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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....02-20-07....President's Day
Posted on 02/19/2007 8:53:25 PM PST by GodBlessUSA
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, DollyCali, GodBlessUSA, Aquamarine~
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George Washington was born on Feb. 11, 1731, according to the Julian calendar. In 1752, however, Britain and her colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar, jumping ahead 11 days and making January the first month of the year instead of March. According to this calendar, Washington's birthday occurred on Feb. 22, 1732. The federal holiday was celebrated on Feb. 22 until 1971, when it was moved to the third Monday in February.
*George Washington's was the shortest inaugural address at 135 words. (1793)
* Washington's favorite sports were fishing and fox hunting.
* George Washington left no direct descendant. Though his wife Martha had four children by a previous marriage., Washington never sired a child to continue his line.
* Washington refused to wear a powdered wig, which was high fashion in the late 1700s. Instead, he powdered his red-brown hair and tied it in a short braid down his back.
* The nation's capital was located in Philadelphia during Washington's administration making him the only president who didn't live in Washington, D.C. during his presidency. 
*Abraham Lincoln was the first to include African-Americans in his parade. (1865)
*Lincoln was the tallest president. He was 6 feet and four inches tall.
*He was the first president to be photographed at his inauguration. John Wilkes Booth (his assassin) can be seen standing close to Lincoln in the picture.
*Abraham Lincoln grew his beard out of the suggestion of an 11 year old girl.
*Lincoln was shot on Good Friday.
*Ronald Reagan's second inaugural had to compete with Super Bowl Sunday. (1985)
*Reagan was the oldest president in history. He was 69 upon his inauguration, and 77 when he left office.
*Reagan saved 77 people when he worked as a lifeguard.
*Reagan's favorite sport was horseback riding.
*Sales of jelly beans skyrocketed when Reagan told reporters that he liked them.
*He broke his thighbone in six different places when he slid into first base at a celebrity baseball game.
*President Reagan is GodBlessUSA's Hero ;)
Tribute President Ronald Reagan
President Reagan Tribute ~ Youtube
*In the 2004 election, a record voter turnout gave Bush more popular votes than any other presidential candidate in U.S. History
*He flew an F-102 fighter plane in the Texas National Guard.
*Bush was the first Texas governor to be elected to two consecutive four year terms
*George W. Bush is the second President who was a son of the President; John Q. Adams was the first.
George W. Bush: This is one of these disasters that will test our soul and test our spirit, but we're going to show the world once again that not only can we survive but we will be stronger and better for it. This is just the beginning of a huge effort.
 
     
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: freepers; fun; military; patriotic
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To: beachn4fun
Ms. Piggy for Queen La Dita luvs it!! Sorry I missed you, Ms. Beachy!!!
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posted on
02/20/2007 2:51:40 PM PST
by
La Enchiladita
(Hunter/Poe 2008 "Once again, our government is on the wrong side of the border war")
To: The Mayor
Good Evening The Mayor.
I love all the Bush photos. I went to the link also.
Glad to see your press release. Such an abuse of funds from the transportation department. Thank you for working hard on putting a stop to this abuse of NYer's money.
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posted on
02/20/2007 3:01:34 PM PST
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You!. It Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: Lady Jag; MEG33
I absolutely love seeing Bush at Mount Rushmore. Awesome photos!
83
posted on
02/20/2007 3:02:17 PM PST
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You!. It Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: dutchess
Good evening Dutchess.
Thank you! LOL :)
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posted on
02/20/2007 3:06:05 PM PST
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You!. It Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: beachn4fun
LOL!
Hi Beachn :)
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posted on
02/20/2007 3:06:47 PM PST
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You!. It Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: Billie
Good Evening Billie :)
Thanks. How are you? We had a 40 degree heat wave today ;). It was nice for it not to be bitter cold today.
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posted on
02/20/2007 3:08:09 PM PST
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You!. It Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: GodBlessUSA
It was a 2 hour drive to Erie Pa to see him and worth the trip.
My blog and noGiTolls websites are going crazy. I opened a huge can of worms here... YeHaw, hopefully we will wake some more people up.
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posted on
02/20/2007 3:17:45 PM PST
by
The Mayor
( http://albanysinsanity.com/)
To: The Mayor
Excellent!! :) I'm going to go read the sites now.
88
posted on
02/20/2007 4:04:50 PM PST
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You!. It Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: GodBlessUSA; Billie
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posted on
02/20/2007 6:03:07 PM PST
by
Coleus
(Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, birds, insects)
To: GodBlessUSA
Evening ma'am.. reporting for "late" duty!
