the minnesota twins are giving away mini g.i.joe figurines to the first 5000 kids at the upcoming twins game.....
and the extreme left wing anti war crowd is crying foul....
the giveaway is to honor local armed services personnel....only,joe has been pretty much disarmed due to the howling of the protestors...his sidearm has been removed...
they`re giving away "duke"....no mention of g.i. joe with the "kung fu grip"....
here`s what they`re saying...
""""I think the Twins are way off base with this idea,'' said John Varone, a Vietnam veteran and president of the Twin Cities chapter of Veterans for Peace. "For gosh sakes, the last place we need to promote war is at our national pastime.''
The Twins say Joe isn't glorifying war, but celebrating the efforts of servicemen and women. As part of that mission, the team asked Duke's maker, Hasbro Inc., to remove the customary gun from his side, bringing him in accordance with the Metrodome's no-gun policy. Hand grenades are still visible.
"I know there are people who are adamant about opposition to the war, but this is not about politics,'' Twins marketing vice president Patrick Klinger said. "And it's not just about this war. It's about what happened 60 years ago.''
Indeed, there's a link between baseball and war. The game's history is dotted with missed seasons by sluggers such as the Detroit Tigers' Hank Greenberg, who left baseball to fight in World War II, and the Boston Red Sox's Ted Williams, who fought in that war and later in the Korean War.
To honor them and others, the Twins will admit current and former military personnel and their families at half price Monday, as part of what the Twins are calling "Armed Services Appreciation Day". There also will be a flag ceremony involving Gov. Tim Pawlenty before the game.
The Twins' first such day was held last year, when, on the eve of the assault on Iraq, a soldier from Minnesota threw out the first ball to a fellow soldier from the state. The throw and catch occurred in Kuwait and were broadcast to Minnesota at the beginning of the game.
"I looked around the ballpark that night and there were tears everywhere,'' Klinger said. "It was the highlight of my career.''
Still, more than one peace group believes the combat-ready G.I. Joe, measuring just a bit shorter than 4 inches, is a big mistake, and they would like the Twins to cancel the promotion.
"It's not a credible way to honor those who've suffered the inhumanity of war,'' said Phil Steger, executive director of Friends for a Non-Violent World, a St. Paul-based group with about 4,000 members in Minnesota."""
btw,thank the powers that be that some sanity still prevails....that the p.c. crowd can`t run rampant on others right to free expression...the same right of expression that they so adamantly defend....
if you don`t like the giveaway.....stay away...exercise your freedom...and your economic power...
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here`s the result from a t.v. poll in houston texas....
Are you offended by the Minnesota Twins' GI Joe action figure giveaway?
Choice Votes Percentage of 7308 Votes
Yes 277 4%
No 7031 96%
Thanks for participating in our survey.
maybe this poll would be very different in boston or california....i suspect it`s more representative of general american sentiment on this kind of silliness...
and the extreme left wing anti war crowd is crying foul....
the giveaway is to honor local armed services personnel....only,joe has been pretty much disarmed due to the howling of the protestors...his sidearm has been removed...
they`re giving away "duke"....no mention of g.i. joe with the "kung fu grip"....
here`s what they`re saying...
""""I think the Twins are way off base with this idea,'' said John Varone, a Vietnam veteran and president of the Twin Cities chapter of Veterans for Peace. "For gosh sakes, the last place we need to promote war is at our national pastime.''
The Twins say Joe isn't glorifying war, but celebrating the efforts of servicemen and women. As part of that mission, the team asked Duke's maker, Hasbro Inc., to remove the customary gun from his side, bringing him in accordance with the Metrodome's no-gun policy. Hand grenades are still visible.
"I know there are people who are adamant about opposition to the war, but this is not about politics,'' Twins marketing vice president Patrick Klinger said. "And it's not just about this war. It's about what happened 60 years ago.''
Indeed, there's a link between baseball and war. The game's history is dotted with missed seasons by sluggers such as the Detroit Tigers' Hank Greenberg, who left baseball to fight in World War II, and the Boston Red Sox's Ted Williams, who fought in that war and later in the Korean War.
To honor them and others, the Twins will admit current and former military personnel and their families at half price Monday, as part of what the Twins are calling "Armed Services Appreciation Day". There also will be a flag ceremony involving Gov. Tim Pawlenty before the game.
The Twins' first such day was held last year, when, on the eve of the assault on Iraq, a soldier from Minnesota threw out the first ball to a fellow soldier from the state. The throw and catch occurred in Kuwait and were broadcast to Minnesota at the beginning of the game.
"I looked around the ballpark that night and there were tears everywhere,'' Klinger said. "It was the highlight of my career.''
Still, more than one peace group believes the combat-ready G.I. Joe, measuring just a bit shorter than 4 inches, is a big mistake, and they would like the Twins to cancel the promotion.
"It's not a credible way to honor those who've suffered the inhumanity of war,'' said Phil Steger, executive director of Friends for a Non-Violent World, a St. Paul-based group with about 4,000 members in Minnesota."""
btw,thank the powers that be that some sanity still prevails....that the p.c. crowd can`t run rampant on others right to free expression...the same right of expression that they so adamantly defend....
if you don`t like the giveaway.....stay away...exercise your freedom...and your economic power...
....
here`s the result from a t.v. poll in houston texas....
Are you offended by the Minnesota Twins' GI Joe action figure giveaway?
Choice Votes Percentage of 7308 Votes
Yes 277 4%
No 7031 96%
Thanks for participating in our survey.
maybe this poll would be very different in boston or california....i suspect it`s more representative of general american sentiment on this kind of silliness...
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