A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....01-16-04...The Holy Grail of the Marine

Billie

[MeekOneGOP]

Hey, I told ya'll the little woman and me went to the Sixth Floor this last Wednesday? (The Sixth Floor is the old Dallas School Book Depository that Oswald fired the fatal shots at Kennedy from. It's a museum now).

Well, I took 2 pics of my wife in front of it. One of them turned out not too bad, but not a real good pic of her.

Here it is, anyway ! ...

[Mama_Bear]

In keeping with the theme today, I found this on the website where the Chesty image is linked....

Are Marines 'extremists'?

Dr. Daniel W. Polland, a former Corpsman in the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines and now a physician in Colorado said this at a recent gathering of veterans:

"O Lord, we have long known that prayer should include confession. Therefore on behalf of the Marines... I confess their sins:

• Lord, they're just not in step with today's society;
• They are unreasonable in clinging to old-fashioned ideas like patriotism, duty, honor, and country;
• They hold radical ideas believing that they are their brother's keeper and responsible for the Marine on their flank;
• They have been seen standing when colors pass, singing the National Anthem at ball games, and drinking toasts to fallen comrades;
• Not only that, they have been observed standing tall, taking charge and wearing their hair unfashionably short;
• They have taken John Kennedy's words too seriously and are overly concerned with what they can do for their country instead of what this country can do for them;
• They take the Pledge of Allegiance to heart and believe that their oath is to be honored;
• Forgive them, Lord, for being stubborn men and women who hold fast to such old-fashioned values;
• After all, what more can you expect? They're Marines!

click below for more...

Extreme Marines

[LadyX]

Thank you for posting that, Lori!

It is true, of course....all true...

As it is said, we are rotten to the Corps..um...core...real Patriots...standin' tall, and all that stuff...:))

[LadyX]

We do hope you - an Army guy - will *allow* your Jul to participate on this thread.

Folks, he once posted an article about her, when she and her twin sister enlisted in the Marine Corps together!

[Billie]

Oh, Maggie, that is the cutest 'card'! Yeah, wolfie - I order you to do that too! (Report back to health immediately!)

[Billie]

:)

He may be very good at eating, but on him, it doesn't show!

[Billie]

Thanks for that very sincere post of appreciation and thanks to all our military!

[Billie]

Dixieeeeeeeeeeee......tell us your back is okay! (but we hope you 'mean' it if you say so!)

[Billie]

Your post was so sweet it would embarrass me to repost it. Let me just say I uv-lay oo-yay cause you say the nicest things.

[Billie]

Thank you, Johnny Mac. I'm always ready to get to your post - especially when T Man beats you here. :)

[MudPuppy]

I love that Extreme website. So true.
Semper Fi BUMP!

[Billie]

Hi, Pippin - thank you for your sweet words. The poem does kinda get to you, doesn't it.

[Pippin]

((((BILLIE)))!

How's your wrist?

Is it on the mend?

[Billie]

Have you noticed our FR Calendar at the end of every thread? There are many FReepers' anniversaries listed there - you could add yours id you like. I've gotten very lax in checking the calendar - something we used to do regularly and even post an anniversary wish on the threads when we noticed it was their day.

[cyborg]

enjoying the birthday festivities while reading the calendar

[Billie]

Afternoon, Dubya - you served with Chesty Puller?! You should tell us some stories about it sometime. He's quite the legend. :)

[Billie]

It's all in the wrist, dear (((skinny dood))))) :-)

Et tu?! LOL!

[Billie]

Billie, I sure don't remember seeing this posted before.

It didn't look like this before. LOL! (only the inside looks the same - I really didn't change the text or the pics.) I did make prettier backgrounds this time....and the heading. :)

[Billie]

I think that's a pretty picture of Ying!

[Diver Dave]

Rumor has it, Billie, that when a certain Naval Diver was Freeping in California, he substituted *This Sign* for his Free Republic one!

Did Not!!! Didn't Didn't Didn't.
If I could figure out how to reduce the byte size of a photo of a Dec. FReep, I'd show ya you're wrong. :0)

Well... partially wrong. I do enjoy eatin'. :0)