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USO Canteen FReeper Style....Themeless Thursday....June 27, 2002
Created by SAMWOLF and posted by Snow Bunny

Posted on 06/27/2002 12:35:51 AM PDT by Snow Bunny



TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: usocanteen
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To: MistyCA
LOL!
161 posted on 06/27/2002 10:09:05 AM PDT by Mr_Magoo
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To: LindaSOG
Didn't you hear? The Ninth District Court ruled that the Constitution was unconstitutional today!
Happy 4th of July!
162 posted on 06/27/2002 10:11:03 AM PDT by Aquamarine
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To: Aquamarine
I put a </sarcasm on that post but it didn't show up!
163 posted on 06/27/2002 10:17:02 AM PDT by Aquamarine
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To: Aquamarine; All
Read what our FRIEND Jim Robinson said about the Pledge of Allegiance. VANITY POST BY JIMROB"
164 posted on 06/27/2002 10:36:34 AM PDT by redhead
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To: MistyCA
Too "girly" want somethin' "MANLY"!
AND my eyes are NOT red!

I'm stayin' with the skivies........
165 posted on 06/27/2002 10:43:05 AM PDT by tomkow6
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To: redhead
Thanks for that excellent JR link.
167 posted on 06/27/2002 10:47:17 AM PDT by lodwick
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To: LindaSOG
It certianly appears like that is they way things are going especially if the libs have thier way. This is why we can't stop fighting for what is right and decent or else Christianity and Consevatism will become a capitol offense! I wont let it happen.
168 posted on 06/27/2002 10:49:29 AM PDT by Pippin
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To: lodwick
The pleasure is all mine, I assure you...
170 posted on 06/27/2002 10:56:14 AM PDT by redhead
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To: redhead
...but, I have been wondering something...If that guy has been living in the U.S. all his life, he surely has been in situations where the pledge was said. So, what took the jerk SO LONG to get around to this?? I think his 15 minutes are about up.
171 posted on 06/27/2002 10:57:44 AM PDT by redhead
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To: rintense
Thanks, Rintense, I'll use the rant icon next time. It's so cute!
172 posted on 06/27/2002 10:58:46 AM PDT by Pippin
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To: JustAmy; SAMWolf
Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are beautiful.
174 posted on 06/27/2002 11:04:02 AM PDT by tomkow6
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To: rintense; Snow Bunny
Snow Bunny is an amazing person who has shown extraordinary dedication to this forum and her beliefs! But you aren't chopped liver either! I want to commend you for many of the same reasons, Rintense! Your daily dose has helped sustain a lot of us and I thank you for your pings! :)))))))
175 posted on 06/27/2002 11:04:37 AM PDT by MistyCA
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To: redhead
He claims that he originally wanted to get
In God We Trust, off our currencies, but
decided his "feelings" suit stood a better
chance of succeeding. The dipwad.
176 posted on 06/27/2002 11:05:52 AM PDT by lodwick
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To: rintense
It also stresses the need of cleaning up our justice system and courts! There is absolutely no reason in the world any of us should be supporting a court with the 90% reversal rate the 9th district court has! This is absurd! With that kind of reversal rating there is no way that court can maintain any sort of integrity or authority! That particular court should be shut down if need be! JMHO~~Rant!
177 posted on 06/27/2002 11:07:43 AM PDT by MistyCA
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To: coteblanche
I wish you could see my husband and dog dancing to your song right now. hehe!


178 posted on 06/27/2002 11:08:43 AM PDT by Aquamarine
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To: Snow Bunny; All
Even though Senator John McCain carries a little too much political left rudder to suit me, he couldn't be more right on the money than when he said this:


John McCain explains the Pledge of Allegiance
(By Sen. John S. McCain, a Vietnam era Navy Captain and POW)

"As you may know, I spent five and one half years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. In the early years of our imprisonment, the NVA kept us in solitary confinement or two or three to a cell. In 1971 the NVA moved us from these conditions of isolation into large rooms with as many as 30 to 40 men to a room. This was, as you can imagine, a wonderful change and was a direct result of the efforts of millions of Americans on behalf of a few hundred POWs 10,000 miles from home.

One of the men who moved into my room was a young man named Mike Christian. Mike came from a small town near Selma, Alabama. He didn't wear a pair of shoes until he was 13 years old. At 17, he enlisted in the US Navy. He later earned a commission by going to Officer Training School. Then he became a Naval Flight Officer and was shot down and captured in 1967. Mike had a keen and deep appreciation of the opportunities this country, and our military, provide for people who want to work and want to succeed. As part of the change in treatment, the Vietnamese allowed some prisoners to receive packages from home. In some of these packages were handkerchiefs, scarves and other items of clothing. Mike got himself a bamboo needle.

Over a period of a couple of months, he created an American flag and sewed it on the inside of his shirt. Every afternoon, before we had a bowl of soup, we would hang Mike's shirt on the wall of the cell and say the Pledge of Allegiance. I know the Pledge of Allegiance may not seem the most important part of our day now, but I can assure you that in that stark cell, it was indeed the most important and meaningful event.

One day the Vietnamese searched our cell, as they did periodically, and discovered Mike's shirt with the flag sewn inside, and removed it. That evening they returned, opened the door of the cell, and for the benefit of all us, beat Mike Christian severely for the next couple of hours.

Then, they opened the door of the cell and threw him in. We cleaned him up as well as we could. The cell in which we lived had a concrete slab in the middle on which we slept. Four naked light bulbs hung in each corner of the room. As said, we tried to clean up Mike as well as we could. After the excitement died down, I looked in the corner of the room, and sitting there beneath that dim light bulb with a piece of red cloth, another shirt and his bamboo needle, was my friend, Mike Christian. He was sitting there with his eyes almost shut from the beating he had received, making another American flag.

He was not making the flag because it made Mike Christian feel better. He was making that flag because he knew how important it was to us to be able to pledge our allegiance to our flag and country.

So the next time you say the Pledge of Allegiance, you must never forget the sacrifice and courage that thousands of Americans have made to build our nation and promote freedom around the world. You must remember our duty, our honor, and our country. "

179 posted on 06/27/2002 11:09:09 AM PDT by Scuttlebutt
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To: Mr_Magoo
How did I ever know that you might like that one??????
180 posted on 06/27/2002 11:09:17 AM PDT by MistyCA
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