HAPPY BIRTHDAY DG!!!!!

Know Your Medal of Honor Recipients:

Ordinary Seaman Joseph Fitz (US Navy) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on March 8, 1906, on board the USS Pampanga. His citation reads:

On board the U.S.S. Pampanga, Mount Dajo Jolo, Philippine Islands, 8 March 1906. Serving in the presence of the enemy on this date, Fitz displayed bravery and extraordinary heroism.

Private John Fitzgerald (US Marine Corps) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on June 14, 1898, at Cuzco, Cuba. His citation reads:

For heroism and gallantry in action at Cuzco, Cuba, 14 June 1898.

Specialist Fourth Class Michael John Fitzmaurice (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on March 23, 1971, at Khe Sanh, Republic of Vietnam. His citation reads:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Sp4c. Fitzmaurice, 3d Platoon, Troop D, distinguished himself at Khe Sanh. Sp4c. Fitzmaurice and 3 fellow soldiers were occupying a bunker when a company of North Vietnamese sappers infiltrated the area. At the onset of the attack Sp4c. Fitzmaurice observed 3 explosive charges which had been thrown into the bunker by the enemy. Realizing the imminent danger to his comrades, and with complete disregard for his personal safety, he hurled 2 of the charges out of the bunker. He then threw his flak vest and himself over the remaining charge. By this courageous act he absorbed the blast and shielded his fellow-soldiers. Although suffering from serious multiple wounds and partial loss of sight, he charged out of the bunker, and engaged the enemy until his rifle was damaged by the blast of an enemy hand grenade. While in search of another weapon, Sp4c. Fitzmaurice encountered and overcame an enemy sapper in hand-to-hand combat. Having obtained another weapon, he returned to his original fighting position and inflicted additional casualties on the attacking enemy. Although seriously wounded, Sp4c. Fitzmaurice refused to be medically evacuated, preferring to remain at his post. Sp4c. Fitzmaurice's extraordinary heroism in action at the risk of his life contributed significantly to the successful defense of the position and resulted in saving the lives of a number of his fellow soldiers. These acts of heroism go above and beyond the call of duty, are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service, and reflect great credit on Sp4c. Fitzmaurice and the U.S. Army.


We at I’m just sayin… would like to take a couple of minutes to wish our good friend (and Labor Day Uncle) DG a very happy birthday. We can’t believe he’s already (age withheld to protect the innocent) years old! Ok, really I’m just not sure how old he is… I could look it up, but I’m not real big on research. I’m comfortable in saying he’s over 40… because, as we all know, No-Name Teri is about to turn 40 in just a little over a week and I know DG is older than her. Anyway, Happy Birthday DG! We hope it’s a good one!

Dad’s Top 5 Movies

5. The Gods Must Be Crazy

4. Smokey and The Bandit

3. We Were Soldiers Once

2. Oklahoma!

1. Gone With the Wind


The I’m just sayin… Top 2,613 Movies of All-Time Countdown


1000 Carrie
Brian De Palma
Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, William Katt, Amy Irving, John Travolta
1976

999 Twilight
Catherine Hardwicke
Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Ashley Greene, Peter Facinelli, Billy Burke, Anna Kendrick
2008

998 A Fine Madness
Irvin Kershner
Sean Connery, Joanne Woodward, Jean Seberg
1966

997 Run Silent, Run Deep
Robert Wise
Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden, Don Rickles
1958

996 Desperately Seeking Susan
Susan Seidelman
Rosanna Arquette, Aidan Quinn, Madonna
1985

995 My Girl
Howard Zieff
Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin, Anna Chlumsky
1991

994 For Love of Ivy
Daniel Mann
Sidney Poitier, Abbey Lincoln, Beau Bridges
1968

993 Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
Aaron Norris
Chuck Norris, Billy Drago
1990

992 Captain Caution
Richard Wallace
Victor Mature, Louise Platt, Leo Carrillo
1940

991 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
George Clooney
Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Julia Roberts
2002

990 Everybody's Fine
Nick Jones
Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell
2009

989 Hollywood or Bust
Frank Tashlin
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Anita Ekberg
1956

988 The Wings of Eagles
John Ford
John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Dan Dailey
1957

987 Dan in Real Life
Peter Hedges
Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook, John Mahoney, Emily Blunt, Dianne Wiest
2007

986 Greedy
Jonathan Lynn
Michael J. Fox, Kirk Douglas, Nancy Travis, Phil Hartman, Ed Begley, Jr., Bob Balaban, Colleen Camp, Olivia d'Abo
1994

985 Donnie Brasco
Mike Newell
Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Anne Heche, Bruno Kirby
1997

984 The Candidate
Michael Ritchie
Robert Redford, Melvyn Douglas, Peter Boyle
1972

983 Volcano
Mick Jackson
Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle, Keith David
1997

982 The Poseidon Adventure
Ronald Neame
Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Stella Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Carol Lynley, Red Buttons, Jack Albertson
1972

981 Doctor Dolittle
Richard Fleischer
Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley
1967

980 Comrade X
King Vidor
Clark Gable, Hedy Lamarr, Oskar Homolka
1940

979 First Daughter
Forest Whitaker
Katie Holmes
2004

978 Quiet Please!
Hanna Barbera
Tom and Jerry
1945

977 Coal Miner's Daughter
Michael Apted
Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D'Angelo, Levon Helm
1980

976 Othello
Oliver Parker
Laurence Fishburne, Kenneth Branagh
1995

975 Rio Rita
S. Sylvan Simon
Abbott and Costello
1942

974 Give a Girl a Break
Stanley Donen
Debbie Reynolds, Marge Champion, Gower Champion
1953

973 Never So Few
John Sturges
Frank Sinatra, Steve McQueen
1959

972 Amistad
Steven Spielberg
Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Stellan Skarsgård, Anna Paquin
1997

971 Happy Endings
Don Roos
Lisa Kudrow, Tom Arnold, Steve Coogan, Maggie Gyllenhaal
2005

970 War Is Hell
Burt Topper
Audie Murphy
1961

969 Foul Play
Colin Higgins
Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Dudley Moore
1978

968 Cocoon
Ron Howard
Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Maureen Stapleton, Steve Guttenberg, Brian Dennehy
1985

