Posted on 07/15/2002 3:02:48 AM PDT by Snow Bunny
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It is like a cottage down a road, a place where a weary veteran can spend the night.
Freepers who post here, feel it too. It has been so dear how the Freepers kept making it a cottage - a home-type of place that had a huge living room for them to visit in and a dance floor, a library, etc.
saying that the Canteen is like home to them for the first time since they served.
a respite from our busy and sometimes troubling world. Make yourself at home.
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Take one dose of the USO Canteen Freeper Style and see
how you felt afterward.
He included the web site and am I ever feeling better. Grandpa
served in Vietnam, then came back and has been the doc here
where I grew up.
I want to thank each of you at the Canteen for your enthusiastic
support and for making my time serving be more up days then down.
You are all the best!
Jeff
US Navy
I grew up in foster homes one after the other all my life,
and then as soon as I was out of highschool I enlisted.
I knew it was the right thing for me.
You see the one constant thing in my life has been my love
for my country. I want to protect her and guard the freedoms she
has for me. I love history and read everything I could about why we are free, why we have liberty and our founding fathers. How all our wars
were to keep us free and they Were !
I want to be a part of why you and the Canteers and myself are STILL
free .How can I live the rest of my life in a land where I have not
done my part to help.
Thank you for being my home, more of a home then I have ever had. I know all your names there . You have all made me laugh so hard when I
really needed it.
Freeper Friday is one of my favorite days . I also really like Themelesss Thursday, it is so clever how you do that Samwolf.
Souris, Light Speed, Victoria Delsoul, MistyCA, SpookBrat , AntiJen,Joe Brower, Coteblanche, DoughtyOne, everyone ( !!) I know you take the time to find the things you share and put things together and it means an awful lot to me.
I feel like the bad boys are my brothers that are always up to something, pushing the card to see how much they can get away with teasing the girls and keeping them on their toes. Your 666 is such a hilarious, who will it be today. ROTFL
So many things that just really make it a home to me . Snow Bunny, I think one of the reasons it is such a great place is also because everyone there has a heart like yours. You all really do care about us, and you have gathered these fine people in a place the a Great man Jim Robinson has made possible. AWESOME !
Thank you Jim Robinson, what a great man you are. I cannot find the words to thank you for what you have done. FR is a place to gain knowledge and information. Then you added the USO Canteen Freeper Style and gave me a home online. Thank you Sir!
God bless all of you and thank you for more things then I can say.
Scott
US Navy
Joe, Marty, Al, and myself,
OK so this is where I have to pay back for opening
my mouth about Marty. LOL.
Victoria if I ever get to New York. I know you are
probably booked till 2004 but
a hot dog at Rockefeller Center just to say hi.
(Just a dream I had, from a scrounger )
A Late Happy Birthday SassyMom!
Scully and the Pirates
US Navy
This was my fourth visit to the Freeper USO Canteen.
GOD Bless all of you! You all have a big fan here and
I love you all!
Thank you for being there when I need you !
Sandy
USMC
Thank you Canteeners the guys too for your constant support for us
You are true patriots in every way!
One of those Snow Bunny hugs she does for each of you girls!
God bless you all !
Trevor
USAF
Sergio
US Army
So thanks for all the work you all do , the work to make us see just how
how much America cares.
I have made the Army my career and I never saw a USO Canteen like you
have there.You and everyone there is first class all the way! God knew we needed people like you and a place like FR and the Canteen.
Steve US Army
Jim Robinson is a personal hero of mine for many reasons !
But when he started the USO Canteen Freeper Style he made
my heart burst with pride in being a Freeper. A lurker yes, but
my heart is ALL FReeper.
I am a disabled vet, and wish I could donate to FR. Unfortunately
my support cannot be financial , but if I could I would pay each day
to keep FR up and running.
Jim Robinson , as a veteran you know how a guy feels away from home.
You know how important the USO has been in many of our lives when we
were serving and needed the USO kind of support. Not many men can
say they came up with one good idea in their life that took place and you
sir have now had TWO. FR and now the Freeper USO Canteen!
Thank you Snow Bunny and all the Canteeners for making this idea of
Jim Robinsons come into being each day.
You make my days brighter in so many ways.
Andy
USMC
Vietnam Veteran and Free Republic Lurker since 1998
When I enlisted it was shall we say the last straw for them, but it is
OK. When I found out about the USO Freeper Canteen at FR it took
the deep hurt and shelved it better then anything else.
You see I love my country and no matter what I have a need in my guts
to defend it . When I get computer time you all there are my life support
to how I am hoping all of America feels about us. You have all made a
difference in my life more then I can write here.
Thank you for your hard work each day , ALL OF YOU ! And for the
Fresno Rally every Friday night.
God be with you and your families.
Glenn
USNavy
Liberty to California and that Beach party is one that should be
in the USO History books!
Luis
US Army
B. K.
USMC
We all get news from back home and sometimes it isnt good. I know about those that are against this war and it sickens me and hurts inside. But they are just a handful of people and I know it too.
When I come to FR and see the Freeper USO Canteen as you nicknamed it, and the Fresno Rallys. Well, lets put it this way, I have only cried a few
times in my life. Once when my dog died , and the other time when my brother was very sick. But when I saw the support at FR from the Canteen and the Fresno freepers too that was the third time. Tears of happiness I promise you.
Thank you all you Freepers and Jim Robinson and your cute helper JustAmy,Snow Bunny and all the Canteeners. I wish I could write better,just to let you know how much the Canteen and support means to me.
You all can take a guys heart, get him laughing then turn me in another
direction and have me with a lump in my throat. The way you are all so
friendly at the Canteen in such a sincere way, and the obvious love you have for each other and for all of us. Man there is that lump again!
