A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....12-13,14-03....Week in Review

Mama_Bear

[Calpernia]

Saddam was found wearing a small suicide vest. He didn't have the guts to kill himself.

The good news about that is, he is very cooperative. We may be learning more than we could ever hope for about who else was on his payroll.

[MeekOneGOP]

ha !! Isn't that the truth ?! I saw a couple of links
to the DU and what a bunch of stuff over there today !

Here is a thread I posted today ...

Caption this: Billionaire Tyrant captured
posing as homeless man in RatHole

[The Mayor]

Lots of GREAT news today!

Yes there truly is! We announced this great news at Church this morning, alot of people didn't know, they broke out in a cheer. God Bless our Troops.

Saddam was found wearing a small suicide vest. He didn't have the guts to kill himself.

That will be something his supporters will see and hopefully realize just how much of a coward he is, I think the same thing will happen with BinLaden. When they realize this they should give up..

[dixie sass]

Amen, Maggie. I can't believe it!

[dixie sass]

The Major General said that he had a gun and nothing else. I didn't hear anything about a bomb belt.

Dancing for joy!

[dixie sass]

lol, Dubya. Fun Facts!

[dixie sass]

Would love to have been at the Base when it was announced!!! I be they could hear those guys in Memphis!!!

[dixie sass]

lol

[dutchess]

All I can say is...

W O W

I awoke to the radio and Gizmo wanting breakfast at 6:00 a.m. hearing that something big was happening. Have been glued to the TV ever since. This is one of those times that I think we'll all remember where we were....

Speaking of which...I read on another post (although I cannot verify the validity) that it was three years ago on this date that AlGore conceeded...

Also....Clinton's impeachment was also within this same week....

God bless our military men and women, god bless JimR. and FreeRepublic (can't believe it didn't even crash today as I'm sure today had record hits!) I am so proud to be an American.....Have a lovely evening all....

[JulieRNR21]

A blast of thunder woke me at 5:45AM and I went to the PC to look at the weather radar. Then I got an IM from a cyberfriend in CA telling me: They got Saddam! At first I thought he was kidding me!

My next stop was DRUDGE but he had Nada...then I went to Free Republic where it was all over....FR scooped DRUDGE big time....LOl

Peggy Noonan said it best: JOY TO THE WORLD!!!!

[deadhead]

We got the ACE in the HOLE!
Our Military is the best, God Bless them.
A glorious day, a glorious day indeed.

[deadhead]

P.S. was up at 6 a.m. watching news reports. Here in my neighborhood, someone was setting off fireworks.

[dutchess]

Is this just the best news or what...what's even more fun is to watch all the dems imploding once again!

Oh John...how many essays have you written yet??? I think Billie, Aqua and I are probably all saving pictures in anticipation with what you come up with for the Finest for Thursday! Gosh...we may get into a "bidding war" over who gets to do it!!!! :o)

[Calpernia]

I haven't read about the bomb belt either. I saw this post from Yonif:

BUSH TO ADDRESS NATION RE SADDAM AT 12:15 EST (Live Thread)

Posted by yonif to Calpernia
On News/Activism 12/14/2003 5:29:40 PM EST #506 of 510

>>>>Yonif, where did you see that news feed that said Saddam was wearing a bomb vest?

Israel Radio.

I read Yoni often. He has my respect as a poster.

[yonif]

Yeah, it was a report that Saddam had suicide belt on when he was captured, but he chose not to use it. Was on Israel Radio. A few months ago Haaretz was quoting a source that said that Saddam had one on as well.

[Aquamarine]

Oh John...how many essays have you written yet??? I think Billie, Aqua and I are probably all saving pictures in anticipation with what you come up with for the Finest for Thursday! Gosh...we may get into a "bidding war" over who gets to do it!!!! :o)

I'm supposed to do his this week but we can do it together if you want to. :) And yes, I've been saving pictures but some of them are being denied when I go to open them in Photo Deluxe. :(

[Calpernia]

If you are having problems opening them in photo deluxe, shoot the urls to me and I will check the formatting. Then I can upload them to my server for you to redownload.

[Dubya]

Heavenly Mail
Dearest Father In Heaven,

I have been examining my life, and it seems I can see too much of me and not enough of You. It has caused me to request something quite spectacular from You. I want to experience more of Your awesome power in every aspect of my life. I am moved and inspired at how You reveal Your power every day in the grandeur of Your creation and the depth of Your artistry. Everything from the stunning peaks of the tallest mountains to the mysterious depths of the deepest oceans bears Your signature of power.

