A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....03-22-04....Military Monday

Billie, The Mayor

[The Mayor]

A Few of FR's Finest
....Every Day

FR is a Treasure Trove of talented, compassionate, patriotic, wonderful people who gather every day to discuss the latest news and issues; salute and support our military and our leaders;  tell a few jokes;  learn a new word;  write poetry;  pray for those in need;  and congratulate those who are deserving. Thank you, Jim Robinson, for giving us the vehicle in which we can express ourselves.

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A Few of FR's Finest November 11, 2001

So many people have written me since my original Veteran's Day Tribute, asking how they, or a loved one, could be included in that tribute. Since I could no longer add the photos to the body of the thread, I had been including them in additional posts as I received enough to make another collage.

Still that didn't seem to be enough. I think there's never been a better nor more appropriate time to keep the faces of our own Veterans and Active Military in front of FReepers--every day! That's why I wanted to do yet another Daily Thread .....ABOUT FReepers .....and FOR FReepers. But not only about our Military FReepers; for all FReepers! Wouldn't it be nice to get to know a few of the other FReepers as well? That's why we've created a place for just that. This is a friendly room in JimRob's house where FReeper FRiends can gather every day and just say hello if that's all they want to do.

There's more of course. We sometimes feature different FReepers, with a little background information on who they are and what makes them who they are, along with a few photos you might not have seen on other threads; sometimes others write an essay for us to post as the feature for the day; sometimes our presentation is a human interest story found elsewhere that you might not have read; sometimes special holiday threads; but whatever the topic of the day, it is always with FR's Finest in mind and that is YOU!

If you would like to be featured, or would like to see someone else featured, please send me a private FR mail.

Every Monday we will post the photos of FR's Military Personnel that I have collected and put into groups; these will be available to view through a link the remainder of the week - every day just a click away. :)   If you would like to add a photo of yourself or a loved one in the military, past or present, please let me know; I will hold it until I have enough for a new group.

Thank you, and please have fun with us...every day! ~ Billie

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Thank You For Serving Our Country!

TOP: Logos, SwedeGirl's hubby, Neil E Wright, FallGuy, 1John, Sneakypete
MIDDLE:  T'wit, COB1, LadyX, Dick Bachert, 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
BOTTOM:  YankeeinSC, Delta21, JoeSixPack1

TOP:  Bosniajmc, AFVetGal, Archy, A Navy Vet
MIDDLE:  4TheFlag, Aeronaut, 68Grunt, Xinga
BOTTOM:  Codger, AAABest, Clinton's A Liar, Duke809, dcwusmc

TOP:  mc5cents, Norb2569, LBGA's son, VanJenerette
MIDDLE:  Jim Robinson, KJenerette, davidosborne, KG9Kid
BOTTOM:  gwmoore, Equality7-2521, SAMWolf

TOP:  porgygirl, Phil V., MudPuppy, NorCoGOP
MIDDLE:  RaceBannon, OneidaM, rdb3, jwTexian
BOTTOM:  USMC Vet, The Mayor, Vineyard, rhododogma

TOP:  g'nad, AgThorn's son Justin, SLB, AgThorn's son Brett.
MIDDLE:  fish70, razorback-bert, CheneyChick,Leroy S Mort, Mark17.
BOTTOM:  Terry's Take, Taxman, DinkyDau.

TOP:  ValerieUSA's son Grant, SK1Thurman, kd5cts, RangerVetNam,
dansangel and .45man's son-in-law Tony
BOTTOM:  rangerX, Old China Hand, Trish, Howlin's dad, Mustang

TOP: ohioWfan's son, MamaBear's father-in-law, MamaBear's dad, ladtx
MIDDLE:  The Mayor's niece, M.Kehoe, Beach_Babe's son-in-law
BOTTOM:  deadhead's dad, HiJinx, Severa's hubby, viligantcitizen's granddad.

