Posted on 08/01/2007 5:11:17 PM PDT by silent_jonny
Hi, Seven :) Thank you.
Thank you, Lysie. It’s my pleasure.
Amen and amen! Thank you, Prairie.
We should remember to pray for Gretchen’s friend Mike. He was her best friend and she spoke of him often ... I’m sure this is all hitting him very hard.
Thank you for your prayers!
I'm glad you're here.
Thank you for posting this special thread for our dear Gretchen . . . My thoughts and prayers are with Gretchen and her beloved son!
I’m rarely at a loss for words, but this is one of those times when I don’t think I could ever get out what’s in my heart.
I know what you mean ... I don't really know what to say or how to say it.
I'm glad you're here too, my friend.
How have you been today?
Well said, Oz :) Good to see you.
Hello,Silent One:) (You know, re: color & size of text thang! :)
You know also how glad i am that I Am put you here.
(normally a capital y...But you also “get” why not this time.)
HUGS!
Thank you so much for what you said. Please give a big thank you to Onyx. And one of these for both of you: (((friends)))
:)
Thanks for posting the picture of Gretchen and her son; very sweet. Prayers for her family and friends. Sorry to lose an awesome FReeper but also content to know Gretchen knew her Maker.
I keep thinking about the little girl that GEM was coaching in reading. It must also be hard for that child. But she was blessed to have had Gretchen as her friend, and Gretchen was blessed by the child’s eagerness to learn.
I’m glad to join you, Jonny. Will be home in probably a half hour. A few minutes to settle the critters, and then I can post more easily.
MUST READ . . .
WHY THE SURGE MIGHT NOT BE STOPPED
By: Jim VandeHei
Aug 1, 2007 06:10 AM EST
Sens. Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.) and Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) grabbed all the headlines last month when they called for change in Iraq war strategy. But conversations reveal that many more Republicans privately fear the war is lost — both politically and on the ground.
This has created a widespread perception that President Bush will be forced to shift plans and begin bringing U.S. troops home in early 2008 after a military progress report is delivered to Congress next month. And that might happen.
Yet there are very good reasons to believe the prevailing conventional wisdom on Iraq might turn out to be wrong once again.
The reasons are simple: the power of the presidency, the anguished feelings of many congressional Republicans and math. In short, Bush is in no mood to yield.
You can read the entire commentary here:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0707/5193.html
-
LISTEN TO GOLDWATER
By Quin Hillyer
Published 8/1/2007 12:08:59 AM
At the 1960 Republican National Convention in Chicago, Barry Goldwater famously told conservatives to “grow up.” It’s time we hear that message again.
As in 1960, the conservative movement seems grumbling, disaffected, even downright angry — and, most importantly, it sometimes seems more interested in complaining and moaning than in uniting, constructively, to achieve political success.
What’s worse is that we seem to be fighting among ourselves. Every chance we get, we take shots at other conservatives. Nobody, it seems, is good enough. We moan that nobody is another Reagan. Nobody is another Churchill. Nobody is another Washington.
To which we ought to say, so what? There’s only one Second Coming, and He isn’t running for anything.
It’s time we look at the good things we’ve got — and the good people, and the good times. Take stock of those goods, and celebrate them, and consolidate them in an attractive way, and build, build, build upon them.
You can read the entire commentary here:
http://spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=11811
Thank you, SE Mom. God bless you too.
Thank you, Tom. Amen to everything you wrote.
Thank you, Bear. It means so much. Hugs back to you.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.