USO Canteen FReeper Style Liberty R&R to Arkansas .... October 26,2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style and Snow Bunny

[Snow Bunny]

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The USO Canteen FReeper Style
Delivering a Touch of Home

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A Touch of Home

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This is how I think of the USO Canteen 
Freeper Style. It is like a cottage down a road,
a place where a weary veteran can spend the night. 

Since it opened, it is magical how so many
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. 

Many Veterans have written to me, 
saying that the Canteen is like home
to them for the first time since they 
served. 

This is your Canteen -
a respite from our busy 
and sometimes troubling world. 
Make yourself at home.

Snow Bunny

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If you know a Veteran, someone in your family, 
friend of the family, neighbor, who served their  
country, take a brief moment of your day to thank 
them. 

Thank them for the sacrifice they made
for the better good of their country.

We at Free Republic, and the USO Canteen FReeper 
Style, are thankful for every service member 
in our military, who has served our great nation.

So, to the men and women who answered the call,
In both times of war and peace, thank you.

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Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields. 

John McCrae 

CASUAL SATURDAY AT THE CANTEEN

Liberty commences at the beginning of today's
FReeper USO Canteen thread
and, depending on your division assignment,
expires when the new thread for Sunday is posted.

***** A special invitation to our troops and Veterans
to join us in today's cyber trip. *****

Arkansas

Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park

The State that brought us a President

Application to Live in Arkansas

Mt. Magazine

Falling Water Falls, Ozarks

Pumpkin Hollow, Piggot

Sam's Throne, Ozark National Forest

Toad Suck Daze

Long ago, steamboats traveled the
Arkansas River when the water was
at the right depth. When it wasn't, the
captains and their crew tied up to wait
where the Toad Suck Lock and Dam now
spans the river.

While they waited, they refreshed themselves
at the local tavern there, to the dismay of the
folks living nearby, who said: "They suck on
the bottle 'til they swell up like toads." Hence,
the name Toad Suck. The tavern is long gone,
but the legend and fun live on at Toad Suck Daze.

Conway Twitty brought fame to Arkansas

Wagon Wheel, Ozarks

State Flower Apple Blossom

Sugar Loaf Mountain as seen from the Little Red River

DeGray Lake Resort State Park

[tomkow6]

Your in the market for "smelly-burkas"?

[Jen]

Special Dedication
To our Military Members and Veterans
for Protecting and Defending our Country
and Especially Those From Arkansas!

"Hero" by Mariah Carey

MIDI version

MP3 version


And then a hero comes along with the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside and you know you can survive
When you feel like hope is gone, look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth - that a hero lies in you!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hi, rdb3, glad you could stop by the Canteen today. Thank you for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Scenic HIghway 21 - what a beautiful fall drive. And using Long Cut's rules of driving, we stop to admire whenever and whatever we want.

[Kathy in Alaska]

My favorite pilot, Aeronaut, and his sidekick, Otto. Good afternoon fellas, and thank you for always being there to fly over and protect the USO Canteen.

[tomkow6]

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT for all MARRIED MEN:

I just found this out:

My wife uses fabric softener.
I never knew what that stuff was for. Then I noticed women coming up to me, sniffing, then saying under their breath, "Married!" and walking away.
Fabric Softeners are how our wives mark their territory. We can take off the ring, but it's hard to get that April fresh scent out of your clothes.

[PhilDragoo]

Snow Bunny Thank you for posting the picture of Ted Maher at 23.

Ted's other home on Free Republic is the current Ted Maher thread.

Finally Congress and the State Department are getting involved in his case.

Jimmy Carter got the Nobel Peace Prize for helping North Korea build nuclear weapons.

Then traitorrapist42 should get the Rosenberg Treason Prize for insuring the ChiComs have 100% missile reliability.

It's all being cooked off in Crawford when W says to Jiang,

"I meant what I said about with us or against us, amigo, now how 'bout another beer?"

And Jiang replies,

"Certainly, Mista Plezident, and please to not keep standing on my foot with your boot."

