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FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering 9.11.2001 ~ We will Never Forget! ~ 11 September 2013
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Posted on 09/10/2013 6:00:00 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Free Republic
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To: Kathy in Alaska
"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
09/10/2013 6:00:20 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list
Its All About The Love
September 11, 2013
I saw a sign in front of a church that seems to me to be a great motto for relationships: Receive love. Give love. Repeat.
The greatest love that we receive is the love of God. He loved us so much that He gave His Son Jesus to live, die, and rise again to redeem us (1 John 4:9). We receive His love when we receive Jesus as our Savior and Lord. As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name (John 1:12).
After weve experienced Gods love, we then can learn to give love. Let us love one another, for love is of God (1 John 4:7).
Gods love enables us to love our brothers and sisters in Christ. We teach, encourage, and rebuke. We weep and rejoice. The love we give is tender and tough and supportive. We are taught by Jesus even to love our enemies: Do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you (Matt. 5:44). Giving love to others can be challenging in some situations, but its possible because of the love God has first given to us.
A good plan for our lives today: Receive love. Give love. Repeat.
For Further Study
How do we experience the love of Christ? (John 15:10).
What is the evidence of Gods love in our lives? (1 John 4:16-21).
How can we show Gods love today?
Receive love. Give love. Repeat.
Read: 1 John 4:7-19
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posted on
09/10/2013 6:00:21 PM PDT
by
The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
To: The Mayor
To: ConorMacNessa; The Mayor; SandRat; BIGLOOK; laplata; mountainlion; HiJinx; Jet Jaguar; Publius; ...
To: MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2LT Radix jr; 300winmag; ..
~ Remembering 9.11.2001 ~ We Will Never Forget! ~
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To: Kathy in Alaska
WE will never forget?????????Bullshit.
Someone gave the Muslim a permit to march in Washington DC ,Somebody forgot.
A Million Muslim march on 9-11-13.
What a fool.
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posted on
09/10/2013 6:05:04 PM PDT
by
Venturer
( cowardice posturing as tolerance =political correctness)
To: ConorMacNessa
Permission Granted!Earthquake as I was typing...not very big.
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
09/10/2013 6:08:23 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
To: Kathy in Alaska
I remember where I was when JFK was shot.
I remember TET 68
I remember Desert Storm when I started my trip back to Christ.
I remember 911 also. It effected the nation more than anything in my memory.
God Bless America.
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posted on
09/10/2013 6:10:00 PM PDT
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: Venturer
Don’t you think it’s weird how Obama is agitating the middle east this close to 9-11 ? Did he forget what happen last 9-11.. ?
To: Kathy in Alaska
Thanks very much, Kathy!
***HUGS***
Coming aboard as we speak. Rendering Hand Salutes to our National Colors and to the Officer of the Deck!
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"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
09/10/2013 6:15:42 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...
Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!
Missing Man Setting
"The Empty Chair"
By Captain Carroll "Lex" Lefon, USN (RET), on December 21st, 2004
"In the wardroom onboard the aircraft carrier from which I recently debarked was a small, round table, with single chair. No one ever sat there, and the reasons, both for the table being there, and for the fact that the chair was always empty, will tell the reader a little bit about who we are as a culture. The wardroom, of course, is where the officers will dine; morning, noon and evening. It is not only a place to eat it is also a kind of oasis from the sometimes dreary, often difficult exigencies of the service. A place of social discourse, of momentary relief from the burdens of the day. The only things explicitly forbidden by inviolable tradition in the wardroom are the wearing of a cover or sword by an officer not actually on watch, or conversation which touches upon politics or religion. But aboard ships which observe the custom, another implicit taboo concerns the empty chair: No matter how crowded the room, no matter who is waiting to be seated, that chair is never moved, never taken.
