...gettingpaidtowatch » Do The Right Thing http://www.gettingpaidtowatch.com Politics, Education, Culture, and oh....the Mets. A former athletic trainer for the NY Mets, the writer still follows his team while offering his own unique outlook on politics. A life long GOP conservative, this high school teacher has departed from his party roots and takes issue with the Florida GOP's legislative agenda on education. Recent favorite topics involve Florida's controversial education reform bill SB 6, local efforts to defeat Allen Boyd (D) FLA 2nd and the Florida Senate race. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:49:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Congressional Medal of Honor hero Bud Day to have a movie made about him http://www.gettingpaidtowatch.com/2010/02/04/congressional-medal-of-honor-hero-bud-day-to-have-a-movie-made-about-him/ http://www.gettingpaidtowatch.com/2010/02/04/congressional-medal-of-honor-hero-bud-day-to-have-a-movie-made-about-him/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:37:25 +0000 bobsikes http://www.gettingpaidtowatch.com/?p=2936 Jon Voight has agreed to play Day.

Bud Day’s home was only blocks from my own and I vividly remember the event the day all of our POW’s were released. One long time friend of Day sums it up:

Retired Air Force Col. Bob Gates, who called Day one of his best friends, said “it’s about time” for a movie about the man many call the most decorated veteran alive.

Gates said he’d like to see all the details of Day’s experience as a prisoner of war — from the torture he suffered to his escape. He said images of POWs in Vietnam would put a perspective on the debate over treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay.

He said Hollywood once portrayed America as a strong and proud country in the days of John Wayne, but is now dominated by “left-wing liberals.” Still, he thinks whoever makes the movie will “do the right thing.”

“We don’t want a Sean Penn or some people like him — they’ve gotta be on the righteous side, on the best side of America,” Gates said.

Luckily it’ll be the patriot like Voight.

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]]> http://www.gettingpaidtowatch.com/2010/02/04/congressional-medal-of-honor-hero-bud-day-to-have-a-movie-made-about-him/feed/ 0 Did Obama finally do the right thing on Iran today? http://www.gettingpaidtowatch.com/2009/06/23/did-obama-finally-do-the-right-thing-on-iran-today/ http://www.gettingpaidtowatch.com/2009/06/23/did-obama-finally-do-the-right-thing-on-iran-today/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:43:47 +0000 bobsikes http://www.gettingpaidtowatch.com/?p=2218 Using unprescedented protocol today, Obama used a pre-arranged question from Huf Po’s Nico Pitney to symbolically, but directly make and address to the protestors of Iran.

Although from a reliable ally website, Pitney’s yeoman’s efforts at in blogging events in Iran are legitimate. His question was poignant and summative. The President’s response certainly provided no comfort to the murderous regime and in fact clearly created seperated them from worldwide norms. The question will be whether or not he will create a consensus with political foes in the US by the strengthening of his message for Iran.

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