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The Guild 12-20-2003 Merry Christmas!
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Posted on 12/18/2003 6:07:08 PM PST by BigWaveBetty
MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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To: Timeout
Nancy Skinner is running for the US Senate. If she should win, invest in earplugs as they will be a hot commodity.
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posted on
12/24/2003 7:27:32 AM PST
by
BigWaveBetty
(MERRY CHRISTMAS!!)
To: mountaineer
David Letterman is in Baghdad for Christmas Eve...that's sweet.
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posted on
12/24/2003 7:36:16 AM PST
by
Timeout
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It is instinct, something from which the Lesley Stahls and Katie Courics of the world divorced themselves long ago. So that they could appear to have intellect. In the end, they are left with neither. I hope that sentiment didn't darken Katie's Winter Vacation too awful much. :-)
The Democrats have long counted on the heart trumping the mind, but never foresaw it working against them.
It's concepts like this one where that intellect thingy comes in handy.
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posted on
12/24/2003 7:37:54 AM PST
by
BigWaveBetty
(MERRY CHRISTMAS!!)
To: Timeout
Terrorists of every stripe this Christmas Eve ...
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police have foiled an attempt by suspected Basque separatists to blow up a train in a main Madrid station on Christmas Eve Wednesday, one of the busiest travel days of the year, the interior minister said. Minister Angel Acebes said police detained one person after he loaded a suitcase packed with more than 44 pounds of explosives on a train in the northern city of San Sebastian bound for Madrid. The explosives were set to go off at 3:55 p.m., after the train arrived in Spanish capital, he said. Acebes said a second person was detained before putting another explosives-packed suitcase on the same train.
"In total, that train would have had 50 kilos of (explosives) ..., aimed at creating an explosion in Chamartin station, I insist, on Christmas Eve at four in the afternoon," Acebes told a news conference. rest of story
Yikes, I've been to that train station!
To: mountaineer
Clark keeps making the best choices in campaign help!
Johnny Hayes, national fund-raiser for former Vice President Al Gore's failed presidential campaign in 2000, will raise money for former Gen. Wesley Clark in next year's Democratic presidential field.
Hayes said Tuesday he let Gore know of his plans. Gore has endorsed former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean among the nine Democratic contenders.
Hayes lived in Knoxville when he was on the TVA board from 1993 to 2000, resigning to join the Gore campaign. The Maury County resident also served as finance chairman for Gore's House and Senate campaigns.
Hayes said details of his position will be worked out next Tuesday when Clark visits Nashville as part of a True Grits Tour of the South. Link
True Grits Tour of the South?!! More like Grits for Brains Tour of the South.
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posted on
12/24/2003 7:48:41 AM PST
by
BigWaveBetty
(MERRY CHRISTMAS!!)
To: mountaineer
God bless those policemen!
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posted on
12/24/2003 7:50:50 AM PST
by
BigWaveBetty
(MERRY CHRISTMAS!!)
To: BigWaveBetty
88
posted on
12/24/2003 8:16:57 AM PST
by
BigWaveBetty
(MERRY CHRISTMAS!!)
A rarity... a dem with actual brain matter rather than grits:
Our national media are covering this war as if we were "losing the peace"--even though we are not at peace and we are not losing. Why are they doing this? Because they are desperate to spin the world situation in such a way as to bring down President Bush.
It's not just the war, of course. Notice that even though our recent recession began under President Clinton, the media invariably refer to it as if Mr. Bush had caused it; and even though by every measure, the recession is over, they still cover it as if the American economy were in desperate shape.
This is the same trick they played on the first President Bush, for his recession was also over before the election--but the media worked very hard to conceal it from the American public. They did it as they're doing it now, with yes-but coverage: Yes, the economy is growing again, but there aren't any new jobs. Yes, there are new jobs now, but they're not good jobs. snip
And in all the campaign rhetoric, I keep looking, as a Democrat, for a single candidate who is actually offering a significant improvement over the Republican policies that in fact don't work, while supporting or improving upon the American policies that will help make us and our children secure against terrorists.
We have enemies that have earned our hatred, and whom we should fear. They are fanatical terrorists who seek opportunities to kill American civilians here and Israeli civilians in Israel. But right now, our national media and the Democratic Party are trying to get us to believe that the people we should hate and fear are George W. Bush and the Republicans.
