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Apr 20, 2008 - 9:34 PM - by nrasey
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You can take all your Tiny Tims and your Grinches and your Miracles on Whatever Street and stuff them in your stocking. The best Christmas story is about a boxer.
It starts the day in 1918 when a doctor tells a slender heavyweight named Billy Miske that his bum kidneys give him five years to live, if he's lucky. Turns out he's dying of Bright's disease. This comes as rotten news to Billy, who's only 24 years old and not half bad in the ring. He's good enough to fight guys like future light heavyweight champ Harry Greb twice to 10-round draws, which is sort of like tying with a twister. Still, the doc says if Billy's smart, he'll find a comfortable couch and retire right now.
Problem is, almost nobody but Billy knows he's up to his ears in debt, being $100,000 in the hole because the car distributorship he operates in St. Paul doesn't distribute near enough cars. Billy's weakness as a salesman is that he's too trusting. He keeps counting on his friends to pay up, and mostly they don't. So Billy keeps the kidney news to himself and decides to continue fighting and paying what he owes. In fact, Billy fights 30 more times after the doc's death sentence, including bust-ups with guys like Tommy Gibbons, who was knocked out only one time in his career, and three dances with Jack Dempsey, once for the title in 1920.
Dempsey hits people only slightly harder than a bus, and in that title... [Read More]
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Bobby McMullen - A True Badass Man |
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Mar 23, 2008 - 7:31 AM - by fiatjeepdriver
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Mark leading Bobby down the Sea Otter course.
Photo by Forrest Arakawa
Video
Still standing
Published: August 20, 2005
By Mark Morical
Bobby McMullen will ride pretty much any terrain on his mountain bike.
But then, he never has a chance to see the trail he's riding.
"The ongoing joke is: ‘You would not ride this if you saw it,' '' McMullen says. "I'll try anything, but I'm not too proud."
In fact, little in this world seems to scare McMullen. That's no surprise, considering the myriad physical setbacks the 42-year-old massage therapist has encountered — and conquered — throughout his life.
McMullen, an avid skier, mountain biker and triathlete from Redding, Calif., is legally blind due to a degenerative eye disease. But that's only the beginning of his long list of impairments. McMullen — diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, the most serious form of the disease, at the age of 12 — has also undergone two kidney and pancreas transplants (which required years on dialysis), severely broken his left leg twice, and lost his right little toe.
A self-described "train wreck," McMullen, after receiving his second kidney/pancreas transplant in March 2003, began competing in mountain bike races and triathlons. The Alpine skier, who raced in... [Read More]
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Friendship |
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Mar 20, 2008 - 10:51 PM - by Mike
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Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor had been near the only door to the rooftop structure Sept. 29 when the grenade hit him in the chest and bounced to the floor, said four SEALs who spoke to The Associated Press this week on condition of anonymity because their work requires their identities to remain secret.
"He never took his eye off the grenade, his only movement was down toward it," said a 28-year-old lieutenant who sustained shrapnel wounds to both legs that day. "He undoubtedly saved mine and the other SEALs' lives, and we owe him." Two SEALs next to Monsoor were injured; another who was 10 to 15 feet from the blast was unhurt. The four had been working with Iraqi soldiers providing sniper security while U.S. and Iraqi forces conducted missions in the area.
In an interview at the SEALs' West Coast headquarters in Coronado, four members of the special force remembered "Mikey" as a loyal friend and a quiet, dedicated professional."He was just a fun-loving guy," said a 26-year-old petty officer 2nd class who went through the grueling 29-week SEAL training with Monsoor. "Always got something funny to say, always got a little mischievous look on his face."
Other SEALS described the Garden Grove, Calif., native as a modest and humble man who drew strength from his family and faith. His father and brother are former Marines, said a... [Read More]
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Values, Beliefs, & Conviction |
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Feb 29, 2008 - 7:15 PM - by Mike
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Values, Beliefs, & Conviction
 
Over the years, we have seen a few celebrities who have joined and fought for a country or idea they believed in. James Stewart was a man who truly did epitomize the American Dream. He was the only person from Hollywood to sign up before the draft in WW2 while highest ranking by far. Prince Harry is currently fighting in Afghanistan risking all that he has to go and be with the few who have chosen to serve. And one that made the ultimate sacrifice, Pat Tillman.
