A cool fact about Morgan Freeman...

[Playinghardball]

This photo should have read...IS a war veteran...



http://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/career-advice/military-transition/famous-veteran-morgan-freeman.html

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. Another cool fact about Morgan Freeman:

He's Morgan Freeman.

Which is just definitive cool in and of itself.

[CBGLuthier]

2. No, the photo should read "is a veteran" because he was never in a war.

I mean sure, he was a veteran but it seems like the late fifties was that rare time when the US was not waging war.

I remember a time when we drew a distinction between those who served and those who actually fought.

[shraby]

3. He was there, trained and ready to go if a war was started. Don't run down someone

who served just because they happened to serve between wars. The threat of one is always there. I believe we were tested Atomic weaponry at the time.

[CBGLuthier]

4. How the FUCK am I RUNNING anyone down other than the person who used the wrong term?

For Fuck's sake WORDS HAVE MEANING. I doubt very much that Morgan Freeman calls himself a fucking WAR VETERAN.

[TlalocW]

5. Mom! Dad! Quit fighting!

YOU'RE TEARING THIS FAMILY APART!

TlalocW

[LiberalAndProud]

6. Had to look it up. Seems you're both right, or one is more especially right than the other.

a person who has served in a military force, especially one who has fought in a war: a Vietnam veteran.

[progressoid]

7. Yep.

My Dad is a vet but not a war vet.

I imagine Morgan Freeman would make that distinction as well.

[Feral Child]

8. Everything about Morgan Freeman is cool.

An exceptional human being.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

9. Now You See Me was a fun movie. He was a magic debunker in it, like The Amazing Randi.

He is cool all over.

[Shrike47]

10. My spouse was in the army during Vietnam but is not a Vietnam vet. He spent his time at Ft. Sill

waiting and waiting... his missile was never commissioned.

[panader0]

11. Don't forget Ground Zero!

"Ground Zero is a blues club in Clarksdale, Mississippi that is co-owned by Morgan Freeman, attorney Bill Luckett, and Memphis entertainment executive Howard Stovall. It got its name from the fact that Clarksdale has been historically referred to as "Ground Zero" for the blues.[citation needed] It opened in May 2001[1] and is located right next to the Delta Blues Museum. With its mismatched chairs and fraying sofa on the porch, it has a décor described as "manufactured authenticity." Blues fans in Clarksdale welcome it as a place where local musicians have a chance to work regularly.[2]

The menu consists of traditional southern foods, and the restaurant has live blues music playing Wednesday through Saturday. Super Chikan and Bill "Howl-n-Madd" Perry, not to be confused with the deceased Bill Perry, are two of the most frequent and well-known performers. In addition to the food and music, there are seven upstairs apartments that can be rented out to customers who would like to live the blues experience 24 hours a day."
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