uncle phil

in july of 1967, i was driving home from colorado before i went to viet nam. i stopped for gas on euclid avenue and continued on my way. that evening, on the network news,

i saw the gas station where i bought my gas on fire.

in october or november, 1979, i went to a notre dame/navy football game at municipal stadium. we spent a lot of time at "pat joyce's." never had more fun in my life on that trip. totally loved the downtown cleveland experience.

one of the conditions of my second marriage was that my wife take me to the rock and roll hall of fame. i am still eagerly awaiting that trip and we might just do it this summer...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.