Freeper Budge passed away

1/2/2011 | sweetliberty

[sweetliberty]

I received a message from a good friend of Budge's telling me that he had passed away either last night or this morning. I don't know any particulars yet. I got an email from him just yesterday. I know Budge had lots of friends on FR and was active for many years and attended numerous events. I thought y'all would want to know.

[johniegrad]

May he rest in peace.

[Retired Greyhound]

RIP Budge

[johniegrad]

May he rest in peace.

[Daffynition]

May his soul rest in peace. Prayers up for the family.

[DarthVader]

RIP and prayers for his family.

[napscoordinator]

RIP Budge. Thanks for your contributions to Free Republic. You were one of the best.

[Lakeshark]

Sorry to hear that SL, you knew him fairly well as I recall.

[freepersup]

I knew Budge through the massive shuttle disaster postings here at FR. He was in the forefront of cracking the cause (as best a keyboard commando can) of the shuttle’s break up. He had an RV that he mused using for a search vehicle to collect shuttle parts that remained missing along the flight path out west. RIP freeper friend.

[basil]

Oh goodness! I’m so sad to hear this. Budge and I go way back to the late nineties when we first met to “Freep The Creep” (Bill Clinton)

[sweetliberty]

Yes; we were next door neighbors for a year and a half.

[basil]

Let’s do one more “Cops Cheer” for Budge—He loved standing in front of the White House with us, yelling this:

BILL CLINTON (pause)
WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED!(pause)
PUT DOWN THAT CIGAR! (pause)
STEP AWAY FROM THAT INTERN! (pause)
AND COME OUT! (pause)
WITH YOUR HANDS UP!

[Lakeshark]

Was he about your age?

[Charles Henrickson]

Budge was one of our regulars on the DUmmie FUnnies threads, a “Pingee” and a frequent commenter. He will be missed.

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:budge/index?brevity=full;tab=comments

[freepersup]

Thank you for posting on Budge’s passing. I appreciate the fact that there are photos of Budge (that you’ve posted) within your profile.

[The Shrew]

...AND COME OUT! (pause) WITH YOUR HANDS UP!

I thought it was:

AND COME OUT! (pause)
WITH YOUR PANTS UP!

Prayers up for Budge's family and friends.

Regards,

TS

[politicianslie]

In Memory:

Barry Obama (pause)

WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED!(pause)

PUT DOWN THAT QURAN! (pause)

STEP AWAY FROM YOUR COMMUNISM! (pause)

AND COME OUT! (pause)

WITH YOUR EARS DOWN!

AND BRING BILL AYERS and GEORGE SOROS WITH YOU!

[Darksheare]

He and his humor will be sorely missed.

[mountainfolk]

Budge exemplified the meaning of courage. His physical situation would have daunted many but he worked around that and set higher standards for the rest of us. We had tremendous respect and appreciation for the way he was able to inspire and motivate others to join with him in serving this country. Rest in peace Budge.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[surfer]

RIP

[combat_boots]

RIP, Budge. Thank you. God bless you.

[derllak]

I didn’t have the pleasure of knowing Budge, but I sure hate to lose a fine FReeper.

If I had my way, my neighborhood would be nothing but FReepers.

Prayers for his family.

[Darksheare]

Budge was a heck of a guy.

[Darksheare]

His last post was yesterday the 31st.
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:budge/index?tab=comments;brevity=full;options=no-change

Any idea what happened?

[derllak]

I think if you and Sweets were fond of him, he must have been a great guy.

A friend I never got to meet. :(

[Darksheare]

As I said, he was a heck of a guy.
And he typed better than I do.
I’ll let someone else explain why that’s important.

[basil]

Oh jeeze—can’t believe I did that! Of course it is COME OUT WITH YOUR PANTS UP!

Actually, that was the punch line and I blew it!

Screw the “golden years”————

[Peter W. Kessler]

Oh no.

Budge was a good man.

Condolences for his friends and loved ones.

[freepersup]

Budge pulling his weight at a freep of Hillary Clinton.

[Darksheare]

Yes, as I said -he was a heck of a guy.
And he typed better than I do.
[I’m the king of typos.]

[onona]

God rest his soul.

[The Shrew]

No harm. No foul! I hope the "Golden Years" are grand.

Regards,

TS

[MWestMom]

Prayers for his family and friends.

[derllak]

Awww, thanks for the pic, freepersup.

Like they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.

[Fu-fu2]

May He Rest in Peace.

[Claud]

Prayers for budge and his family. He sounds like a good and decent man, may he rest forever in the loving peace of the Lord.

If it’s untoward to ask I humbly apologize, but for those of us who did not have the honor of knowing budge, was he a combat vet, or were there medical issues surrounding the loss of his limbs?

[sauropod]

Sorry to hear this. I enjoyed his posts.

RIP Budge!

[bert]

RIP Budge........

FReeping was great wasn’t it?

[Exit148]

Yes — a name from the past. An honored name and a fellow Freeper. RIP Budge. I was honored to Freep with you.

[sweetliberty]

"Was he about your age?"

No; he was quite a bit older than me.

[sweetliberty]

He always amazed me with his humor and positive attitude, despite his devastating disability. I can’t imagine that I would accept such a hand nearly as graciously. Now he can be restored.

[Lazamataz]

Dammit! I liked him. I’m getting tired of Freepers dying. Alla y’all cut it out.

[sweetliberty]

"Any idea what happened?"

I got an email from him yesterday, and his friend that contacted me said he talked to him yesterday and he seemed fine, so it was apparently very sudden. I'm waiting to hear more and will post as soon as I know something.

[Lazamataz]

You are taking good care of yourself, yes?????

[Tijeras_Slim]

RIP brave FReeper.

[Darksheare]

Understood.
Still, he was a fixture here.

[bmwcyle]

He was a great man and a good friend. I will miss him greatly.

[sweetliberty]

"was he a combat vet, or were there medical issues surrounding the loss of his limbs?"

I found the courage to ask him that oce. As it turns out, it was youthful foolishness that brought about his injuries. I won't go into detail, but the short version is that he was hit by a train. It's nothing short of a miracle that he survived. I think he told me he was 20 when it happened.

[sweetliberty]

This is one of my favorites:

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