Vintage Viral Photo of Two Life Guards Who Might Be More Than Friends Prompts Speculation About ‘Buzz’ and ‘Tommy’

Vintage Viral Photo of Two Life Guards Who Might Be More Than Friends Prompts Speculation About ‘Buzz’ and ‘Tommy’

A photo of two life guards has gone viral on Reddit because an inscription on the back of the photo suggests the two were more than friends. The photo has been shared on social media as early as a year ago but the origins remain unknown.

Reads the handwritten note, which was written on 3/26/49: “To Buzz, I’ll always remember the times we spent together. All my love, Your Tommy.”

It’s unclear what year the photograph was taken.

“This makes me sad, to me it reads as a goodbye note,” wrote one Reddit user.

Another replied, “Yep. I wonder if they had to get married. Or if they were lifeguards and the summer was over and they had to go back to their lives of lies.”

“It has that whole ‘we can never be together’ vibe about it,” said another.

And it has struck a romantic chord in many: “This is so touching and beautiful and also makes me sad to think that if they wanted to be together they couldn’t do it back then, feels like the Bridges Of Madison Cty. I’d like to think they at least were able to have loved and lost than not love at all.”

Added one Redditor: “It may have been 1948 but it was the summer of 69.”

You’ve got all day. What are your thoughts?

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Vintage Viral Photo of Two Life Guards Who Might Be More Than Friends Prompts Speculation About ‘Buzz’ and ‘Tommy’

Rep. Justin Amash ‘Looking Closely’ at Getting into 2020 Presidential Race as Independent

Rep. Justin Amash ‘Looking Closely’ at Getting into 2020 Presidential Race as Independent

Rep. Justin Amash (I-MI) said on Monday that he’s “looking closely” at getting into the presidential race as an independent candidate.

Americans who believe in limited government deserve another option. t.co/c7P2vOTyOe

— Justin Amash (@justinamash) April 13, 2020

Thanks. I’m looking at it closely this week.

— Justin Amash (@justinamash) April 14, 2020

Amash made the remarks after Trump declared that he has “total authority” over governors to re-open the country’s economy.

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Some, however, warned Amash that he would end up reelecting Trump.

Whoever is POTUS in 2021, you’ll have more influence as a congressman reelected as an independent than as a failed presidential candidate. You’ll take principled stands against the next POTUS and show that opposition isn’t wholly partisan. Isn’t that better than being a spoiler?

— Eric Columbus (@EricColumbus) April 14, 2020

The Washington Post notes: “The Libertarian Party is planning to nominate a candidate for president on May 25 at its convention in Austin, but no well-known figures have entered the race. Former Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee, who joined the party last year, abandoned a bid for the nomination this month. Former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld, the party’s 2016 nominee for vice president, returned to the Republican Party this year to run a protest campaign against Trump. Weld ended his campaign last month. Amash, a vocal critic of Trump, voted for the president’s impeachment last year and has repeatedly declined to rule out a White House run.”

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