TOP:  spectr17, RightOnline, SERE_Doc, Tet68.
MIDDLE:  FutureSnakeEater, RightOnline's wife, CIApilot, Clamper1797
BOTTOM:  usmcobra, onedoug, DiverDave, Joe6-pack

TOP:  Q6-God, Scan59, Mama Bear and JKPhoto's son, ofMagog.
MIDDLE:  Big'ol_freeper, JustAmy's great uncle, Prodigal Son.
BOTTOM:  JustAmy's husband, JustAmy's brother-in-law, JustAmy's brother.

TOP:  dakine's wife, MeeknMing's dad, Auntbee's nephew, MilitiaMan7, AlasBabylon.
BOTTOM:  Joe Brower, Temple Owl, Temple Owl's wife, dutchess' dad, Aomagrat.

TOP:  ladtx #2 son; DiverDave's twin Don; petuniasevan and husband
poorman; Mustard; ladtx #1 son;
BOTTOM:  AlamoGirl's brother Floyd; AG's dad; AG's brother Jim (inset);
WVNan's husband; ladtx' Aunt Eva.

TOP: Mo1's dad; BuffyT's Uncle (right, w/ her dad & grandmother); Armymarinemom's 3 sons.
MIDDLE: ru4Liberty's dad; SheLion's husband, MaineRebel; wirestripper.
BOTTOM: fivetoes; bigghurtt; hurricane; ladtx' dad; Pippin's brother.




                     

THE WEEKEND THREAD 02-19-20-21-04... Week in Review ^

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' The guy's good, folks!

Thanks, Mixer!

1) Click on the graphic to open the Calendar.
2) Once there you can click on any month and even click to the right to go into next year. Once you are in the month that you joined FR you will need to click on the number in the calendar and then an add item screen will come up.
3) In the next box enter your name in the "Calendar Text" field and then click on submit.
4) If any of the screens fail to load simply click on refresh in your browser and that will usually fix it.
5) If all else fails or simply if you want me to do this for you send me a FReepmail and I will gladly do it for you. ~Mixer

[Victoria Delsoul]

Bumpity bump!

[dixie sass]

I do so pledge!

[dixie sass]

Evening everyone! I'm tired!! What a great weekend!

[dixie sass]

You have to check this photo out! It's a MOAB! lol

[dixie sass]

prayers offered.

[dixie sass]

Glad that you had a wonderful weekend with your sister!

Dogwoods are budding here. The Redbuds and blooming. The pears are shedding and the pines, well, pines are turning the world yellow!!!!

Tired, today. Freepers were heard across the country Saturday.

Thank you for you service Cuzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

[Dubya]

AROUND THE WORLD U.S. Marines wound 2 in Haiti

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

040320-N-6213R-226 Pacific Ocean (Mar. 20, 2004) - A CH-46 Sea Knight assigned to the "Gunbearers" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron One One (HC-11) transfers ordnance to the flight deck of USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) during a vertical replenishment (VERTREP) at sea. Stennis spent over nine hours alongside the fast combat support ship USS Sacramento (AOE 1) transferring over 900 pallets of ordnance and supplies in preparation for an upcoming deployment in support of the ongoing Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Third Class Mark J. Rebilas. (RELEASED)

040320-N-6213R-444 Pacific Ocean (Mar. 20, 2004) - An Aviation Ordnanceman moves a pallet of BLU-111 500 lb. bombs through the hangar deck of USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) during a vertical replenishment (VERTREP) at sea with the fast combat support ship USS Sacramento (AOE 1). The BLU series bombs are an improved version of the older Mk. 82, 83, and 84 series bombs. BLU series bombs use a more stable explosive and are less sensitive to explosion. Stennis spent over nine hours alongside the replenishment oiler USS Sacramento (AOE 1) transferring over 900 pallets of ordnance and supplies in preparation for an upcoming deployment in support of the ongoing Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Third Class Mark J. Rebilas. (RELEASED)

[LadyX]

From children for children
AL ANWAR, Iraq -- Maj. Keith Pelquin hands out school
supplies to children here. The supplies were provided by a
school in Tampa, Fla., through fund-raising
events by the children.
Major Pelquin is assigned to the 332nd
Expeditionary Wing at Balad Air Base.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon II)

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. --
Capt. Brian Gross watches eagerly as his wife, Heather, tries to get
their youngest daughter, Abby, to say "daddy" to him for the first time.
Daughter Emma (right) tries to grab his attention at the same time.
Captain Gross, assigned to the 354th Fighter Squadron here,
returned from a four-month deployment to Iraq on March 16.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Lanie McNeal)

[LadyX]

I'm so glad you were able to go to Fayetteville, dixie!!

