A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....07-30 thru 08-01-04....T.G.I.F. at the Finest

Billie

[Billie]

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

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"Getting to Know You"

THIS WEEK'S THREADS


07-26-04 ~ Military Monday
By Billie
Presented by The Mayor

07-27-04 ~ Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow
By Billie

07-28-04 ~ Celebrate Living #7
By Dutchess

07-29-04 ~ I've got some really BREAKING NEWS --please read on
By JohnHuang2
Presented by Aquamarine

Have a wonderful weekend!

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[dixie sass]

I cracked up over that. The one thing that she remembers - and she's the brunette!!!

[dutchess]

I thought that you already had Rusty. Glad, though that he is making his way to you.

He "missed" his flight last week and we've been having trouble "coordinating" between the left coast and midwest. This really works well as we have the weekend to spend with him. Knock on wood all works out...we are heading up to northern Michigan next week to a family cottage...Giz loves to travel...hopefully Rusty will too :o)

[dutchess]

So how was Oshkosh???? Or were you working most of the time? Next lesson is Sunday. Have been "psyching" myself up "practicing" landing (in my head). Instructor will probably go back to having me do stalls, slow fights or 45 degree bank turns (I must admit those still send a little chill down my spine LOL!)

[Aeronaut]

Hi Dutchess. Just keep doing the banked turns untill you are comfortable. It will come.

Oshkosh was very busy as usual. I didn't get to see too much as it was kinda a working trip. I did get this shot of a C-5A and the FAA Administrator Marion Blakey.

[Kitty Mittens]

Thank You, O God! The little I've seen of the Demonrat Convention, it was a continual stream of filthy Lies! If Kerry's nose could grow every time he lied, he'd be pushing it around in front of him in a wheel barrow! I never thought I would loathe anyone as much as the Clintoon, the Hildabeast, and Albert Arnold Gore! But Kerry is just as wicked as that Terrible Threesome!

[Kitty Mittens]

ROFLOL!! I hadn't seen that yet! It's great!

[deadhead]

ROTFLOL, very funny thread. Thanks for the heads up, Aqua :-)
Had to bring this graphic over here to share....
LOL, so funny, OESY! Hope you don't mind that I snatched your graphic

"Leave no hamster behind"

[deadhead]

Great, dutchess! So happy that Rusty is on his way to you. Can't wait for photos!! Here are some goodies for Giz and Rusty.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Distribute this link to everybody who wonders
about President Bush
and his service during Vietnam.

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/history/q0185.shtml

ALONG with this

DD 214 shows 17 Feb 72 terminal date of Reserve Obligation for John Kerry

http://www.johnkerry.com/pdf/jkmilservice/DD214.pdf

Kerry's anti war activities were doing this period!

What is Senator John Kerry's relationship to VVAW?

http://www.vvaw.org/faq/#4

Since Vietnam Veterans Against the War's inception in 1967, tens of thousands of vets, GIs and supporters have participated in and supported the actions of VVAW. One of those members in the early 1970s was John Kerry. Kerry was appointed to the VVAW Executive Committee to assist in preparing Dewey Canyon III, VVAW's limited incursion into the land of Congress in 1971 (Nicosia, 98-99). Kerry made his greatest contribution to the anti-war movement and to VVAW in his speech to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on April 23, 1971 (Brinkley, 371-373: Hunt, 109-110; Nicosia, 136-138; Wells, 495).

Content of the speech is found at:

http://lists.village.virginia.edu/sixties/HTML_docs/Resources/Primary/Manifestos/VVAW_Kerry_Senate.html.

By 1972, John Kerry had moved on from VVAW (Brinkley, 406: Hunt, 127-128; Nicosia, 211).

He was not one of the original founding members of VVAW in 1967.

[Pippin]

LOL

Hi,(((DH)))

Please disregard the Freepmail message as I hit the wrong button and meant it ti be posted here

What I said there is the same as above.

[deadhead]

LOL, I have done the same thing in the past. I answered your freepmail anyway :-)

[deadhead]

Thanks for the post, Tonkin. I am doing my best spreading the word to friends and family via email.

[Pippin]

I never had any doubts about President Bush's military record.

Now Kerry is a different story!

[Pippin]

LOL!

Thanks! :-)

[The Mayor]

July 30, 2004

Keep At It!

Read: Isaiah 55:6-13

My word . . . shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please. —Isaiah 55:11

Bible In One Year: Psalms 51-53; Romans 2

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They know Tom Dotson pretty well in the prisons of Michigan. They ought to. He spent more than a decade behind bars.

Tom gave his testimony at the annual banquet for prison chaplains in Muskegon, Michigan. He said he had grown up in a Christian home but had rebelled and rejected the gospel. His wife, who sang at the banquet, stayed with him in spite of his repeated failures. A prison chaplain faithfully worked with him, Tom genuinely surrendered to Jesus Christ, and his life was changed.

Dotson urged Christian workers,“Continue on in your ministry with people like me, no matter how frustrating. We may have lots of setbacks. But don’t give up. There’s power for change in even the most frustrating person through the sacrifice of Christ, the One who really sets us free.”Then, looking right at the chaplain who had patiently witnessed to him, Tom said tenderly,“ Thank you for not giving up on me."

God will “abundantly pardon”all who come to Him (Isaiah 55:7). His powerful Word can bring change (v.11), freeing men and women from the prison of sin (John 8:32).

Are you about to give up on someone you think will never change? Don’t! Keep at it! —Dave Egner

Be not weary in well-doing,
Though your labors cause you pain—
There could never be a harvest
Without sowing of the grain. —Anon.


Instead of giving up on a person, give that person to God.

[dixie sass]

Watch Edwards tongue.

Love to have one of those dolls.

[dixie sass]

I'm sure that Rusty will enjoy being with y'all and the Gizer!!

[Kitty Mittens]

LOL!! Thank's for posting that hilarious picture, Deadhead!! I haven't seen it before! ROFLOL!!

[Lakeside]

Good Saturday morning Billie and everyone!

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

040729-N-0000X-001 Point Mugu, Calif. (July 29, 2004) - An Arrow anti-ballistic missile is launched as part of the on going United States/Israel Arrow System Improvement Program (ASIP). The missile successfully intercepted a short-range target during tests at the Point Mugu Sea Range in Calif. This was the twelfth Arrow intercept test and the seventh test of the complete Arrow system. The objective of the test was to demonstrate the Arrow system’s improved performance against a target that represents a threat to Israel. The test represented a realistic scenario that could not have been tested in Israel due to test-field safety restrictions. U.S. Navy photo (RELEASED)

040729-N-6939M-008 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (July 29, 2004) - The facility where the Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRT) will take place for detained enemy combatants. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Christopher Mobley (RELEASED)

OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN (AFPN) -- One of two pararescuemen from 38th Rescue Squadron at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., follows an inflatable boat out the back of an HC-130 during a rescue mission 350 miles northeast of the Caribbean island of St. Maarten on July 23. They provided medical support to a Chinese fisherman who sustained a life-threatening chest injury the day before.