The table is by the main entrance to the wardroom. You will see it when you enter, and you will see it when you leave. It draws your eyes because it is meant to. And because it draws your eyes it draws your thoughts. And though it will be there every day for as long as you are at sea, you will look at it every time and your eyes will momentarily grow distant as you think for a moment. As you quietly give thanks.
AS YOU REMEMBER.
The small, round table is covered with a gold linen tablecloth. A single place setting rests there, of fine bone china. A wineglass stands upon the table, inverted, empty. On the dinner plate is a pinch of salt. On the bread plate is a slice of lemon. Besides the plate lies a bible. There is a small vase with a single red rose upon the table. Around the vase is wound a yellow ribbon. There is the empty chair.
We will remember because over the course of our careers, we will have had the opportunity to enjoy many a formal evening of dinner and dancing in the fine company of those with whom we have the honor to serve, and their lovely ladies. And as the night wears on, our faces will in time become flushed with pleasure of each others company, with the exertions on the dance floor, with the effects of our libations. But while the feast is still at its best, order will be called to the room we will be asked to raise our glasses to the empty table, and we will be asked to remember:
The table is round to show our everlasting concern for those who are missing. The single setting reminds us that every one of them went to their fates alone, that every life was unique.
The tablecloth is gold symbolizing the purity of their motives when they answered the call to duty.
The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing, and their loved ones who kept the faith.
The yellow ribbon around the vase symbolizes our continued determination to remember them.
The slice of lemon reminds us of the bitterness of their fate. The salt symbolizes the tears shed by those who loved them. The bible represents the faith that sustained them. The glass is inverted they cannot share in the toast. The chair is empty they are not here. They are missing.
And we will remember, and we will raise our glasses to those who went before us, and who gave all that they had for us. And a part of the flush in our faces will pale as we remember that nothing worth having ever came without a cost. We will remember that many of our brothers and sisters have paid that cost in blood. We will remember that the reckoning is not over.
We many of us will settle with our families into our holiday season, our Christmas season for those who celebrate it, content in our fortune and prosperity. We will meet old friends with smiles and laughter. We will meet our members of our family with hugs. We will eat well, and exchange gifts and raise our glasses to the year passed in gratitude, and to the year to come with hope. We will sleep the sleep of the protected, secure in our homes, secure in our homeland.
But for many families, there will be an empty chair at the table this year. A place that is not filled.
WE SHOULD REMEMBER."
Many Thanks To Alfa6 For Finding Capt. Lefon's Chronicle Of "The Empty Chair."
"Träumerei" Robert Schumann (Click)
Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!
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"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
09/10/2013 6:18:11 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...buried today, and for some time to come. But I think it is going ok so far.
We had a small earthquake as I was typing you post a bit ago. Still trying to find the size. My site to look won’t load. Maybe a work issue.
Did you have good commutes?
To: left that other site
Contemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen, and then say ‘what should be the reward of such sacrifices?’ Bid us and our posterity bow the knee, supplicate the friendship and plough, and sow, and reap, to glut the avarice of the men who have let loose on us the dogs of war to riot in our blood and hunt us from the face of the earth? If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! -Sam Adams
God bless our troops. God bless America. Never Forget.
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posted on
09/10/2013 6:27:14 PM PDT
by
freefdny
To: Venturer
I will never forget! I’m sorry you have lost all faith.
And I understand your feelings.....it is a huge travesty. I feel much the same. But, just because the idiots in government forgot, and seem to be doing all they can to sell us out, does not mean we forget.
We will continue to support our troops and veterans, and remember their sacrifices.
To: Venturer
I will not forget.
Neither will 2 million bikers.
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posted on
09/10/2013 6:34:45 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
To: freefdny
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posted on
09/10/2013 6:35:11 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
To: left that other site
Bikers who were refused a permit by the same a-holes who gave on to the Muslims.
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posted on
09/10/2013 6:38:08 PM PDT
by
Venturer
( cowardice posturing as tolerance =political correctness)
To: The Mayor
Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.
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