A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....12-15,16,17-06....T.G.I.F. at the Finest

15 December 2006 | billie

[DollyCali]

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.

On Mondays please visit us to see photos of A FEW OF FR'S VETERANS AND ACTIVE MILITARY

If you have a suggestion, or an idea, or if there's a FReeper you would like to see featured, please drop one of us a note in FR mail.

We're having fun and hope you are!
~ Billie, Dutchess, Dolly Cali, GodBlessUSA, JustAmy ~

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, Dutchess, Dolly Cali, GodBlessUSA, JustAmy ~



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"Getting to Know You"

THIS WEEK'S THREADS


12-11-06 ~ Military Monday
By Billie
Presented by The Mayor

12-12-06 ~ Christmas Music
By God Bless USA

12-13-06 ~ Warm Fuzzy Wednesday
By Billie
Presented by Just Amy

12-14-06 ~ My Two Cents, JH2 ~
2006 Major events in Year that Almost Wasn’t
By JohnHuang2
Presented by Billie

Have a wonderful weekend!

10-01-06 ~ Hall of Fame #17

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' Every Thursday at the Finest The guy's good, folks!

"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

[JustAmy]

Good morning, Basheva.

Welcome to FReeRepublic and a Finest Welcome to the Finest.
Looking forward to some of your stories.

Have a Finest Friday and a Wondeful Weekend.

[JustAmy]

Beautiful reply, Meg.

[JustAmy]

Thank you .... I decided to check old folders this morning.

[Kitty Mittens]

Wearing Red in Support of our Troops! Thank you for the Thread, Dear Dolly, and Welcome to USMCWife6869 and Basheva! Finest Hugs to All.

Miss Kitty

[ConorMacNessa]

HAPPY FRIDAY TO THE FINEST!

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Wearing Red to support our troops on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan!

[Mama_Bear]

Welcome to our humble cyber-home at FreeRepublic! Happy to have you join us, Basheva.

And, Happy Hanukkah!

[Billie]

Don't forget to wear RED today!

[Billie]

Heyyyy! Nice Christmasy touch to the opening post!

[Billie]

Ohhhhhhh! I like this! The grey backgrounds are so classy with the red camellias!

[Billie]

Love your new hair style, Luvbo! :)

[La Enchiladita]

Shabbat Shalom and Happy Hannukah. Tonight is the happy night, right, that starts Hannukah...?

You will learn many things here, always.

[La Enchiladita]

Thank you everyone for the festive pings... TGIF.

For our Finest Troops and Supporters:

A Christmas Rose

Each December near my home
There blooms a CHristmas rose
Unharmed by snow or bitter cold
This lovely blossom grows

I know not why it does not die
When wintery breezes press
I only know a brighter world
Comes from its loveliness

A legend says that Christmas rose
Came that first Christmas day
So that a child might have a gift
Before her Lord to lay

May God's rich gifts be your today
His blessings fall anew
And whether skies be dark or fair
May roses bloom for you ...

[Mama_Bear]

Thanks for opening the doors today, Dolly. Have a great weekend.

I am wearing red for our troops. :-)

[Mama_Bear]

A Christmas Rose

Lovely sentiment. Thanks, dita. May roses always bloom for you as well. :-)

[Billie]

From USMCWife6869: "Just a quick question. this is my first foray into a FReeper's Finest thread. What sort of things do we post in here?"

From Basheva: "I very recently joined and am still learning how to navigate this site....forgive me....I'm a retired ballet dancer/teacher and computer stuff is another world far removed from barre and studio and stage.

I am also a writer - with a specialty in dance: critique/features/interviews. But I write lots of other things, too.

This site was sent to me by someone I sit next to at Torah Study every Saturday morning. There are a few of us conservatives at our Temple. I have two conservative bumper stickers on my car and it sits in silent acclamation of my beliefs in the Temple parking lot.

This evening at the Hanukah Sabbath Service, I shall indeed be wearing red. Red - in gratitude to our brave military and our wonderful country, without whom I personally would not be alive."

It's so nice to have both of you join us, both at Free Republic and here at The Finest! Thanks for checking us out, and hope you'll want to come by every day. We have sort of a regular routine here each week:

• Mondays we pay particular attention to our military (called Military Monday),
• Tusdays our threads are whatever the hostess chooses to feature,
• Wednesdays our regular threads are geared towards cute, sweet, warm, fuzzy stuff (Warm Fuzzy Wednesday),
• Thursdays are usually a satire by JohnHuang2 (John's Two Cents),
• weekend threads (T.G.I.F. at the Finest) are a hodge podge of whatever and whenever anyone wants to post!

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

Okay, I got my red on... ; )

[Billie]

A Christmas Rose....

Dita, that's such a beautiful poem. Wouldn't a rose blooming in the snow be a wondrous sight - you'd have to believe. Have a wonderful weekend - we'll probably be Christmasing all next week here at the Finest.

[Lady Jag]

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

[Billie]

Fabulous!

[La Enchiladita]

Watching the Farewell to Rumsfeld now ... POTUS is speaking.