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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....07-29 thru 07-31-05....T.G.I.F. at the Finest
Posted on 07/29/2005 7:25:17 AM PDT by Billie
A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day
Free Republic made its debut in September, 1996, and the forum was added in early 1997. Over 100,000 people have registered for posting privileges on Free Republic, and the forum is read daily by tens of thousands of concerned citizens and patriots from all around the country and the world.
A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day was introduced on June 24, 2002. It's only a small room in JimRob's house where we can get to know one another a little better; salute and support our military and our leaders; pray for those in need; and congratulate those deserving. We strive to keep our threads entertaining, fun, and pleasing to look at, and often have guest writers contribute an essay or a profile of another FReeper.
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~ Billie, Mama_Bear, Dutchess, Aquamarine, Dolly Cali ~
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Welcome to TGIF at the Finest! We hope you've been having as much fun as we have with our essays and/or spotlight on various FReepers. From the beginning, we've been kicking back on Saturdays and Sundays and simply reviewing the features of the week; our weekend threads now start on Friday and continue through Sunday. If you missed seeing any of this week's threads and want to say hello there now, just click on the link for that particular day. If you'd like to drop in and out of this thread today through Sunday, please feel free to do that also. One of us will try to be around to see the welcome mat is still out, put the coffee pot on, and maybe even bring fresh flowers for the table. : )
~ Billie, Mama_Bear, Dutchess, Aquamarine, Dolly Cali ~
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"Getting to Know You"
THIS WEEK'S THREADS
07-11-05 ~ Military Monday By Billie Presented by The Mayor
07-26-05 ~ I Have a Rant!!! By Billie
07-27-05 ~ I Have a Rant!! continued By Billie
07-28-05 ~ Beep-Beep! Wile E. Coyote Dems can't catch Rove-Runner By JohnHuang2 Presented by Dutchess
Have a wonderful weekend!
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06-28-05 ~ Hall of Fame #12
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Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' Every Thursday at the Finest
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"Wear Red" Friday
You will soon see a lot of people wearing Red on Fridays. Here's why..... The Americans, who support our troops, are the silent majority. We are not "organized" to reflect who we are, or to reflect what our opinions are. Many Americans, like yourself, and all their friends, simply want to recognize that Americans support our troops. Our idea of showing our solidarity and support for our troops is starting Friday and continuing on each and every Friday, until this is over, that every red-blooded American who supports our young men and women, WEAR SOMETHING RED.
Word of mouth, press, TV -- let's see if we can make the United States, on any given Friday, a sea of red much like a home football game at a University. If every one of our memberships share this with other acquaintances, fellow workers, friends, and neighbors, I guarantee that it will not be long before the USA will be covered in RED - and make our troops know there are many people thinking of their well-being. You will feel better all day Friday when you wear Red! So let's get the word out and lead by example; wear RED on Fridays.
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS! WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE, BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE. FOR US, THEIR BLOOD RUNS RED!! GOD BLESS AMERICA.
I received this in my email June 10th, the author is unknown. I am wearing red today and every Friday ~ Billie
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To: All; JustAmy; Victoria Delsoul; PreviouslyA-Lurker; OESY; NicknamedBob; Jen; Conspiracy Guy; ...
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Happy Cheesecake Day, Everyone!
Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake
1 1/2 Cups (18) Cream filled Cookies, crushed
2 Tbs. Margarine, Melted
32 oz Cream Cheese, Softened
1 1/4 Cup Sugar
3 large Eggs
1 Cup Sour Cream
1 tsp. Vanilla
6 oz Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips, melted
1/3 Cup Raspberry Preserves, Strained
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
Whipping Cream
Combine crumbs and margarine; press onto bottom of 9-inch spring form pan. In a large bowl, combine 24 ounces of cream cheese and sugar, blending with an electric mixer.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Blend in sour cream and vanilla. Pour mixture over crust. Combine remaining cream cheese and melted chocolate, blending well with mixer. Add Red Raspberry preserves; mix well. Drop dollops of chocolate cream cheese batter over plain cream cheese batter, do not swirl. Bake at 325 degrees F. for 1 hour and 25 minutes.
Loosen cake from pan and cool before removing.