967 Coach Carter
Thomas Carter
Samuel L. Jackson, Rob Brown, Ashanti, Channing Tatum
2005

966 We're No Angels
Michael Curtiz
Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray
1955

965 Yours, Mine and Ours
Melville Shavelson
Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda
1968

964 Hot Lead and Cold Feet
Robert Butler
Don Knotts, Jim Dale, Darren McGavin, Karen Valentine
1978

963 Anatomy of a Murder
Otto Preminger
James Stewart, Lee Remick, George C. Scott, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell, Eve Arden, Kathryn Grant
1959

962 Neighbors
John G. Avildsen
John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cathy Moriarty
1981

961 The Wrestler
Darren Arronofsky
Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood
2008

960 Hanover Street
Peter Hyams
Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer
1979

959 That's My Boy
Hal Walker
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis
1951

958 Star Trek: Insurrection
Jonathan Frakes
Patrick Stewart, F. Murray Abraham, Donna Murphy
1998

957 Amos & Andrew
E. Max Frye
Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson
1993

956 Dark Command
Raoul Walsh
Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Walter Pidgeon
1940

955 The Great Debaters
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollet, Denzel Whitaker, John Heard, Kimberly Elise
2007

954 Fighting 69th, The
William Keighley
James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent
1940

953 History of the World: Part I
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks, Gregory Hines, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman
1981
Jacques: "Don't cry, my dear. I may not have been born a king, or lived like a king. But at least I can die like a king!"
[He strides to the guillotine with dignity]
Citizen Official: "Your Majesty, do you require a blindfold?"
Jacques: "None!"
Citizen Official: "Have you any last request?"
Jacques: "None!"
Citizen Official: "Test the guillotine!"
[Another executioner triggers the guillotine; the blade comes down and chops the head off a wooden dummy]
Jacques: "Holy shit! Uh, wait! Wait! Last request! I have a last request!"
Citizen Official: "What is your last request?"
Jacques: "Novocaine!"
[the Official confers with the Executioner]
Citizen Official: "There is no such thing known to medical science!"
Jacques: "I'll wait!"

952 Stranger Than Fiction
Marc Forster
Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson
2006

951 Don't Bother to Knock
Roy Ward Baker
Marilyn Monroe, Richard Widmark, Anne Bancroft
1952

950 Jacob's Ladder
Adrian Lyne
Tim Robbins, Danny Aiello, Elizabeth Pena, Macaulay Culkin, Jason Alexander, Ving Rhames
1990

949 Operation Petticoat
Blake Edwards
Cary Grant, Tony Curtis
1959

948 Hollow Man
Paul Verhoeven
Elisabeth Shue, Kevin Bacon, Josh Brolin
2000

947 My Friend Irma Goes West
Hal Walker
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis
1950

946 Between Heaven and Hell
Richard Fleischer
Robert Wagner, Buddy Ebsen, Broderick Crawford
1956

945 McLintock!
Andrew V. McLaglen
John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara
1963

944 Jumping Jacks
Norman Taurog
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis
1952

943 Lillian Russell
Irving Cummings
Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda
1940

942 A Change of Seasons
Stephen Frears
Shirley MacLaine, Anthony Hopkins, Bo Derek
1980

941 You're Never Too Young
Norman Taurog
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis
1955

940 The Fighter
David O. Russell
Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo
2010

939 A New Leaf
Elaine May
Walter Matthau, Elaine May, James Coco, Doris Roberts
1971

938 The Great Muppet Caper
Jim Henson
Diana Rigg, Charles Grodin
1981

937 Regarding Henry
Mike Nichols
Harrison Ford, Annette Bening, Donald Moffat, Bill Nunn
1991

936 Dangerous Liaisons
Stephen Frears
Michelle Pfeiffer, Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Keanu Reeves, Uma Thurman, Swoosie Kurtz, Mildred Natwick
1988

935 It Ain't Hay
Abbott and Costello
1943

934 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Nicholas Meyer
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Christopher Plummer, Kim Cattrall, David Warner, Iman, Brock Peters, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan
1991
General Chang: "Tickle us, do we not laugh? Prick us, do we not bleed? Wrong us, shall we not revenge?"

General Chang: "Cry havoc, and let slip the Dogs of War".

Captain Spock: "If I were human I believe my response would be 'go to hell.'... If I were human".

933 Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Charles Lamont
Abbott and Costello, Boris Karloff
1953

932 Being There
Hal Ashby
Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Basehart, Richard A. Dysart, Jack Warden
1979

931 Disclosure
Barry Levinson
Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland
1994

930 Clueless
Amy Heckerling
Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Dan Hedaya, Jeremy Sisto, Elisa Donovan, Breckin Meyer, Wallace Shawn
1995

929 Advise and Consent
Otto Preminger
Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon, Gene Tierney, Peter Lawford, George Grizzard, Burgess Meredith
1962

928 Rhinestone
Bob Clark
Sylvester Stallone, Dolly Parton, Ron Leibman, Richard Farnsworth
1984

927 Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Jim Sheridan
50 Cent, Terrence Howard
2005

926 Witness
Peter Weir
Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas
1985


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