
Happy Birthday Bill In Va!
Started by
mp40
, Jan 14 2004 10:00 PM
10 replies to this topic
#1
Posted 14 January 2004 - 10:00 PM
Happy birthday Bill! The big 39 too huh? have a great day!
#2
Posted 14 January 2004 - 10:10 PM
Thanks MP40. Just wondering how you knew it was my birthday though...
#3
Posted 14 January 2004 - 10:13 PM
Happy day Bill. The birthdays shows on the main page at the bottom by events.
#4
Posted 14 January 2004 - 10:21 PM
Happy Birthday, Jim. Have a great day and a beer.
39 and holding!
Jr
39 and holding!
Jr
#5
Posted 15 January 2004 - 07:34 AM
Opps....sorry Im late Bill. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Damon

Damon
#6
Posted 15 January 2004 - 09:15 AM
Happy birthday Bill. May all your presents be Thompson related.

#7
Posted 15 January 2004 - 10:05 AM
Happy Birthday!...albeit a belated one,...History teacher?..a noble and worthy profession,..from your past inputs here your students are fortunate to attend your class...are they well versed on the 2nd amendment? No doubt here.KEEPEM`SMOKIN`,out.

#8
Posted 15 January 2004 - 05:00 PM
lol. I guess I need to pay closer attention to the "fine print" on the board. Yup, I teach history...some would say the non-PC/non-New England version, and yes, my students come out fairly well-versed, not just on the Second Amendment, but on the whole Bill of Rights (as well as other parts of our Constitution.) As to the Second Amendment, I've been known to bring in a few "props" when dealing with WWI and WWII... my WWII "show-and-tell" day is always a big hit with my college students and even some of the faculty/staff. (I've had my TSMG in class at the college a few times, and brought an 08/15 Maxim to my dual-credit high school classes last year.) Somebody's got to "learn these young 'uns" a thing or two, and with so many of the liberals who corrupted our youth back in the 1960s and '70s retiring, it's high time someone give our students a more conservative (and accurate) history.
#9
Posted 15 January 2004 - 05:13 PM
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Yup, I teach history...some would say the non-PC/non-New England version. Bill |
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someone give our students a more conservative (and accurate) history. Bill |
The Thompson and I were both born in New England and neither of us is PC. History should not be taught through the prisim of any political ideology, but rather on the merits of the facts as they happened.
#10
Posted 15 January 2004 - 05:35 PM
Happy belated birthday Bill in VA!
I'm a history teacher too, currently taking a graduate course in constitutional theory. It is being taught by a rather conservative attorney at a liberal eastern university!
I already mentioned this site, but I did not name it. I only stated that I converse regularly with machinegun owners who are very passionate about the Second Amendment. He didn't say much after that!! Regards, Walter
P.S. Arthur, you are absolutely right that history should be taught on the 'merits of the facts' and not through an idealogical prism. It is hard to do, because each of us has had different life experiences, upbringing, etc.





P.S. Arthur, you are absolutely right that history should be taught on the 'merits of the facts' and not through an idealogical prism. It is hard to do, because each of us has had different life experiences, upbringing, etc.
#11
Posted 15 January 2004 - 05:44 PM
Happy B-Day Bill!!!