Video Tribute to President Ford

I hope you will take the time to view my video tribute to President Ford and feel free to forward, pass on, ping or e-mail either the personal website link or the youtube link to friends and family.

This is my first published video artwork and would love feedback, too.

1 posted on 12/31/2006 7:15:43 PM PST by Kate of Spice Island

To: Kate of Spice Island

BTTT, Kate.

It's superb!

Good idea posting a separate thread.

2 posted on 12/31/2006 7:20:03 PM PST by onyx (Phillip Rivers, LT and the San Diego Chargers! WOO-HOO!)

To: Kate of Spice Island

Excellent tribute, Kate.

Happy New Year!

3 posted on 12/31/2006 7:25:43 PM PST by jazusamo (http://warchronicle.com/TheyAreNotKillers/DefendOurMarines.htm)

4 posted on 12/31/2006 7:28:03 PM PST by Kate of Spice Island (Jawn Eff Qari - what a maroon!)

To: Kate of Spice Island

5 posted on 12/31/2006 7:30:07 PM PST by HipShot ("Remember the first rule of gunfighting... have a gun." --Colonel Jeff Cooper)

To: Kate of Spice Island

EXCELLENT ... BTTT!!!

6 posted on 12/31/2006 7:31:02 PM PST by Mo1 (the violence will stop when US politicians step up to the plate and act united for victory and peace)

To: Kate of Spice Island

Excellent job. Thank you for your tribute.

7 posted on 12/31/2006 7:32:44 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (When I was a kid, "global warming" was known as "the weather.")

To: Kate of Spice Island

Bump for later, thanks....JJ61

8 posted on 12/31/2006 7:41:22 PM PST by JerseyJohn61 (Better Late Than Never.......sometimes over lapping is worth the effort....)

To: Kate of Spice Island

I have had mixed feelings about him, and I learned things since his death that were leading me to believe that he was a better man than I thought, and that he was another one of those fortunate finds that America seems to stumble into when we are down and in trouble.

I loved your video and learned a lot from it, it is now your video which I will rely on for my memories of President Gerald Ford.

9 posted on 12/31/2006 7:44:39 PM PST by ansel12 (America, love it ,or at least give up your home citizenship before accepting ours too.)

To: Kate of Spice Island

Brought a tear to my eyes!

10 posted on 12/31/2006 7:50:33 PM PST by longhorn too

To: Kate of Spice Island

That is REALLY good!!!!

I've got tears...WHAT a wonderful man he was!!!

Kate, thank you...!

11 posted on 12/31/2006 8:02:43 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma (Get right with God....eternity is a long time.....)

To: Kate of Spice Island

Very nice! I've posted the YouTube link on another site where I post.

12 posted on 12/31/2006 8:48:11 PM PST by DesertDreamer ("I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves." - Ronald Reagan)

To: Kate of Spice Island

An absolutely BEAUTIFUL tribute to President Ford, Kate! And a wonderful gift for Mrs. Ford. Thank you so much for this work of devotion and for sharing it w/all of us too!

13 posted on 01/01/2007 5:52:05 AM PST by Carolinamom (Thank God that Mary and Joseph were not pro-choicers.)

To: Kate of Spice Island

Oh gosh Kate, the song you picked for that video tribute was indescribable. I've never heard it before. Wonderful job, bravo.

14 posted on 01/02/2007 11:44:45 AM PST by Fudd Fan (Liberal RATs will get us all killed.)

To: Kate of Spice Island

A great tribute to a great man.

15 posted on 01/02/2007 4:09:07 PM PST by exdem2000

To: Kate of Spice Island; LucyT; Rushmore Rocks

That was such a lovely tribute, thanks for posting it for us.

16 posted on 01/02/2007 4:15:12 PM PST by WestCoastGal (Winners Never Quit!!)

To: Kate of Spice Island

Bookmarking for when my husband gets the sound re-hooked on our computer.

17 posted on 01/02/2007 4:16:00 PM PST by Miss Marple

To: Kate of Spice Island

Bookmarking to watch when I get off work! :)

18 posted on 01/02/2007 4:21:57 PM PST by California74

There were some good times in Rancho Mirage......from a Canadian newspaper story......

Since Gerald Ford’s passing last week at age 93, much has been written about the 38th president’s connections to the Michigan Wolverines’ football program.

It also turns out that the former leader of the free world also had quite an in with — the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers?

In the 1980s, Ford was on the board of directors of a meat processing plant owned by then-Oilers owner Peter Pocklington.

In turn, Ford often entertained the entire Oiler squad at his California home.

FORTUNE OVERFLOWETH

Dave Hunter, then an Oiler forward, recalled being in the Ford home one night when a visit to the bathroom turned into his own version of water torture.

“The toilet overflowed, and there was water going all over everywhere,” recalled Hunter. “I’m in there, thinking, ‘Geez, there must be a plunger in here.’ And Coff (Hall of Fame defenseman Paul Coffey) starts knocking on the door, saying, ‘Hey, you coming out of there ... Mrs. Ford is coming down the hall!’ I don’t think I’ve ever been so embarrassed in my whole life.”

SEEING RED

The Fords and Oilers were at a restaurant one night when Oiler Esa Tikkanen, the playfully devious forward, plotted to slip under the table and apply a liberal coating of ketchup to the former President’s shoes.

“We had to restrain Tikk from doing anything so exceptionally stupid,” recalled Craig MacTavish, the former Bruin who is now the Oilers coach.

End newspaper story

What it doesn't mention is the whole team would play golf all day, then come to the President's house for hors d'oeuvres. They were the biggest guys anyone has ever seen in one place and they were all starving. People with the trays of canapes would have to try and dodge the same guys waiting at the kitchen door who would clean the tray in seconds...lol......the staff was playing catch me if you can and going around to another door to get food to everyone. Then they would all leave for dinner at Wally's Desert Turtle where the ketchup story took place.

God bless President Ford, thanks for the memories.

19 posted on 01/02/2007 4:23:18 PM PST by WestCoastGal (Winners Never Quit!!)

To: WestCoastGal; Kate of Spice Island

Thanks for the ping, WCG, and Kate, thank you for a lovely tribute to President Ford.

20 posted on 01/02/2007 4:27:09 PM PST by LucyT

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794