God sent you all into my life and I will fight with all I have to keep you safe.This is something I dont tell a lot of people. I love to read poetry. When I saw the box to click on for poetry, I clicked on it right away.
Now I read that thread too along with the Canteen every time I get to be
online. Maybe you are surprised to hear that a Marine would like
poetry but it is a great way of expression. I have sent copies of some of the
poems back home to my parents.
Thank you for variety of things your Canteen offers each day. Those jokes
are the best too.That day Mr_Magoo and Tomkow6 had a joke off, I didnt stop laughing for hours.
My Grandfather was in several battles and I showed him the Canteen too.
He especially liked the ladies and said the dolls as you call them reminded
him of the Pin Ups they had. He had them in his barracks and even one
folded up in his helmet. My Dad fought in Vietnam and he had two girls
pictures with him all the time. He didnt meet my mom till right after he got
home. The story goes she won him over when she put the two small
pictures he had of girls in the Medal Box with his purple heart.
Thank you for your support of what we are doing.
The Canteen is a place I look forward to coming to. And yes, it is that
Cottage down a road for a weary veteran or a weary in spirit soldier.
Love to you all for your hearts,
Joe
USMC
I love the E-I-B...
Now look at Rush Limbaugh, that's the way to do it...
Hosts a talkshow trashin' Hypocrisy.
Rush ain't working, tells the Left to screw it...
Beholden to no one...spoutin' philosophy!
No, Rush ain't workin', that's the way you do it...
Lemme tell ya, Ol' Rush ain't dumb...
Ceegah danglin' from nicotine-stained fingers...
Gonna help exposin' Lib'ral Scum!
Rush's show ain't no Oprah-style "love-in"...
Got us brain-washed from noon-to-three-ee-ee!
You choose the issue, and we'll debate it...
We learn the Truth from the E-I-B!!
Oww!...Groovy Croonin'...hunh!...
See that Peter Jennings with the blowdry and the makeup...
Tom Brokaw's vacuous stare...
That Lib'ral Rather's got his own jet airplane...
Those IDIOTS...they're all millionaires!!
We gotta expose Guv'ment corruption...
Gotta defend our Libertie-ie-ies!
We're talkin' TREASON...the Left, they hate us...
Won't trust the news from Network TeeVee!!
Lookatdat, lookatdat...
Right's gotta learn to fight like Dem-Whores...
Right's gotta yearn to crush Dem-Bums!
Wake up, you Sheeple!! Big Guv'ment's threatnin' all your Liberties...
Man, that Slick's just pond scum!!
But Limbaugh's out there...what's that?! Chain-sawin' noises?!
Carvin' up those Lib'rals...it's brain surgery!
Folks, it's workin'...tell the Left to screw it!!
Robs YOUR money for Guv'ment...sells Nukes to Beijing!
They're Lib'rals all...reject Media Bias...
Left-Wing bitchin', "Big Guv'ment, save me-e-ee!"
We gotta oust those meek commentators...
We gotta IGNORE our State-run TeeVee!! Lord!
Owww...listen here!
Big Guv'ment ain't workin'...corruption runs all thru it...
It's time we devolved Power outta DeeCee!!
Folks, it's workin'...next election's gonna do it.
Right-Wing holds Congress...retakes the Prez'dency!!
Money ain't nuthin'...without Liberty!
I said, money ain't nuthin'...if your kids ain't free!
Algore's a...Socialist!
I want my...I need my...I love my Lib-er-ty!!
(Chorus...to fade)
Quite Sincerely--MUD
BTW, goW...BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
27 Posted on 11/10/2000 11:40:30 PST by Mudboy Slim
"Get the best jokes from Mr_Magoo and Tomkow6 where my sides spilt from laughing so hard."
"Thank you for variety of things your Canteen offers each day. Those jokes are the best too.That day Mr_Magoo and Tomkow6 had a joke off, I didnt stop laughing for hours."
That is why I do what I do here. You, and the rest of the Military are willing go into harm's way for me. The hell holes that you are stuck in while in the field are familiar to me. I was there too, a long time ago. If I can lift your spirit, even for a little while, then I have done my part.
There was once an aspiring veterinarian who put himself
through veterinary school working nights as a taxidermist.
Upon graduation, he decided he could combine his two
vocations to better serve the needs of his patients and
their owners, while doubling his practice and, therefore,
his income.
He opened his own offices with a shingle on the door saying,
"Dr. Jones, Veterinary Medicine and Taxidermy -- Either way,
you get your dog back!"
Works every time...MUD
Thanks for putting the troops and vets out front and center each day.
Our troops and vets deserve nothing less!
SALUTE to our Armed Forces and Vets around the world. May GOD Protect and Bless each one.
I wrote last night that I would be submitting another "Sea-Story" but after proof-reading it, this particular story does not rise to my standards of a good post. It would probably offend some so it's in the trash. I'll work on a more respectable one for the next time.
Thank You for sharing about the wonderful day you spent with Snow Bunny and Fallguy, that's awesome! I am so happy that you all got together!!! I am kind of out of the loop here, haven't been to the Canteen as often as I would like, no computer at home. I didn't know that Snow Bunny and FallGuy were heading your way. Well anyway, I wish them a safe and happy adventure.
~~~deadhead~~~
Whom and/or what are you controlling? You wouldn't happen to be a control freak would you?
I'm hungry.
ROFL!!
To Jeff...US Navy.....you are very wise to listen to your elders. It was a loving thing for your Grandpa to send you here. I'm happy to know you and others like you enjoy it here. We thank you for being there when our country needed you, and I want you to pass along a big thank you to your Grandpa and your Dad also. May God bless your beautiful, loyal, patriotic family for generations to come. Take care of yourself Jeff. Hurry home and stay safe.
Have a great day!!!!!!
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