Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ya we got pretty pissed about that one. But we did win that World Series ...and the one after that. Jonathan Lee - -----Original Message----- From: Harrison McClary [mailto:harrison@mcclary.net] Sent: Saturday, October 02, 1999 12:28 AM To: LUG Subject: [Leica] Canadian flag waving, nationalistic, chest thumping patriotism Aw now ya'll got pretty pissed when the US Marines flew your flag upside down at the World Series back in 1992...I made a great photo of it that ran in the Washington Times for UPI don't think I used my Leica though. Worst thing was the UPI photo editor had been a lifer in the Corps and one of the AP guys was a former 101 Screaming Eagle...he just had to come down to the UPI dark room and rub it in the Marines screwed up... On 10/1/99 3:46 PM Lee, Jonathan wrote: >Because part of being a Canadian is to have a natural aversion to flag >waving, nationalistic, chest thumping patriotism. For example, how many >Canadians have bothered to learn the new politically correct words of the >national anthem. Additionally, on this thread, not one Canadian Lugger has >stated the obvious, to whit: Best regards, Harrison McClary email: harrison@mcclary.net http://www.mcclary.net preview my book: http://www.volmania.com