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Our Troops Rock!  Thank you for all you do!   For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.   Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     ~ Hall of Heroes ~Howard E. Woodford Story from this website.             Howard E. Woodford was a soldier in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor in World War II during actions in the campaign to recapture the Philippines from Japanese forces in 1945. He was killed in action while helping...

          PRAYER Dear Lord, As we offer You thanks and praise, we realize how important it is to stay prepared for all the surprises in life. Daily, so many things catch us off guard, though they seem to happen over and over again. Would life be easier if we could begin the day with, "This is a drill. This is a drill?" Would we be any more prepared if there were drills for the many personal challenges we respond to daily? Besides a "general quarters" for missile hits, we'd prepare to take hits for all...

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~ It's Finally Friday!! ~ GOLF GLOW A glow-in-the-dark golf ball awaits the final putt at the Lone Star Golf Course during a night golf tournament aimed at raising awareness of suicide and suicide prevention on Contingency Operating Location Q-West, Iraq, Sept. 20, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Maj. John B. Herd Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. DAWN DUTIES Under the morning sun, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew chief starts to remove the fly away gear from a...

Larry King Live featured a long session with Ann Coulter and Kiki McLean Wednesday night.During the interview, King asked Coulter about the recent Saturday Night Live skit about Obama running through a check list of his failures as president and whether this was the beginning of a trend of media criticism of Obama.Ann said Michelle Obama would turn on Obama before Saturday Night Live would and that the skit was good fun.She then noted that websites like Free Republic were criticizing CNN for fact-checking the comedy skit.Check this link later for CNN's transcript of the show.

~Favorite Countries Song~ Rains Down In Africa But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation She's coming in 12:30 flight The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation I stopped an old man along the way Hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient melodies He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you" It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do I bless the rains down in Africa Gonna take some time to...

Tea Party Express: 3 Weeks to Launch! 37 Cities - 18 Days - More than 7,000 MilesThe Tea Party Express - which recently completed a historic national tour, now prepares to hit the road again in support of conservative Americans everywhere. http://www.TeaPartyExpress.orgLaunching on October 25th, the latest venture is called, "Tea Party Express II: Countdown to Judgment Day" in reference to the one-year mark before the 2010 congressional elections. The announcement of the next Tea Party Express tour has already been echoed by agencies such as CNN, FOX News, the Washington Times and several foreign press outlets. "Our message hasn't...

~ Happy 8th Birthday, FReeper Canteen!! ~ Happy Birthday Song! Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. Come one, come all! Help us celebrate the Canteen's 8th Birthday.Bring your favorites to share with our Troops and Veterans, Families and Allies! Please remember that The Canteen is here to support and entertain our troops and veterans and their families, and is family friendly.

We've received many requests from freepers requesting that other freepers not post to them. There are several problems with this. 1. It's impossible for us to enforce.2. We don't have the time to enforce these requests.3. We don't have the software to keep track of these requests.4. Thick skin helps.5. Ignore the poster, if you don't reply, they won't reply. Free Republic does not need a bozo filter, bozo filters are for wimps. Final note: Trolls, troublemakers, disruptors, forum pests, malcontents, RINOs, liberals, stalkers, et al, would continue posting to (harassing) someone after being asked to stop. Conservative FReepers would...

    ~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Fort Sam Houston, TexasFort Sam Houston is a U.S. Army post in San Antonio, Texas. Known colloquially as "Fort Sam," it is named for the first President of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston. The installation's missions include serving as the command headquarters for the United States Army North (formerly the Fifth United States Army), United States Army South, the Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) headquarters, the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) Center and School, the Fifth Recruiting Brigade, 12th Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps Brigade, Navy Regional Recruiting, the San Antonio Military...

Our Troops Rock!  Thank you for all you do!   For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.   Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     ~ Hall of Heroes ~Col. Donald Blakeslee Story from this website...and this one.More here.             New York Times, October 3, 2008 By Dennis Hevesi Col. Donald Blakeslee, one of the most decorated fighter pilots of World War II and the commander of the first American fighter squadrons to reach Berlin as the Allies ground...

          THE REAL MEANING OF PEACE There once was a King who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The King looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he really liked and he had to choose between them. One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for the peaceful towering mountains all around. Overhead was a blue sky fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace. The other...

