Teddy Fucking Roosevelt Jr... Former asst Secretary to the Navy, former Governor General of the Philippines, former Governor of Puerto Rico, former New York State Assemblyman, connected as you can get, and 47 years old.

He Didn't Have To Be There... or maybe because of all that he did. :eyebrow:

A hero, sounds like.
Maybe 57 years old?

You're right, 57. I read it as '97 instead of '87. DUH :o

I guess this country stopped making Roosevelts of all flavors? We need a better class of rich people.

The coolest person in the world is Snoop Dogg! ;)

Daryl Davis/TEDx: Why I, as a black man, attend KKK rallies

most awesome

That was very interesting.

Quite awesome.

Wow. Mad respect.

He didn't cure cancer or bring world peace, but mad props to Mr Jones for being my kinda guy, a pay forward hero.

Nice.

Good bit of humanity.

Glatt

This is in addition to starting a new job and modding this hellhole

jus' sayin'

Thanks monster!

It's been a busy several months. Just enough getting thrown at me to keep me running, but not overwhelming me. So far, it's working.

Busy makes the time go by. :)

Thanks for sharing this information with us.. :):heart-on:

Ronald J. Shurer,

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is Awesome People™.

Received the Silver Star in 2008, upgraded to Medal of Honor in 2016.

He received/receives his MoH today.

This one raises some questions. Not about SSG Shurer, he undeniably demonstrated valor worthy of the MoH. Rather, about the Command that put him in for only a Silver Star.

Was that Special Forces A-Team devastated due to circumstances beyond anyone's control; or, did the Command drop the ball in the planning and preparation of the mission? Perhaps they didn't want a high profile award coming out of it that would draw attention.

According to Wikipedia, SSG Shurer joined the Army in 2002. The cited engagement took place in 2008. SSG Shurer would have been on his first reenlistment and considered a career soldier. He left the Army the next year; however, in 2009. I wonder if he lost confidence in the Command.

It's equally possible that he just got tired of combat and associated risks. In that case, it's a shame the MoH wasn't awarded initially as living MoH recipients are considered to have done the equivalent of giving their life for their country since there was no reasonable expectation they would miraculously survive (it's also awarded posthumously) and the military won't send them back into combat.

I noticed that he was going on 7 years time in service (TIS). At 7 years TIS I was a rank above his. I wonder if the Command was making sure that people like him were getting promoted as soon as eligible; or, if they were dropping the ball on that.

The end of the award citation had a glaring omission. Where it says: "His actions are in keeping with the finest traditions of military heroism and reflect distinct credit upon himself … etc." It doesn't mention the unit he was assigned to, the 3d Special Forces Group (Airborne) as at the beginning of the citation. Even if the citation is getting too lengthy, it generally says: "and reflect distinct credit upon himself, his unit, … etc." A snub of his Command?

At least it looks like he has a good job now, outside the military, where his military acquired skills will be an asset. Good on him.

Maybe he's gay and his command had it in for him.

You can see it in his eyes if you look closely.

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Who, Mike Pence? I totally agree.

I'm glad you think Mike Pence is awesome people.

Sgt. Rafael Peralta is was an Awesome People™.

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Born in Mexico City, he enlisted in the USMC the day he got his Green Card.

He was awarded the Navy Cross, the Purple Heart, and the Combat Action Ribbon.

Oh, and his actions are also commemorated by the commissioning of the USS Rafael Peralta, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer.

Link (hour+ long vid of the commissioning of the ship at the link)

Somewhere in or around Derby, Vermont there is a fairly Awesome People™ walking around.

He went to the lay-away dept at the local Wallyworld and paid off all the laid-away items. Woman in line behind him was told "Why don’t you run and get what you want now and come back here?" She did. He paid for that, too.

All anonymously.

:devil:

Link

I love doing shit like that, but never been in a position to do it on that scale.
There's another guy, don't remember where, who walks around with a cop and like $10,000 in hundreds giving Christmas shoppers money.
Usually women with kids and varying amounts depending on their story.