God Speed the finest fighting force on earth.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Well, maybe you should let her wash that burka. It definitely has a "single" smell to it. ; )

[Kathy in Alaska]

Afternoon, leadpenny! Snow Bunny's right. Conway Twitty was born Harold Lloyd Jenkins in Friars Point Mississippi, and later chose his stage name using Conway, Arkansas and Twitty, Texas. He sure did sing some good songs.

[tomkow6]

It definitely has a "single" smell to it. ; )

If it smells like fabric softener, then it DON'T NEED WASHIN'!

My burkas smell "MANLY"!

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

LOL! Okay, OKAY!! : )

[E.G.C.]

MONACO, FREE TED MAHER NOW!!!!!!

[SAMWolf]

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Second Class Pete A. Rossi, Seaman Brett O. Davidson and Fireman Jason R. Devoid, all of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter ADAK out of Sandy Hook, NJ, patrol near the Brooklyn Bridge while the cutter ADAK transits underneath. Photo by Petty Officer Tom Sperduto, U.S. Coast Guard.

A U.S. Army soldier watches over Afghan soldiers in training during lunch break in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Photo by Capt. Chuck Mussi, U.S. Army National Guard.

U.S. Senior Airman Wilfredo Melendez of Tampa, Fla., is part of the Internal Security Response Team as he maintains a security presence over U.S. Navy and Air Force patrol aircraft forward deployed in Eloy Alfara Manta Air Force Base, Ecuador. Photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Johnny Bivera, U.S. Navy

U.S. Army Major Chaplain John Hamilton, deployed in support of Stabilization Forces, assigned to the base support battalion, Camp Butmir, Sarajevo Bosnia-Herzegovina, hands out candy to elementary kids, Careva Cuprija, (town) Osnovna Skola (school). Photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway, U.S. Air Force .

Looking close enough to touch, an F-16CG pilot hangs below a KC-135R refueling tanker during a sortie from Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Anna Hayman.

FRIGHT NIGHT — The 320th Expeditionary Medical Support Group displays Halloween decorations at their hospital at an undisclosed forward deployed location. The fully functional hospital has an emergency room, intensive care unit, a dental emergency area as well as radiology and Computed Tomography Scan (CAT scan) capabilities. U.S. Air Force Photo by Suzanne M. Jenkins.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Excellent pictures, Sam, of our troops at work. Please God, allow their loved ones to see them.

[Kathy in Alaska]

These candles are for Ted Maher and his family. Thanks kid.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Glad to see you today. Thanks for your support of our troops.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Be back in a couple hours to spend the evening with the troops. God bless you all, our troops, and stay safe.

[MoJo2001]

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OFF THE PRESS!

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Guess what? Another one of our favorite "DO NOTHING" black preachers is back in the house. Nope! It's not Jesse or Al. Rather, it's our favorite peace loving Muslim Louis Farrakhan. Can you feel the "Civil Rights Violation" coming? Can you not sense a "racial profiling" charge coming on? It isn't enough to be caught with forensics these days. If you are black and you don't know jack, then Jesse, Al, and Louis are your men. (MoJo wonders when these three men will give up their US citizenship to visit the "Motherland of Africa") Anyways, while the rest of us are keeping it real. They are making themselves a deal. It's still good in the hood for them!

In a story that is hard to believe, a Moroccan doctor has "delivered" a 46 year old fetus from a 75 year old woman. Seems that this Moroccan lady had thought she had a tumor all these years. Of course, to prove that the fetus actually existed, the doctors will be showing a videotape.(MoJo thinks this is a very bad way to use modern technology. JUST SAY NO!!) So? The next time your wife or girlfriend complains about 9 months being too long. Just buy the videotape available at Amazon, Kmart, and Walmart for $19.99 and then go have a beer. You've done your job for the day!