When the storm rages, the winds blow, and the lightning streaks across the sky, it is Your thunderous voice that is heard heralding Your living power. Your powerful artistry is expressed in the excitement of Your golden dawns and in the peace of Your rich, pastel sunsets. Just as You reveal Your power in these works of creation, I want You to reveal Your power in my life and fill me with Your love. I want all that I do and all that I am to bear Your signature of power. I want the boldness of my actions to light the horizons and the weight of my words to be spoken with thunderous truth and of a heavenly heart.

Yes, it is my greatest desire that my life be a portrait of Your power, painted by Your almighty hand.

Your Loving Child

[Dubya]

This story was written by a doctor who worked in Africa.

One night I had worked hard to help a mother in the labor ward; but in spite of all we could do she died leaving us with a tiny premature baby and a crying two-year-old daughter. We would have difficulty keeping the baby alive, as we had no incubator. (We had no electricity to run an incubator.) We also had no special feeding facilities. Although we lived on the equator, nights were often chilly with treacherous drafts.

One student midwife went for the box we had for such babies and the cotton wool the baby would be wrapped in. Another went to stoke up the fire and fill a hot water bottle. She came back shortly in distress to tell me that in filling the bottle, it had burst. Rubber perishes easily in tropical climates. "And it is our last hot water bottle!" she exclaimed.

As in the West it is no good crying over spilled milk, so in Central Africa it might be considered no good crying over burst water bottles. They do not grow on trees, and there are no drugstores down forest pathways.

"All right," I said, "put the baby as near the fire as you safely can, and sleep between the baby and the door to keep it free from drafts. "Your job is to keep the baby warm."

The following noon, as I did most days, I went to have prayers with any of the orphanage children who chose to gather with me. I gave the youngsters various suggestions of things to pray about and told them about the tiny baby.

I explained our problem about keeping the baby warm enough, mentioning the hot water bottle. The baby could so easily die if it got chills. I also told them of the two-year-old sister, crying because her mother had died.

During the prayer time, one ten-year-old girl, Ruth, prayed with the usual blunt conciseness of our African children. "Please, God," she prayed, "send us a water bottle. It'll be no good tomorrow, God, as the baby will be dead, so please send it this afternoon."

While I gasped inwardly at the audacity of the prayer, she continued by adding, "And while You are at it, would You please send a dolly for the little girl, so she'll know that You really love her?"

As often with children's prayers, I was put on the spot. Could I honestly say, "Amen?" ! I just did not believe that God could do this.
Oh, yes, I know that He can do everything.
The Bible says so. But there are limits, aren't there?

The only way God could answer would be for a package to arrive from the homeland.

I had been in Africa for almost four years at that time, and I had never, ever received a parcel from home. Anyway, if anyone did send me a parcel, who would put in a hot water bottle? I lived near the equator!

Halfway through the afternoon, while I was teaching in the nurses' training school, a message was sent that there was a car at my front door. By the time I reached home, the car had gone, but there, on the verandah, was a large twenty-two pound parcel. I felt tears pricking my eyes. I could not open the parcel alone, so I sent for the orphanage children. Together we pulled off the string, carefully undoing each knot. We folded the paper, taking care not to tear it unduly. Excitement was mounting.

Some thirty or forty pairs of eyes were focused on the large cardboard box. From the top, I lifted out brightly colored, knitted jerseys. Eyes sparkled as I gave them out. Then there were the knitted bandages for the leprosy patients, and the children looked a little bored.

Then came a box of mixed raisins and sultanas-that would make a batch of buns for the weekend. Then, as I put my hand in again, I felt the.....could it really be? I grasped it and pulled it out -- yes, a brand-new, rubber hot water bottle, I cried.

I had not asked God to send it; I had not truly believed that He could. Ruth was in the front row of, the children. She rushed forward, crying out, "If God has sent the bottle, He must have sent the dolly, too!"

Rummaging down to the bottom of the box, she pulled out the small, beautifully dressed dolly. Her eyes shone! She had never doubted. Looking up at me, she asked: "Can I go over with you, Mummy, and give this dolly to that little girl, so she'll know that Jesus really loves her?"

That parcel had been on the way for five whole months. Packed up by my former Sunday school class, whose leader had heard and obeyed God's prompting to send a hot water bottle, even to the equator. And one of the girls had put in a dolly for an African child-five months before -- in answer to the believing prayer of a ten-year-old to bring it "that afternoon."

[dutchess]

oh no Aqua...it's all yours....(I was just makingt a "point" to John about how much fun doing his thread is...especially with stuff like this coming down!) All my family comes in this week for our family Christmas Friday and Saturday...But I did bookmark lots of sites today with tons of pictures...You are going to have a blast with this one...What a glorious day!