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mnhtnbb

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14. My husband was inspired by Muhammed Ali
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 01:13 PM
Jun 2016

He was Berry planned during Vietnam--given the option to finish Med School and serve later--
and he seriously thought about going to Canada. Instead, he and a few other brave souls
in Med School at UCLA set up a table to protest the Vietnam war in the heart of the UCLA
Med Center.

My husband ended up enlisting in the Air Force--did his two years--and has spent most of
the rest of his career treating, at least part-time, vets at the VA Hospitals where he worked
in Los Angeles after he finished his residency in Psychiatry at UCLA, and then Lincoln, NE when we moved there in 1994.
My husband's maternal family is from Kentucky and their name was Clay. He thinks it's possible
that he and Muhammed Ali might have been distant cousins.

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"Just Take Me To Jail [View all] kpete Jun 2016 OP
Could you imagine the shit-storm if an athlete said that, today? Odin2005 Jun 2016 #1
There was a shit storm when he said that then. Stinky The Clown Jun 2016 #3
There was quite the shit storm and LiberalElite Jun 2016 #4
Amen notemason Jun 2016 #9
After he said that, what hit Ali wasn't a shit storm sarge43 Jun 2016 #6
actually I don't think it would be as bad as what really happened. rurallib Jun 2016 #25
He inspired all of us in so many different ways world wide wally Jun 2016 #2
And so went to jail, or Canada, or CO service... FailureToCommunicate Jun 2016 #5
My Dad Hated Muhammad Ali For Not "Going" To Vietnam scottie55 Jun 2016 #7
My father admired him greatly for his stance. llmart Jun 2016 #26
While understandable in context, the sentence “my enemy is the white people” was ugly Albertoo Jun 2016 #27
The Mexicans Aren't Lynching The Trumps Of This World scottie55 Jun 2016 #28
Where there legal lynchings in the US at the time? Straw men aren't people. Albertoo Jun 2016 #30
In context of a black man in the civil rights era, what Ali said was justified... qdouble Jun 2016 #32
I was a teen when he said this, and it made perfect sense to me The Blue Flower Jun 2016 #8
He came in for quite a bit of hate from my parents and their circle. Ligyron Jun 2016 #10
Truth spud_demon Jun 2016 #11
Big Powerful America scottie55 Jun 2016 #29
k&r uppityperson Jun 2016 #12
I have admired that statement since I was a child La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2016 #13
My husband was inspired by Muhammed Ali mnhtnbb Jun 2016 #14
video napkinz Jun 2016 #15
Damn, that last part is still true today. blackspade Jun 2016 #19
thank you, napkinz - hopemountain Jun 2016 #22
Wow!! Thanks for posting that KelleyKramer Jun 2016 #31
+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Jun 2016 #33
Belongs to the ages and zentrum Jun 2016 #16
K&R napkinz Jun 2016 #17
He's a "Bad Man!" blackspade Jun 2016 #18
K & R... dhill926 Jun 2016 #20
Kicked and recommended! nt Enthusiast Jun 2016 #21
How is it that Bernie was able to evade the draft (No I don't mean to Criticise Bernie) Demsrule86 Jun 2016 #23
This snopes.com article discusses Sanders and the draft... PoliticAverse Jun 2016 #34
The words of a truly great man and hero. jwirr Jun 2016 #24
Lesson to Be Learned, Courtesy of The Greatest 13Dogs Jun 2016 #35
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