Today's "JACKASS AWARD" goes to none other than that Aryan looking whitey, Phil Donahue. He has earned this award because he continues to be a typical white liberal. He went on NATIONAL TELEVISION and told the three people watching his show that he thought that the sniper was a white man. GUESS WHAT? The sniper was actually a BLACK MAN. Gather yourself together. It's a devastation that should have place an egg on the faces of every stupid pundit on television stating that it was a white male. Here's one experts take on it:" The serial sniper is probably a white male, as a matter of fact I'd bet on it." There obviously isn't enough time in the day to insult these so called experts. However, Phil Donahue proves that the biggest problem minorities have in this country, besides their own leaders, is that white liberals keep making excuses for them. (MoJo wonders when an apology to our fellow Caucasian citizens will be coming. However, NO ONE WATCHES HIS SHOW. So? Don't hold your breathe)

NPR or othewise known to the rest of us as the, "NATIONAL PROPAGANDA RADIO", wonders if Senator Paul Wellstone was murdered. Now! I'm wondering who they think would do such a thing? Hmmm...I know! Let's blame those right wing wackos and of course, President Bush. MoJo thinks that the taxpayers of this country should demand their money back and demand that NPR is shutdown. We have enough idiots that hate America abroad. There is absolutely no reason why we should be paying for such stupidity in this country.

Remember Mr.Madonna? Sean Penn was "deeply disturbed" by President Bush's cowboy attitude. He believes that President Bush would be harming his legacy and the legitimacy of the United States abroad. He thinks "our allies are heartbroken" by the go-it alone approach that President Bush has been stating recently. Does it not boggle the mind? I'm touched. Did it ever occur to Mr.Penn that perhaps the rest of us in America don't give a rat's rear end what our supposed allies think? Did it ever occur to him that perhaps our allies are the ones that are proving to be more and more irrelevant. Of course not. It would require a brain. Something that most of Hollywood lacks. Yet, it doesn't keep them from just spewing forth crap through their mouth. (MoJo is waiting for Hollywood to fall into the Pacific Ocean)

As you can see, it's Christina and Britney. These two girls life story has been told over and over again on every major newschannel, newspaper, tv show, and magazine that the world has. Yet, these two don't seem to care for one another. It's hard to try to out SLUT the other. It's hard to be a bigger bimbo than the other. (MoJo thinks that Mud Wrestling would be the best way to decide who is trashier) It seems that Christina believes that Britney is "a puppy being led around" and that totally disgusts her. (MoJo wonders what that says about her. Didn't she take almost the same path to stardom?) Anyways, Britney thinks that Christina is a "nice girl" and wishes her nothing but success. (Britney wishes Christina about as much success as Hillary Clinton wishes the same of Monica Lewinsky) Aren't you glad that you are defending the world so that we could have these chicks duke it out? Actually, Hillary would be nice to Monica if she thought that Monica would vote for her. There's the difference.

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NEWSFLASH!! A recent study found that teaching children to have too high of a self esteem could lead to bullying. So? Which is it: Do we want children with high self esteem and think everyone else sucks or Do we want children with low self esteem and thinks everyone else sucks? Hmmmm... that's a toughy. Anyways, these studies are so ridiculous. It starts at home. If a child is loved, cared for, and appreciated at home; it will make the difference. Not the government schools that worry more about pushing for pay raises and tenure for inept teachers. Let's have a study on teacher self esteem and you'll find that therein lies the problem.

Do you ever wonder why it is that a person defending America gets paid less than someone whose job it is to pretend to be something greater than they are? Do you ever wonder why you get asked these stupid rhetorical questions? Do you ever wish that MoJo would stop asking you to ponder things? Do you ever wonder what Snow Bunny was thinking when she encouraged me to do this? Do you ever wonder how Officers can eat better in Hell than an enlisted person? Does a college degree actually make your ability to make decisions better? Do you ever wonder why it is that we celebrate a Pagan holiday (Halloween) and then tell our children that Satan is bad? Neither do I! Bring On The Candy! Happy Halloween!! (MoJo wishes she could send each and every one of you a special treat for Halloween)

WOOHOO Can you say "CANDY STORE"?

 

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Thank you for going along for the ride
at the Useless Tidbits Corner

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Thank You
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G-d Bless Our Troops

 

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[RadioAstronomer]

Good evening, how is everyone?

Can't stay but will be on in an hour or two :-)

[SAMWolf]

HI RA!