I can think of many, many reasons why the Republicans should not control both houses of Congress and the White House. But right now, if the alternative is the Democratic Party as led in Congress and as exemplified by the current candidates for the Democratic nomination, then I can't be the only Democrat who will, with great reluctance, vote not just for George W. Bush, but also for every other candidate of the only party that seems committed to fighting abroad to destroy the enemies that seek to kill us and our friends at home. Link
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posted on
12/24/2003 8:57:56 AM PST
by
BigWaveBetty
(MERRY CHRISTMAS!!)
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David Letterman has just gone up a notch in my book. Course if he pulls a Hillary and starts dissing the U.S.A., he will go down real quick.
To: Hillary's Lovely Legs; mountaineer; Timeout; ClancyJ; BlessedAmerican; daisyscarlett; LBGA; Rheo; ..
Wishing all Guilders...
Please be safe if travelling. See you all on Friday.
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posted on
12/24/2003 9:15:52 AM PST
by
BigWaveBetty
(MERRY CHRISTMAS!!)
To: BigWaveBetty; Utah Girl; Hillary's Lovely Legs; Timeout; lodwick; All
The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree, I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.
My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem.
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.
The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn'! t too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know,
Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.
My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.
A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.
"What are you doing?" I asked without fear
"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"
For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts,
To the window that danced with a warm fire's light
Then he sighed and he said "Its really ! all right,
I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night"
"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at 'Pearl on a day in December,"
Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers."
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of 'Nam
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.
Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red white and blue... an American flag.
"I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home,
I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat,
I can carry the weight of killing another
Or lay down my life with my! sister and brother
who stand at the front against any and all,
to ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."
"So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right."
"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
"Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son."
Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just tell us you love us, and never forget
To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone.
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled
is payment enough, and with that we will trust.
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us.
Friends, keep our military people in your prayers. They are risking
their lives to protect what we take for granted, and ! we are losing
soldiers
every day. They won't be home with their families this Christmas. I pray
God will Bless Them, and keep them safe.
Happy Holidays!
To: BigWaveBetty; All
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posted on
12/24/2003 11:56:56 AM PST
by
SAMWolf
(My boss says I do the work of 3 Men...Moe, Larry & Curly)
To: SAMWolf
Thanks, Sam. Wishing you a Blessed Day.
To: Iowa Granny
You made me cry! What a thoughtful poem...I've never thought of it as a soldier standing guard in front of my house...gives one a whole new perspective. God bless all of them tonight!
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posted on
12/24/2003 1:44:15 PM PST
by
Timeout
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This is sooo interesting...on soooo many levels:
Washington Post
[6 Air France, Paris to L.A. flights were cancelled today due to terrorism concerns.]The flights scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday were called off because of information obtained "in the framework of the French-American fight against terrorism," the French prime minister's office said.
The Washington Post reported Wednesday that, according to law enforcement officials, new U.S. intelligence prompted increased scrutiny of foreign airports and airlines that may have been penetrated by individuals sympathetic to terrorist groups. Officials have been checking identities of flight crews and have questioned some flight crew members in recent weeks, according to The Post.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security had been meeting with French officials in recent days over concerns about a possible terrorist attack.
One U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the U.S. government had been trying to keep the negotiations with France confidential, "hoping that we would be able to lure some of these people in."
The official said there was some frustration within the Department of Homeland Security that the flights were canceled, thus allowing the word to get out about the security concerns.
France giving a heads up? Troubling.
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posted on
12/24/2003 1:50:34 PM PST
by
Timeout
(And don't forget that Richard Reeves and his "shoes" were on a plane out of...tra la!...Paris.)
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posted on
12/24/2003 1:52:19 PM PST
by
Timeout
To: Timeout; All
Merry Christmas
To: Iowa Granny

Time to get up....the aroma of Christmas coffee wafting through the house. Santa came! Moments to be cherished. Love y'all...Timeout.
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posted on
12/25/2003 5:07:17 AM PST
by
Timeout
To: Timeout; Iowa Granny; mountaineer; Hillary's Lovely Legs; BigWaveBetty; lodwick; Endeavor
Merry Christmas everyone! We're off to the in-laws in just a bit, then on to my parents. We usually stay home and everyone comes here, but we're trying something different this year.
I hope each of you has a wonderful day!
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posted on
12/25/2003 5:28:01 AM PST
by
pubmom
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