[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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I ask that no Airman, Coast Guardsman,
Marine, Sailor, Soldier or National Guardsman
Feel alone or forgotten.
Please guide the people of Free Republic to
The FR Canteen Post Office
So they can e-mail a service man or woman today.
AMEN

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

To every service man or woman reading this thread.
Thank You for your service to our country.
No matter where you are stationed,
No matter what your job description
Know that we are are proud of each and everyone of you.

To our military readers, we remain steadfast in keeping the Canteen doors open.
The FR Canteen is Free Republics longest running daily thread specifically designed
to provide entertainment and morale support for the military.
The doors have been open since Oct 7 2001,
the day of the start of the war in Afghanistan.
We are indebted to you for your sacrifices for our Freedom.

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[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, they're fighting for our Freedom.

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Prayers going up.

[The Mayor]

January 29, 2006

The Greatness Of Gratitude

Read:
Luke 17:11-19

One of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God. —Luke 17:15

Bible In One Year: Exodus 21-22; Matthew 19

Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem when ten lepers approached Him. Standing at a distance, as lepers were required to do, they called to Him: "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" (Luke 17:13).

When Jesus saw them, He commanded, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." And as they journeyed, they were healed.

One of them, when he saw that he was healed, came back, threw himself at Jesus' feet, and thanked Him. "Where are the nine?" Jesus asked. Good question.

Jesus referred to the grateful man as a Samaritan—an outsider—perhaps to underscore His saying that "the sons of this world are more shrewd . . . than the sons of light" (16:8). The word translated "shrewd" means "thoughtful." Sometimes people of the world have better manners than Jesus' followers do.

In the busyness of life, we may forget to give thanks. Someone has done something for us—given a gift, performed a task, delivered a timely sermon, provided a word of counsel or comfort. But we fail to say thanks.

Has someone done something for you this week? Give that friend a call or send a thank-you note. After all, "Love has good manners" (1 Corinthians 13:5 Phillips). —David Roper

We thank You, Lord, for blessings
You give us on our way;
May we for these be grateful,
And praise You every day. —Roworth

We don't need more to be thankful for—we just need to be more thankful.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
How Can I Be Filled With The Spirit?

[doug from upland]

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[mdittmar]

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[StarCMC]

Thank you for today's chapel Mr. Tonkin.

[Valin]

On This Day In History


Birthdates which occurred on January 29:
1688 Emanuel Swedenborg Sweden, religious leader (Angelic Wisdom)
1700 Daniel Bernoulli Basel Switzerland, mathematician (10 time French award)
1711 Giuseppe Bonno composer
1717 Jeffrey Amherst English Governor-General of America/field marshal

1737 Thomas Paine political essayist (Common Sense, Age of Reason)

1756 Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee (Republican/Governor-VA)/General/cavalryman
1761 Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin Switzerland, US minister of Finance (1801-14)
1810 Earnest E Kummer German mathematician
1821 Isaac Ferdinand Quinby Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1823 Franklin Gardner Major-General (Civil War-fought at Shiloh & Port Hudson)
1836 Benjamin Franklin Potts Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1887
1836 James Meech Warner Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
1843 William McKinley Niles OH, (R) 25th President (1897-1901)
1850 Lawrence Hargrave inventor (box kite)
1860 Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Tagarov Russia, playwright (Cherry Orchard)
1874 John David Rockefeller Jr Cleveland OH, philanthropist
1878 Barney Oldfield Ohio, daredevil
1880 W C Fields [William Claude Dukenfield] Philadelphia PA, actor (My Little Chickadee, Bank Dick)
1901 Allen B DuMont inventor (perfected commercial practical cathode ray tube)
1912 Professor Irwin Corey Brooklyn NY, comedian (Car Wash, Doc)
1913 Victor Mature Louisville KY, actor (One Million BC, The Robe, Samson & Delilah)
1918 John Forsythe New Jersey, actor (Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty)
1923 Paddy Chayevsky [Sydney], US, dramatist (Marty, Hospital)
1929 William McMillan US, rapid pistol (Olympics-gold-1960)
1939 Germaine Greer Melbourne Australia, feminist/author (Female Eunuch)
1942 Katharine Ross Hollywood CA, actress (Graduate)
1945 Tom Selleck Detroit MI, actor (Lance-Rockford Files, Magnum PI)
1952 Tommy Ramone [Thomas Erdelyi], Budapest Hungary, rock drummer/bassist [Ramones-Rock & Roll High School)
1954 Oprah Winfrey Kosciusko MI, actress/TV host (Color Purple, Oprah)
1959 Paul McGann actor (Dr Who)

