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A slide show featuring the guests and events from W2 Free Republic Ball is being developed from contributing attendees. The contributors page will show your screen name unless you want to remain anonymous or want to give your real name. I think I have most of them but in case you have already posted your images and have not contacted me, reply here and I will copy to the W2 Slide Show collection. Also let me know if you will be posting in the future so you are not left out.

I attended the W2 Ball and unfortunately left my camera. I was wondering if anyone found a Minolta "box" camera. I don't really care about the camera, but I had some really adorable photos of my one year old daughter in it. If you found a camera, or even if you sympathize, please post here. Thank you!!!

I haven't edited them yet because I don't have my new laptop set up for everything yet, so here are a few pictures from last night:::

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I was just surfing and happenned to land on Peter Jennings' biased ABC segment on the inauguration and how it was funded by private dollars. They showed some hack who was saying how inappropriate corporate funding of the event was, and basically saying the sponsors, who had been criticized for being stingy with their employees, were buying influence. They showed some lady saying how many armored hummers and bulletproof vests $40 mil could have bought.1. Everytime Bush does anything on the taxpayers' nickel they shout and wail about how he shouldn't be paying for this or that with taxpayer dollars.2....

Can't make the Ball? You can still enjoy the festivities! RIGHTALK.com and Radio Free Republic with host Doug From Upland will be webcasting from the event between 8-10pm est. RIGHTALK will also be hosting a LIVE chat room! Check back on the 20th for the links!

CNBC reported about the above website a little while ago. There are 12 webcams at NY Times Square, they will also have a live streaming video of the lowering of the ball, as well as webcams from all around the world. Looks interesting.

Paula Miller scored a major victory for the Democratic Party and the moderate wing of the Republican Party Tuesday, besting conservative Michael Ball in a tight special election for the 87th district in the House of Delegates. According to unofficial results, Miller, a former WTKR-TV reporter, defeated Ball, a Regent University official, by 92 votes out of 7623 cast in the 87th, which includes Ocean View, Bayview and neighborhoods adjacent to East Little Creek Road. Miller ran as a Democrat but received $50,000 in campaign contributions from a new political action committee formed to support Republicans who have split with...

Editorial | Inaugural Ball Cancel this bash during a time of war Thank you, Claire Gawinowicz of Oreland. Her letter in yesterday's Inquirer made this excellent suggestion: Cancel inaugural balls for President Bush's next term as a show of sacrifice during a time of war. The President would make a powerful statement if he did so. Numerous presidents have shunned them since the first official ball was held in 1809 for James Madison. Franklin Pierce declined to celebrate while mourning the fresh loss of his son in 1853. Franklin D. Roosevelt skipped them during the Depression and World War II....

Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and his rock 'n' roll band, Capitol Offense, will headline the Jan. 20 inaugural ball hosted by Free Republic, a grass-roots conservative news, analysis and activism forum, in Washington. It's a repeat performance for the 49-year-old Mr. Huckabee, whose gubernatorial term expires in 2007. Because of the high-spirited show put on by his band at the 2001 Free Republic Inaugural Ball and Count the White House Silverware Party, guests left other inaugural balls in favor of the governor's less-formal gig, which, this year, honors the U.S. armed forces.

Are you single and/or dateless and going to the Free Republic Ball? I've been scouring the Ball related threads and it seems there are several people in this predicament. I thought I'd start a thread so we could organize the singletons and meet up at the Ball. Newbies also welcome. (I'm a bit of a newbie myself)

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day Free Republic made its debut in September, 1996, and the forum was added in early 1997.   Over 100,000 people have registered for posting privileges on Free Republic, and the forum is read daily by tens of thousands of concerned citizens and patriots from all around the country and the world. A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day was introduced on June 24, 2002. It's only a small room in JimRob's house where we can get to know one another a little better; salute and support our military and our leaders; pray for those in...

Ok, I lost the link to a special thread.

I attended the FReeper Ball 4 years ago and had the BEST time! Is there anything in the works for another FReeper Inaugural Ball? Any info on the official balls? It's time for celebration! Congratulations America - you have spoken loud and clear!

So how about it we going to do a Freeper Ball II ?

Hospital recovery of Michigan House candidate to go through general election 11/1/2004, 5:40 p.m. ETM The Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican candidate running for the open 85th state House District will be in the hospital until after Tuesday's general election, preventing him from any last-minute campaigning for the seat that covers Shiawassee County and part of Clinton County. Richard Ball, an optometrist from Laingsburg, had surgery over the weekend to remove an abscess that resulted from an infection in his intestine, campaign manager Charlie Keenan said Monday. The 72-year-old is expected to be in the hospital until...

McLEAN, Va. (AP) - As Major League Baseball officials met Wednesday with backers of a northern Virginia ballpark for the Montreal Expos, a second key lawmaker said he opposes a plan to finance the stadium with bonds backed by the "moral obligation" of the state. Senate Finance Chairman John Chichester (R-Stafford) said a private business like a baseball club should not benefit from the state's moral obligation bonds, which have traditionally been used for local water quality projects and other public works....

The Official Unofficial California Freeper Exit Poll for March 2, 2004 Primary Since everybody's voicing their opinions on Tuesday's California primary, let's get everybody together here for a Freeper sample of the vote. U.S. PRESIDENT- Republican Bush, George W. Write-in (explain) U.S. SENATE - Republican Ball, Danney Casey, Toni C. Hatch, Barry L. Jones, Bill Kaloogian, Howard Marin, Rosario Quraishi, Bill Stewart, James Van Zandt, John M. Write-in (explain) PROP 55Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004. YES NO PROP 56State Budget, Related Taxes, and Reserve. Voting Requirements. Penalties. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute. YES NO PROP 57Economic Recovery...

WASHINGTON — The FBI and a federal grand jury are investigating at least 12 Muslim men from the Washington area whom the government suspects of sharing ties to terrorists. The men and their attorneys say they are the victims of overzealous agents who are attributing sinister motives to activities as innocent as the men's participation in paintball games. Several searches of the men's homes turned up a mixed bag of evidence, according to inventories of the seized items. The items included what agents described as a "terrorist manual" and a "printout of the FBI headquarters building" in downtown Washington, as...