Melt chocolate pieces. Dip a fork in the melted chocolate and go back and forth in a waving motion over cheesecake to make a line design. Chill.
Garnish with whipping cream and fresh raspberries.
Recipe found
here.
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posted on
07/30/2005 8:17:53 AM PDT
by
tuliptree76
(I'm sailing on the wide accountancy.)
To: Colonial Warrior
Ping to Cheesecake Day. :-)
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posted on
07/30/2005 8:19:54 AM PDT
by
tuliptree76
(I'm sailing on the wide accountancy.)
To: DollyCali
What a great story! Thanks for posting it.
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posted on
07/30/2005 10:35:35 AM PDT
by
international american
(Tagline now flameproof....purchased from "Conspiracy Guy Custom Taglines"LLC)
To: Billie; deadhead
Thank you both for your Compliments on the Table I Posted of our President Kissing the sweet Granny! Everyone at the Finest is so Kind and Loving, and I'm Sending Saturday Hugs to All as I Pad Through on little Kitty Feet.
(((((((Finest FRiends)))))))
To: Temple Owl
Hello Temple Owl, I had a good morning, shortly I will post a pic of what I have been working on..
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posted on
07/30/2005 11:55:22 AM PDT
by
The Mayor
( Pray as if everything depends on God; work as if everything depends on you.)
To: tuliptree76
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posted on
07/30/2005 11:55:39 AM PDT
by
The Mayor
( Pray as if everything depends on God; work as if everything depends on you.)
To: Victoria Delsoul; ST.LOUIE1; Aquamarine; Billie; dutchess; Mama_Bear; dansangel; deadhead; ...
Hi all, This is the project I have been working on..
![](http://www.rusthompson.com/workpics/Pytlik3.jpg)
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posted on
07/30/2005 12:46:36 PM PDT
by
The Mayor
( Pray as if everything depends on God; work as if everything depends on you.)
To: The Mayor; Aquamarine
Aquamarine can you work your magic with the music and find this for us?
From my email:
Soldier in Iraq Records Country-Music Hit
By CARYN ROUSSEAU, Associated Press Writer 45 minutes ago
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - His boots battered, his spirits sinking, Luke Stricklin struggled to explain his experiences in Iraq to his family and friends back home who kept asking him what it was like to fight in Baghdad.
"Time calling home was precious," the soldier said. "That's the last thing you wanted to talk about. Mom always said I wasn't telling her the truth, which I wasn't. I would tell her everything was just fine. Ashley, my wife, couldn't hear me talk about it. We just talked about anything else."
He couldn't speak the words. But he could sing them. He looked at the bottom of his boots one day. The boots he'd worn 12 hours a day for 14 months became the breakthrough. "Bottom of my boots sure are getting worn," the 22-year-old Arkansas National Guardsman wrote. "There's a lot of holes in this faded uniform. Hands are black with dirt and so is my face. Ain't ever been to hell, but it can't be any worse than this place." He kept on writing, entering lines on his laptop computer or jotting them down in a green waterproof Army-issue notebook he was required to carry while on patrols.
The song became "American by God's Amazing Grace," and by the time Stricklin came home from Iraq in March it was on country radio stations from Albuquerque, N.M., to Lima, Ohio, and Lexington, Neb., to Jackson, Tenn.
While writing the lyrics, Stricklin showed them to his Army buddy J.R. Shultz. The two worked out the music and decided to record the song. Stricklin grabbed his $25 guitar. which an Iraqi boy found for him at a Baghdad street market.
"You can't expect much being over there, but it was good enough. I played the heck out of that thing while I was over there," said Stricklin, who, on top of the money spent on the guitar, gave the boy a $25 tip for finding it.
The soldiers shut themselves in Shultz's room in a bombed-out concrete building at their Baghdad camp. They set up the laptop recording software and hooked up a cheap microphone.
"I sat on a five-gallon Igloo water cooler," Stricklin said. "We called them recording stools." With guitar on knee, Stricklin finished the song and e-mailed it home, writing, "Mom, listen to this." His mother, Sheila Harrington, said she was excited to see a note from her son, but didn't expect his creative response to her continuous questions.