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Deaths which occurred on January 29:
1559 Sir Thomas Pope English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52
1696 Ivan V co-tsar of Russia (1682-89), dies
1820 George III king of Great-Britain (1760-1820), dies at 81
1837 Aleksandr Pushkin poet/novelist/dramatist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel
1956 H L Mencken US essayist/critic/satirist (Smart Set), dies in Baltimore MD at 75
1963 Robert Lee Frost US poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88
1964 Alan Ladd actor (Shane), dies at 50 in Palm Springs CA
1970 Basil H Liddell Hart English military historian, dies at 74
1977 Freddie Prinze comedian/actor (Chico & the Man), shoots himself at 22
1986 Leif Erickson actor (John-High Chaparral), dies at 74
1992 Willie Dixon blues composer (I'm a Man, Backdoor Man, Spoonful, Little Red Rooster....), dies at 76
1994 Nick Cravat midget (Gremlin-Twilight Zone), dies of lung cancer at 81
2003 Frank Moss (b.1911), liberal Utah Democratic Senator

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Take A Moment To Remember
GWOT Casualties

Iraq
29-Jan-2004 2 | US: 2 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Private 1st Class Luis A. Moreno Lakenheath Treatment Facility Hostile - hostile fire - sniper fire
US Staff Sergeant Sean G. Landrus Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

29-Jan-2005 4 | US: 4 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Civilian Barbara Heald Baghdad (U.S. embassy compound) Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack
US Lieutenant Commander Edward E. Jack USS Bonhomme Richard Non-hostile - unspecified cause
US Lieutenant Commander Keith Edward Taylor Baghdad (U.S. embassy compound) Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack
US Sergeant Lindsey T. James Baghdad (western part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack



Afghanistan
01/29/04 Gilman, Benjamin L. Sergeant 28 US U.S. Army 41st Engineer Battalion, 10th Mountain Division Non-Hostile - Ordnance explosion Ghazni (W of) Meriden Connecticut
01/29/04 Seitsinger, Danton K. Sergeant 29 US U.S. Army Reserve 486th Civil Affairs Battalion Non-Hostile - Ordnance explosion Ghazni (W of) Oklahoma City Oklahoma
01/29/04 Scott, Justin A. Specialist 22 US U.S. Army 2nd Bat., 87th Infantry Reg., 10th Mountain Div. Non-Hostile - Ordnance explosion Ghazni (W of) Bellevue Kentucky
01/29/04 Mowris, James D. Staff Sergeant 37 US U.S. Army Reserve 805th Military Police Company Non-Hostile - Ordnance explosion Ghazni (W of) Aurora Missouri
01/29/04 Mancini, Curtis Sergeant 1st Class 43 US U.S. Army Reserve 486th Civil Affairs Battalion Non-Hostile - Ordnance explosion Ghazni (W of) Fort Lauderdale Florida
01/29/04 Kinser, Adam G. Specialist 21 US U.S. Army Reserve 304th Psychological Operations Company Non-Hostile - Ordnance explosion Ghazni (W of) Sacramento California
01/29/04 Cook, Robert J. Specialist 24 US U.S. Army 2nd Bat., 87th Infantry Reg., 10th Mountain Div. Non-Hostile - Ordnance explosion Ghazni (W of) Sun Prairie Wisconsin
01/29/04 Clemens, Shawn M. Staff Sergeant 28 US U.S. Army 2nd Bat., 87th Infantry Reg., 10th Mountain Div. Non-Hostile - Ordnance explosion Ghazni (W of) Allegany New York



http://icasualties.org/oif/
Data research by Pat Kneisler
Designed and maintained by Michael White
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http://soldiersangels.org/heroes/index.php

