July 20, 2008: Good News
I got this in an email and had to check out some of the 170,000 Google hits for Rudy Thomas Sr.
Turns out the story is true... heroism, heartbreak, frustrating bureaucracy, and a happy ending. http://cellar.org/2008/rudy.jpg The email; Quote:
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The bastards. I'll bet this man worked and paid his taxes all those decades and they happily took his money with no problem.
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True, but remember this is a screw up in the red tape of the federal bureaucracy.
For all this time, even though he was not a citizen in the government's files, at no time was he prevented from making a living, or enjoying the freedom's and benefits of being one. |
Until he was denied a passport to attend his grandfather's funeral.
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Unlike my brother in law's brother, who died in Viet Nam, and our government wouldn't grant him citizenship posthumously.
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I'm grateful for his service and all, but he looks like Easy Reader from The Electric Company...or maybe a pimp.:apimp:
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They can put a man on the moon but red tape is still slowing down things on Earth.
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"Pimp" in that pic not at all. Especially not with those Purple Hearts. Oh, except what, he's black? Quote:
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Beautiful story, happy ending.
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Another positive note! yay for mr. Rudy
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2. I HIGHLY RESENT YOU IMPLYING THAT I AM A RACIST. ("Oh, except what, he's black?") 3. Did you read the first five words of my post, or did you skip on down to where you found something you could cry about? I am thankful to anyone and everyone who served in Viet Nam, but perhaps for a selfish reason. Because any one of those who went, may have been the reason my father (who was in the US Army at the time) didn't have to go. And I will forever be thankful for that. BTW, your name "Imigo Jones"? Yeah, that sounds kinda pimpish...Maybe you should drop "Imigo" and go with "velvet". Yeah, Velvet Jones. Has a ring to it, no? |
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Is it because Imigo's black? BTW Imigo I always meant to ask when you changed the n to an m. Is it a pimp thing then? Jesus Jones would be better imo. But I guess that's a bit too 90s. |
Had he never gotten, or applied for a social security number? I wonder....Did they give him licenses to drive? I really don't get all of this.
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I'm sure the military gave him a SS number, and you don't have to show proof of citizenship to get a drivers licence. Of course living in NYC, he may not have had a need for one.
When he was discharged from the military he should have been given citizenship, but somebody dropped the ball and it didn't get done on paper. Hell, he's been working for the government for the last 30 years.:rolleyes: |
Gravdigr, let's see whether we can resolve some of these issues without more hostility. I get the feeling that you might be going after me in the "Super Sucker" thread, too, though I haven't opened it--just saw your name as most recent poster.
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How I remember Easy Reader. If he later had the look you describe, particularly a vest full of patches, then I'm sorry to have missed the association you were making. Quote:
Okay, then, GD, you'll have to explain your "he looks like . . . a pimp" comment to me. I had said I got the Morgan Freeman face (actually, Rudy's much older looking than Easy Reader-era Freeman), but why add that Rudy looks like a pimp? I'm not entirely implying you're a racist, but I am questioning what possible reason there could be for equating Rudy with a pimp. In your indignation, you have sailed past the first opportunity to answer the question. Quote:
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BTW, GD: Sundae Girl gets the name thing. (SG, maybe I'll reply more to your post later.) But now I'm off to open that other thread. Fun awaits. |
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