Hope you all had a great "fat Tuesday" and are preparing for the Lenten season..
90
posted on
02/20/2007 8:24:36 PM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: potlatch; TASMANIANRED
A man was walking home alone one foggy night, when behind him he hears…
BUMP…
BUMP…
BUMP…
Walking faster, he looks back…
And through the fog he makes out the image of an upright casket banging its
way down the middle of the street toward him.
BUMP…
BUMP…
BUMP…
Terrified, the man begins to run toward his home, the casket bouncing
quickly behind him…
FASTER…
FASTER…
BUMP…
BUMP…
BUMP…
He runs up to his door… fumbles with his keys… opens the door… rushes in…
slams and locks the door behind him.
However, the casket crashes through his door… with the lid of the casket
clapping…
clappity BUMP…
clappity BUMP…
clappity BUMP…
on his heels… the terrified man runs.
Rushing upstairs to the bathroom, the man locks himself in. His heart is
pounding… his head is reeling… his breath is coming in sobbing gasps.
With a loud CRASH! the casket breaks down the door…
Bumping and clapping towards him…
The man screams and reaches for something… ANYTHING… but all he can find is
a bottle of cough syrup!
Desperate, he throws the cough syrup at the casket…
and…
(hopefully you’re ready for this!!!)
The coffin stops.
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posted on
02/20/2007 8:50:12 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
(A positive attitude will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.)
To: Lady Jag
Lol, very funny. I wish my coughing would stop, I just got over the worst cold I've had in years!
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posted on
02/20/2007 8:57:17 PM PST
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: Lady Jag
93
posted on
02/21/2007 6:46:11 AM PST
by
The Mayor
( http://albanysinsanity.com/)
To: ST.LOUIE1; Billie; dutchess; DollyCali; GodBlessUSA; Mrs Mayor; Mama_Bear; Aquamarine; JustAmy; ...
February 21, 2007
The Blame Game
READ:
Genesis 3:1-13The man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.” —Genesis 3:12
A city employee in Lodi, California, is suing the city for damages after he backed a dump truck into his own parked car. The 51-year-old man argues that because the "city’s vehicle damaged my private vehicle," the city owes him $3,600. As ridiculous as this sounds, blaming others has been a basic human trait since the beginning.
When Adam and Eve ate from the forbidden tree, their eyes were opened and they lost their innocence. God asked the man a simple, yet penetrating question: "Where are you?" (Gen. 3:9). In the past, Adam had intimate fellowship with God, but now he responded in fear and hid himself.
God’s follow-up question was more convicting than the first: "Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?" (v.11). Then the blame game started: "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate" (v.12). The man blamed God and the woman for his sin. The woman blamed the serpent rather than herself. Ever since that day in the Garden of Eden, we tend to blame others rather than ourselves for our sinful choices.
When we sin, we should take responsibility. Let’s pray like David: "I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden" (Ps. 32:5).
Lord, help me not excuse my sin
And blame another person;
For if I don’t admit my wrong,
My sin will only worsen. —Sper
The first step in repenting from sin is to admit that you are to blame.
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posted on
02/21/2007 6:48:27 AM PST
by
The Mayor
( http://albanysinsanity.com/)
To: DollyCali; Finest FRiends
A blessed Ash Wednesday to all....
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posted on
02/21/2007 7:25:42 AM PST
by
La Enchiladita
(Hunter/Poe 2008 "Once again, our government is on the wrong side of the border war")
To: potlatch
Hey, sis, I'm still on cough syrup and finished my second course of antibiotics. We might have caught it from hanging around too much.
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posted on
02/21/2007 10:07:55 AM PST
by
Lady Jag
(A positive attitude will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.)
To: Lady Jag
We might have caught it from hanging around too much. Sounds like you had it bad too! Try Nyquil, it works great for me, especially at night.
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posted on
02/21/2007 10:12:14 AM PST
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: potlatch
Maybe when the prescription cough syrup runs out; it's been working well.
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posted on
02/21/2007 10:32:45 AM PST
by
Lady Jag
(A positive attitude will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.)
To: Lady Jag
Nothing beats prescription cough syrup! Hope you are feeling better.
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posted on
02/21/2007 10:38:07 AM PST
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: potlatch
I must be feeling better . . . you are, right? ; º )
100
posted on
02/21/2007 10:40:18 AM PST
by
Lady Jag
(A positive attitude will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.)
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