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On this day...
1523 Sermon of Constanz Zwingli defends 67 Schlussreden
1574 Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet
1676 Fjodor Aleksejevitsj becomes czar of Russia
1802 John Beckley of Virginia appointed 1st Librarian of Congress
1834 President Jackson orders 1st use of US troops to suppress a labor dispute
1845 Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" 1st published (New York City NY)
1850 Henry Clay introduces a comprise bill on slavery to US Senate
1856 Victoria Cross established to acknowledge bravery
1860 American College established in Rome by Pope Pius IX
1861 Kansas becomes 34th state
1863 Battle at Bear River WA US Army vs Indians
1864 Battle of Moorefield WV (Rosser's Raid)
1879 Custer Battlefield National Monument, Montana established
1886 1st successful gasoline-driven car patented, Karl Benz, Karlsruhe
1900 American League organized in Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee & Minneapolis
1900 Boers under Joubert beat English at Spionkop Natal, 2,000 killed
1912 Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence MA
1916 1st bombings of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place
1919 Secretary of state proclaims the 18th amendment (prohibition)
1920 Walt Disney starts 1st job as an artist; $40 week with Kansas City Slide Co
1924 Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland
1929 Seeing Eye Guide Dog Organization forms
1942 German & Italian troops occupy Benghazi
1942 Peru & Ecuador sign Protocol of Rio (boundary determination)
1944 285 German bombers attack London
1948 Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, & Phillies $500 each for signing high school players
1949 Britain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand & Switzerland recognize Israel
1951 Liz Taylor's 1st divorce (Conrad Hilton Jr)
1953 1st movie in Cinemascope (The Robe) premieres
1958 Murderer, Charles Starkweather, captured by police in Wyoming
1958 Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward wed
1959 Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" released
1963 Jim Thorpe, Red Grange & George Halas elected to football hall of fame
1964 Most lopsided high-school basketball score-211-29 (Louisiana)
1964 Stanley Kubrick's"Dr Strangelove" premieres
1967 Branch Rickey & Lloyd Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1969 Jimi Hendrix & Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars
1979 President Carter commuted Patricia Hearst's 7 year sentence to 2 years
1980 6 Iranian held US hostages escape with help of the Canadians
1984 President Reagan formally announces he will seek a 2nd term
1987 William J Casey, ends term as 13th director of CIA
1991 Battle for Khafji in Saudi Arabia (begins)
2003 Iraq responded to chief inspector Hans Blix's tough assessment of its disarmament, accusing him of misrepresenting its record of compliance, offering some new information and pledging continued cooperation.
2003 Britain, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain, signed an open letter calling on the peace camp, implicitly Germany, France and Russia, to rally to the U.S. standard against Iraq.
2004 Israel released more than 420 prisoners in a long-awaited swap with the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah in exchange for an Israeli businessman and the bodies of three Israeli soldiers.

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Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
New Zealand : Auckland Provincial Anniversary
Kansas : Admission Day/Kansas Day (1861)
National Puzzle Day
National Cornchip Day
US : Think Hawaii Day
National Be On-Purpose Month

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Religious Observances
old Roman Catholic : St Francis of Sales, bishop of Geneva, doctor

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Religious History
993 St. Ulrich, who lived c.890-973, and was Bishop of Augsburg from 923, was canonized at a Lateran Synod. With this action by Pope John XV, St. Ulrich became the first individual in Roman Catholic history formally elevated to sainthood.
1499 Birth of Katherine von Bora, the former German nun who became Martin Luther's wife in 1525 when he was 41 and she 26. During their 21-year marriage, Katie bore Martin 3 sons and 3 daughters. Her death in 1552 followed six years after her husband's in 1546.
1780 Pioneer American Methodist bishop Francis Asbury wrote in his journal: 'My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed.'
1921 The Congregational Holiness Church was formally organized, following a split the previous year with the Pentecostal Holiness Church. Headquartered today in Griffin, GA, most CHC churches are located in the Southeast US.
1967 Pope Paul VI and Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny conferred at the Vatican in the first meeting in history between a Roman Catholic pontiff and the head of a Communist state.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

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Thought for the day :
"Consistency is the paste jewel that only cheap men cherish."
William Allen White

[trussell]

One Flaw In Women

By the time the Lord made woman,
He was into his sixth day of working overtime.
An angel appeared and said,
"Why are you spending so much time on this one?"
And the Lord answered, "Have you seen my spec sheet
on her?
She has to be completely washable, but not plastic,
have over 200 movable parts, all replaceable
and able to run on diet coke and leftovers,
have a lap that can hold four children at one time,
have a kiss that can cure anything from a scraped
knee to a broken heart -and she will do everything
with only two hands."

