[WVNan]

Believe me, Kristinn, I know the frustration of trying to get people to do things. You announce, you advertise, you plead, you try to motivate, and in spite of all that people will find other things to do, and after the chore/event they will invariably turn up saying, "If I had known you were doing this I would have been there to help." Grrrrrrrr.

If there had been any possible way for me to be there, I would have been there. I was so hoping for Jim to have a large crowd. I'm happy about our FR rating as #2 conservative political website though. Thank you and all the Freepers who did the hard work. We appreciate you and love you. Eagles up!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"If there had been any possible way for me to be there, I would have been there. I was so hoping for Jim to have a large crowd. I'm happy about our FR rating as #2 conservative political website though. Thank you and all the Freepers who did the hard work. We appreciate you and love you. Eagles up!"

Why I was not in DC

I've volunteered and supported the US Coast Guard,
each and every week, without missing a single week since Oct 2001,
by actually training and doing their job on base,
including (but not limited to)
radio watch standing, updating crew training records
and commercial and recreational vessel exams. LINK for Coast Guard Auxiliary AUXDATA
Click on Flotilla 01 (next to Div 5)
for Member Activities & Hours
Dec 2005 : I now have 3000 volunteer hours of documented
Coast Guard Auxiliary service since Oct 2001 Dec 2005 : I'm Top Auxiliary (2005) CFVE (Commercial Fishing Vessel Examiner)
in # of exams AND hours in all of Dist 13 (OR, WA, MT, ID) U.S.C.G Auxiliary Fishing Vessel Safety Division
I am 1 of 150 CFVE's (Commercial Fishing Vessel Examiner)
trained and certified by the US Coast Guard
nationwide out of 36,208 Auxiliary members.
I am 1 of 8 CFVE's
out of 1,964 Auxiliary members in Dist 13 (WA, OR, ID, MT).