 2007 that opened the maritime transport and services industry of Vietnam to U.S. firms. In 2011 the U.S.banks agreed to invest $1.5 billion to the Vietnamese infrastructure.

Military

Cooperation in other areas, such as defense, nonproliferation, counterterrorism, and law enforcement, is also expanding steadily. Vietnam hosted visits by five U.S. Navy vessels in 2007, including a port call to Da Nang by the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA-5), carrying a multinational contingent of medical and engineering personnel. In June 2007, Vietnamese observers took part for the first time in the multinational naval exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), organized by the U.S. Navy. The Vietnamese Prime Minister has stated that the country is in the final stages of preparation to take part in international peacekeeping, as part of its contribution as a new member of the UN Security Council.


Apparently this Beckel character isn't aware we normalized all relations with Vietnam almost 20 years ago... Or that the History Channel, National Geographic, and the Military Channel have had numerous shows about veterans going back to the country- and even meeting with their opposition Vietnam military counterparts they fought against... And shows about both former military and missing military relatives visiting crash sites, wrecks, and battle sites... I've seen at least one show about US folks assisting Vietnamese in doing forensic investigations of crash scenes looking for evidence of missing airmen...

Wouldn't be that this Beckel fella is playing upon the weak minds of some of the rightwingernuts trying to stir up hatemongering and fearmongering against an opposing network-- and to keep feeding raw meat to the animals.... :???:

I'd say Beckel is probably more politically tuned then you are,and definetly not Right wing.
"Beckel was born in New York City, New York. He holds a B.A. from Wagner College.[2] While in college, he worked for Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1968. Early in his career, he joined the U.S. Department of State and became the youngest deputy assistant secretary of state for the Carter administration.[3] Beckel was the campaign manager for Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign. During that campaign he became known as the man who effectively wrapped the Wendy's slogan "Where's the Beef?" around Gary Hart, Mondale's opponent for the Democratic nomination."
 
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Anonymous

Guest
Faster horses said:
Oldtimer said:
Faster horses said:
After reading this OT, I'm curious. Did you serve in the military in Vietnam?
You would be about the right age for that, I'm thinking. If you didn't, how
did it happen that you didn't go? I can't recall you mentioning anything about
serving in the military. I'm merely curious.

Nope I didn't-- mainly because I had a high number in the lottery.... Later they changed my status to 4-F because of my torn up knee...

Thanks. Mr. FH didn't go either cuz he was the breadwinner for a wife and kid.

Did you tear your knee up when you were rodeoing? It must have really
crippled you up. I've had two knee replacements and have
problems with them both, but at least I can walk without hurting. Did
yours ever heal or was it something you had to just live with? Bad knees
sure make life more difficult.

Yeah rodeoing- I had two surgery's on my left knee before I was out of college... Then 1 after... It did pretty good for awhile until I tore the MCL and meniscus chasing a Juvenile prisoner that had escaped from a Jailer down a flight of stairs in the late 80's... A couple more surgeries and it has never been right since...Never got the strength back- and have had ever increasing arthritic/joint pain ever since... Before the last injury I used to run 2 miles every day- and a 5 mile run at least every week-- but for a long time I have been just lucky to walk...

I will be glad when this wet cold calving season gets over because its just got my arthritis having a ripping good time...
 

Steve

Well-known member
Apparently this Beckel character isn't aware we normalized all relations with Vietnam almost 20 years ago.

Beckel is a liberal,.. was anti war and fought/protested against the Vietnam war..

he is also a Christian,.. and very outspoken..

it wasn't about the country,.. it was about the show,.. and how it was incredibly insensitive to vets..

‘Amazing Race’ episode set in Hanoi sparks outrage over use of B-52 as prop, communist song

Fox News' co-host of "The Five" Bob Beckel has called on CBS to apologize for an episode of "The Amazing Race” set in Hanoi, Vietnam.

In the episode, contestants go to a B-52 Memorial, which is the wreckage of an American bomber plane shot down during the Vietnam War, to find the next clue in their televised round-the-world journey.

"Do you realize, CBS, there were four Americans that went down with that plane?" Beckel said on "The Five" Thursday. "Two of them died."

On the show, the twisted metal of the downed plane is treated as any other prop, with a bright "Amazing Race" "Double-U-Turn" signed planted in front of it, signifying to contestants the next phase of their scavenger hunt.

The show also had contestants learn a song that was performed for them by children in front of a portrait of North Vietnam communist leader Ho Chi Minh, with subtitled lyrics that included “Vietnam Communist Party is glorious. The light is guiding us to victory.”

“So, did anyone but me find the ‘Amazing Race’ going to Hanoi and extolling the greatness of Hanoi offensive?” a viewer remarked online. “Especially the part where the contestants had a ‘clue’ box at a Hanoi monument of a downed B-52? And none of them even slowed down to look at it or reflect on what it meant?”

This are the remains of "Rose 1", a B-52D shot down over Hanoi on December 19, 1972.

The aircraft landed in a lake in the Ba Dinh district, now named "B-52 Lake". Of the crew of six, four bailed out and became PoWs and the other two were killed in the crash.

What's next on un-amazing race.. gas chambers of Germany?
 

hypocritexposer

Well-known member
Steve said:
What's next on un-amazing race.. gas chambers of Germany?


Probably, just as soon as Progressives like Kola and OT, find a match.

but I doubt between the 2 of them, they have the mental capacity to strike a match, so we should be fine. :lol:
 
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