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Boat Forum / Cruising / April 2006A good book for a lazy day. . .
I just finished "Memorial Day" by Vince Flynn. I started it at the breakfast table yesterday morning and I was up until after midnight finishing it. It really is one of those books that you don't want to put down. The plot of "Memorial Day" revolves around an attempt by Mid-East terrorists to set off nuclear weapons in the United States. The good guy in the story is CIA operative Mitch Rapp. Mitch Rapp is a blue collar James Bond and IMO one of the most enjoyable characters in current fiction. The scary part of this book is that there are people in the World who are trying to do just exactly what the protagonists in this story attempt. If you are prone to nightmares this is probably not a book for you. On page 4 & 5 of this book there is an explanation of torture that everyone in this country should read and understand. If you are a pacifist and think that there is never any situation where violence is justified you will be offended by this book. This book would be a great stocking stuffer for those who enjoy a good action/thriller while relaxing on the boat. Dennis >The scary part of this book is that there are people >in the World who are trying to do just exactly what the protagonists in > >this story attempt. I suggest you dig out your Webster's and look up the word "protagonist." >>The scary part of this book is that there are people >>in the World who are trying to do just exactly what the protagonists in >> >>this story attempt. > > I suggest you dig out your Webster's and look up the word "protagonist." [OT on] It doesn't take Webster's to see that a protagonist is just a tagonist that gets paid. That's why they call prostitutes "pros". Funny though, my Websters doesn't define "stitute". OTOH I suspect that a tagonist is one of those guys that goes around painting graffiti on walls for the gangbangers. A protagonist must be one that is very good at it and hence can command some payment for his/her services. The other poster could argue that the terrorists in the story are main characters as well. Who knows. [OT mode off] Happy holidays everyone! Don W. Thanks for the correction Dave. Antagonist or villians would have been the right choice of words. Dennis > The plot of "Memorial Day" revolves around an attempt by > Mid-East terrorists to set off nuclear weapons in the United States. > The scary part of this book is that there are people > in the World who are trying to do just exactly what the protagonists in > this story attempt. So it's good for the US to have several thousand nuclear weapons pointed at the rest of the world, but it's bad if someone else wants to point/detonate some here? hmmm... I'm missing something You're missing a lot. China has many more missiles pointed at the US than the US has pointed at anyone. Their reward or penalty? Walmart and the fools that carry home the shoddy merchandise. The Soviet Union did not evaporate - it was renamed - the missiles are still there, aimed like little kids aim bottle rockets. PAKISTAN HAS NUKES?? Well, they our "ally." (Hahahahhahahahahhahhaha) ............it's over folks - the reason the US is boggled down in Viet-raq is "political correctness" making the sheeple unable to accept blasting the schitt out of anyone messing with the US. We have a bed-wetting inclination to empathize with the enemy. It won't end...ever. We won't even air drop invaders over Mexico CITY! "and it's one, two, three what are we fighting for, don't know and don't give a damn.." WAIT A MINUTE WAIT A MINUTE....... we aren't fighting, as long as we have slightly lower cost shoddy products from China and panderers increasing the welfare system. Wages are dropping like a wet bag of cement.....in ten more years the US will be competitive and productive. > On page 4 & 5 of this book there is an explanation of torture that > everyone in this country should read and understand. If you are a > pacifist and think that there is never any situation where violence is > justified you will be offended by this book. So here you are pointing at a book of fiction to justify the torture that we have been doing for some time now. Get real. We have been engaging in the torture, sometimes to death, of captives for some time now. In NOT ONE INSTANCE was the so-called "ticking bomb" scenario involved. That argument for justifying torture is as phony as a three dollar bill. So here you are, another cheap apologist for justifying why we Americans should hold our heads high while sinking so low, using a work of fiction to make your case. Well, that's appropriate. For all the excuses for our torturing captives, as well as our denials of having done so, are works of fiction. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all - or else! ;) So here you are pointing at a book of fiction to justify the torture that we have been doing for some time now. Get real. ************************************************************************************* Read the book then say what you will 260780. I would advise you to move to a country like Iran, Syria etc. You would probably appreciate the opportunity to live in one of those fantastic societies. FOADA, Dennis "twoguns" <R-D-Lorance@neb.rr.com> wrote in news:1135351184.352029.104830 @g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: > I just finished "Memorial Day" by Vince Flynn. Want thousands of books to take to sea that don't screw up the boat's balance or lower her in the water? alt.binaries.ebook alt.binaries.e-books and all the clones that look like that. Most of them are in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat, even tons of brand new magazines, technical manuals, an amazing array of stuff to read for a lifetime. These newsgroups have a hundred books a DAY! > I just finished "Memorial Day" by Vince Flynn. I started it at the > breakfast table yesterday morning and I was up until after midnight [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Dennis You're right.....it is a good read. That was the first one of his I read. Since then, have read all but one....Term Limits. Flynn reminds me of what Tom Clancy would be like if he employed a good editor. -Greg his better book was his first - "Term Limits"....but it had a sad ending. The good guys gave up, the congress and panderers won. Awesome concept though. Should be mandatory reading. |
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