Posted on 09/01/2006 8:40:02 AM PDT by angcat
FRIDAY HAS ARRIVED
HAPPY LABOR DAY!
WTG, I have sent the info to everyone in my addy book and plan on sending a barrage to ABC myself.
They will not get away with this.
At my induction physical two doctors had me stand between them as they looked in my ears. They said, "OK, Navy."
I asked what that was about and was told that if they had seen each other, they would have said "Army."
Barkley is a big Lib who hasn't succumb to the severe symptoms of BDS.
I was surprised he acknowledged that Bush-bashing wouldn't get them as far as coming up with their own agenda and positive message.
"I hate being old"
The alternative isn't too great.
You're right, of course...I'm 57, though, and I used to think that was OLLLLD...Now, of course, it's just me...same little ol' me that thinks he can do everything. I'm getting my 4th doctor on retainer now (another specialist)...and sometimes I think everything "goes" all at once...Oh well...I need to stop that gruel crying too. But I am surprised that I'm 57...I never really expected to be here.
What a wonderful call from that soldier, he is representative of the finest this country has to offer.
I am so damn proud of the people that keep us safe and am rarely so emotionally moved by a talk show phone call.
Get bless all of the fine men and women of our armed forces. May the wind be always at their back, and may the sun shine warm upon their face.
Thank YOu!
YOu, never.
Never thought that 57 was old. The fifties are the new 30s, LL. Look at Rumsfeld! The guys pushing 80! He's more like my relatives. Unfortunately, I'm the runt of the litter, but it gives me encouragement.
57 is young, y'all!
Wow, what a great week of Rush. I feel born again in our fight against Lib, terror-supporting, appeasement types.
I had to catch up with the thread all week. I could not catch up. I am now printing some chapters of the book "Losing Bin Ladin" that is my enjoyment reading later tonight. Yanks are playing MN...............
Have a great Weekend!
Go Yanks
Go Bush
Go Yanks and Bush indeed.
If you don't mind me asking, how do you print a book off the web. I too would like to read that Miniter book.
I know...but the guy STANDS at his desk all day. If I did that, I'd be in the hospital. Still, once I can get rid of all these medical folks feeding me pills, I'll be better off..
It was a link and it was four free chapters. I shall get you the link. It is a tease though we may just as well break down and buy the book!
Sweeet, thanks ang. Have a great weekend!
"I work with a number of Marines, and I wanta see you come over here and tell 'em they're Navy! "
If it wasn't for the Navy, the Marines would simply be called the Army.
Are you trying to start a war?
New York Daily News - http://www.nydailynews.com
Major League Yankees lover
BY PETER KADUSHIN, BILL GALLO and LEO STANDORA
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Saturday, September 2nd, 2006
Helen Beller is truly a Yankees fan for the ages.
The great-great-grandma from Manhattan's upper West Side has been rootin' for the Bronx Bombers all her life, which began in 1903, the same year the Yanks were born as the Highlanders.
Last night she saw her first game at the stadium in more than a half-century - a treat provided by her grandson.
But then Beller got an unexpected treat, thanks to Yankee General Manager Brian Cashman.
She got to meet her favorite player, Derek Jeter, and for a moment she seemed less like a 103-year-old woman and more like a starstruck young fan.
"You're so goddamned handsome," she blurted out to the All-Star shortstop, as they posed for a photo.
Jeter looked around for help, then simply replied, "Thank you."
For a second pose, Beller put her arm around the grinning Jeter and whispered, "No one deserves to be that good looking."
On the way to the Bronx, Beller sheepishly showed off a pink T-shirt with Jeter's name on the back. She said she carried it for good luck.
"I like his behavior," she shrugged. "He's a gentleman."
The other Yankees? "Oh, they're all wonderful," she said, giving little hint at what was to follow.
"They mean well, but they're overpaid."
Beller said she used to go to Yankee games with her daughter, but stopped after her daughter died.
Her grandson, Donald Pitofsky, 49, a civil litigation lawyer, said Beller still watches every game broadcast on television.
"If I don't watch a particular game with her, she calls me after the last out and we talk about it. That goes for the West Coast games, too. She just stays up late."
At the stadium, Beller sat in a field level box on the first base side with Pitofsky; his wife, Mary Ann, and their son Lee, 15, one of Beller's three great-great-grandchildren.
What was her favorite Yankee moment?
Aaron Boone's 11th-inning homer against the Red Sox to win the 2003 American League pennant for the Yanks.
Later, Beller was asked why she didn't seem impressed by Babe Ruth, the legendary home run hero.
"Well," she explained, "Babe Ruth never knew me, but Derek Jeter does."
LOL!
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