"The song started playing and I literally broke down in tears," she said. "It all came together, the whole scenario of it for me."
Harrington quickly forwarded the e-mail onto friends and family, but she thought her son's song deserved a larger audience and she sent a copy to the local Fort Smith radio station. It prompted dozens of requests.
(Stricklin's song follows a rap album, "Live From Iraq," that a few Fort Hood soldiers wrote, recorded and produced while on a one-year deployment in Iraq.)
Upon his return from Iraq four months ago, Stricklin started playing local shows in Fort Smith and before long was on his way to Nashville, Tenn., where he recorded a studio version of the song and his self-titled debut album, due out in September. Before leaving for Iraq, Stricklin worked in an electric motor shop, but now he's trying for a full-time music career. Internet chatrooms buzz with talk of him as a rising country star and "American by God's Amazing Grace" has been released as a single. Stricklin has made appearances on national television and radio shows promoting it.
He hopes for a hit, but his mom is just happy for the lyrics. "I think I know them by heart," she said. "I carried the CD with me everyday and listened to it." ___ On the Net: http://www.lukestricklin.com
USATODAY.com
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posted on
07/30/2005 12:47:23 PM PDT
by
GailA
(Glory be to GOD and his only son Jesus.)
To: GailA
Hey Gail, thanks for a terrific post. I hope that young soldier becomes an antithesis to the Dixie Chicks.
To: Billie; Mama_Bear; Aquamarine; ST.LOUIE1; DollyCali; LadyX; The Mayor; dixie sass; GailA; ...
Good afternoon finest friends. Just got back from a delightful lunch with JustAmy, Mama_bear, Marrissa and DollyCali. As I type this amy, lori and Marrissa are probably taking off for the "left" coast.
Nan...sounds like you were a "marvelous" "hostess"!
JK...thanks for lending us your lovely wife!
Dolly, thanks for making the treck down. Was great to see you again (and also to meet Wheelbarrow and the adorable Oliver!)
Have a great rest of the weekend all!
To: The Mayor
YOU'RE HIRED!!!! ;o) That is going to be a wonderful addition to that home. You're good!
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posted on
07/30/2005 2:53:12 PM PDT
by
luvie
(God bless America and God bless and protect our troops!!)
To: scubachick; dutchess; DollyCali; WVNan; ST.LOUIE1
I probably left someone off the list and I am truly sorry that I did.
Thank you all for showing Mama_Bear, ScubaChick, JustAmy & Marissa a wonderful time! I understand that she has some stories to tell.
Nan . . . I am looking forward to seeing the photos that you took of her yesterday.
But . . . now it is time . . .
MAMA_BEAR COME HOME!!
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posted on
07/30/2005 3:22:09 PM PDT
by
jkphoto
(aka Mr. Mama_Bear)
To: tuliptree76; Kitty Mittens; deadhead; The Mayor; All
Greetings everybody. Just stopping by for a few to say hi.
Mmm mmm, that cheesecake looks delicious, Tulip. Thanks for the recipe - I should try it one of these days.
To: The Mayor
Howdy Mayor. Wow, I didn't know you knew construction. Good job.
To: dutchess
Thank you kindly for the update, dutchess. Sounds like you guys had a wonderful time.
To: dutchess
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posted on
07/30/2005 4:01:15 PM PDT
by
lonestar
(Me, too!--Weinie)
To: GailA
Would you believe that I saw Luke interviewed on a news show a few weeks ago and tried to go to his web-site that they mentioned at the end of the show. Only problem is I typed in Luke Strickland instead of Stricklin, now I understand why I couldn't access his web-site. lol
It's a great song.
I used the new web-site address that you gave and found a sample of the song American by God's Amazing Grace. He's very good, sounds like a new rising star.
To: dutchess; jkphoto
Can't wait to see the pictures.
Am happy for jkphoto that Mama Bear is coming home!!
To: jkphoto
MAMA_BEAR COME HOME!!LOL!
Lonesome, huh? : )
You'd better have the fridge stocked.
Hi, Jeff.
To: dutchess
Glad you enjoyed your lunch, ((((dutchess))))...
...thanks for the update about our girls. : )
Sure have missed 'em. : (
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