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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJane Fonda and Col. Bud Day discuss Vietnam connection (Hanoi Jane vs Swift Boat Veterans for Truth)
http://www.omaha.com/article/20120722/LIVING/707229968/1685#jane-fonda-and-col-bud-day-discuss-vietnam-connection
Published Sunday, July 22, 2012 at 12:01 am / Updated at 7:27 am
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Col. Bud Day became a Vietnamese Prisoner of War forty-years ago.
By Matthew Hansen
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
Jane Fonda and Col. Bud Day have never actually met, but they'll hold a 40th reunion of sorts in Omaha this week.
Fonda, the famed actress, will speak to a packed house today at the Holland Performing Arts Center, becoming the latest star to talk cinema and raise money for Film Streams, the nonprofit movie theater.
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Jane Fonda
Forty years ago this month, Fonda was touring Hanoi as a guest of the North Vietnamese military. There the anti-war protester was infamously photographed peering into the sights of an anti-aircraft gun a moment she has repeatedly apologized for.
Today, she'll talk about her career and her Omaha roots.
FULL story at link.
Retired Colonel Calls Obama 'The Black One With The Reading Thing,' Backs Crist: http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/03/fmr-colonel-calls-obama-the-black-one-with-the-reading-thing-backs-crist.php
I hate to use Wikepedia, but... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Day
Day is an active member of the Florida Republican Party, was involved in the 527 group Swift Vets and POWs for Truth,[5] and campaigned with John McCain in 2000 and 2008.[6][7][8] In the months leading up to the 2004 U.S. presidential election, Day appeared in television advertisementsalong with other members of the 527 group Swift Vets and POWs for Truthdecrying John Kerry's anti-war activities following his military service during the Vietnam War and declaring him "unfit" for service and of a "dishonest" disposition for comments and actions made by Kerry after the Vietnam War, including his testimony at the Winter Soldier Conference in Washington, D.C.[9][10][11] During a 2008 teleconference with reporters from the Miami Herald, Day made comments regarding John McCain's stance on the Iraq War, stating that "I don't intend to kneel, and I don't advocate to anybody that we kneel, and John [McCain] doesn't advocate to anybody that we kneel." Also during this interview he sparked controversy by making a broad generalization about what some see as an ideological divide between Islam and America: "the Muslims have said either we kneel, or they're going to kill us."[12][13][14][15][16] In the same interview when questioned about the role of 527 organizations in contemporary American politics, particularly his work for the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, Day stated "the bottom line is this: 527 groups can do very effective, truthful things, and the Swift Boat attack was totally truthful."[17]
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Jane Fonda and Col. Bud Day discuss Vietnam connection (Hanoi Jane vs Swift Boat Veterans for Truth) (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Jul 2012
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(1,186 posts)1. "Col. Bud Day became a Vietnamese Prisoner of War forty-years ago, "
- and doesn't let anyone forget it.
I've met him several times. That's all he has.
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