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Richard Viguerie Weighs In

10.30.07 @ 12:01AM

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SEXIEST MAN?

Just yesterday I heard someone say
George Clooney's Earth's sexiest man.
But try as I may, I don't see it that way.
His achievements simply don't scan.

What makes a man appeal to women?
Just good looks don't tell it all.
Accomplishment and grit we can't resist.
These men in our eyes stand tall.

A Navy Seal, quintessentially American,
The days of his young life numbered,
Lt. Michael Murphy knew who he was,
A patriot by hate unencumbered.

A firefighter saving a threatened life,
A surgeon performing a wonder,
Andrea Bocelli's voice rocking the floor,
Rend some inflated egos asunder.

Peyton Manning's grin. His Super Bowl win.
The grace of a Tiger Wood's swing.
These are the guys who compete for that prize,
The winners that make our hearts sing.

In the music of minds there is no one croonier
Than that maestro of words, William F. Buckley, Jr.
As for wit, you would have very far to go
To catch up with R. Emmett Tyrrell and El Rushbo.
Everyday heroes usually outshine
The brittle twigs on the Hollywood vine.
-- Mimi Evans Winship

"FOR THE CHILDREN"
Re: Jeff Emanuel's The SCHIP Wars:

The Democrats come up with all the "poor" children in commercials talking about if this does not pass kids will be without insurance. That is BS, the kids in the commercials have gotten the care they needed under the SCHIPs plan as it now stands. The Dems are just trying for a Hillary type health plan. This time I am on the President's side. He is right to veto this bill.

Someone that is over 18 is NOT a kid and $80,000 is NOT poor. The states that allow this should have to stop and give nothing to ILLEGALs.
-- Elaine Kyle

SPEAKING OF THE ENGLISH
Re: Judd Magilnick's Celebrate Victory on Crispin's Day, the letters under "English Speaking Easy" in Reader Mail's Huckabee for President Responds, and James Murray's letter (under "English for Starters") in Reader Mail's Banking on Rush:

I refer to the article by Judd Magilnick "Celebrating St. Crispin's Day."

One of your correspondents quite rightly points out that it was not a "British" army that defeated the French at Agincourt. However, the reason the French were defeated not only at Agincourt, but also Crecy, and Poitiers in previous encounters with the French was the presence of Welsh Longbow Archers who devastated the French nobility on each occasion. Also the French had apparently not learned anything from past battles with the "English"!

May I also disagree with the comments of some of other correspondents who claim that Henry V was illegally King. He was another Welshman whose ancestor had seized the throne by battle. That was the way things were done in those days. To talk of legalities is pointless. The English Crown inherited large tracts of land in what we now call France which was the contribution of William of Normandy when he invaded the British Isles in 1066. Dispute over these possessions were the cause of most of the wars between France (who had taken possession of them) and the English Crown.

The other matter wish I would like to comment on was the suggestion that Henry ordered the cutting of throats of prisoners. The French had before the battle ended already attacked the "English" camp and murdered the camp followers including many young boys. However it was common practice in those days to give a coup de grace to wounded enemy on the field as this would save them further pain and medical attention was almost nil at that time.

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