The angel was astounded at the requirements.
"Only two hands!? No way!
And that's just on the standard model?
That's too much work for one day.
Wait until tomorrow to finish."

But I won't," the Lord protested.
"I am so close to finishing this creation that is so
close to my own heart.
She already heals herself when she is sick
AND can work 18 hour days."

The angel moved closer and touched the woman.
"But you have made her so soft, Lord."

"She is soft," the Lord agreed,
"but I have also made her tough.
You have no idea what she can endure or accomplish."

"Will she be able to think?", asked the angel.

The Lord replied,
"Not only will she be able to think,
she will be able to reason and negotiate.."

The angel then noticed something,
and reaching out, touched the woman's cheek.
"Oops, it looks like you have a leak in this model.
I told you that you were trying to put too much into
this one."

"That's not a leak,"
the Lord corrected,
"that's a tear!"
"What's the tear for?" the angel asked.

The Lord said, "The tear is her way of expressing
her joy,
her sorrow, her pain, her disappointment, her love,
her loneliness, her grief and her pride."
The angel was impressed.
"You are a genius, Lord.
You thought of everything!
Woman is truly amazing."

And she is!
Women have strengths that amaze men.
They bear hardships and they carry burdens,
but they hold happiness,
love and joy.
They smile when they want to scream.
They sing when they want to cry.
They cry when they are happy
and laugh when they are nervous.
They fight for what they believe in.
They stand up to injustice
They don't take "no" for an answer
when they believe there is a better solution.
They go without so their family can have.
They go to the doctor with a frightened friend.
They love unconditionally.
They cry when their children excel
and cheer when their friends get awards.
They are happy when they hear about
a birth or a wedding.
Their hearts break when a friend dies.
They grieve at the loss of a family member,
yet they are strong when they think there is no
strength left.
They know that a hug and a kiss
can heal a broken heart.
Women come in all shapes, sizes and colors.
They'll drive, fly, walk, run or e-mail you
to show how much they care about you.
The heart of a woman is what makes the world keep
turning.
They bring joy, hope and love.
They have compassion and ideals.
They give moral support to their family and friends.
Women have vital things to say and everything to
give.
HOWEVER, IF THERE IS ONE FLAW IN WOMEN,
IT IS THAT THEY FORGET THEIR WORTH.

[Radix]

Another FReeper shared this with me.

 

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/0129lynch.html

 

Ga. unit that rescued Jessica Lynch honored

 

 

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published on: 01/28/06

SAVANNAH — The Army has awarded its third-highest unit citation to the special operations unit that participated in the high-profile rescue of former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch.

The 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, based in Savannah, Ga., received the Valorous Unit Award during a Friday ceremony at Hunter Army Airfield.

"Being a special operator, a Ranger, is not a job. It's who you are," said special operations commander Lt. Gen. Robert W. Wagner.

The battalion helped rescue Lynch from an Iraqi hospital during a nighttime raid and dug up the bodies of eight soldiers who had been killed in fighting with Lynch's unit.

A convoy from Lynch's company took a wrong turn and was attacked in the Iraqi town of Nasiriyah in March 2003. Eleven American soldiers were killed and six were captured, including Lynch. She suffered two spinal fractures, nerve damage and a shattered right arm, right foot and left leg when her Humvee crashed during the battle.

More than 50 individual awards were also presented to Rangers, including a Bronze Star for valor and 40 Bronze Star medals for service. In addition, the Army awarded five Commendation medals and eight Purple Hearts.

In August, Lynch started classes at West Virginia University, one of several universities that offered her a scholarship so she could achieve her dream of becoming a kindergarten teacher.

The battalion recently returned from a three-month split deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan.

[darkwing104]

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[trussell]

 

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