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As we gathered Oct. 19 for Week 193, Post Commander Halsey came with the sad news. Another Legionnaire, Francis, had passed away the night before. He seemed in good health for a WWII vet but his heart just gave out. Francis was the Post treasurer for as long as any one could remember and a good supporter of our Saturday morning Support the Troops Rallies. He would come, spend about half an hour with us and then head out to see his wife. She had advance alzheimers and didn’t know Francis anymore. But off he went anyways to see her...

When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands... This outrageous power grab by the Federal Government thankfully requires a vote of confidence. The election of 2010 is our best opportunity to peacefully, legally, and constitutionally THROW THE BUMS OUT. There's 123 House of Representative seats and 34 Senate seats in play. That's one third of the whole congress. Did somebody say change? Here's some results from last time around; Chris Dodd (D) 66.35%, Harry Reid (D) 61.08%, Chuck Schumer (D) 71.16%, Patrick Leahy (D) 70.63%, John McCain (R) 76.74%. What...

~ It’s Finally Friday!! ~ 1ST BATTALION SCOTS GUARD PERFORM AT THE PENTAGON Scots Guard Drum Maj. Martin Godsman commands the soldiers of the Pipes and Drums, 1st Battalion, of the British Royal Army, during a special performance at the Pentagon. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Glenn Selby Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. 1ST BATTALION SCOTS GUARD PERFORM AT THE PENTAGON The Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion Scots Guard perform at the Pentagon for...

    At the FReeper Canteen! C'mon and take a break ! Walk on over to the water cooler and lets chat. Post your thoughts, opinions, news of the day, rantings, ravings, pontificates, hypothesis, hyperboles, your soap box cause, your mantra, your baggage, your garbage, your blogging, your secrets, whatever you feel would make talk around the water cooler real interesting! Please remember that The Canteen is here to support and entertain our troops and veterans and their families, and is family friendly.       A little humor.... Things to Say When Caught Sleeping at Your Desk 10....

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Don’t get me wrong, while I love to see the leftist eat each other alive, we cannot let this leftist protest against Obama go unchallenged. The affect of the leftist protest will result in even stricter Rules of Engagement for our troops, the closing of Gitmo, and Obama looking more like a centralist then the extreme left winger that he is. Our message must reflect our support of our troops’ mission, the damage that will result from the closing Gitmo or from even releasing Gitmo detainees, and that Obama is still a leftist even if he blows off the protestors....

    ~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee Arnold Air Force Base (ICAO: KAYX, FAA LID: AYX) is a United States Air Force base located in Coffee and Franklin counties, Tennessee, adjacent to the city of Tullahoma. It is named for General Henry "Hap" Arnold, the father of the U.S. Air Force. The base is home to the Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC), the most advanced and largest complex of flight simulation test facilities in the world. The center operates 58 aerodynamic and propulsion wind tunnels, rocket and turbine engine test cells, space environmental...

Our Troops Rock!  Thank you for all you do!   For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.   Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     ~ Hall of Heroes ~Sgt. Jared Monti Story from this website.             In June of 2006, the 3rd Squadron of the 71st Cavalry Regiment (Recon), 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, prepared to execute Operation Gowardesh Thrust, a Squadron size operation in the Gremen Valley, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan. The operation was designed to...

We have two unclaimed items from our big 9/11 Rally at Walter Reed. They are: Bag Chair Large Umbrella Just describe them if they are yours, we'll figure out how to reunite you with it If you lost something, post it here.

          "PRECIOUS IN HIS SIGHT" Just a children's song remembered from a Sunday School class long ago: "Red and yellow, black and white; they are precious in his sight; Jesus loves the little children of the world." But it expresses a profound truth. One that might change the world if we took it seriously. Sort of like the lesson in the poem a friend sent me yesterday. It's worth more than a second reading. It may reveal ... or remind you... of more truth than you expect! "We pray for the children who put chocolate...

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~ It’s Finally Friday!! ~ NIGHT MOVE U.S. Army soldiers plan to move to the next mission objective during Operation Champion Spear outside the village of Marsac in Paktia province, Afghanistan, Sept. 3, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Nicholas Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. MEASURED STEP U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Nolan Espiritu jumps across at a canal during...

Here is a video we made for our local 9.12 Greeley Colorado group.