Pat was killed a few years ago while serving as an army ranger on a mission in southeastern Afghanistan. Although there has been a lot of issues surrounding his death, he died with is fellow brothers, doing what he believed was right. What was even more amazing about his death was that he walked away from a $3.6 million contract as a safety with the Arizona Cardinals to join the military after the Sept. 11 attacks. He was an achiever and leader on many levels who always put his team, his community, and his country ahead of his personal interests. In sports we have a tendency to overuse terms... [Read More]
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Heroism |
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Feb 15, 2008 - 11:02 PM - by Mike
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Heroism
by Jean-Luc from British Columbia
Liviu was born in an atmosphere of anti-Semitism. Being a Jew, he was subjected to hardship, including retention in labor camps, which affected his family as well, during WWII. At the end of the war he studied aeronautical engineering. However, a few years later, a Communist regime was installed, and he had to stay until he finally was able to leave for Israel. There he continued conducting research, and then, in 1985, he was offered a permanent position at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, which he accepted.
Liviu Librescu was very courageous and his courage saved all his students. If it wasn’t for him holding the door while his students escaped through the windows, they would all be dead, according to one of his students. He was teaching when the shooter tried to come into his class. That is when this concentration camp survivor blocked the door with his body to save his students. Only after they were all gone did he let the door open with five bullets in his back…
He had a chance to get away if he wanted to, but he stayed at the door and waited until the last student went out the window before he died. This teacher did not have any family ties with these kids, yet he gave his life for them, probably thinking about the concentration camps, the injustice of people dying without reason, with no one doing anything... [Read More]
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Self Sacrifice |
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Feb 05, 2008 - 3:16 AM - by Mike
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Self Sacrifice
As the helicopters unloaded the young soldiers near a rice paddy in Vietnam, the enemy began to rain fire on them from three sides. More than 30 young soldiers fell wounded in the opening minutes. Heedless of the danger, one lone medic moved among them. Wounded in the shoulder, still he made repeated trips under the enemy guns to rescue his comrades.
Twice more the brave aid man's body was struck by enemy fire, the last rendering his legs useless. Bleeding badly, struggling to maintain consciousness, he continued to render first aid to the broken bodies of young American soldiers. Paralyzed from the waist down, he dragged his body 100 yards through the mud to rescue one soldier. It was not enough, there were many more in need of his help. For FIVE HOURS the brave young medic continued to force his body to do the impossible. If his legs wouldn't work, he would crawl. And he did...saving life after life...heedless of the danger to himself. When finally the battle subsided and helicopters arrived to remove the wounded he lay on the ground, unable to move further, but refusing to be evacuated until every other wounded soldier had been flown to safety.
Clarence Eugene Sasser
Medal of Honor - Medic, Vietnam
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Sportsmanship and a Man |
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Jan 22, 2008 - 9:26 PM - by Mike
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Sportsmanship
Jones was not only a consummately skilled golfer, but he also exemplified the principles of sportsmanship and fair play. Early in his amateur career, he was in the final playoff of the 1925 U.S. Open at the Worcester Country Club. During the match, his ball ended up in the rough just off the fairway, and as he was setting up to play his shot his iron caused a slight movement of the ball. He immediately got angry with himself, turned to the marshals, and called a penalty on himself. The marshals discussed among themselves and questioned some of the gallery if anyone had seen Jones' ball move. Their decision was that neither they nor anyone else had witnessed any incident, so the decision was left to Jones. Bobby Jones called the two-stroke penalty on himself, not knowing that he would lose the tournament by one stroke. When he was praised for his gesture, Jones replied, "You may as well praise a man for not robbing a bank." The United States Golf Association's sportsmanship award is named the Bob Jones Award in his honor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(golfer)
Thank you Patriot for Originally posting this article
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True Bravery |
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Jan 10, 2008 - 11:00 PM - by HappyCat
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I often think that the term hero is used sometimes more readily than it should. But I had never heard of someone being this brave before.
Private Joseph Schultz didn't die saving anyone. He didn't didn't die in view of the public in an attempt to set an example. He didn't try and go down fighting, he just silently walked to his death because he knew that following his orders were wrong. We are lucky that a photographer captured this picture and story so that others can actually know about the story:
The following taken from militaryphotos
This picture shows a young German soldier walking to his own death. A death by execution conducted by his own brothers in arms
Jospeh Schultz was a German soldier on the Eastern Front. On the 20th of July 1941, he along with seven of his brothers in arms were sent out on what they thought to be a routine mission. After a short march they soon understood that they were on a quite different mission than what they were used to: Ahead of them, they saw fourteen captured local civilians who were blindfolded , positioned up against a wall. The 8 soldiers in Schultz platoon were halted 10-15 meters away, and an NCO ordered them to execute every one of the civilian. Seven of the soldiers took aim, and in the silence that followed you could only hear... [Read More]
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