Here it is, it's $100,000.

This Builder seems like a pretty awesome people.

Roy Allen did the work on a terminally ill disabled woman's house to help make it liveable and accessible after she was duped out of the money she had for the job by an asshole

That was cool of him/them.

Jerry seems to be a fairly Awesome People™.



Link

An unnamed elementary school girl in Washington state and her teacher Rachel Uretsky-Pratt:

Child with 'nothing to give' sacrifices Lucky Charms marshmallows for teacher

I read that story. Coolness.

The moral of this story is "Don't fuck with John when he's napping."

from Wiki:

Not keeping count? 40 enemy soldiers killed in 36 minutes.

That, friends and neighbors, is an Awesome People™.

He got the Medal of Honor, in case you were interested.

That's his MoH citation in my post. I think. Ya got me wondering, now.

He got a medal for savaging 40 Japanese tourists? ;)

It's all about context.

Y'know who's awesome?

The Milwaukee Brewers and Bob Uecker are Awesome People™.

Brewers players voted to pay Bob Uecker like a player during 2018 playoff run

Uecker is 85 and still calls every home game, with no plans to quit.

:devil:

Agreed.

We had a beloved announcer, Dave Neihaus, who died in 2010. Here's a song dedicated to him.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...N8ZFOD4xbU2nov

Link leads to empty page.:o

Was this the one you meant?

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I suspect ol' Joe may have been an Awesome People™.

Link to Joe's obit

Didn't know him but have known a couple like him, RIP Joe.

I nominate Carruthers

I'll Second That.

I'll second that Monster.

I'd even 3rd or 4th that!

Thank you one and all for your kind remarks.

The semblance of a blush has risen, unbidden, to my manly cheek. :blush::blush::blush:

Brits are like that...

And he's humble, too.

:cheerldr:

Awesome? I think so...

You can donate one unit of whole blood every 2 months. Or 6 times a year. It would take 167 years to donate 1000 units of whole blood.

Maybe he was donating smaller quantities, or platelets (which if I recall correctly you can donate every three days). The blood banks must have set up some sort of special collection procedure for him once his special blood was identified.

Ok. I looked him up. He was doing Plasma apheresis, which is actually a much bigger deal.

They hook you up to a machine that takes your blood and separates out the components they are collecting and returns the unwated blood components to your body. It takes 1-2 hours for one donation instead of the half an hour for a whole blood donation. And you can do it more frequently.

So this guy is truly amazing. 1000 donations that are more difficult than a typical whole blood donation.

On a related tangent, there is currently a nationwide IVIG shortage, which is used to treat a variety of autoimmune diseases and is obtained by plasma donation. (In Mr. Harrison's case, they needed one particular rare antigen, whereas with generic IVIG they need a mix of everything found in a normal person.)

As for why there is a shortage, it's a combination of 1.) the huge spike in all autoimmune diseases and 2.) the increasing awareness and medical proof that IVIG treats the symptoms of all of them to some degree, despite being obscenely expensive and a hassle to administer. But the end result is that some plasma donation places are raising their reimbursement rates. Around here they pay $40 for every donation, plus a $50 bonus if you make the maximum of three donations in a week. A dedicated donor could pull in an extra $680 a month.

So $90 for three donations in a week. About two hours per would be $15 an hour and free snacks. Won't take mine though, have to make my money the old fashion way through prostitution. :blush:

Heh. I've never been tested for suitability, but I've got enough official diagnoses on the books that I'm pretty sure they wouldn't want mine either.

My BiL is in the business. Sometimes they pay folk with a diagnosis extra $.

OMG, Shay Bradley must have been an Awesome People™ when he was alive, because he was fucking awesome in death.

Make sure to watch the vid at the link.

:devil:

Awesome People - Bad Ass Edition
 

Badassery, on an Awesome People™ level.

Oorah, indeed.:devil:

SSgt Ronald Shurer, mentioned in this thread a couple pages back, died May 14.

Fuck cancer.

Fuck Cancer