Happy 100th John Wayne
The good folks in Winterset, Iowa, are paying proper homage to their favorite home town hero, the Duke; John Wayne. Be sure to visit the John Wayne Birthday Centennial Celebration site. Lots to see there!
They're not making them like the Duke anymore.
We need a patriot like John Wayne in Washington who would savor the opportunity to kick some politically correct leftist butt; or some moderate republican butt, for that matter.
Actually, it would suit me fine if he went to Washington and just whupped up on everyone!
More on the life and times of John Wayne here.
Don't miss these 100 reasons to love John Wayne! Here are just a few:
3. "You may not like every film, but my fans will always come back because they know I won't be mean, I won't be small, and like an old friend, I won't let them down."You just gotta love (and respect) John Wayne!
5. Because he embodied American masculinity at mid century and imposed an image on our idea of masculinity's past.
6. "A man ought to do what he thinks is right" (Hondo).
7. For the gentle way he could treat a fragile woman.
8. For the rump-slapping way he could treat a strong woman.
11. "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to others, and I require the same from them" (The Shootist).
14. For the incredibly cool way he cocks his rifle by twirling it in both Stagecoach and True Grit.
16. Because all he has to do to dominate a scene is to enter it.
23. Because he possessed a stubbornness that was practically biblical: 100 cigarettes a day for decades, and after he lost a lung to cancer he promptly began smoking small cigars.
24. Because he had a sense of humor about the construct known as "John Wayne."
27. For the implacable way he walks through a herd of cattle at the end of Red River.
30. Because he would play anything except weak.
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