    At the FReeper Canteen! C'mon and take a break ! Walk on over to the water cooler and lets chat. Post your thoughts, opinions, news of the day, rantings, ravings, pontificates, hypothesis, hyperboles, your soap box cause, your mantra, your baggage, your garbage, your blogging, your secrets, whatever you feel would make talk around the water cooler real interesting! Please remember that The Canteen is here to support and entertain our troops and veterans and their families, and is family friendly.       A little humor.... Why We Love Children 1) NUDITY I was driving with...

While the FReepers from Olney were enjoying ourselves at the Capitol on 9-12, the Legionnaires were holding down the Patriot's Corner in Olney. In fact, they out numbered the Quakers in Olney, 7 to their 6. And No. 6 was iffy. He stood talking with the moonbats but never held a sign. This week’s honor roll call of includes Legionnaires Ed (Army, WWII), Glenn (USMC, WWII), Dave (Army, WWII) and friend, Janet, Halsey (USMC, Korea), Carl (Army, Vietnam) and Bill, (Army - Vietnam). The below pictures are from previous FReeps or this past Saturday’s FReep. BELOW LEFT: Halsey, Janet and...

Freeper Canteen: What Kind of Soda Are You? Today We Want To Know...What Kind of Soda Are You? Click here and take the quiz! To share your results, click "Code", then copy and paste the code into a "Reply" box. Have fun! Please remember that The Canteen is here to support and entertain our troops and veterans and their families, and is family friendly.

There is a lot more. I haven't seen any of this posted before. Anyone know who filmed this?

    ~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: The United States Coast Guard Academy, Connecticut Founded in 1876, the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) is the military academy of the United States Coast Guard. Located in New London, Connecticut, it is the smallest of the five federal service academies. The academy provides education to future Coast Guard officers. Cadets graduate with one of eight majors and are obligated to five years of service upon graduation. Unlike the other service academies, admission to the academy is solely based upon merit and does not require a congressional nomination. Students are...

Our Troops Rock!  Thank you for all you do!   For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.   Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     ~ Hall of Heroes ~Herschel F. Briles Story from this website.             Herschel F. Briles (February 7, 1914 – July 17, 1994) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II. Briles joined the Army from Fort Des...

          ISN'T IT OBVIOUS? This warning label (among about a half dozen warning labels) appears on my son's baby carriage: Do not fold carriage with baby inside! It may seem funny to state something so obvious, but I suppose to cover themselves against lawsuits from people who couldn't figure out to first remove the baby, they put on the warning label. The Prophet Micah gives us easy-to-follow instructions for a good life that seem so obvious and elementary we wonder, is that all we have to do to live happily and peacefully? The answer is...

For FOUR weeks the patriots at Olney have supported our troops. With this “Home Run” of a report of four weeks, it is a GRAND SLAM of some real neat pictures. WEEK 188, Aug. 15 roll call of our 7 Patriots include Lurker Bill and FReepers Cindy_True_Supporter, Fraxinus, GunsAreOK, Sensei Ern, [Mrs] Trooprally, aka [Mrs] T, and myself, [Mr] T. WEEK 189, Aug. 22 roll call of our 8 Patriots include Legionnaires Dave (Army WWII) and his friend, Janet, Halsey, (USMC, Korea), Lurker Bill and FReepers 3DJoy, Cindy_True_Supporter, [Mrs] Trooprally, aka [Mrs] T, and myself, [Mr] T. WEEK 190, Aug....

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To be sure that we had a parking space close to the Comcast Center, [Mrs] T and I arrived around 7:20AM. And our timing worked. We got a spot within 500 feet of our protest of Obama’s speech at this liberal bastion of “education”. Attendees had already lined up waiting for the doors to open. And the media was all around just waiting to “media” someone. We were there to oblige. By our count, there was at least 15 different media outlets (domestic & foreign) interviewing the groups that eventually showed up. BELOW: Several media outlets waiting for us to...

~ Happy 62nd Birthday, United States Air Force!! ~ Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. < USAF Heritage of America Band ~ Air Force Hymn USAF Band ~ Air Force Song Asleep At The Wheel ~ Hot Rod Lincoln Chris LeDoux ~ Blue Eyes and Freckles ACDC ~ For Those About To Rock The Hollies ~ The Air That I Breathe Little River Band ~ Cool Change The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem ~ Flower of Scotland Casting Crowns ~...