Hooray for THOSE WHO CARE about our military and the places they must go and tasks they must do to ensure we might stay safe in our homes here.

It is beyond my comprehension that liberals actually believe muttering or shouting "PEACE! PEACE!" achieves anything whatsoever against an enemy whose life focus is to do in the 'infidels' and have control of everyone.

They might just as well sit on a cliff and spit in the ocean, believing they can thus fill it to rise up to their feet . . .

[MEG33]

...AMERICA....HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE...

[Dubya]

Did You Know?

As you walk up the steps to the building which houses the U.S. Supreme Court you can see near the top of the building a row of the world's law givers and each one is facing one in the middle who is facing forward with a full frontal view - it is Moses and he is holding the Ten Commandments!

DID YOU KNOW?

As you enter the Supreme Court courtroom, the two huge oak doors have the Ten Commandments engraved on each lower portion of each door.

DID YOU KNOW?

As you sit inside the courtroom, you can see the wall, right above where the Supreme Court judges sit, a display of the Ten Commandments!

DID YOU KNOW?

There are Bible verses etched in stone all over the Federal Buildings and Monuments in Washington, D.C.

DID YOU KNOW?

James Madison, the fourth president, known as "The Father of Our Constitution" made the following statement "We have staked the whole of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God."

DID YOU KNOW?

Patrick Henry, that patriot and Founding Father of our country said, "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists but by Christians, not on religions but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ".

DID YOU KNOW?

Every session of Congress begins with a prayer by a paid preacher, whose salary has been paid by the taxpayer since 1777.

DID YOU KNOW?

Fifty-two of the 55 founders of the Constitution were members of the established orthodox churches in the colonies.

DID YOU KNOW?

Thomas Jefferson worried that the Courts would overstep their authority and instead of interpreting the law would begin making law....an oligarchy....the rule of few over many.

DID YOU KNOW?

The very first Supreme Court Justice, John Jay, said, "Americans should select and prefer Christians as their rulers."

How, then, have we gotten to the point that everything we have done for 220 years in this country is now suddenly wrong and unconstitutional?

Please forward this to everyone you can. Lets put it around the world and let the world see and remember what this country was built on.

Thank you!!

DUB & EVE

[The Mayor]

Hi Temple Owl, thanks for stopping by the Finest today !

[The Mayor]

Hi Billie, it's my Pleasure to post Military Monday !

[The Mayor]

Beautiful Graphic DD thanks. !

[The Mayor]

I'm posting a thread Wednesday that may make you all feel a little better about your extended winter. Stay tuned....

Are we goin to the Bahamas ?

[The Mayor]

That is a cool opic of the MOAB isn it ?

[The Mayor]

You always seem to post great shots of our Troops !

Thank You!

[The Mayor]

It is beyond my comprehension that liberals actually believe muttering or shouting "PEACE! PEACE!" achieves anything whatsoever against an enemy whose life focus is to do in the 'infidels' and have control of everyone.

They are the enemy within, they continue to undermine the Military, the President and our National Security. They go to rallies and scream PEACE, but yet they get arrested, leave trash all over the place and disrespect our Police.

Then of course we have Clarke (traitor) speaking out against Bush when he was the head of counter terrorism ? He should be hung up by his feet and whipped.

What in Gods name is happening to our beloved Country ? They take the first ammendment to the extremes and try to rip us apart!

[The Mayor]

AMEN MEG!