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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 01:47 PM
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"Shouting 'Geronimo, Geronimo!' into their radios. The code word meant one thing: ....."
http://articles.latimes.com/1988-12-08/news/mn-1509_1_raisa-gorbachev">'Gor-bee' Plays Broadway, Gets Standing Ovation

December 08, 1988: Sirens screaming, the flying wedge of New York motorcycle police officers screeched to a stop in the middle of Times Square, shouting "Geronimo! Geronimo!" into their radios.

The code word meant one thing: Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev had jumped from his limousine and taken to the streets of New York....

Read more:http://articles.latimes.com/1988-12-08/news/mn-1509_1_raisa-gorbachev
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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 01:49 PM
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1. One insensitivity deserves another.
Somedays one is soooo proud to be "progressive".

:cry:
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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 01:51 PM
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2. Are you suggesting NYC police aren't progressives?
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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 02:06 PM
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4. As I said, One Insensitivity deserves another.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 02:39 PM
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9. What does that even mean?
What do they deserve?
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BOG PERSON Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 02:40 PM
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10. are you being sarcastic?
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 02:08 PM
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GeorgeGist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 01:52 PM
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3. Most children out grow playing cowboys and indians.
But not our President.
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orangeapple Donating Member (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 02:34 PM
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7. the president had nothing to do with it
radio call signs like that are chosen because they're easy to distinguish. Can you think of anything that rhymes with Geronimo?
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 02:37 PM
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8. Don'ty get in the way of a pout that heavy
It's likely to hurt your big toe.
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AsahinaKimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 02:11 PM
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6.  AP NewsBreak: Tribe seeks apology for code name
The leader of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe is looking for a formal apology from President Barack Obama for the government's use of the code name "Geronimo" for Osama bin Laden.

Tribal Chairman Jeff Houser asked for the apology in a letter sent Tuesday to the president.

The letter was posted Wednesday morning on the tribe's website, and the tribe's administration confirmed it was from Houser.

Houser writes that his tribe was ecstatic to learn about bin Laden's death but those feelings were tempered when members learned that the code word used for the terrorist was the name of one of the Oklahoma tribe's legendary warriors.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_bin_laden_geronimo
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PufPuf23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 02:46 PM
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11. IMHO an apology is deserved. nt
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 02:55 PM
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12. 23 years later and we are still just as insensitive.
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