This is a public thank you to all the Freepers who made the weekend in DC so memorable: THANK YOU! Special kudos go to Jim Robinson for making the site possible, Brytani and seekthetruth for all the hard work arranging such a great experience and to all the speakers and musicians at the vigil and banquet who challenged us, and the DC Chapter of Free Republic for their self-sacrificing work EVERY WEEK at Walter Reed! You guys are the absolute greatest!What an uplifting, exhilarating, educational and historical event.Thanks also to TCH, Glock_Fan, RightwingIntelligensia, Streetsmart, Mrs. Streetsmart, Wicked Smaht and other...

~Favorite Clothes Song~ Marty Robbins - A White Sport Coat And A Pink Carnation A white sport coat and a pink carnation I'm all dressed up for the dance. A white sport coat and a pink carnation, I'm all alone in romance. Once you told me long ago, to the prom with me you'd go, now you've changed your mind, it seems someone else will hold my dreams. A white sport coat and a pink carnation, I'm in a blue, blue mood. *Video* Once I had a pretty girl Her name it doesn't matter She went away with another...

The 2009 FreeRepublic LexiconAKA "The Freepism, Freepology, Lingo, Dictionary, Terminology, Lore Handbook" A revised and condensed version of The Lexicon of FreeRepublic, culled from Lexicon of FreeRepublic - 4th Edition and Freeper Lingo Thread (the history and meening of 'Freepisms' including pictures). Thanks to the many Freepers who contributed, especially Bugbear and Risky Schemer, the originators of the first lexicon! (see also The 2008 FreeRepublic Lexicon) I have attempted to include all definitions and histories provided to me and give credit to those who provided me the information. I apologize, in advance to those I failed to credit, but please...

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Just thought I would pass along a couple images that left a lasting impression. The first is actually from a video which I have included. Porta potties.

    ~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Fort Greely, AlaskaFort Greely is a United States Army launch site for anti-ballistic missiles located approximately 100 miles southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska. It is also the home of the Cold Regions Test Center (CRTC), as Fort Greely is one of the coldest areas in Alaska, and can accommodate cold, extreme cold, or temperate weather tests depending on the season.Fort Greely has a proud history. Because of its location and environment, it has been the site for cold-weather training and testing of operations and equipment through the past half century. Until the...

<p>TEA PARTY continued. Lets keep the heat up on Obama.</p> <p>He'll be at the Comcast Center, Thursday, Sept. 18, 11AM.</p> <p>I'll be checking with University officials about their protest policy so stay tuned.</p> <p>Let me know if you'll be there so I'll know how many posters to make up.</p>

This is the first time I've ever started a post so I don't know if I'll get this right. But I wanted to share the video I put together tonight for you all with some of the pictures that you've shared. I hope you all like it.

A Citizen goes to Washington for the 1st time. 9/12 National Tea Party President Lincoln would be pleased to discover that work on the Capitol (and on the Great Compromise) continues; and thus the people are still hopefull... "That government Of the People, By the People, For the People, will not perish from the Earth". --Abraham Lincoln Gumby Gets it... E Plurbus Unum : Out of Many Peoples - One Nation The path less chosen... Framed in Rush-Hour E Plurbus Unum. Hi Mom! The Law comes with The Pie. Yo, Taxi! Capitol Visitor Center Capital Dome Windows Where's my Pie?...

~ Star Spangled Banner ~Written by Francis Scott Key (1814) Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies militaryand the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. As the rain cleared, and the sun began to rise, Key peered through the lifting darkness anxious to see if the flag they had seen the night before was still flying. And so it was that he scribbled on the back of an envelope the first lines of a poem he called Defense of Fort M'Henry STAR SPANGLED BANNER Faith Hill – World...

9.12 Project and Tax Tea party in Denver today on 9-12-09 It was a good show for the 9.12. Project and had a good sized crowd.

          RESERVATIONS! Recently, someone stopped by my office, handed me two sheets of paper, and said something to the effect of, "You're always sharing something with people; here's something for you." Then he was gone. Like so many encounters we have along life's way, this one was brief. But it left a lasting impression. And brightened my whole day. The article is definitely a "keeper." Originally written by Jonathan Lee for the Washington Post, it is entitled "Reservations of an Airline Agent." I've abbreviated it due to limited space, but the point is unchanged. Enjoy!...

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